Eric currently serves as the CFO for the LA Clippers, where he leads the organization’s financial operations, including establishing and implementing a long-range financial strategy, policies, and goals and leading financial project management for all Clipper's operations.

Before joining the Clippers, Eric served as CFO for The Bouqs Company and Loot Crate, where he received the Los Angeles Business Journal CFO Rising Star Award. Eric also previously served as the Senior Vice President of Finance at Mattel Inc., where he oversaw financial and operational matters across brands such as Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, and American Girl.

In this episode we spoke with Eric about the following:

• Why the notion of never showing others your weakness was one of the biggest things he had to unlearn
• How a references check from someone he had previously let go helped him land a job as the CFO of the Clippers
• Why he transitioned from diminishing his Asian identity to embracing and leaning into it in his professional life

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