Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CFO’ operating in the Software space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Mike Taylor
CFO of GitHub
Mike Taylor is CFO at GitHub, a web-based Git or version control repository and Internet hosting service. Prior to joining GitHub, Mike was VP Capital Markets and New Ventures at Tesla Motors, where he managed capital markets and new venture creation activities worldwide. In his prior roles as VP Finance and, later, Treasurer, he managed finance, treasury, investor relations, capital markets, and customer finance for the innovative electric vehicle company.
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About GitHub: GitHub provides code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects in organizations.
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Charly Kevers
CFO of Carta
Charly Kevers serves as CFO at Carta, a transfer agent for private companies.
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About Carta: Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
Marinda Luk
CFO of Initialized Capital
Marinda runs finance, accounting, and back-office duties for Initialized. She was previously senior fund accountant for 500 Startups, and served in similar roles for hedge fund Mountain Lake Investment and as an auditor for State Street Bank. She has a BA in Mass Communications/Media Studies from University of California, Berkeley.
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About Initialized Capital: Initialized Capital is an early-stage VC firm focused on helping software engineers and designers with their first seed checks.
Amy Hood
Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft
As chief financial officer, Amy Hood is responsible for leading Microsoft’s worldwide finance organization, including acquisitions, treasury activities, tax planning, accounting and reporting, and internal audit and investor relations. Prior to this role, Hood was chief financial officer of Microsoft’s Business Division, responsible for the company’s productivity applications and services including Microsoft Office 365, Office, SharePoint, Exchange, Dynamics ERP and Dynamics CRM. During her time in the Business Division, Hood helped lead the transition to the company’s Office 365 service, and she was deeply involved in the strategy development and overall execution of the company’s successful acquisitions of Skype and Yammer. Hood joined Microsoft in 2002 and previously held positions in the Server and Tools Business as well as the corporate finance organization. Prior to 2002, she worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. in various investment banking and capital markets groups roles. Hood earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University. Hood lives in Seattle with her husband and daughters.
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Amy Weaver
President & Chief Financial Officer of Salesforce
Amy Weaver is the President & Chief Financial Officer at Salesforce.
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About Salesforce: Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis.
Spencer Punter
Partner, COO and CFO of DCVC
Spencer has over two decades of experience in Silicon Valley, starting as an investment banker and then becoming a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur, a manager of a venture capital fund of funds, and eventually a CFO/COO of venture-backed enterprise SaaS companies. He brings this diverse skill set to Data Collective where, as COO, he works on the internal operations of the firm and, as an operating partner, he assists the current portfolio with fund raising, FP&A, and M&A. Immediately prior to joining Data Collective, he was COO/CFO of Appcelerator, the maker of the leading cross-platform mobile application development suite, which was acquired by Axway. He has worked in various roles from Associate to General Partner at firms such as Morgan Stanley, Integral Capital Partners, Bowman Capital, Bay Partners, and Capital Dynamics.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Sean Quinn
SVP, Chief Financial Officer of Cimpress
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About Cimpress: Cimpress is a developer of software and manufacturing capabilities that transform traditional markets in order to make customized products.
Josh Gilbert
Chief Financial Officer of Freestyle
Joshua Gilbert is the Chief Financial Officer at Freestyle Capital.
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About Freestyle: Freestyle is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies.
Ulrike Kellmereit
Chief Financial Officer of True Ventures
Uli originally joined the True Ventures team in 2011. Today, in her role as CFO, she oversees all financial operations and ensures each new investment is handled with care and diligence. She started her career in tax advisory services for Ernst & Young’s Berlin office and transitioned to the company’s assurance services team in San Francisco in 2007. Uli holds bachelor’s degrees in business and economics from the Humboldt University of Berlin and a master’s degree in professional accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. Beyond crunching numbers, Uli loves spending time with her two children and husband, enjoying food and wine with friends, and walking around the city. When she’s not in San Francisco, she’s usually visiting relatives, including her twin sister, in Germany.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Ulrike Kellmereit
Chief Financial Officer of True Ventures
Uli originally joined the True Ventures team in 2011. Today, in her role as CFO, she oversees all financial operations and ensures each new investment is handled with care and diligence. She started her career in tax advisory services for Ernst & Young’s Berlin office and transitioned to the company’s assurance services team in San Francisco in 2007. Uli holds bachelor’s degrees in business and economics from the Humboldt University of Berlin and a master’s degree in professional accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. Beyond crunching numbers, Uli loves spending time with her two children and husband, enjoying food and wine with friends, and walking around the city. When she’s not in San Francisco, she’s usually visiting relatives, including her twin sister, in Germany.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Marcella McColl
Chief Financial Officer of Cota Capital
Marcella McColl joined Cota Capital as VP Finance in 2018. Prior to Cota, Marcella was the CFO/CCO at Manifold Partners. She has extensive experience in the alternative investment space and held various senior finance roles including Controller at Hellman and Friedman, American Infrastructure Funds and Carmel Partners. Marcella began her career at KPMG, LLP where she was a manager in the Assurance Practice specializing in investment management and banking. She graduated magna cum laude from Pace University, New York with a BBA in Public Accounting. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California.
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About Cota Capital: Cota Capital is an SEC-registered multi-stage investment firm focused on private and public enterprise technology companies.
Hadas Sparfeld
COO & CFO of Group 11
Hadas is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Group 11. She is responsible for all of the firm’s day-to-day operations and also oversees Group 11’s financial activities, including financial reporting, accounting, forecasting and budgeting, as well as tracking financial performance of portfolio companies.
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About Group 11: Group 11 is a venture capital firm focused on financial technology companies.
Steven Bragonier
CFO and Co-Founder of Neotribe Ventures
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About Gainspeed, Neotribe Ventures: Neotribe Ventures is an early stage-venture capital firm which invests in breakthrough technologies that stretch the imagination.
Paul Jun
Chief Financial Officer of Pilot
Paul Jun is the Chief Financial Officer at Pilot. He previously served as VP of Corporate Finance & Strategy at [Dropbox](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/dropbox) and a venture capital investor at [Index Ventures](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/index-ventures). Prior to that, Jun was a private equity associate at Leonard Green and Partners and investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley.
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About Pilot: Pilot is a platform that offers bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses.
Martin Hernandez
Chief Financial Officer of Meltwater
Martin Hernandez recently joined Meltwater as Chief Financial Officer. Marty is responsible for accounting, business support, finance, human resources, legal, information systems, sales operations, treasury and tax.
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About Meltwater: Meltwater is a media Intelligence & social listening tools for measuring, managing and magnifying corporate reputation.
Eric Jenny
CFO of SOCi
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About SOCi: SOCi is a centralized platform for multi-location marketers to reach and engage local customers.
Steve Boyle
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of TD Ameritrade
Steve Boyle as a Chief Financial Officer for TD Ameritrade, Steve Boyle is responsible for the Company’s investor relations and finance operations functions, including accounting, business planning and forecasting, and treasury and asset liability management. Boyle also serves as a member of the Company’s senior operating committee, which shapes the strategic focus of the organization. Boyle brings nearly 30 years’ experience in financial services to this role. He joined Banknorth as Controller in 1997 and was named Executive Vice President and CFO in 2004. He remained in that role for the bank, which has since become TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, until joining TD Ameritrade in 2015. Prior to joining Banknorth, Boyle served as the Director of Financial Reporting for Barnett Banks, Inc. and served in a variety of accounting roles for Fleet Financial Group and Arthur Andersen & Co.
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About TD Ameritrade: TD Ameritrade is a finance company in online stock trading.
Todd Morgenfeld
CFO of Pinterest
Todd Morgenfeld is the chief financial officer at Pinterest since October 5, 2016. Prior to his current role, Morgenfeld worked as vice president, finance at Twitter. His previous positions include senior vice president, treasury, financial analytics and corporate development at Hewlett-Packard, director at Silver Lake Partners, and associate at Goldman Sachs.
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About Pinterest: Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
Maureen Offer
Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Crosslink Capital
Maureen has been with Crosslink since 2005. As Controller Maureen is responsible for the preparation of both fund and investment level financial statements, performance reporting and Crosslink Capital, Inc. accounting. Maureen joined Crosslink as a Venture Fund Accountant. In her years at Crosslink, Maureen has acquired in-depth knowledge of Crosslink’s public and private funds and investors. Prior to joining Crosslink, Maureen was a Finance Associate with Wells Fargo Financial.
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About Crosslink Capital, Wells Fargo Financial: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Raydodd Hester
CFO of Greyfinch
Raydodd Hester is the Credit Analyst at Simmons Bank.
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About Greyfinch, Simmons Bank: Greyfinch is an orthodontic practice management software.
Steve Cakebread
CFO of Yext
Steve Cakebread served as the President and Chief Strategy Officer of Salesforce.com, a customer relationship management service provider, from February 2008 to January 2009 and as Salesforce.com’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from May 2002 to February 2008. From April 1997 until April 2002, Steve served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Autodesk, a software company. From April 1992 until April 1997, he was Vice President of Finance for Silicon Graphics World Trade. Previous to that, Steve held various roles at Hewlett Packard. Steve holds a B.S. in Business from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Indiana University.
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About Yext: Yext is a knowledge engine platform that helps brands deliver official answers.
Efrain Rivera
CFO & Treasurer of Paychex
Efrain Rivera joined Paychex in June 2011 as senior vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer. Rivera was formerly corporate vice president and chief financial officer at Bausch & Lomb, a global eye health company. During his time at Bausch & Lomb, Rivera held several senior management positions, with responsibilities ranging from managing the company’s commercial operations in Latin America and Canada, to leading finance for Bausch & Lomb’s global vision care division, to overseeing the firm’s treasury operations, including management of a $600 million investment portfolio. Most recently, he served as vice president of finance and administration at Houghton College in Western New York. Rivera holds a Doctor of Management degree from Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Additionally, he earned his Master of Business Administration from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester, and a Juris Doctor degree from New York University in New York City. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Houghton College.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Nigel LeGresley
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer of Acumatica
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About Acumatica: Acumatica is a provider of cloud business management software that empowers small and mid-size businesses to unlock their potential.
Tashi Schmidt
Chief Financial Officer of Tola Capital
Tashi Schmidt is a specialist in Finance and Operations for the venture capital and investment management industry. Prior to joining Tola, Ms. Schmidt oversaw the financial accounting, operations, reporting, and regulatory compliance as Controller for Benchmark Plus Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser managing complex hedged fund of funds portfolios. Earlier in her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Ms. Schmidt audited companies primarily in the financial services, biotechnology, technology, and energy sectors. Ms. Schmidt is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business with a double major in Accounting and Finance. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Washington.
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About Tola Capital: Tola Capital is a venture capital firm that invests globally in enterprise software companies across multiple stages.
Zane Rowe
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of VMware
Mr. Rowe has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2016. Mr. Rowe has served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of VMware since March 2016. Before joining VMware, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DellEMC from October 2014 through February 2016. Prior to joining DellEMC, Mr. Rowe was Vice President of North American Sales of Apple Inc. from May 2012 to May 2014. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Continental Holdings, Inc., an airline holdings company, from October 2010 until April 2012 and was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Continental Airlines from August 2008 to September 2010. Mr. Rowe currently serves on the board of directors of Sabre Corporation.
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About VMware, VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Michael Ellis
Chief Financial Officer of Flywire
Michael Ellis is a financial operations professional with a deep background in technology and services companies. He served as the Controller of the Massachusetts Port Authority, a $500+ million transportation and services business. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer for Eze Castle Software, Inc., and has also held senior management positions with SupplierMarket.com and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Michael received B.A., cum laude, with degrees in Accounting and Politics & Government from Ohio Wesleyan University.
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About Flywire: Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company.
Stephane Bello
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Thomson Reuters
Stephane Bello is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Thomson Reuters. He assumed this role on January 1, 2012 after recently serving as Chief Financial Officer of the company’s Professional division for four years. Bello joined the company in 2001 as a Senior Vice President and Treasurer of The Thomson Corporation where he was responsible for the company’s global treasury operations, risk management and capital markets activities. In addition to these responsibilities, he led the company’s business development activities which included the divestiture of the Thomson Learning business and the acquisition of the Reuters Group. Prior to joining the company, Bello held several positions at General Motors in its treasury division, including regional Treasurer of General Motors Europe and Assistant Treasurer of General Motors in New York. Bello holds degrees in Law and Economic Law from the Universite libre de Bruxelles and is fluent in French, Spanish and English.
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About Thomson Reuters: Thomson Reuters delivers critical information from the financial, legal, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media markets.
Joel Jeselsohn
CFO of Relayr
Joel Jeselsohn joined relayr in May 2019 as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the board. With over 20 years of experience, holding financial and business leadership positions across the healthcare and software industries, Joel now oversees the finance and legal functions at relayr. Leveraging his extensive experience leading strategic planning for companies, he is a valuable advisor. Joel firmly believes that in today’s connected world, IoT can improve business outcomes. What excites him in the IoT industry is the tremendous impact of digitalization on real-life business cases. In his free time, Joel enjoys outdoor activities – skiing and hiking with his family.
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About Relayr: Relayr enables device manufacturers, app developers, and software companies to leverage the power of the internet of things.
Bart Hacking
CFO of BetterCloud
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About BetterCloud: The SaaS Operations leader: Transform employee experience, centralize data protection, and maximize operational efficiency.
Rakesh Shah
President & Chief Financial Officer of Compunnel Digital
Rakesh Shah is Compunnel’s President & Chief Financial Officer responsible for the company’s finance, accounts, legal, IT recruitment, admin and operations. Prior to this, Rakesh has served as senior executive operations leader for Compunnel Software group for over 12 years. He carries deep IT industry experience from both the financial and technical sides and oversees all financial and fiscal management of all companies and groups owned and operated by Compunnel. Rakesh played a significant role in growing Compunnel to its present position, incorporating his business acumen and strategic planning initiatives. Rakesh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from M.S. University, India.
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About Compunnel Digital: Compunnel Digital Software Group IT consulting and staffing, custom business application development, eLearning and enterprise applications.
Ryan Baker
CFO of Ignition Partners
Ryan Baker is the CFO of Ignition Partners.
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About Ignition Partners: Ignition Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping the best entrepreneurs seize opportunity.
Tivanka Ellawala
Chief Financial Officer of Endurance International Group
Tiv Ellawala’s experience and expertise in a range of financial functions across various industries have prepared him for his role as Chief Financial Officer at Endurance International Group. Tiv believes small businesses are the engine of the economy and loves how technology and the Internet can help grow them worldwide. It’s this passion for small businesses that led him to Endurance. Tiv’s career launched with his navigating the world of mergers and acquisitions at Merrill Lynch in New York, and then in its technology division, in San Francisco. His journey to Endurance then took a 13-year detour to Redmond, WA. While at Microsoft, he focused on strategy, business development and strategic alliances, financial planning, financial controllership and investor relations as well as business operations, ultimately leading to his position as CFO for the Windows Phone Division. When not propelling the journeys of small businesses across the globe, Tiv is also passionate about other types of journeys, including hiking, biking and driving.
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About Endurance International Group: Endurance International Group provides small businesses with the products and technology they need to enhance their online presence.
Marc Montagner
Chief Financial Officer of Endurance International Group
Marc has been the chief financial officer at Endurance since September 2015. Marc Montagner was previously chief financial officer at LightSquared where he was the key architect of a plan of reorganization, which led to a recapitalization of the company and brought in new investors, which included Centerbridge, Fortress and JP Morgan. Previously, Marc had been executive vice president of strategy, development and distribution at LightSquared. Marc also held the role of managing director and co-head of the global telecom, media and technology merger and acquisition group at Banc of America Securities. Prior to this, Marc was senior vice president, corporate development and M&A with the Sprint Nextel Corporation. Prior to joining Sprint Nextel, Marc was a managing director in the media and telecom group at Morgan Stanley. Marc serves on the board of directors at Cogent Communications, a publicly traded company. He serves on the audit committee and the corporate governance committee. He holds a master’s of science degree in Electrical Engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, in Paris, and a master’s of business administration from Columbia Business School.
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About Endurance International Group: Endurance International Group provides small businesses with the products and technology they need to enhance their online presence.
Phil Davis
Chief Financial Officer of Afiniti
Phil is the Chief Financial Officer of Afiniti. Prior to joining Afiniti, Phil was a senior executive in the investment banking division at Goldman Sachs where he advised clients on corporate finance, risk management and mergers and acquisitions. Phil was also a consultant with McKinsey & Co. where he oversaw consulting teams in the TMT sector on strategy, operations and corporate finance related topics. Earlier in his career, Phil worked as a research scientist at the MIT Media Laboratory and MIT Lincoln Laboratory developing artificial intelligence algorithms for a variety of different applications, including emotion and personality recognition.
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About Afiniti: Afiniti uses AI to identify and predict patterns of behavior to improve the quality of interpersonal interactions for businesses
Betsabe Botaitis
Co-Founder and CFO of Aikon
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About Aikon, Kueski: Aikon provides API-based Blockchain as a Service for top public blockchains including EOS, Ethereum and Libra
Keith Taylor
Chief Financial Officer of Equinix
Keith D. Taylor joined Equinix in 1999 and has served in a variety of roles, such as Equinix’s Director of Finance & Administration, Vice President, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer, and now as CFO. Before joining Equinix, Taylor served as Vice President of Finance and Controller for International Wireless Communications, Inc., an operator, owner, and developer of wireless communication networks throughout Asia and Latin America. Prior to joining International Wireless Communications, Inc., Taylor was employed by Becton Dickinson & Company, a medical and diagnostic device manufacturer, as a Senior Sector Analyst for the diagnostic businesses in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Taylor holds a B.B.A. from Bishops University in Quebec, Canada, and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Don Parker
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of SAS
Don Parker is responsible for the company’s global financial operations, business analysis, financial and operational planning, and financial reporting. He also oversees mergers and acquisitions. Parker joined SAS in 1993 with a diversified financial background, including international operations. He places strong emphasis on integrity, quality and customer service. His management style is one of collaboration and transparency, partnering across divisions to reach the goals of a $3 billion-plus global company. Under Parker’s leadership, the finance organization uses SAS financial and business software solutions, which also provide valuable insights to CFOs and CEOs of SAS customers. In 2011, Triangle Business Journal named Parker CFO of the Year. In an interview with the Journal, he spoke about how he contributes to SAS’ growth. “Working for a privately held company, I have the luxury of spending most of my time trying to look ahead to where and how we are going to grow, rather than reporting on where we have been,” said Parker. “Growth for technology businesses like SAS is fueled by innovation. In order to continue growth and produce innovative products, you must invest. It is important for a CFO to take care of company profits and make wise spending choices that lead to future growth.” Parker is a member of the Wall Street Journal’s CFO Network. He graduated from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and is a CPA.
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About SAS: SAS provides advanced business analytics and business intelligent software and services to enable companies to optimize their operations.
Allen Shim
Chief Financial Officer of Slack
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About Slack: Slack is an enterprise software platform that allows teams and businesses of all sizes to communicate effectively.
Elizabeth Loar
Chief Financial Officer of SnapLogic
Elizabeth Loar is the Vice President of Finance and Administration at SnapLogic, where she is responsible for overseeing the company’s finance and accounting functions. Elizabeth is an experienced corporate controller and management consultant specializing in business process reengineering for finance organizations. She previously served as SnapLogic’s Corporate Controller and before that was the director of financial planning and analysis at Merchant e-Solutions. Elizabeth holds a Master’s of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor’s of Science from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
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About SnapLogic: SnapLogic is a software company that provides a platform for enterprise cloud and big data integration.
Mike Mauceri
CFO of Lightbank
Mike Mauceri joined Lightbank in April of 2012. Prior to Lightbank, Mike worked as corporate controller of MediaOcean, LLC where he was responsible for all accounting and finance functions. While at MediaOcean, Mike served as the financial lead for the merger with DDS, forming MediaOcean, LLC. Prior to joining MediaOcean, LLC in 2010, Mike served as accounting manager for Innerworkings, Inc. and finance manager for Starcom Worldwide. Mike holds a BA from Purdue University and is a CPA.
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About Lightbank: Lightbank VC is a venture fund that invests in entrepreneurs solving the biggest problems in society
Kevin Melia
Chief Financial Officer of Storm Ventures
Kevin is the Chief Financial Officer at Storm Ventures. Prior to joining Storm Ventures in 2002, Kevin was a Manager at Mitchell Madison Group, a management consulting firm, and its successor companies, USWeb/CKS and marchFIRST. He primarily worked with clients in the networking equipment industry to develop new business opportunities and establish strategic partnerships. Previously, Kevin was a development engineer with Ericsson’s fiber optic access division. He has also worked with A.T. Kearney and Raychem. Kevin earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University.
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About Storm Ventures: Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments.
Steven Hill
CFO of ZoomInfo
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About ZoomInfo: ZoomInfo provides accurate and actionable B2B contact and company information to accelerate the growth of sales and marketing teams.
Brian Kinard
CFO and Legal Counsel of Mojo Vision
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About Mojo Vision: Mojo Vision is developing Mojo Lens, the world’s first AR smart contact lens with a built-in display that delivers Invisible Computing
Alan Fu
Chief Financial Officer of Civis Analytics
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About Civis Analytics: Civis Analytics is a software company that helps public and private sector organizations make data-driven decisions.
Trac Pham
CFO of Synopsys
Trac Pham was appointed Chief Financial Officer in December 2014 and leads the Finance organization which includes the Corporate Controller, Financial and Strategic Planning, Tax, Treasury, Internal Audit and Investor Relations groups. Previously, Pham was Vice President of Corporate Finance and Vice President of Financial Planning and Strategy at Synopsys. During his tenure, Pham has helped Synopsys achieve profitable growth by developing strategic and operating plans that prioritize investments across multiple business units. Before joining Synopsys in 2006, Pham held leadership roles in strategy and business development and finance at Juniper Networks. Earlier in his career, Pham was sales controller, division controller, and finance and accounting manager for multiple business groups at 3Com. Pham holds a BA, Economics from UC Berkeley and an MPIA (Master of Pacific International Affairs) from UC San Diego where he was a Schoepflin Fellow. He is an active status California CPA.
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About Synopsys: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
Neil Williams
Senior Vice President, CFO of Intuit
Neil Williams became Intuit’s senior vice president and chief financial officer in January 2008. Williams has nearly 30 years of strategic, operational and transactional experience in the financial services industry. He is responsible for all financial aspects of the company, including corporate strategy and business development, investor relations, financial operations and real estate. Before joining Intuit, Williams was the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Visa U.S.A., Inc. In that role, he led all financial functions for the company and its subsidiaries, including financial planning, business planning and financial monitoring. Williams concurrently served as chief financial officer for Inovant LLC, Visa’s global information technology organization, responsible for global transactions processing and technology development. His previous banking experience includes senior financial positions at commercial banks in the Southern and Midwestern regions of the United States. Williams, a certified public accountant, received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern Mississippi.
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About Intuit: Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
Chris Pohl
CFO of Lead Edge Capital
Chris Pohl serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Lead Edge Capital, LLC. Chris Pohl has a tax background and specializes in private equity and hedge fund clients, as well as high net worth individuals. Chris Pohl has also worked at several large fund administrators. He has an M.B.A in accounting from Monmouth University and a Bachelors in fine arts from Rider University.
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About Lead Edge Capital: Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity and buyout firm focused on software and internet related companies.
Jason Kalira
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer of Parsable
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About Parsable: Parsable offers a connected worker platform for industrial workers with modern digital tools to improve productivity, quality and safety.
Stephanie Lemmerman
CFO of Recharge
Stephanie Lemmerman currently works as the CFO for ReCharge. She previously worked at Headspace Inc. as the executive vice president of finance.
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About Recharge: Recharge offers subscription management software for e-commerce businesses.
Bryan Wolff
CFO/COO of Staircase
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About BBQ Holdings, Staircase: Staircase is an API marketplace for residential mortgage.
Robert Alvarez
Chief Financial Officer of BigCommerce
Robert is the Chief Financial Officer of BigCommerce. He has been instrumental in the acquisition or listing of his 4 previous companies and brings extensive experience in finance, planning, and business transactions.
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About BigCommerce: BigCommerce is a SaaS provider for merchants running online businesses.
Annamaria Malara
Chief Financial Officer of Transactis
Annamaria Malara leads Transactis’ accounting and finance teams. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an auditor in the Banking and Capital markets industry; her clients included Freddie Mac, J.P. Morgan Chase, and RG Financial. After leaving PwC, Ms. Malara spent time at Calabrio, where she gained valuable experience regarding the unique financial challenges facing technology start-ups. Ms. Malara received her CPA license from New York State in 2009.
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About Transactis: Transactis provides banks and merchants with SaaS-based billing, payment, and loyalty products.
David Tomizuka
CFO of Integrate
David Tomizuka was appointed to the role as CFO at Integrate in the fall of 2013. Dave’s primary focus is to optimize operations across the entire organization and to ensure that the company’s immediate and future financial strategies support fulfillment of long-term goals. Dave brings twenty years of deep experience in publicly-traded, privately-held and founder-backed companies across multiple verticals including tech, telecom, energy, financial services and manufacturing. Prior to Integrate, he served as a Managing Director for the investment banking division of Southwest Securities, Inc., a subsidiary of SWS Group, Inc. where he focused on complex financial advisory engagements including merger and acquisition (M&A) and financing transactions for clients in both technology and communications sectors. Before SWS, he functioned as the president at three different companies, most recently as President of Valley-Dynamo, LLC. a division of Brunswick Corporation.
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About Integrate: Integrate provides a hub for managing and measuring demand generation programs.
Doug Barry
Co-Founder, COO and CFO of PORTL Hologram
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About MSMCi, PopJax, PORTL Hologram: PORTL Hologram offers at-home hologram machines.
Steven Hammersly
CFO and Board Member of PORTL Hologram
Steven Hammersly is the CFO at PORTL Hologram.
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About PORTL Hologram: PORTL Hologram offers at-home hologram machines.
Brian McGee
EVP, COO & CFO of GoPro
Brian McGee is the senior vice president and chief financial officer of [GoPro](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gopro#/entity), a brand of high-definition personal cameras used in extreme action video photography. Previously, he was the vice president for finance at the same company. He has also served as the vice president for business operations at [Qualcomm](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/qualcomm#/entity). McGee holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from [California Polytechnic State University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo#/entity). He lives in Los Gatos, California, United States.
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About GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Robert Aldrich
Chief Financial Officer of Urgently
Most recently, prior to Microsoft’s acquisition of Parature, Bob Aldrich was responsible for the financial, administrative and business operations of Parature. Additionally he assisted the Founders with strategy and managing the company. Previous to joining Parature, Aldrich served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Q.Know Technologies Inc., a privately-held enterprise software company in the document and content management space. Aldrich was vice president and CFO for NFR Security, a venture-backed company providing network security products. His responsibilities at both companies included all financial operations, shareholder and analyst communications, and business operations including legal, human resources and purchasing. Earlier in his career Aldrich was a Controller at two public companies – IGEN International and Best Software.
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About Urgently: Urgently features a roadside assistance industry to the benefit of global brands and roadside assistance professionals.
Mike Skoff
Chief Financial Officer of Urgently
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About Urgently: Urgently features a roadside assistance industry to the benefit of global brands and roadside assistance professionals.
Kurt Kalbfleisch
Senior Vice President and CFO of Sphere 3d
Kurt Kalbfleisch joined Sphere 3D as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 2014. Prior to that, Kurt was with Overland Storage from December 1993 until November 2014 and served as Overland’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kurt is responsible for the company’s finance, accounting, legal, and facilities operations. During his tenure at Overland, Kurt has also served in several key management roles in cost accounting and finance. Prior to joining Overland, Kurt was a manufacturing budget analyst for McDonnell Douglas Corp. Kurt earned his MBA from the University of San Diego and a bachelor’s degree in Business from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.
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About Sphere 3d: Sphere 3D Corp. delivers data management, and desktop and application virtualization via hybrid Cloud, Cloud and on-premise implementations.
Mary Denten
CFO of Scale Venture Partners
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About Scale Venture Partners: Scale is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
Peter Perrone
CFO of AtScale
Pete Perrone is the CFO. Prior to AtScale, Pete was CFO at Percolate and Limelight Networks.He also spent 14 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director in the Principal Investment Area, investing in and working with high growth technology leaders.
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About Artisan Bio, AtScale: AtScale is an intelligent data virtualization company that provides a single, secured, and governed workspace for distributed data.
Yannis Peyret
CFO of Holberton School
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About Holberton School: Holberton School is a project-based alternative to college for the next generation of software engineers.
Richard Bridge
CFO of Boosted USA
Richard Bridge is the CFO at Boosted, Inc.
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About Boosted USA: Boosted USA builds and develops lightweight, wireless, and remote-controlled motorized electric longboards.
Gregor McCole
Chief Financial Officer of Arctic Wolf
Gregor McCole has more than 17 years of experience in the security industry. As CFO, he’s responsible for all of Arctic Wolf’s financial activities. In his previous role, he was the vice president of finance for Cylance, and served as the acting CFO for an extended period following its Series D funding. Prior to Cylance, Gregor was at McAfee, ultimately serving concurrent roles as the chief operating officer of the consumer business and vice president of finance for both consumer and corporate business units. Gregor also worked in finance at Hewlett-Packard and in the audit practice for Deloitte & Touche. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Lewis & Clark College.
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About Arctic Wolf: Arctic Wolf helps companies end cyber risk by providing security operations as a concierge service.
Steven R. Springsteel
Chief Financial Officer of Recurly
Steven R. Springsteel is the Chief Financial Officer of Recurly. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Graduate of Cleveland State University.
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About Recurly: Subscription billing management SaaS platform powering 2,000+ brands including Sling TV, BarkBox, Asana, FabFitFun, Cinemark & Twitch
Jay Lance
CFO & CCO of PeakSpan Capital
Jay Lance is the CFO and CCO at PeakSpan Capital. Before joining PeakSpan, Jay was employed by The Carlyle Group, in their Global Market Strategies Group, where he primarily focused on distressed and mezzanine debt strategies Jay graduated magna cum laude from Pace University, where he received MBA’s in Accounting and Financial Management along with a BBA in Accounting.
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About PeakSpan Capital: PeakSpan Capital is a growth stage investment firm partnering exclusively with disruptive B2B software companies.
Marcus Alexander
CFO of Capacity
Marcus Alexander is CFO at Capacity.
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About Capacity: Capacity is an AI-powered helpdesk that automates support for customers and employees.
Carolyn McCarthy
Chief Financial Officer of Quest Software
Carolyn is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quest. She also oversees IT Infrastructure, Procurement and Real Estate. Carolyn joined Quest from Dell where she held a number of senior finance leadership roles, the last one as SVP and CFO of Dell’s Software Division. Prior to Dell she held various finance roles at PepsiCo and EDS. Carolyn graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Holy Cross College and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
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About Quest Software: Quest Software is a software manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and supports software used by IT professionals.
Steve Robertson
Chief Financial Officer of Intapp
Stephen Robertson is the CFO at Intapp.
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About Intapp: Intapp is a provider of industry-specific, cloud-based software solutions that enable connected professional and financial services.
Marc Shiffman
Chief Financial Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer of SMS Assist
Marc Shiffman currently serves as the president and chief executive officer. Shiffman joined SMS Assist in 2010 to oversee special initiatives. Since joining the organization, he has primarily focused on finance and administration, including accounting, corporate finance, human resources, legal, marketing, compliance, training, and operations. Prior to joining SMS Assist, Mr. Shiffman founded Marc R. Shiffman Advisors, which provided general management and consulting services to specialty and consumer products companies. In his role there, Mr. Shiffman provided strategic, financial and operating support as well as interim executive management. He also sourced deals, evaluated opportunities and performed due diligence for potential acquisitions across multiple industries. Before starting his own consulting practice, Mr. Shiffman served in financial and general management positions of increasing responsibility as a senior executive at MacAndrews & Forbes owned and operated companies including Revlon, Coleman and Sunbeam. Mr. Shiffman earned a bachelor’s of science degree in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from The Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.
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About SMS Assist: SMS Assist is revolutionizing the multi-site property management market using the SMS proprietary technology platform.
Jim Cook
Chief Financial Officer of Orbital Insight
Jim is CFO at Mozilla. Over the last 20+ years in Silicon Valley, Jim has has helped build the financial and operational foundations for a few brand name, multi-billion dollar companies. As one of NetFlix’s six co-founders, Jim built and managed all financial and operational functions from the company’s founding in 1997 until 1999. His public company experience includes Intuit where he worked closely with the original founders from 1991-1996 including driving several M&A’s, the company’s 1993 IPO, and as Divisional Controller for the $100M Small Business Division (QuickBooks) Since 2005, Jim has been CFO for Mozilla (Firefox) and has led the worldwide effort to grow the Mozilla team and operational infrastructure from less than 25 employees in Mtn. View to a worldwide operation of >850 employees in 11 offices on 4 different continents. Jim currently serves as an advisor to several venture backed companies, VC’s, Silicon Valley Bank’s CFO Advisory Group and as a Director for the Alliance of CEO’s. Jim graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Bus. Admin (Finance) and a minor in Biology after initially pursuing becoming an Aerospace Engr/Space Doctor. Jim has lived in Portola Valley for the past 20 yrs with his wife Lissa and his two children, Trevor and Claire and two dogs. Jim and his family enjoys any kind of outdoor activity and looks forward to family traditions and annual vacations (Kirkwood skiing, New Hampshire summers, various camping adventures)
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About Orbital Insight: Orbital Insight builds SaaS technology to understand what happens on and to the Earth with AI and machine learning
David Sheen
Chief Financial Officer of Vestwell
Dave is a Principal at Primary Venture Partners based in the firm’s New York City office. Prior to joining Primary, he worked as an Associate in the technology investment banking team at Morgan Stanley in New York. At Morgan Stanley, he executed multiple IPOs, M&A transactions and capital raises for some of the largest firms in the technology sector, such as SAP and Red Hat, as well as financings for various New York-based technology firms including Etsy, Shutterstock and Medidata. Dave’s previous experience includes roles in operations and corporate development at HIT Entertainment and Dixons Store Group, as well as strategic consulting at L.E.K. Consulting in the U.K. Dave holds an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at New York University, and a Master’s degree in Engineering from Cambridge University.
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About Vestwell: Vestwell provides underlying infrastructure to power workplace retirement plans.
Steven Gelsomini
CFO of EcoSense Lighting
Steven Gelsomini is the CFO at Ecosense Lighting.
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About EcoSense Lighting: EcoSense Lighting designs and develops lighting solutions for commercial and residential applications.
Matthew T. Santangelo
Chief Financial Officer of Forcepoint
Matt Santangelo is the Chief Financial Officer for Forecepoint™. His leadership in global corporate financial strategies and operations include financial forecasting, planning and reporting, managing overall financial performance and leading the finance team. Santangelo brings more than 15 years of experience leading cross-functional teams to his role. Prior to his position at Forcepoint, Santangelo was the senior director of IDS Business Transformation and Offsets. In this role, he was responsible for the development and implementation of fundamental changes to the way IDS conducts business, including process improvements, infrastructure consolidations and portfolio optimization. Santangelo has also served as CFO of IDS’ Global Integrated Sensors (GIS) business and as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) business. Santangelo has participated in several leadership initiatives including Raytheon’s Leadership Excellence Program, the University of California Los Angeles Diverse Leadership Development Program and the Leadership Connection Jericho Road Program. Santangelo is also a graduate of Raytheon’s Financial Leadership Development Program. Santangelo holds an MBA from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Bentley University.
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About Forcepoint: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Jacob Shulman
CFO of JFrog
Jacob, Chief Financial Officer of JFrog, brings over 25 years of experience in building the financial infrastructure and driving growth of multinational enterprises. Prior to JFrog, Jacob was the CFO of Mellanox Technologies, a leading supplier of end-to-end intelligent interconnect solutions and services for servers, storage and hyper-converged infrastructure. Jacob also held key finance positions at Atrica, Thyssenkrupp AG, Matav Cable Systems and Ernst & Young. Jacob holds an MBA from the College of Academic Management Studies (Israel) and a BSc in accounting and economics from Tel-Aviv University (Israel).
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About JFrog: JFrog provides software developers with a binary repository management solution.
Alison Dean
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of iRobot
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Patrick O’Malley
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Seagate Technology
Patrick O’Malley assumed the role of EVP & CFO effective August 25, 2008. In his previous role of SVP Finance & Treasurer, he was responsible for Corp. Accounting, Reporting, Treasury, Credit & Collections and Risk Management along with Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and support for our Business Unit GMs, Sales & other functions. In October 2005, he returned to Finance from the Sales Organization where he coordinated the Company’s activities surrounding the Consumer Electronics market as the SVP, Consumer Electronics Business Development from January 2004. O’Malley joined Seagate in 1988 & has held various management roles within the Finance organization including Manager of Consolidation & Cost Accounting, Director of Finance – Corporate FP&A, Sr. Director of Finance for Oklahoma City Operations, Sr. Director of Finance for Desktop Design, VP of Finance for Recording Media Operations & SVP of Finance for Manufacturing Operations. Prior to joining Seagate, he spent four years as a Sr. Staff Accountant for Arthur Young & Co. O’Malley holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1984).
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About Seagate Technology, Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Brian Cohen
CFO of Logz.io
Brian Cohen 30-year career features a wide variety of technology leadership roles and entrepreneurial ventures. Most recently, he was Vice President of Sales Strategy & Operations at Hewlett-Packard, where he was responsible for driving the Americas regional sales coverage and compensation, sales process management, sales productivity and sales readiness programs within HP’s Enterprise Group. In this effort, he worked closely with the Worldwide and Regional Business Units, Sales Finance, Human Resources, and Country-based Sales Operations teams. Prior to joining HP in August 2010, he was a Fellow in the 2009 New England Clean Energy Fellowship, an MIT program designed to prepare serial entrepreneurs for leadership roles in the clean technology industry. Prior to that, he served as President and CEO of Steelbox Networks, developing technology for the next wave in video switching. As President and CEO of SPI Dynamics, Cohen led the company through its acquisition by HP in August 2007 when its application security software became a key part of the application management solution in the HP Software line. Under Cohen’s leadership, SPI Dynamics was recognized as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America by Deloitte for four consecutive years starting in 2003. Cohen has also founded and served as President and CEO of Technologic, Inc. (sold to eSoft, Inc. in 1999), and in executive management positions with Management Matters, Inc., a private investment and consulting company, and Dun & Bradstreet Software (aka Management Science America). He has a BA from the University of Florida and began his technology career as a systems engineer with Electronic Data Systems. Cohen also serves as Chairman of the Board of Lancope, Inc., a network security and network performance optimization company, as an advisor to Bluebox Security, a mobile security platform company, and is the proud father of two beautiful daughters.
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About Logz.io, QASymphony: Logz.io provides a scalable and intelligent machine data analytics platform built on ELK and Grafana for monitoring modern applications.
Joe Franzi
Partner Emeritus, CFO of Seven Peaks Ventures
Joe has been SPV’s CFO since its beginning days and recently retired this Spring. Believing in the foundational importance of supporting companies growing to scale with the right amount of information, operational support and business savvy, Joe brings a wealth of clear business acumen and focused decision making to support our portfolio companies.
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About Seven Peaks Ventures: Seven Peaks Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on funding highly scalable software businesses.
Andreas Galliker
CFO of Mercury
Andreas Galliker is Chief Financial Officer at Mercury. Prior to joining Mercury, Andreas worked with Cintrifuse, a Cincinnati-based venture capital fund-of-funds, and for Northcreek, a mid-market mezzanine fund. Prior to that, Andreas was a Mandate Manager for an Audit, Tax, and Financial Advisory Firm, where he was responsible for annual reporting, audit mandates, and investment accounts. Andreas received his BBA in Finance, and his M.S. in Finance, where he was a UGS Scholar, from the University of Cincinnati. He received a Swiss certified specialist in accounting and finance degree (CPA equivalent) from the Institute of Higher Business Education in Lucerne, Switzerland and is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society Houston.
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About Mercury: Early-stage venture capital firm investing in SaaS, cloud, and data platforms across Middle America.
Tim Cabral
Advisor (Former CFO) of Veeva
As CFO, Tim is responsible for all aspects of financial management and G&A operations. He brings over 20 years of technology finance background and nearly 10 years of software finance and operations background. Prior to joining Veeva Systems, Tim served as CFO/COO for Walsh Wireless, a wireless solutions and services company and as CFO/CoFounder of Agistics, a start-up focused on employee management services. Tim also spent more than 7 years at PeopleSoft, Inc., where he held various positions, including VP of Products & Technology Finance and Senior Director of Corporate FP&A. During his tenure as VP of Finance, Tim created and built the Operational Controller team and developed an influential business partnership model with General Managers who owned business units driving upwards of $250m in revenue. Prior to PeopleSoft, Tim served in finance positions at Chiron Corporation and LSI Logic. Tim holds a MBA in Finance and a Bachelors degree in Finance from Santa Clara University.
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About Veeva: Veeva Systems is a provider of cloud-based business solutions for the global life sciences industry.
Robert Sison
Chief Financial Officer of BigPanda
Robert Sison is the CFO at BigPanda.
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About BigPanda: BigPanda offers a platform that helps IT Ops, NOC, and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents faster and more easily.
Arthur Chadwick
CFO of Cavium
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About Cavium: Cavium Networks develops and markets semiconductor processors for intelligent and secure networks.
Thomas A. Mutryn
CFO of CACI International
In addition to fulfilling the customary duties of a CFO, Mr. Mutryn heads CACI’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) program. He has played a key role in sustaining the company’s financial stability as a trusted asset to the U.S. federal government, as well as growing CACI’s capabilities to support America’s vital national missions. Mr. Mutryn brings significant capabilities in evaluating new opportunities, performing due diligence with acquisition candidates and assessing how completed acquisitions meet our strategic goals. He also manages CACI’s capital structure, including cash management, bank relationships, interest rate strategies and equity and debt offerings. Mr. Mutryn previously worked for GTSI Corp., where he directed finance and accounting activities as Senior VP and CFO. Prior to GTSI, he worked for US Airways as Senior VP of Finance and CFO. In that role he led the carrier’s treasury, purchasing, investor relations, accounting, financial planning and analysis, internal audit, tax and aircraft sales functions. He also worked for United Airlines and American Airlines in various senior finance positions earlier in his career.
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About CACI International: CACI International Inc provides information systems, and technology and professional services to the U.S.
David Overmyer
CFO of Contentstack
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About Contentstack, raw engineering: Contentstack develops a cloud based content management system intended to power omnichannel content.
Caitlin Haberberger
Chief Financial Officer of LogDNA
Caitlin is the CFO at Flite. Caitlin brings significant financial management experience to Flite with her more than 20 years of experience in finance and accounting as well as in managing HR, legal and other G&A functions. Most recently, Caitlin was VP of Finance and HR at Hearsay Social, a social media related SaaS company. Her experience also includes controllership, financial analysis and investor relations positions in the media and software industries. Caitlin began her career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen. Caitlin earned her BA in Economics and Urban Studies from Connecticut College.
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About LogDNA: LogDNA offers a log management solution that provides DevOps teams an aggregation of all their system and application logs on one platform.
Dorian Merritt
Chief Financial Officer of Tenaya Capital
Dorian Merritt joined Tenaya Capital in September 2017 and has 20 years of experience in finance and accounting. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and went on to serve as Controller for a publicly traded software company before transitioning into alternative investment accounting where she has worked at several venture capital firms including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sierra Ventures, and ONSET Ventures.
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About Tenaya Capital: Tenaya Capital operates as a venture capital firm investing it in a wide range of technology-driven companies.
Bill Hughlett
CFO of Voyager Capital
Bill joined Voyager Capital as Chief Financial Officer in 2000. He brings over 25 years of industry and public accounting experience to the team, most of which has been focused on the technology industry. Prior to joining Voyager in 2000, Bill was a Senior Manager in Arthur Andersen’s High Technology practice, serving companies such as aQuantive, Blue Nile, BSQUARE Corporation, and Loudeye Technologies. At Arthur Andersen, Bill specialized in planning and execution of corporate transactions and equity compensation strategies for his clients. Prior to rejoining Arthur Andersen in 1998, Bill had responsibility for strategic planning, corporate development, and the worldwide tax function of Spacelabs Medical, a public medical device company.
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About Voyager Capital: Voyager Capital is a venture firm providing entrepreneurs with the resources, experience, and connection to build successful tech companies.
John Tran
CFO & COO of Backblaze
John H. Tran is the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Backblaze. Most recently, John was the chief operating officer for ImmunGene, Inc.; a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel cancer immunotherapy. John also held executive leadership roles in various private and public companies, including companies that went through initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Earlier in his career, he was an audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC. John received his Bachelor of Arts degrees in Biology and Business Economics, with an emphasis on Accounting, from the University of California, Santa Barbara. John is a certified public accountant with the State of California (inactive).
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About Backblaze: Backblaze is an online storage company that offers personal and business backup as well as B2 cloud storage.
Blake Koriath
CFO of High Alpha
Blake Koriath is the CFO at High Alpha.
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About High Alpha, High Alpha, Kauffman Fellows: High Alpha creates and funds companies through a new model for entrepreneurship that unites company building and venture capital.
Tony Abate
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Anystream
Tony Abate brings more than 20 years of experience in the technology, digital media and converged services fields to Echo360 and over the course of his career, Tony has served in a variety of product management, senior executive, investment and advisory roles. As an investor at Battery Ventures and Whitney & Co, Tony served on the board of several venture-backed start-ups. His seasoned guidance on how to profitably scale in nascent markets helped companies like Homestore, RelevantKnowledge, and Cbeyond Communications go from concept to a successful IPO or exit. As a consultant at McKinsey & Co. and Mercator Partners, Tony advised publicly traded companies and venture-backed start-ups on how best to capitalize on the ensuing business opportunities of digitization and convergence. Tony began his career in the US Air Force, where he developed an advanced computer platform for the then-classified stealth aircraft program. Tony graduated summa cum laude with a BSE in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and holds an MBA with honors from Harvard Business School.
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About Anystream, Denbury Resources, Echo360, Tops Markets: Anystream is an internet software company specializing in streaming media encoding technology.
Sean Doherty
CFO of Minim
Sean Doherty is the Chief Financial Officer at Minim.
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About Minim, Zoom Telephonics (now Minim): Minim (NASDAQ: MINM) was born as a networking company and now delivers intelligent software to protect and improve the WiFi we depend on.
Matthew Cain
Chief Financial Officer of DataRobot
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About DataRobot: DataRobot brings AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises.
Chris Lynch
Chief Financial Officer of Sprinklr
Chris is a financial executive with extensive knowledge in technology software and advertising businesses. In his current role, he is working to maximize Sprinklr’s opportunities for overall growth and international expansion. Chris is best known for his work at Bazaarvoice and his key role in its successful IPO. Through innovative thinking and diagnostic problem solving, Chris has led global finance organizations through periods of rapid growth. He brings passion for a high growth technology environment to his role at Sprinklr.
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About Sprinklr: Sprinklr provides enterprise software for customer experience management.
Tom FitzSimmons
Chief Financial Officer of Prove (formerly Payfone)
Tom FitzSimmons serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Payfone.
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About Prove (formerly Payfone): Prove is the modern way of proving identity with just a phone.
Kevin Bradley
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Terex
Kevin Bradley was named Senior Vice President in January 2013. Prior Mr. Bradley was President, Terex Cranes, a position to which he was appointed in January 2011. He joined Terex Corporation as President of Terex Financial Services (TFS) in August 2005. Mr. Bradley has more than 20 years of experience in financial services. Prior to joining Terex, he was employed by GE Commercial Finance (previously GE Capital) where he worked for almost nine years, culminating in his position as Chief Asset Management Officer for the Vendor Financial Services Business Unit. Prior to this, Mr. Bradley worked at AT&T Capital for nine and a half years in various finance and asset management positions. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Montclair State University, New Jersey.
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About Terex: Terex Corportion is a set of manufacturing companies focusing on infrastructure support via their handling and lifting equipment.
Anthony Chen
CFO and Executive Vice President of Borqs Technologies
Anthony K. Chan, is our CFO and Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and has joined our company since April 2015. Mr. Chan has over 30 years of experience in U.S. and China cross border investments and business operations. From July 2013 until March 2015, Mr. Chan served as the President of Asia Sourcing for Portables Unlimited in New York, a distributor of T-Mobile USA. From March 2009 until July 2013, he served as the CFO for Tianjin Tong Guang Digital Broadcasting Co. Ltd, a mobile communications products company. For the 20 years prior to that, he was involved in multiple investment and technology transfer projects between China, the U.S and Europe, in the areas of communication products, chemical fibers, textile machinery and medical equipment. Mr. Chan received both his bachelor’s and MBA degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Borqs Technologies: Borqs Technologies is a high-tech company providing intelligent terminal software and end-to-end service platforms.
Zhi Li
CFO of Customer.io
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About Customer.io: Customer.io enables users to send newsletters to selected segments of customers using their website data.
Mark Iserloth
Chief Financial Officer of Puppet
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About Puppet: Puppet is an information technology automation software company designed for system administrators.
John Ludwig
Chief Financial Officer of Jobvite
John joined Jobvite as its Chief Financial Officer in June 2020 and is responsible for leading the company’s finance and accounting function. Prior to joining the company, he had several roles in growth-oriented companies in the technology and distribution industries with a particular focus on growth through mergers and acquisitions. John received his bachelor’s degree from Ball State University with a double major in Accounting and Corporate Finance.
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About Jobvite: Jobvite provides end-to-end talent acquisition software and services that increase recruiting quality, speed, and cost-effectiveness.
