
CFO THOUGHT LEADER is a podcast featuring firsthand accounts of finance leaders who are driving change within their organizations. We share the career journey of our spotlighted CFO guest: What do they struggle with? How do they persevere? What makes them successful CFOs? CFO THOUGHT LEADER is all about inspiring finance professionals to take a leadership leap. We know that by hearing about the su... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 1224 | Founded | 13 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | CareersBusiness | |||

In 2023, Hippo faced what CFO Guy Zeltser describes as perhaps the worst quarter in the insurance company’s history. The response was not to chase growth harder. Instead, leadership made a decision that would have seemed counterintuitive during the c... more
How consumption models, AI, and rising complexity are reshaping the CFO mandate
Revenue models are becoming more complex—and for finance leaders, the consequences extend well beyond how a company bills its customers. As businesses combine subscripti... more
When Tami Wilson-Ciranna joined Curative in April 2020, the assignment came with what now looks like a spectacularly optimistic assumption: three months.
“I met with Fred on a Tuesday and I started on Thursday,” she recalls. Curative was helping res... more
When Pegasystems began building its cloud business, the economics were hardly what investors would expect from a mature software company. Cloud gross margin was below 30%, recalls CFO and COO Ken Stillwell. The destination was roughly 80%. Getting th... more
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extremely insightful episode. very practical advice and interesting to learn about planet fitness. great guest!
extremely insightful episode. very practical advice and interesting to learn about planet fitness. great guest!
I am a finance professional going through an overseas assignment, navigating through my day to day work and making career decisions so this is my go to podcast! It’s full of nuggets of wisdom from so many CFOs that I would not have a chance to meet and get his/ her insights with such a thoughtful structure! You get the experience in the beginning, book recommendations at the end, I love the question about “what is your unique feature that people know you about?”
I am looking forward for more wom... more
Hello Jack,
I love your show and lot to learn from other professionals’ experiences.
Is there a way to search by a topic? I am interested in the AEC industry episodes.
Thank You
Gowri
It’s hard to listen to the host, especially the advertisements. His tone is incredibly obnoxious that I cringe at times. Still good material to listen to if you’re in accounting or finance.
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Finance leaders who are guests on this show tend to share practical leadership lessons from senior finance roles in fast-growing tech, AI, and industrial companies. Episodes often center on capital allocation, crisis management, governance, and building high-performing finance teams that partner with product, sales, and operations. The format blends career storytelling with actionable frameworks for scaling, cost management, and governance in public and private companies, with notable emphasis on AI-enabled finance, transformative initiatives, and the CFO's expanded role beyond number-crunching. A standout trait across episodes is the focus on real-world decisions, investor relations, and culture as drivers of sustainable value. The series ... more
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Recent guests on CFO THOUGHT LEADER include:
1. Tami Wilson-Ciranna
2. Ken Stillwell
3. Brittany Cerwin
4. Michael Bannon
5. Mike Brower
6. Tim Zue
7. Gregg Clevenger
8. Dallas Clement
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