Brett & Jack discuss how finance leaders of high growth firm’s are becoming increasingly focused on the ebb and flow of their firm’s talent pipelines. Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions CFO Gina Mastantuono of ServiceNow, CFO Josh Siegel of CyberArk and CFO Sarah Spoja of Tipalti.
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782: When Operations Came First | Lou Arcudi, CFO, Amolyt Pharma
To those well familiar with the career milestones that typically mark the path to the CFO office, Lou Arcudi’s resume at first may appear to be upside down. Or at least it could be said that the same operational projects and roles that frequently populate the tops of the resumes of aspiring CFOs are instead…
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781: The Frequent Flyer | Josh Siegel, CFO, CyberArk
If you were to casually meet CyberArk CFO Josh Siegel for the first time at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), you might quickly assume that he has spent the balance of his career-building years in nearby Silicon Valley. Certainly, on paper his resume lists the requisite number of finance job titles and entrepreneurial milestones that you…
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780: Punching Above Your Weight Class with ESG | Gina Mastantuono, ServiceNow
Back in early 2020, Gina Mastantuono had only recently stepped into the CFO role at ServiceNow when the subject of intangible assets surfaced during a company board meeting. For months, growing numbers of the company’s investors had been signaling their advocacy for the company to amplify its collective conscientiousness when it came to social and…
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779: The Graduate | Casey Woo, CFO, Landing
Back in 2017, Casey Woo took a vow to move beyond early-stage companies. “What I like to tell people is that as an operator you will be characterized and judged by the stage of your businesses,” remarks Woo, who from 2011 to 2017 had served in a succession of finance leadership roles at a number…
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778: Finance: Not a Function but a Profession | Russ Porter, CFO, IMA
Looking back on the 28 years that he spent inside IBM’s finance function, Russ Porter notes that his career climb paralleled the evolution of FP&A inside the giant technology provider. Turn back the clock to the early to mid-1990s and, Porter tells us, many of IBM’s FP&A professionals were more or less serving as budget…
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