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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 Enterprise 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.
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.
Jackqueline Dao
CFO of Reach Capital
Jackqueline Dao is the CFO at Reach Capital.
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About Reach Capital: Reach supports entrepreneurs that develops technology solutions for challenges in education from early childhood through future of work
Ashim Gupta
CFO of UiPath
The potential for enterprise automation is only going to increase. UiPath is at the forefront of this monumental change and I could not be more excited to lead our customers through their digital transformation journeys.
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About UiPath: UiPath is a software company developing robotic process automation and artificial intelligence software.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pete Cumello
CFO of WorkFusion
As WorkFusion’s CFO, Pete is accountable for financial operations, planning, controls and overall translation of results against goals. He brings deep expertise in finance and enterprise tech, most recently as Global CFO of the mid-market digital agency Text100. Prior to that, Pete spent 20 years at Accenture and Avanade, leading Accenture’s North America Products Operating Unit as Managing Director. As CFO of North America and Asia-Pacific, Pete helped Avanade, an Accenture-Microsoft joint venture, grow from a startup to a $1 billion company.
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About WorkFusion: WorkFusion offers automation solutions to enterprises to help them reduce costs and up-skill workforces.
Rene Ho
Chief Financial Officer of Taulia
As Chief Financial Officer, René has responsibility for the company’s finance and human resource functions and oversees the administration of the company. René has more than 20 years of experience in finance, operations and leadership roles in the United States and Asia. Before joining Taulia, René took a break from the for-profit world and helped Goodwill of Silicon Valley develop its program to help adults with autism find meaningful work. René’s corporate experience includes managing the divisional finance staff at Visa to prepare the business units for what was, at the time, the largest IPO in the United States. René also spent 4 years in Asia managing the operations of Visa’s largest region outside the United States. When not working, René spends time with his wife and two girls and when they are asleep, he can be found working out in his garage.
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About Taulia: Taulia is a FinTech startup that provides working capital management and electronic invoicing services for supply chain companies.
Thomas Berquist
CFO of TIBCO
Tom Berquist is the Chief Financial Officer at Tibco Software Inc. since October 2015. Tom is responsible for worldwide financial operations and reporting, as well as investor relations. Tom was an Operating Partner at Vector Capital where he partners with Vector’s portfolio companies to create shareholder value. Tom is currently a Member of the Board of Directors at Saba and is a past Member of the Board of Directors of Corel. Previously Tom was Chief Executive Officer at Corel, a global consumer software and hardware company based in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Taiwan, China, and Japan. Tom joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in September 2009 and helped take the company private with the backing of Vector Capital. Prior to joining Corel, Tom was Chief Financial Officer at Ingres (now Actian), a private open source software company based in Redwood City, CA. Before entering the software industry in 2006, Tom spent ten years as a Managing Director of Software Equity Research for Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Piper Jaffray where he covered most of the world’s top software companies including Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, Intuit, Nuance Communications, Symantec, and Autodesk. Previously, as a Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting, Tom was responsible for selling and managing large enterprise software implementation projects for customers including Liberty Mutual Insurance, the City of Chicago, GMAC, Tyco International, US Bancorp, and Honeywell. Tom holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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About TIBCO: TIBCO unlocks the potential of real-time data for business to make faster, smarter decisions.
Steve Webber
Chief Financial Officer of Quickbase
Steve Webber is the Chief Financial Officer of Virtustream with global responsibility for the accounting, finance, corporate development, security operations and IT activities for the company. Prior to joining Virtustream, Steve was the senior vice president of Finance and Operations at EMC Corporation, recently supporting the Global Enterprise Services organization. Steve spent over 19 years at EMC Corporation in various financial roles including Corporate Finance, International Finance, Sales Finance and Operations for Latin America and business partner roles supporting the Enterprise Software Division and Global Services. In his most recent role, the Global Services organization grew to $5B in revenue. Steve also spent four years at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Boston in the audit practice with a focus on public companies. He has both a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA from Babson College.
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About Quickbase: Quickbase helps organizations see, connect and control every element of the complex projects.
David Nanidzhanyan
CFO of RueOne Investments
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About RueOne Investments: RueOne is a private investment firm making early to growth stage investments in FinTech / InsurTech / Enterprise Software.
Dan Figenshu
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer of Rocketrip
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About Rocketrip: Rocketrip helps businesses reduce travel spend by incentivizing employees to save when they travel for business.
Ryan Schaffer
CFO of Expensify
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About Expensify: Expensify is a financial services company that provides an online expense management service for businesses.
Mark Khavkin
Chief Financial Officer of Pantheon
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About Pantheon: Pantheon is the WebOps platform where marketers, designers, and developers drive results with WordPress and Drupal websites.
Tim Driscoll
CFO of Conversica
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About Conversica: Conversica creates intelligent virtual assistants to serve as virtual team members.
Mark Cuny
CFO of Conversica
Mark Cuny is the CFO at Conversica.
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About Conversica: Conversica creates intelligent virtual assistants to serve as virtual team members.
Kurt Shintaffer
CFO of Apptio
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About Apptio: Apptio is a provider of SaaS-based Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions for managing businesses in the IT field.
Paul Auvil
Chief Financial Officer of Proofpoint
Paul brings more than 20 years of experience in finance, technology and corporate leadership to the Board. Since March 2007, Paul has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Proofpoint, Inc., a provider of security-as-a-service solutions. From September 2006 to March 2007, Paul was with Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Prior to that, from 2002 to July 2006, Paul served as the Chief Financial Officer at VMware, Inc. Previously, Paul served as the Chief Financial Officer for Vitria Technology, Inc., an eBusiness platform company and held various executive positions at VLSI Technology, Inc., a semiconductor and circuit manufacturing company, including Vice President of the Internet and Secure Products Division. Since 2007, Paul has served on the board of directors for Quantum Corporation. From 2009 to 2010, Paul served on the board of directors of OpenTV Corp. Paul holds an A.B. in Engineering Sciences and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Dartmouth College and a Master of Management degree in Finance and Marketing from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. Paul is an experienced financial leader with the skills necessary to lead our audit committee. His current service as Chief Financial Officer at Proofpoint and service as a member of the audit committee of Quantum, as well as previously serving as Chief Financial Officer at VMware and chairman of the audit committee of OpenTV, have provided him with extensive financial and accounting experience, particularly in the areas of accounting principles, financial reporting rules and regulations, as well as in evaluating financial results and generally overseeing the financial reporting process at a public company.
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About Proofpoint: Proofpoint provides cloud-based email security, e-discovery, and compliance solutions for companies to protect sensitive business data.
Duston Williams
CFO of Nutanix
Duston Williams is currently the CFO of Nutanix. He became CFO of Gigamon in March 2012. Prior thereto, he was CFO for SandForce, Inc., a data storage company, from March 2011 through its sale to LSI Corporation in January 2012. From June 2006 to June 2010, he was Vice President and CFO of Infinera Corporation. From December 2004 to June 2006 he was Executive Vice President and CFO of Maxtor Corporation. From January 2000 to November 2004, he served as CFO various high technology companies. From 1986 through 1999, he served in a variety of accounting and finance positions at Western Digital Corporation, including as its Senior Vice President and CFO.
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About Nutanix: Nutanix is a virtualized datacenter platform that provides disruptive datacenter infrastructure solutions for business applications.
Robert Park
Chief Financial Officer of BlueJeans Network
Robert leads the finance, accounting, human resources and facilities teams at Practice Fusion. Robert has over 20 years of experience, with the last 15 years in finance executive positions. Prior to joining Practice Fusion, he was the vice president of finance at Chegg, Inc., the leading student-first connected learning platform. Before that, Robert was the vice president of finance for PayPal, where he led the finance and accounting teams through a period of high growth and international expansion. He also spent seven years in finance executive positions at McKesson, both in the healthcare information technology division and at corporate headquarters. Robert started his career at Ernst & Young in San Jose, California. Robert holds a B.S. in Business Administration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and is a certified public accountant (inactive).
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About BlueJeans Network: BlueJeans offers interactive, multi-directional video communication services through a cloud-based platform.
Dave Miller
Chief Financial Officer of Sonatype
As CFO of Sonatype, Dave is chartered with managing corporate financial activities. Dave brings over 20 years of accounting, financial and strategic planning experience to his role as Sonatype’s CFO, including ten years with Ernst & Young, LLP as a senior manager. Prior to joining Sonatype, Dave was CFO of USinternetworking, a leading application service provider. He led USinternetworking’s financial efforts as it evolved from a start up to a $120 million entity acquired by AT&T. Dave holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Finance from James Madison University.
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About Sonatype: Sonatype is the developer-friendly full-spectrum software supply chain management platform helps organizations and software developers.
Karen Cambray
CFO of Tamr
Karen Cambray is the Chief Financial Officer of Tamr.
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About Tamr: Tamr is an enterprise data unification company that is cost-effective, scalable, and accessible to any enterprise.
Catherine Lesjak
Executive Vice President & CFO of HP
Catherine Lesjak has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Hewlett Packard Company (“HP”) since January 1, 2007 and was interim chief executive officer of HP from August 2010 through October 2010. As a 27-year veteran of the company, Lesjak has held a broad range of financial leadership roles across HP. Before being named CFO, she held the position of senior vice president and treasurer, responsible for managing HP’s worldwide cash, debt, foreign exchange, capital structure, risk management and benefits plan administration. Earlier in her career at HP, Lesjak managed financial operations for Enterprise Marketing and Solutions and the Software Global Business Unit. Prior to that, she was group controller for HP’s Software Solutions Organization and managed HP’s global channel credit risk as controller and credit manager for the Commercial Customer Organization. Lesjak earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stanford University and a master of business degree in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Michael Krone
SVP & Chief Financial Officer of Deltek
Michael Krone is the SVP & Chief Financial Officer at Deltek.
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About Deltek, Heart Health: Deltek is an enterprise software and information solutions provider for professional services firms and government contractors.
Tim Sullivan
Chief Financial Officer of TrustArc
CFO at TRUSTe
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About TrustArc: TrustArc provides solutions to manage privacy compliance for the GDPR, CCPA, and other global privacy regulations.
Julie Whitehead
CFO of Allos Ventures
Julie has spent her career in accounting and finance and has decided that the real excitement is in the venture capital world and start-ups. Never a dull moment and always seeing new things (but sometimes chasing bright shiny objects). Julie started in public accounting with Grant Thornton and handled audit work for a variety of clients including Frisch’s Restaurants, Performance Automanage, Multi-Color Corporation, and Pomeroy Computers. After being in public accounting for 10 years, she joined Multi-Color, a label printer for the consumer products industry, as Corporate Controller, where she was involved in a wide variety of activities including working on Multi-Color’s acquisitions. From there, Julie made the jump into the world of start-ups. She was the CFO at Internet Payment Solutions, a company that handled non-credit card online payments for gaming companies (no, not gambling companies – online role-playing games). The company handled payments for gaming companies and customers all over the world and serviced over 80 different non-credit card online payments (she still finds it hard to believe that many non-credit card payment methods exist). IPS was acquired by PlaySpan, a VC-backed Silicon Valley start-up, and Julie continued with PlaySpan as their finance controller. During her time there, PlaySpan completed two more venture capital financing rounds, as well as an acquisition. In 2011, PlaySpan completed a successful exit, being acquired by Visa, in just their second acquisition since going public in 2008. Julie remained with Visa as a Senior Business Leader for a year until they asked her to move to California from her home in Cincinnati. A move to California wasn’t in the works, as it was too hard to leave behind the green grass and trees of the Midwest. After being involved with companies large and small, Julie decided it was time to come to the other side of the table, and she now leads Allos’ finance and HR functions.
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About Allos Ventures: Allos Ventures invests in early-stage B2B software and business services companies in the Midwest.
Jose Biton
CFO of Intcomex
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About Intcomex: Intcomex provides IT products such as self-standing computer systems, PC components, peripherals, power protection and backup devices.
Thomas O’Hern
Chief Financial Officer of Macerich
Tom O’Hern is Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Macerich. Mr. O’Hern’s overall responsibilities include accounting, financial and tax reporting, investor relations, raising capital through debt and equity markets and information technology systems. Prior to joining Macerich, Mr. O’Hern was the Chief Financial Officer at various real estate development companies. Mr. O’Hern was a certified public accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1978 through 1984. Mr. O’Hern is a member of the board of directors, the audit committee chairman, a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee and was formerly a member of the compensation committee of Douglas Emmett, Inc. a public real estate investment trust, and is a board member of several other non-profit philanthropic and academic organizations.
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About Macerich: Macerich is an independent real estate investment trust headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
Shin-Yuan Tzou
CFO of BroadVision
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About BroadVision: BroadVision has been a global leader in providing organizations with the rules, tools and infrastructure for doing business on the Web.
Gary Wachs
Chief Financial Officer of AppTech Corp.
Mr. Wachs began his career by studying accounting at Miami University of Ohio, where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and went on to become a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Wachs served as Managing Partner of Blake and Shaffer, a Certified Public Accounting firm, and has been a Managing Member of Blake and Wachs CPA, LTD (formerly Blake and Shaffer) since 1997. He manages corporate accounting and taxes and is experienced PCAOB accounting and certified audits and a variety of other accounting, tax and consulting areas.
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About : AppTech is a fintech company utilizing innovative payment processing and digital banking technologies to complement core merchant services.
Ethan Einwohner
Chief Financial Officer of Specified Testing Labs
I Ethan Einwohner formed Specified Testing Labs, LLC, a roll-up of environmental testing laboratories, in August 2013. Under Specified, Ethan led the acquisitions of the testing lab assets of: International Hydronics Corporation (Oct 2013); New Jersey Analytical Labs (Nov, 2013), CNA Environmental (Dec 2013); and Smith Environmental Labs (Apr 2014). At Specified, Ethan manages all financial aspects of the firm and has responsibilities for its acquisition and integration activities. With his laboratory operations team, Ethan forms and executes company strategy .
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About CNA Environmental, Recurrent Capital Bridge Fund, Specified Testing Labs: Specified Testing Laboratories, LLC is a holding company of testing laboratories and related operating companies. Formed in September .
William Wilson
Chief Financial Officer of Celframe Corporation
William Wilson is the chief financial officer of [Celframe](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/celframe), a software company that develops office and business management and administrative software.
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About Celframe Corporation: Cellframe is a software company developing office and business management and administrative software.
Peter Goepfrich
Chief Financial Officer of Clearview Staffing Software
Peter oversees financial operations for API Healthcare. Goepfrich has 15 years of strategic and financial planning experience including more than seven years at Vital Images, Inc. where he was the Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Goepfrich spent seven years with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he specialized in the auditing and consulting of private and public technology companies. Goepfrich received a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from St. Mary’s University in Winona, MN.
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About Clearview Staffing Software, MatrixCare: Clearview Staffing Software develops business solutions designed exclusively for the healthcare staffing industry.
Kieran McGrath
Corporate Controller, Interim Chief Financial Officer of CA Technologies
As corporate controller and interim chief financial officer, Kieran is responsible for CA Technologies corporate and business unit financial functions worldwide, including the controller role, treasury, tax, investor relations and risk management. Kieran joined CA Technologies in 2014. With more than 30 years of finance experience, he most recently served as the company’s corporate controller. In this role, he was responsible for corporate accounting, financial planning and pricing, corporate business development, investor relations, business controls and enterprise risk management. Prior to joining CA, Kieran worked for the IBM Corporation®, where he held a variety of senior executive finance positions across the company. Most recently, he led finance for IBM’s Software Group ($26 billion of annual mainframe and distributed software revenue) from 2009 until 2014. Kieran earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from St. John’s University.
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About Avaya, CA Technologies: CA Technologies creates software that fuels transformation for companies.
Aric Holsinger
Chief Financial Officer of Cricket Media
Aric Holsinger brings 20 years of CFO experience from the telecommunications, technology and professional sports industries. Prior to joining ePals, Holsinger was CFO for Critical RF, a provider of interoperability solutions linking smartphones, computers and two-way radio systems. Prior to that, Holsinger was CFO for MCT, a wireless communications provider with operations in Russian and Central Asia where he led the growth from its start-up phase to a $300M sale to TeliaSonera. Holsinger joined MCT following CFO positions with the Baltimore Orioles and the Baltimore Stallions, a Canadian League Football team. He began his career with Arthur Andersen, specializing in the high tech and emerging growth companies. Holsinger holds a BS in Accounting and Management Information Systems from the University of Virginia.
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About Cricket Media, HemoShear Therapeutics: Cricket Media is an education media company providing content on a safe and secure learning network for children, families, and teachers.
Dan Tempesta
Chief Financial Officer and EVP of Nuance Communications
Dan Tempesta assumed the role of executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Nuance in July 2015. Since joining Nuance in 2008, Dan has held several senior finance roles, having most recently served as Nuance’s Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller, and Senior Vice President of Finance. Dan brings more than 20 years of experience to the role, including extensive financial and operational experience with publicly-held companies and accounting firms. During his time at Nuance, Dan has led the majority of Nuance’s finance and accounting operations, as well as tax, treasury, order management, and internal control activities. He received an accounting degree from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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About Nuance Communications: Nuance Communications provides conversational AI innovations that bring intelligence to everyday work and life.
Charlie DiBona
CFO of Unify Square
Charlie leads the worldwide financial function at Unify Square. He is responsible for driving investor relations, funding opportunities, and global financial management and forecasting. Charlie also plays a critical role in Unify Square’s pricing and payment strategies and overall business strategy. Prior to joining Unify Square, Charlie held the position of Partner and Chief Investment Analyst at Tresoro Ventures, a Las Vegas-based venture firm. Charlie has over 25 years of experience in finance roles from multiple perspectives – as CFO of the Dutch-founded startup Inforay; as General Manager, Strategy & M&A for the Server & Tools Business at Microsoft, as Vice President at Hudson River Capital, and as Senior Equity Analyst for Enterprise Software at Sanford C. Bernstein in New York, where he covered Microsoft, Oracle, VMWare, Citrix, SAP, Salesforce and Netsuite. Charlie has a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A., both from Harvard University.
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About Boyer Children’s Clinic, Unify Square: Unify Square provides software, cloud managed services, and consulting for global Microsoft Skype for Business enterprise deployments.
Lorra Stone
CFO of Ridge Ventures
Lorra Stone is the Chief Financial Officer at Ridge Ventures (fka IDG Ventures USA). Lorra handles all areas of financial management, reporting requirements, partnership and legal compliance, as well as the administrative and operational functions of the firm. Lorra has been a member of the Ridge Ventures team in San Francisco since 2000. Prior to joining Ridge Ventures, she consulted for various venture capital companies and previously was a Senior Accountant for Deloitte & Touche, specializing in venture capital clients. Lorra has an MBA in Accounting from Golden Gate University, a BS from UC Davis and her California CPA license.
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About Ridge Ventures: Ridge Ventures is a fast, flexible, and founder-focused early stage venture capital fund.
Bruce Felt
Chief Financial Officer of Domo
Bruce brings more than 25 years of financial operations and management excellence to Domo. For almost six years, he was CFO of SuccessFactors, guiding the company through a public offering, six acquisitions, and its $3.4 billion sale to SAP. Bruce has served as CFO for LANDesk Software, Auction.com, and Qualix Group. While at Qualix Group, he led its public offering and merger into Legato Systems, a company that was later acquired by EMC. An entrepreneur in his own right, Bruce founded Renaissance Software, serving as its CFO and head of sales. Being Domo CFO gives Bruce an added perk of getting to spend more time with his family at their Park City ski home. Bruce holds a BS in accounting from the University of South Carolina and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
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About Domo, SuccessFactors: Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
Hai Tran
COO & CFO of SOC Telemed
Ha Tran has over 20 years of experience as an executive with both public and private companies, focusing on building growth-oriented organizations. He contributed to the growth of the Home Infusion business at BioScrip, which yielded double-digit revenue growth during his tenure. He also has significant healthcare and technology experience. Prior to BioScrip, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President International of Harris Healthcare Solutions, which is the healthcare subsidiary of Harris Corporation, a $6 billion diversified technology company. From 2008 to 2011 he served as Chief Financial Officer of Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc., a publicly traded Pharmacy Benefits Management company. He also served as Vice President and Treasurer of Hanger Orthopedic Group, a public healthcare services, products, and distribution company, from 2006 to 2008. Hai Tran holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Richmond.
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About CSG International, SOC Telemed: SOC Telemed is a provider of specialty consultations to acute-care hospitals through telemedicine.
Sierra Hinson
CFO of Signal
Operational and Financial Executive with 10 years experience leading financial departments for early stage and private companies. Passionate about driving company-wide business decisions using financial data and key performance indicators. Intimately familiar with all stages of company growth, from inception and raising capital to dissolution. Strong experience in Financial and Managerial Accounting, Operations, and Human Resources Management.
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About Public Good Software, Signal: Signal is an independent SaaS provider of data onboarding and real-time identity resolution.
Ed Grieb
CFO of Market76, Inc.
CFO at Market76, Inc.
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About Market76, Inc.: Market76 makes financial services work better by empowering businesses to operate with the best, highest-quality data available.
Andre Simone
Chief Financial Officer of IntelePeer
Andre Simone is the Chief Financial Officer at IntelePeer Inc. He has served as Chief Financial Officer since February 2007. Before joining IntelePeer, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Dimatix, Inc., a provider of piezoelectric inkjet print heads, from February 2005 to October 2006. Prior to Dimatix, Mr. Simone served as Chief Financial Officer of SAP Markets, Inc., a provider of technology platforms and business solutions, from November 2002 to December 2004. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Stanford University. Masters of Business Administration from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About IntelePeer: IntelePeer Powers the NEW Customer Experience
Jason Stulberg
COO / CFO of Fooda
Jason Stulberg joined Lightbank in January 2012.Prior to Lightbank, Jason was on the founding team of Star Studio, a new venture within Coinstar/Redbox. Previously, Jason spent three years at Wind Point Partners, a middle market private equity firm and two years at Bain & Company in Chicago. Jason holds a BS in engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
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About Fooda: Fooda is a food technology platform that connects restaurants to people while at work.
Wendy Rodriguez
CFO of Comfy
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About Comfy: Comfy connects people, places, and systems through one intuitive workplace app.
Mike Hill
CFO of Upland Software
Prior to Upland, Mike served as CFO of Perficient, Inc., (NASDAQ: PRFT) which is a leading information technology consulting firm in the U.S. After joining Perficient as CFO in 2004, he helped grow the company from approximately $30 million in annualized revenues to more than $200 million within three years, leading the company through eight acquisitions and increasing its market capitalization from approximately $70 million to over $500 million. Previously, Mike served in executive management roles for several technology start-up companies and spent more than seven years with Ernst & Young LLP in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services practice in Austin, Texas. Mike received a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin and is a licensed certified public accountant in the State of Texas.
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About Upland Software: Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD) is a leader in cloud-based tools for digital transformation.
Mel Wesley
Chief Financial Officer of Cofense
Mel has over twenty-three years experience in finance and accounting, and for the past twelve years has served as the Chief Financial Officer for both public and private technology companies. In the last 5 years, Mel was instrumental in the sale of two companies, each for over $1 billion. In addition, as Chief Financial Officer Mel has managed investor relations, directed IPO-readiness efforts, and partnered with both internal and external stakeholders to support fast-growing organizations. Most recently, Mel served for two years as the Chief Financial Officer of comScore, Inc., a publicly traded company. During his tenure, Mel’s focus included merging with another publicly traded company to strengthen customer offerings in the media measurement space. Starting in January of 2013, Mel served as the Chief Financial Officer of Mandiant Corporation. His initial focus included IPO-readiness efforts. In the summer of 2013 his focus shifted to reviewing strategic alternatives, which ended with a sale of the company to FireEye, Inc. in December of 2013 for over $1 billion. Mel remained at FireEye as Chief Financial Officer of Global Services and Cloud Solutions until August of 2014. Prior to joining Mandiant, Mel served as the Chief Financial Officer of OPNET Technologies, a publicly traded company, for eight years. During Mel’s tenure as CFO, OPNET’s revenue grew from approximately $50 million to $175 million before it was sold for over $1 billion in December of 2012. Prior to joining OPNET, Mel held positions with increasing responsibility at various public and private technology companies where his focus included partnering with stakeholders, building teams, and implementing systems to support growth. Mel began his career as an auditor in public accounting. Mel holds a B.S. in Accounting and an MBA from George Mason University. He is also licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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About Cofense: Cofense provides phishing threat management for organizations concerned about human susceptibility.
Dustin Driggs
CFO of Barracuda Networks
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About Barracuda Networks: Barracuda is a provider of powerful, easy-to-use, affordable IT solutions for security and storage.
Bruce Hathaway
CFO of ContextLabs
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About ContextLabs: ContextLabs provides enterprise platform solutions that deliver trust and transparency for the digital and physical worlds.
Kevin Miller
CFO, Secretary & Treasurer of RCM Technologies
Kevin Miller has served as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer at RCM Technologies Inc. since October 2008. From July 1997 until September 2008, Kevin was Senior Vice President of RCM. From 1996 until July 1997, Kevin served as an Associate in the Corporate Finance Department of Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated. From 1995 to 1996, Kevin was a Business Consultant for the Wharton Small Business Development Center. Kevin previously served as an Member (Associate) of both the audit and corporate finance groups at Ernst & Young LLP. Kevin earned his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and B.S. degree in Accounting from University of Delaware.
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About RCM Technologies: RCM Technologies, Inc. is a premier provider of business and technology solutions designed to enhance and maximize the operational……….
John Fernandez
CFO of ForgeRock
John has 20+ years leading finance organizations. He has spent his career working with high-growth software companies; ranging in size from start-ups to large public companies. John has overseen FP&A, Accounting, Legal, HR, Recruiting, Sales Operations, Facilities, and IT functions. He has done extensive work in the area of capital raising, both debt and equity, and has successfully completed and integrated multiple transactions in software M&A. His prior employers include Rearden Commerce, Siebel Systems, and UBS Financial Services. John has a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Berkeley, Haas School of Business. John is an avid skier, loves travel and is working on his golf game. Like most other things at ForgeRock, John had to sign off on this paragraph.
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About ForgeRock: ForgeRock is a multinational software company that develops commercial open source identity and access management products.
Cary Smith
CFO of CloudFactory
Cary brings to CloudFactory 23 years of experience in finance and accounting, with a particular love for fast paced, high-growth, international technology-related companies. JBoss was a technology startup with a distributed workforce spanning the globe. As the CFO at JBoss, Cary raised capital and participated in growing the company from $1 million in sales to $17 million in 30 months, culminating in an acquisition by Red Hat for $370 million. PaySys provided enterprise systems from offices in Johannesburg, Melbourne, Singapore, London, San Juan, and the U.S. As the Chief Accounting Officer for EarthLink, Cary participated in growing the company to $1.4+ billion in annual sales. Cary loves an adventure; and if an adventure does not exist, he will create one; he is not the stereo-typical CPA. Cary began his career in audit with Ernst & Young in Atlanta, Georgia.
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About CloudFactory: CloudFactory helps tech teams train and sustain AI with humans-in-the-loop.
Thien Tran
CFO of Freedcamp
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About Freedcamp: We are building the first truly intelligent project management system.
Eric Amblard
CFO of Roostify
Eric Amblard is the CFO & EVP of Corporate Operations at Roostify
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About KXEN, Roostify: Roostify is a digital lending platform that connects customers and lenders to accelerate the home loan experience.
Tim O’Brien
Chief Financial Officer of N-able Technologies
Tim O’Brien is the Chief Financial Officer at N-able.
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About N-able Technologies: N-able Technologies is a provider of complete IT management and automation solutions for managed service providers.
Dean Neese
Chief Financial Officer of Qubole
In this role, Dean leads DocuSign’s M&A process, strategic planning, specific growth initiatives, and supports the CEO with stakeholder relations. Dean brings over 20 years of consulting and executive experience helping companies define and deliver accelerated growth. In his last executive role, Dean served as chief executive of an educational software company, Smarterville, and led the sale of the company. Prior to that, Dean served as VP corporate strategy and corporate development for Mead Johnson Nutrition during their IPO in 2009. While at Mead Johnson Nutrition, he established a new strategic planning process, defined the long-term growth strategy for the company, and originated and closed a JV in the Middle East. Previously, Dean held consultant roles with McKinsey & Co. and Marakon Associates where pursued technology assignments and worked with several notable companies including IBM, British Telecom, Lucent, Boeing’ s Space & Communications, and Packard Bell. Dean received his BA from Princeton University and MBA from Harvard.
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About HBS Alumni Angels, Qubole, TMD Ventures: Qubole is a simple and secure data lake platform for machine learning, streaming, and ad-hoc analytics.
Doug Lindroth
CFO of Tealium
Doug Lindroth brings nearly 25 years of experience as a senior global financial executive in the technology industry, including eight years as a public company Chief Financial Officer and board member. Doug previously served as a Senior Vice President and CFO at Limelight Networks (Nasdaq: LLNW), where he completed several M&A transactions and raised capital in the public markets. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President, CFO, and board member at Bakbone Software, which was acquired by Quest Software. From 2003-2006, he was the CFO and a board member at Memec Group which was sold to Avnet, Inc. Doug is a CPA and received a B.A. in Business Administration from San Diego State University.
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About Tealium: Tealium is a provider of customer data orchestration tools aimed to address challenges in online search, marketing, and segment targeting.
Glenn Tynan
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Curtiss-Wright
Glenn E. Tynan was named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation in 2002. Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, he held the position of Corporate Controller since 2000. Tynan has experience in a variety of positions in both operational and financial roles that he held prior to joining Curtiss-Wright. He is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the New Jersey Society of CPAs and Financial Executives International.
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About Curtiss-Wright: Curtiss-Wright delivers engineered, critical function products and services to the commercial, industrial, defense, and energy markets.
Carlisle Kirkpatrick
Chief Financial Officer of MotionPoint
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About MotionPoint: MotionPoint solves the operational complexity and cost of website localization that translate, deploy, and operate multilingual websites.
Jim Johnson
CFO of Workday Adaptive Planning
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About Workday Adaptive Planning: Workday Adaptive Planning is powering a new generation of business planning with the Business Planning Cloud.
Carolyn Duffy
Chief Financial Officer of Textio
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About Textio: Textio offers a computer software that specializes in natural language processing, text analytics, and machine learning.
Oleg Demidov
CBDO and CFO of Navigine
Oleg Demidov is the CEO and Founder of CarbonSpace
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About CarbonSpaceTech, CrowdSpace, Navigine: Software platform for precise positioning and online-to-offline attribution.
Ed Salay
CFO of VoiceBase
Ed has over 20 years finance and operations experience, including Ford Motor, Polycom, and Applied Biosystems. He later served as CFO at several startups, and most recently at Jobscience which was acquired by Bullhorn in 2018.
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About VoiceBase: Speech Analytics for the Data-Driven Enterprise
Paul E Blondin
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EDB
Paul Blondin is EDB’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Paul works closely with the senior executive team and board of directors to participate in strategic planning and forecasting. Paul oversees EDB’s financial controls and processes, which gives him unique insight into how and when EDB can penetrate new markets. Paul has more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in enterprise software. Before joining EDB, Paul was Managing Partner of KickStart Partners, LLC, a business advisory group to private equity investors and CEOs. Paul was previously an entrepreneur, having co-founded and led Pactolus Communication Software, which was sold in 2010. He held executive posts at IPHighway Ltd; Open Development Corp; and was President and CEO of the network security company Netect Ltd. until he engineered its sale in 1999. Paul also served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Open Development Corporation, which was sold in 1997, and CFO of Cascade Communications Corp. Paul earned his MBA from Babson College and a BS in accounting from Boston College.
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About EDB: EDB is an open source-based data platform.
Scott Gellman
COO/CFO of Kurtosys
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About Kurtosys: Real growth. Realized. Digital Experience Platform for Financial Services.
Christine Komola
CFO and Principal Accounting Officer of Staples
Christine Komola is Chief Financial Officer of Staples, Inc. She brings more than 25 years of financial operations and management experience to the Acquia board. She previously led financial operations for Staples.com and later led marketing and merchandising for Staples’ furniture division, before taking on executive finance roles. She was appointed CFO and principal accounting officer of Staples, Inc. in 2012. Komola previously held several positions at Ernst & Young LLP.
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