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CFO THOUGHT LEADER — 1,000 episodes · page 1 of 10
1221: Rebuilding Bread Financial’s Capital Foundation—And What It Made Possible | Perry Beberman, CFO, Bread Financial
1220: At Hippo, Growth and Risk Work Together | Guy Zeltser, CFO, Hippo Insurance
The New Economics of Revenue | Sam Chung, Chief Customer Officer, Salesforce
2019: Building a Health Plan Around What People Actually Do | Tami Wilson-Ciranna. CFO, Curative
1218: Why Pegasystems Is Betting on Work, Not Tokens | Ken Stillwell, CFO, Pegasystems
2017: A Sharper Portfolio, A Clearer Capital Story | Brittany Cerwin, CFO, Middleby Corporation
People and Places: The Geography of a CFO Career
2016: Building the Operating System for Agentic Automation | Ryan Roccon, CFO, Zapier
When AI Changes the EPM Decision | David Den Boer, CEO, Column5 Consulting
1215: Building Finance for the Long Game | Jessica Somers, CFO, Aledade
1214: The CFO Checklist Keeps Growing | Jack Gordon, CFO, Harri
1213: When Constructive Tension Yields Sharper Decisions | Martin Uhrik, CFO, Third Bridge
1212: When Working Capital Rewrites the CFO Agenda | Dan Barzily, CFO, Tipalti
1211: Mission, Means, and the Will to Grow | Jonathan Ma, CFO, Sutter Health
1210: The Best Trade May Be the One You Don’t Make | Shiv Verma, CFO, Robinhood
1209: Finding a Larger Voice in the Room | Ross Grainger, CFO, Nasuni
1208: Quality, Trust, and Scale | Cal Brouilette, CFO, Flatiron Health
1207: Putting Guardrails Around Aggressive Growth | Jamie Schroeder, CFO, Premium Guard Inc.
1206: The CFO as an Architect of Execution | Phil Fracassa, CFO, Magna International
1205: Giving Every Decision-Maker 40 Analysts | Matt Ostrower, CFO, Link Logistics
1204: When Capital Conviction Matters More Than Market Timing | Andrew Korn, CFO, EliseAI
1203: Making Strategy—and the Money—Move Together | Laura Miller, CFO, Strata Decision Technology
1202: Allocating Capital in an Age of AI | Samantha Greenberg, CFO, AlphaSense
The Weekend CFOs Couldn’t Reach Their Cash
1201: From Bitcoin Infrastructure to the AI Power Economy | Gary Vecchiarelli, CFO, CleanSpark
The Credibility Playbook: How CFOs Restore Belief
1200: When Finance Owns the Future | Mark Khavkin, CFO, Rula
1199: The CFO’s Biggest Challenge Isn’t AI—It’s Leading Through It | John Kinzer (Interim CFO), OneStream
1198: Building Long-Term Value Starts With Better Capital Allocation | Shane Hostetter, CFO, Chemours
Inside the CFO Mindset Before the Deal
1197: The CFO Who Learned Finance by Owning Sales | Sinohe Terrero, CFO, Envoy
Inside the IPO: Three CFOs, Three Perspectives
1196: Your Next Finance Hire Should Think Like a Founder | Martino Cadoni, CFO, DeepL
1195: When Finance is at the Center of the AI Code Revolution | Jean Compeau, CFO, Sonar
1194: Why Curiosity Creates Better Finance Leaders | Stacey Jenkins, CFO, Aerotek
1193: Building Finance Functions That Shape Outcomes | Jesse Waldron, CFO, Thyme Care
1192: Building Through Disruption | Christina Spade, CFO, Catalant
1191: From Complexity to Clarity: Building Operational Maturity | David Forlizzi, CFO, Salsify
1190: Fixing What Growth Tries to Hide | Jaylene Kunze, LegitScript
1189: Why Finance Should Lead with “Yes, And” | Bruno Annicq, CFO, Wellhub
1188: Testing Assumptions Before Burning Capital | Kevin Hettrich, CFO, QuantumScape
Bonus Replay: Building Luxury Growth Without Losing Financial Discipline | Paolo Poma, CFO, Lamborghini
Bonus Replay: Building an Early Warning System | Patrick McClymont, CFO, Hagerty
1187: Pattern Recognition: How CFOs See Around Corners | Alex Chun, CFO, NEOGOV
1186: Keeping the Applause in Check | Adam Goldbruch, CFO, DoorLoop
1185: Scaling Smarter in the AI Era | Sarah Riley, CFO, dbt Labs
1184: From Deal Sheets to Operating Seats | Rick Hasselman, CFO, Salesloft
1183: Enter the Blockchain CFO: Reshaping Capital Markets | Macrina Kgil, CFO, Figure
AI, Trust, and the Expanding Role of Finance: A Sage Future Special
1182: From Cockpit Decisions to Capital Decisions | Andre Mancl, CFO, Nium
1181: What AI Means for the Future of Finance Leadership | Yuval Atsmon, CFO & Sr Partner, McKinsey & Company
1180: Where Finance Meets the Real World | Scott Thorell, CFO Benetrends
Special Episode: Why Oracle Chose Hilary Maxson Now
1179: Why Trust Can Outperform Price | Thomas Baumgartner, CFO, voestalpine Metsec
1178: From Numbers to Narrative: Seeing the Business End-to-End | David Larson, CFO, Feedzai
Special Episode: Why AI Speed Without Direction Is a Strategic Risk | Laura Belmont, General Counsel, The L Suite
1177: Navigating an Acquisition at the Edge of Change | Tom DiDesidero, CFO, SmartRecruiters
1176: From Signatures to Systems of Value | Blake Grayson, CFO, Docusign
1175: Inside the C-Suite: Where Judgment Outranks Data | Amy Wang, CFO, Procurify
1174: How a Hard Reset Reignited Momentum | Aidan Viggiano, CFO Twilio
1173: The CFO at the Crossroads of Code, Capital, and Clarity | Rich Schmidt, CFO, Inmar Intelligence
1172: Finance Isn’t the Brake—It’s the Steering Wheel for Growth | Tony MacDonald, CFO, Sama
Special Episode: AI Governance & the Board: What CFOs Need to Know
1171: How CFOs Rise by Learning Sideways First | Marc Mehlman, CFO, Ascensus
1170: Why the ‘SaaS-pocalypse’ Changed the CFO Conversation | Michael Perica, CFO, Rimini Street
1169: Thinking Bigger on the Road to the CFO Role | Andrew Bender, CFO, BNI Global
1168: How Smart Finance Looks Before It Leaps | Alistair Gurney, CFO, Lucanet
Special Episode: Rethinking the ERP Upgrade Path
1167: CFO Leadership at Venture Inflection Points | Intekhab Nazeer, CFO, Lineaje
1166: Building Equity Value in a Capital-Intensive World | Derek Doyle, CFO, C Spire
Foundations Before Acceleration - a Planning Aces Episode
1165: Building a Business That Can Stand on Its Own | Manu Diwakar, CFO, Virta Health
1164: From Boardroom Lens to Operator Reality | Alex Melamud, CFO, Engine
1163: The Discipline Behind Transformational AI | Sue Vestri, CFO, CRIO
1162: Scaling Growth Across the World’s Most Complex Markets | Guillermo Lopez, CFO, dLocal
1161: From Carve-Out to Standalone Enterprise | Steve Shimizu, CFO, Omnissa
1160: Disciplined Bets in an Expensive-Capital World | Burt Chao, CFO, Nintex
1159: Decision Velocity: The Hidden Advantage of Top-Performing Organizations | Dean Neese, CFO, Placer.ai
CFO EQ: How Leadership Takes Shape
1158: What Changes After the Easy Wins Are Gone | Razzak Jallow, CFO, FloQast
1157: From Deal Advisory to Operator: Learning the Hard Parts | Toby Driver, CFO, Ideagen
1156: From Turnaround CFO to Enterprise-Scale Strategist | Kevin Rubin, CFO, Zscaler
1155: Scaling Growth Without Sacrificing Outcomes | Bruce Schuman, CFO, Universal TechnicalInstitute
1154: When Finance Becomes the Company’s Storyteller | Drew Laxton, CFO, Outreach
The New FP&A Feedback Loop - A Planning Aces Episode
1153: From Big-Company Discipline to Private-Equity Speed | Jorge Pliego, CFO, Improving
1152: Value Creation Starts with Portfolio and Capital Discipline | Manny Korakis, CFO, Presidio
The Quiet Origins of Finance Leaders | A New Years Release
Atoms, Not Electrons: Why Warehouses Still Win | Tim Arndt, CFO, Prologis
Before the Outcome Was Known | Jonathan Carr, CFO, Armis
Lessons That Linger: Leadership Reflections From the CFO Seat | Karen Williams, CFO, American Express Global Business Travel
1151: Trust Is the Real Currency of Cross-Functional Finance | Roy Hefer, CFO, Perk
1150: Making AI Practical in Finance, Not Theoretical | Matt Novick, CFO, Triplelift
1149: Predictable, Profitable Growth in an AI-Native Business | Ed Hagan, CFO, Satisfi Labs
1148: How Early Data Lessons Shaped Workday’s CFO AI Playbook | Zane Rowe, CFO, Workday
1147: From Investor Lens to Operator Seat | Cristina Kim, CFO, Octaura
1146: Building a Finance Org That Thinks Before It Counts | Aneal Vallurupalli, CFO, Drata
Encore Episode: From Black Box to Control Tower | Stuart Leung, CFO, Flexport
Inside the Driver’s Seat: Finance Leadership in the Auto Sector
1145: Creative Capital, Tough Cuts, and the Power of “Why” | Jayme Brooks, CFO, Limbach