This episode features an interview with Dan Gardner, CFO at DT One. DT One is a network of non cash micropayments and digital pre-pay partners. Dan is a strategic CFO. And over his 12 years as a fintech executive, he’s created programs for treasury & risk management. At DT One, he’s responsible for the global oversight of all finance, treasury, risk and compliance functions. On this episode, Dan describes how to build a great financial team, and how to use technology and finance together to drive your business. He describes the unique role of CFOs today, which includes empowering corporate teams, making the most of data, and managing risk.

This episode features an interview with Ravi Narula, Chief Financial Officer of FinancialForce, a cloud-based applications platform that accelerates business growth with customer-centric ERP, Professional Services Automation (PSA), and Customer Success solutions. Ravi has over 20 years of CFO experience, and he’s helped turn several technology startups into large, mature, public companies. On this episode, Ravi describes the growing role of the CFO, company risk management, and the future of AI technology.

This episode features an interview with Manish Sarin, CFO at Sprinklr, a cloud-based customer experience management company. Manish brings to the table more than 20 years working with high-growth technology and cybersecurity companies. Previously, he was CFO at Exabeam, EVP of Finance at ProofPoint, and led Software Strategy and Corporate Development at Hewlett-Packard. On this episode, Manish talks about collecting unstructured data from Twitter, Facebook and Reddit to grasp the public narrative around Sprinklr, using AI to predict what will happen in the quarter, and achieving the holy grail of finance, of real time data, sustainable growth, and a solid bottom line.

This episode features an interview with Nitesh Sharan, CFO at Soundhound, the innovator in voice-enabled AI and conversational intelligence technologies. Nitesh has over 25 years of experience in financial leadership roles. He spent nearly 15 of those at Hewlett Packard where he rose to be Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. And prior to Soundhound, Nitesh served as Nike’s CFO of Global Operations an0d Technology. On this episode, Nitesh discusses the preparation for going public during the pandemic, how to protect your company’s finances during uncertain times, and how conversational voice AI will play a transformative role in everything from education to the food industry and more.

This episode features an interview with David Quinn, CFO at BlueVine. BlueVine provides small and medium-sized business owners with the working capital they need to run and grow their businesses. David has more than 25 years of global experience in banking and finance. Prior to BlueVine, David served as Commercial Bank Chief Financial Officer at Silicon Valley Bank. He also served as Executive Vice President and Consumer Bank Chief Financial Officer at Bank of the West. David has held senior leadership positions at Citibank, Morgan Stanley, and Lehman Brothers in the UK. On this episode, David discusses modernizing your technology to work for you, the benefits of using third party software instead of building in-house, and making your business unattractive to fraudsters.

This is a special episode featuring Kyriba’s Senior Vice President of FX Sales and Advisory Services, Andy Gage. For nearly 20 years, Andy has been helping multinational companies automate and optimize their currency risk management programs. Prior to his current role, Andy served as VP of FX Risk Management Solutions at Kyriba. On this episode, Andy discusses how to harness automation and smart analytics to run an effective corporate risk management program, the effects of inflation on markets globally, and being better prepared for the next crisis.

This episode features an interview with Alex Song, Head of Finance and Capital Markets at Ramp, a finance automation platform offering corporate cards and expense management so companies save time and money with every click. Alex is a Stanford engineer with an MBA from Harvard who has more than 10 years of experience as a hedge fund investor in structured credit, special situations, specialty finance, and fintech. Prior to Ramp, Alex worked in private credit and structured credit investing at Sculptor Capital Management and as Vice President of Crayhill Capital Management. On this episode, Alex discusses how Ramp identified their target market, risk management as a credit card issuer, and what it takes to be an efficient allocator of both financial and human capital.

This episode features an interview with Sinohe Terrero, CFO at Envoy. Envoy is a workplace platform that solves the complexity of hybrid work. Sinohe has over 15 years of leadership experience. He stepped into his current role as Envoy’s CFO in 2020. Prior to Envoy, Sinohe served as CFO and COO of Quid Inc., a big data and analytics company. He has also worked at Indiegogo and Etsy. Sinohe holds an MBA in Finance from Baruch College in New York City. On this episode, Sinohe discusses his #1 indispensable tech tool, how he identified and filled gaps in his resume to land him his current role as CFO, and how just because you have money doesn’t mean you have liquidity.

This episode features an interview with Paolo Tonucci. Paolo is CFO at Marex, a diversified global financial services platform. Paolo has been with Marex since 2018, having joined as COO and becoming CFO in 2020. Prior to Marex, he served as Group Treasurer at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He has also worked as Head of Funding and Liquidity at Barclays Bank in London and spent 12 years as Global Treasurer for Lehman Brothers. On this episode, Paolo discusses how to reduce your vulnerability to currency hedging, staying on top of the latest and greatest in fintech platforms, and how to effectively secure accounts against emerging cyber threats.

This is a special episode focused on payments. How do you make faster payments securely? How do you lower the cost of payment processing? How do you enable different payment rails for a better customer experience? And how do you prevent inadvertent payments? We’re getting inside the minds of top CFOs and Treasurers to find out how they’re handling payments in this ever-changing financial landscape. We’ll hear from Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council, Katherine Edenbach, CFO at Emburse, Benjamin Seal, Vice President of Treasury Services at Cenveo, and more, including some bonus content from Michelle Richardson, SVP and CFO at Plaza Home Mortgages.

This episode features an interview with Aneal Vallurupalli, CFO at Airbase, the only truly comprehensive spend management platform available to small and midsize companies. Aneal has spent more than five years in executive-level finance running companies such as Mattermost and Mapbox. He received his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Santa Clara University and is a member of the Forbes Finance Council. On this episode, Aneal addresses the impact that the pandemic had on the finance world, the importance of holistic data in finance, as well as how the current role of the CFO is changing.

This episode features an interview with Maarika Paul, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Operations Officer at Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of North America’s leading long-term institutional investors, with net assets totalling CA$365.5 billion and investments in more than 75 countries. They manage funds primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans. Maarika is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator with more than 30 years of experience in financial management. She began her career at audit and tax services firm KPMG, where she worked for 10 years. She then worked at BCE from 1994 to 2011, where her responsibilities included performance evaluation of BCE subsidiaries, financial planning, mergers and acquisitions and investor relations. Maarika was also Senior Vice-President, Corporate Communications and, subsequently, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Services. She is a member of CDPQ’s Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors of Ivanhoé Cambridge, the institution’s global real estate subsidiary and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from McGill University. On this episode, Maarika addresses overcoming adversity as a woman in finance, deploying new investment strategies for CDPQ with net assets totalling over CA$365.5 billion, and discusses the implementation of AI and augmentation for financial analyses in the future.

This episode features an interview with Kevin Permenter, Research Director at IDC, the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. Kevin has over 20 years of experience in finance. As Research Director, Kevin is in charge of providing insights and analysis across Fintech market segments including accounting, revenue management, treasury and enterprise payment management, and more. Prior to joining IDC, he consulted with Fortune 500 companies on strategic planning, market analysis and technology evaluation among other topics. On this episode, Kevin discusses improving the efficiency of data management, getting actionable insights at near real time, and building resiliency of your business.

This is a special episode featuring an interview with Thomas Gavaghan, the Vice President of Global Pre-Sales at Kyriba. Tom is a solutions architect. He has multi-billion-dollar companies relying on his guidance so they can achieve their KPIs. Tom has helped more than 12,000 clients identify, target and solve for financial technology challenges. So they can get better visibility on their cash flow and achieve their goals. On this episode, Tom and host Daniel Shaffer discuss two key topics: Payments and Visibility. Together, they look back at what previous guests have said about the topics, including Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council, Laurie Krebs, SVP and CFO at Red Hat, Danielle Murcray, CFO at AttackIQ, and Benjamin Seal, VP of Treasury Services at Cenveo.

This episode features an interview with Benjamin Seal, Vice President of Treasury Services at Cenveo. He is an experienced Treasury Professional with a demonstrated history of process improvement. He’s skilled in Management, Variance Analysis, Financial Analysis, Finance, and Accounting. In this episode we delve into how Benjamin uses digital approaches within treasury to become a strategic business partner across an organization at all levels - being able to stay forward focused at ensuring Cenveo has the capital needed to manage day to day operations. Benjamin discusses his digital first vision that embraces technology to cut down on work time and elevate efficiency, reliability and flexibility. We learn how Cenevo’s innovative approach has optimized enterprise liquidity through a digital transformation of their treasury solutions and practices, allowing them to make small and meaningful adjustments on a regular basis and gather input from teams more quickly, effectively, and with cost savings.

This episode features an interview with Danielle Murcray, CFO at AttackIQ, your expert on real-time, data-driven visibility into the effectiveness of your security program. Danielle has spent more than 20 years in executive-level finance, running companies under industry titans like Palo Alto Networks, McAfee and Cisco. She received her bachelor of science in accounting from Central Washington University and is a Certified Public Accountant. On this episode, Danielle addresses building relationships with CEOs, tackling cybersecurity and fraud, as well as assessing and managing risk as a CFO in a pandemic world.

This episode features an interview with Laurie Krebs, CFO at Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, which was acquired by IBM in 2018 for $34B. Laurie has spent 35 years in finance, serving in leadership roles for companies like KPMG, Nortel and Cree. While her specialty has been tax, Laurie’s focus is also how to empower people. And it’s her work on team building, D&I and retention that has helped support high-performance individuals drive the impressive growth of billion-dollar companies. On this episode, Laurie discusses supporting other women in finance, developing a business continuity plan, and working to lead the world in the way of the hybrid cloud.

This episode features an interview with Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council. The FPC was birthed by the Federal Reserve as an independent, inclusive and equitable governance framework to speed up the nation’s payment system to facilitate the safe, secure transfer of funds in near real time. Reed is leading the first cross-industry payments trade. He is responsible for managing daily operations, working with the board and membership to execute on the FPC's strategic plan, and communicating with their stakeholders. Prior to the U.S. Faster Payments Council, he served as Walmart’s Senior Director of Global Treasury. On this episode, Reed talks about facilitating seamless transactions across a network of systems, exceeding user expectations of instant transactions, and protecting against fraud or inadvertent payments.

This episode features highlights from our first ten episodes focusing on the importance of data. We hear from Ann Dennison, CFO of Nasdaq, Jaye Connolly-Labelle, Chairman and CEO of RippleNami, Hamza Benamar, CFO of Kyriba, and more. Together, they bring you the most relevant insights to help you unlock the power of data in your own organization’s finance department.

This episode features an interview with Enrique Calderon, former Assistant Treasurer at Fluor, a global engineering construction company with a revenue of $15.7B in 2020 and ranked 181 among the Fortune 500. Enrique has spent an impressive 45 years in Treasury. Prior to his 14 years as Assistant Treasurer at Fluor, Enrique spent 29 years working for AT&T or its divested companies, where he took on an assignment in a joint venture with Telefonica in Spain and became regional treasurer for Latin America and later for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. On this episode, Enrique talks about what it was like adopting the Euro at a massive organization, how important it is to understand liquidity whether or not your company is flush with cash, and shares some valuable advice on getting promoted.