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The CFO Playbook
Be a Nimble CFO with Paul Cunningham, Partner and CFO at Helios Investment Partners

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 35:31


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Paul Cunningham, Partner and CFO at Helios Investment Partners, an Africa-focused private firm managing funds totalling $3.6 billion. With 34 years in the industry, Paul has an overall responsibility for all matters relating to accounting, financial control, taxation, fund administration and reporting and regulatory compliance for the Helios group entities.Paul served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Barclays Private Equity for six years prior to joining Helios in May 2008, and previously as Director, Head of Finance & Product Control Projects at Barclays Capital. He's also Chairman of the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines Board. Prior to joining Barclays, he worked within the finance functions of various major investment banks, including Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Whinney in 1989.In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Paul talks about the current state of the market in private equity, changes in finance functions brought about by the global pandemic, and how to build a strong team through authentic and genuine leadership.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes:“Within private equity, and it's certainly been true of the firms that I've been CFO for, the role of CFO is more by exclusion. Anything that isn't related to making or divesting of investments potentially falls in the lap of the CFO.”“Typically, within a lot of private equity firms, it is the CFO that just keeps everything on the straight and narrow, keeps everything sort of running with the exception of the buying and selling of investments.”“Twenty years ago, private equity business was very much sort of cookie cutter. One investment looked very much like another. One fund looked very much like the last fund. And there wasn't a great deal that changed. But now you need to be part lawyer, part accountant, part tax advisor, part regulatory consultant, and I think 20 years ago that wasn't the case. Certainly not to the same extent.”“In terms of leading the team, one of the key things that I find is that I don't ask anyone in my team to do something that I have never done myself in the past or don't sometimes do myself at the moment”“I think that sort of move towards automation and digitalization has always been there within the finance function. It just sort of progresses over time. It's something that you can't just, oh, over the next two years we're going to digitalize every manual process. It needs to be constantly evolving.”“One of the most important bits of advice is never be too important to do anything because it helps keep you grounded. It also helps with building a team. Don't feel that because you are now CFO, you can't do your own photocopying for example.”--------Topics:01:15 Paul's journey03:29 The role of CFO in private equity05:22 How the role has changed over time07:13 Current state of the market13:12 Building a strong finance team15:12 Leading through the pandemic25:01 Changes in finance technology26:58 Automating manual processes32:52 Advice for aspiring CFOs--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links:Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Paul on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

The CFO Playbook
Start With a Commercial Story, Then Solve for Accounting with Chris Stefani, CFO at DWF

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 40:10


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Chris Stefani, CFO at DWF, a  leading global provider of integrated legal and business services.Chris is a specialist in performance improvement in professional services, finance transformation and profit improvement. He oversees all of DWF's financial operations in the UK and internationally, with a focus on enhancing revenue, improving profitability and driving working capital management to support the firm's growth. He has extensive experience in advising executive boards on all aspects of financial management and control, and the development of financial reporting and analysis mechanisms. Chris has worked in many different finance function roles in the UK and Ireland and more recently in EMEIA, including as Head of Finance for UK&I Tax and CFO for the Republic of Ireland.In this episode, Chris talks about why the legal sector provides variety for someone working in the finance function. He explains what it's like to lead an organization through an IPO during covid, the war in Ukraine, and worldwide financial struggles. Chris also discusses the importance of delegation, coaching, and providing leeway and time for teams to process, progress, and be productive.  Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes:“I liken my job to being an air hostess on a plane full of people who are quite easily spooked by turbulence. They look to me to be calm, even when the plane's rattling around. Because I mean, I'm a nervous flyer, and if I look and the air hostess is panicking, I worry. So however much there might be going on in the background. I've got to present a calm face to the business, take questions, understand sentiment,  and also be fixing stuff in the background without making too much noise about it. I think that's what we've had to do in what's been an unprecedented time. It comes down to something as simple as just over communicating.” - Chris Stefani--------Timestamp Topics:01:35 Chris' career path05:33 CFO experiences at different companies08:55 Pioneering in a novel market13:10 Leadership through challenging times18:53 Achieving balance during stressful times25:56 Investing in the finance team as a CFO33:24 How Chris' team uses technology37:22 Advice for aspiring CFOs--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links:Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Chris on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

The CFO Playbook
Building a Bank From Scratch with Alwyn Jones, Group CFO at Luno

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 46:54


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Alwyn Jones, Group CFO at Luno, a leading global cryptocurrency company with over 9 million customers in 43 countries that provides services for making it safe and easy to buy, store and learn about cryptocurrencies.Alwyn has more than 20 years of experience as a hands-on leader with a track record of delivery in financial and digital services. He strives to deliver exceptional business performance based around a deep understanding of the customer, clear strategic focus, and developing winning teams. Throughout his career, Alwyn has covered strategy development, capital markets, corporate finance, retail and digital financial services, and operational execution. During that time he's become heavily metrics and results driven, leveraging customer voice and analyses to define strategy, leading change initiatives to obtain and measure commercial results.In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Alwyn talks about the novel and evolving space of cryptocurrency and blockchain. He shares advice on retaining and hiring in a nascent industry,  as well as starting an app based bank from scratch. Alwyn also discusses the importance of building personal resilience and embracing the latest financial technology to improve performance.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes:“Philosophy is critical, right? You've got to have a clear direction of where you're trying to go. And the faster you can go to that point as a business, the better, but finance is a key enabler to that. If finance isn't on the case, the business will naturally slow down to the tempo that finance operates at. So you can be an active inhibitor and break on the business, or you can be an enabler. And it's building that shift from, are the numbers right? Is money ending up where it needs to be? Do we have everything in order? Are we getting through our audits? To, how forward looking are we and how quickly are we doing that? Which by the way, auditors love as well because these systems, when they work, make their lives a lot easier.” - Alwyn Jones--------Timestamp Topics:01:32 Alwyn's background in finance03:05 Experience with Monzo10:11 Building a bank from scratch18:59 The novelty of cryptocurrency24:50 Importance of crypto for CFOs27:56 Hiring in the finance sector39:05 Technologies embraced as a finance team42:51 Advice for upcoming CFOs--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links:Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Alwyn on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

The CFO Playbook
Searching for Fire in the Belly with Manish Sarin, CFO at Sprinklr

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 39:42


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Manish Sarin, CFO at Sprinklr, a leading enterprise company for all customer-facing functions. With advanced AI, Sprinklr's unified customer experience management platform helps companies deliver human experiences to customers across modern channels.Manish is an experienced public company executive leading finance teams, investor relations, and corporate development. He has extensive experience in building finance systems and processes for high growth SaaS companies, defining inorganic strategy, identifying and evaluating acquisition targets, structuring and negotiating transactions, and integrating acquired companies. His prior experience includes working with major Wall Street investment banks. He started his career at JP Morgan / H&Q and earned an M.B.A. from Columbia and B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT, India.In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Manish talks about how he got into finance so he could be in a position to make impactful decisions for businesses, and explains why the role of a CFO is very different now than it was just a couple of decades ago. Manish also describes what he feels are the general misconceptions of the CFO role, how technology is important to the finance function, what current CFOs must do in order to raise capital, and how he achieves cohesion within his team when hiring and retaining employees. In addition, he provides his view on the current fintech market and how to navigate the new normal when dealing with restricted funding availability.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes:“One of the things that I look for, and probably the most important thing when I'm interviewing people, is what I call fire in the belly. So unless I see somebody's really passionate, the fact that they have lots of years of experience, relevant experience, have worked at compelling businesses, all of that is good. But to me, a motivated individual who wants to succeed is way more important than trying to find that square peg for that, you know, square hole.”“We live in a world of soundbites. If you look at how companies go public, investors have 30 minutes to understand the story, look at some financials and figure out, do they want to make a big multimillion dollar investment? And that squarely lies on the CFO. So distilling complex technology aspects or business aspects, and the ability to explain it in an easy to understand fashion. Super important for a CFO.”“A CFO shouldn't really view that he or she has a particularly well defined swim lane, they should view the entire business as something that they can actually have a say in, and the more comfortable they are with that, the more successful they will be.”--------Timestamp Topics:01:45 How Manish got started in finance05:20 What makes a good CFO07:30 Views on the predominant model of founder led companies12:47 Finding balance in the tech industry15:30 Financing and raising capital18:05 Views on the current market20:36 Advice to other CFOs31:00 Achieving cohesion with your team27:56 Views on technology within finance36:15 Advice for aspiring CFOs--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links:Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Manish on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

The CFO Playbook
Headhunting During the Great Resignation with Mark Freebairn, Head of Board Practice and CFO Practice at Odgers Berndtson

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 45:01


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Mark Freebairn, Partner, Head of the Board Practice, and the Financial Management Practice at Odgers Berndtson a global executive search, interim management, talent assessment, and leadership development firm based in London.Mark focuses on advising Odgers Berndtson's Board as a whole and others, while maintaining the track record the Financial Management Practice has built working with the finance function to identify and develop talent. Mark led the CFO Practice for 18 years before broadening his area of focus to lead the Board Practice. He benefits from seven years of experience as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of GlobalData plc and also sits on the Remuneration Committee for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Mark talks about his current role as a CFO headhunter, his unique approach to solidifying his place as a knowledgeable expert in the finance area, and the importance of building relationships. Given how the role of CFO has evolved and expanded overtime, he explains what it takes for aspiring CFOs to achieve success, and defines the current market availability for senior finance positions in a post resignation world.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes:“If you want to create a long term sustainable relationship, you create a circular relationship where you advise people when they want help in developing their career and you advise people when they want to hire people that will help them do better and develop their career that way. And if you create this circular relationship where every individual that you deal with benefits wherever they sit on that circle,  think you provide a full service offering, which as a consultant is all I wanna do.” You've gotta be bright. You've gotta be numerate. You've gotta be analytical. You've gotta be independent of thought. You've gotta be robust in terms of your personality because you won't always be popular. “Work out where you want to get to, and then understand the experience you need to get there. Work out the roles that give you that experience, work out how long you need to do them for,  work that backwards to where you are now. If you are on that path, you're heading in the right direction, keep going. But if you are not on that path then, first and foremost, go and talk internally to your boss and your HR partner and say, I wanna get there, I'm currently here, I can't get those two paths to link up which means I've gotta do something different, help me. And if you can't get help that way, because you will always do better internally because you've got your career, your reputation, your network, your knowledge to exploit to get the move you want; if you can't do that internally, then start thinking about how you do that externally.”--------Timestamp Topics:01:48 Mark's role as a CFO headhunter04:53 Getting started at Odgers Berndtson11:24 The evolving role the CFO18:48 The process of becoming a CFO29:37 Defining the current market for CFO roles40:06 Advice for aspiring CFOs--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links:Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Mark on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

The CFO Playbook
Building Trust and Credibility with Chitra Balasubramanian, CFO at CircleCI

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 37:51


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Chitra Balasubramanian, CFO at CircleCI, a continuous integration and continuous delivery platform that can be used to implement DevOps practices in the cloud or on private infrustructures. With more than 20 years of experience accelerating business growth through data analysis, Chitra is best known for scaling technology startups. As the current CFO, and one of two C-suite females, at fast-growth unicorn CircleCI, she's led the company through major wins to establish it as a leader in the space. Chitra has been critical to the company's fundraising alongside CircleCI's CEO, Jim Rose. She has led the company through multiple rounds of financing, raising more than $215 million throughout her tenure.In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Chitra talks about her interest in being involved in technology forward finance, which led her to the startup world. She speaks about using data to identify and model the impact of change to a business, how her company increased its global employee headcount amidst a pandemic, the importance of remaining agile as a CFO, and why you need to remain empathetic and ensure open communication with your company and investors.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes:“The way I've sort of tackled agility is by really trying to take a long-term view and at the same time paying attention to the short term planning horizon. How can we think about what's really best for the company over the long term, but also make sure to invest in a way where we can remain nimble over the course of the shorter term time horizon, where there's a little bit more global uncertainty around us.”“I think it's important to be proactive. You should be a leader that educates your teams and provides guidance in an advisory role to the CEO. In this type of market for CFOs and other finance leaders, you don't necessarily know what are the right questions to ask, how to make sense of what's going on in the market, or how to navigate through these cycles. But, financial leaders are really in the best spot one because they have access to the information and that analytical horsepower. They've got a team with that economic mindset and can understand different business relationships.”--------Timestamp Topics:01:20 Career Path 06:00 Comparing Crises and their Effects07:50 Changing of Tech Sector Capital Markets 10:05 Navigating Current Market 13:20 Managing Investor Relations and Expectations 16:20 Leading Teams Through Change 18:20 Maneuvering the Market and Employment    20:20 Being a Partner with the CEO 25:50 Hiring, Retention, and Networking 28:20 Use of Technology--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links:Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Chitra on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

The CFO Playbook
There's Not One Way to be a CFO with Christopher Yoshida, President & Chief Financial Officer at Northern Data AG

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 46:02


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Christopher Yoshida, President & Chief Financial Officer at Northern Data AG, a company that combines intelligent and sustainable data centers, cutting-edge hardware, and self-developed software for various HPC applications such as bitcoin mining, blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, big data analytics, IoT, and graphics rendering. Christopher is an entrepreneurial executive with more than 20 years of experience as a global financial leader. He is deeply invested in understanding financial markets and has a passion for building dynamically successful teams. He began his career at Goldman Sachs and spent more than eleven years as part of the international management team at Morgan Stanley. Afterwards, he successfully worked as a Senior Advisor and Head of European Capital Solutions for The Carlyle Group, and was a Senior Advisor for BottlePay and AIX, which both had successful exits in 2021. In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Christopher discusses the best path to finding balance in a global leadership role such as a CFO, how to be prepared for the challenges of adapting to new responsibilities, and how to remain engaged in times of trials and tribulations. He also talks about why top companies should be investing more into their employees, and how the approach to employment and entrepreneurship has changed drastically, in part due to the pandemic.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes:“It's really important to think, to dream big, have ambition, challenge yourself, take risks. I think that keeps a career dynamically healthy. And, you know, gone are the days where we're going to spend 30 or 40 years in the same company, let alone the same industry. I mean, that was a concept for our parents' generation and a very valued loyalty concept too. I just think people are going to prioritize their own ambitions, their own interests, their own curiosities ahead of their career. And I think those meld together here in the startup world, the tech world, or the innovative world really, really well.”“I don't care how well resourced the company is you're working for. I don't care how accoladed and rewarded and regarded the company may be. If you're working for a person who's not investing in your development, it's irrelevant. And I think as a manager that is one of the core tenets of being an employer or as a manager, you're supposed to invest in your people. And, you know, I think there's more emphasis on that going forward.”“It's okay to be average at some things. You can't be exceptional at everything. It doesn't work like if you have exceptional behavior, then you get exceptional outcomes. You can't be a decathlete and be number one in everything. I don't think that's feasible. So it's okay to be average over here, but to aspire to be something better over there.”“I do think connection with your people is typically an empathetic connection. And you want to drive results during stressful times. It's not through raising your voice. It's not through turning up your temperature. It's not through making it harder. It's actually generally down to listening and connecting to your people. And that's exactly the environment I think we're in right now in the tech world, but it's the environment the financial world was in 12 years ago in the financial crisis and several times since. It's all too easy just to start yelling and shouting, demanding more minutia and micromanaging. If you do that, you're going to kill the organization. I think you need to, if you've hired well, trust them, empower them, cheer them on, support them.”--------Timestamp Topics:02:00 Christopher's career journey04:15 Taking opportunities08:30 Finding balance in a global leadership role14:10 Invest in Your People23:00 Hybrid vs. remote work27:15 Market forecasting38:00 Engaging with investors41:00 Advice for upcoming CFOs--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links:Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Christopher on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

The CFO Playbook
Collaboration is Key with Gemma Castle, CFO at Cult Wines

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 39:58


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Gemma Castle, CFO at Cult Wines, which blends heritage, expertise, and innovative technology to transform the fine wine industry for producers, wine enthusiasts, collectors, and investors alike. With over 20 years of experience, Gemma Castle is well versed in delivering nuanced and sophisticated financial strategies in the fast growth SME sector. As CFO at Cult Wines, Gemma has been pivotal in providing financial leadership and guiding the company through critical stages of growth, including navigating the implementation of North American offices. Before joining Cult Wines, Gemma worked in the leisure and hospitality industry for 10 years, where she served as Director of Finance for Travelzest and Yotel Limited Global Hotels, as well as CFO for Light Cinemas Limited.In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Gemma talks about the process of investing in wine and how her company ensures a high level of quality control. She explains the importance of collaboration among the finance team, while providing avenues to give them the best chance to be productive and successful. Gemma also gives insight on why she thinks embracing and investing in technology is critical for efficiency, progress, and connection when it comes to employees, clients, and recruiting.  Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes“I think it's all about having good support. My department's success is not just down to me, it's down to the people I employ and if they work well, then that's obviously a good reflection on me. And if they don't, then obviously I have to carry the can for that. So I think, balancing the demands means having the right people in your teams so you don't feel the need to micromanage. You want to feel perfectly secure that everybody's doing their job.”“To get to be a CFO, I think you have to learn from your mistakes because you are going to make mistakes, but it's how you then move on from them. It includes listening to people. You shouldn't profess that you've got all of the answers and, if someone else does have a good suggestion, don't be scared of acknowledging that person. Because, I've been in a number of roles where some people have made some very good ideas and perhaps more senior people have taken credit for it. So, it's all about giving credit where it's due.”--------Time Stamp Topics:01:50 Professional Journey 05:30 Fine Wine as an Investment09:00 Quality Assurance for Wine Investors09:00 Cult Wine's Finance Function 14:45 Finance Team Development and Collaboration17:30 Hiring and Retention Challenges20:30 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion23:48 Technology, NFTs, and Blockchain30:30 Technology as a Tool for Efficiency34:30 Time Management, Team Reliability, Being a Good Leader--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links:Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Gemma on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

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Taking Stock of Your Priorities with Leigh Ramsden, CFO at Trulioo

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 35:02


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Leigh Ramsden, CFO at Trulioo, a leading global identity and business verification provider specializing in anti-money laundering and ‘know your customer' compliance. With over 15 years in senior level finance, Leigh is accomplished in the leadership of finance teams while implementing strategies and managing effective business processes to achieve corporate goals and maximize growth in high-volume environments.As CFO at Trulioo, Leigh has been an effective operational leader, providing financial and business strategy and direction to the organization. Throughout his career, he has excelled at building teams and successfully linking overall corporate goals to individual personal achievement. His previous experience includes financial leadership positions at Absolute Software, Deloitte, Radiant Communications, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Leigh talks about what it takes to be a productive partner working alongside the CEO and the best ways to make that relationship work. He discusses the changes the pandemic has introduced to the finance world and stresses the impact that working from the office has on company culture. Leigh also explains the importance of being open to adopting new technologies to help advance the finance industry.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes:“You really need to be the business partner for the CEO. So, the CEO is, you know, they've got obviously a really wide mandate. They need to be in control of the entire organization and in control of everything that's happening to the business. So what comes with that is a couple of things., like one is that they need to rely on someone almost absolutely when it comes to the numbers. So you have to know the numbers, you have to know how the business is working and they need to not worry about that at all. So that's a huge part of your role.”“It's really just taking stock of all of those things that need to happen. And then going through and stack ranking them on a priority basis, given your knowledge of what's happening in the business and what the demands are of the information that's being asked of you. And then just being really intellectually honest with yourself and being okay with not getting it all done overnight.”“A lot of people that come up through accounting or financial, you know, corporate finance or any of those streams, they're not necessarily data people. So having someone look at it or any tools that kind of bring together a lot of those disparate data sets into something that you can analyze and use for forecasting is probably a great investment to make on the technology side.”“Taking stock of your skillset and understanding where you need to make improvements or learn, and then figuring out a plan to make it happen is really important because no one is perfect in every area, everyone has areas of strength and weakness. So really having been thoughtful about making those improvements, making those learnings, or figuring out how you're going to kind of backfill some of those weaker areas is  super important.”“Think about your ability to communicate. I think that's something that I try to think a lot about, knowing your audience and tailoring your messaging for your audience. I mean, a lot of financial professionals can understand the business and the underlying metrics and understanding all that's very complicated by its nature. And a lot of people have that ability to understand that, but the job is really around simplifying it in a way that people can understand. I mean that's where you can really add a lot of value.”--------Time Stamp Topics:01:16 Leigh's journey into finance02:38 Changes in the audit world03:24 Transitioning into industry04:18 First role as a CFO07:12 How the role of the CFO is changing08:58 Advice for upcoming CFOs11:41 Deciding on priorities19:36 Recruiting and retaining staff at Trulioo21:45 Importance of working from the office29:10 Finance impact on employee experience31:38 Final advice for upcoming CFOs--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links:Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Leigh on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

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Challenge the Status Quo with Kirstine Archer, CFO at Bam Boom Cloud

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 40:34


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Kirstine Archer, CFO at Bam Boom Cloud. Although having been in finance for over 20 years, Kirstine says she fell into accountancy rather than making it a deliberate career move. Even though she may have taken a non-traditional path to CFO, Kirstine has a clear passion and expertise for helping small to midsize businesses by increasing their efficiency through advising and technology. Kirstine has worked for Bam Boom Cloud for the past two years. As CFO, her role isn't just about making sure the numbers balance, she is always striving for the company to have the best finance team around. Her goal is to make sure the company delivers world class finance systems, both as their number one fan and number one customer. Her previous experience includes financial leadership positions at Cooper Parry, Equifax, TDX, Boots and more.In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Kirstine talks about the many opportunities that technology provides for improving the way finance works. She emphasizes the need for more competition among companies to develop newly innovative finance tech. Kirstine explains how the finance industry should challenge the status-quo situated around old technology to develop new innovations that would eliminate human errors. She discusses her unconventional path to becoming a leader in finance, including finding benefit from attending an open university and getting on-the-job experience early in her career. Kirstine also talks about her approach to creating a great team, and provides advice for becoming a successful CFO. Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes:“When young people come into the world of work, they can be incredibly highly academic, intelligent, young people but don't have work skills. So don't have those skills in terms of communication or writing emails or just logic and problem solving and circling round to speak to people. There are a lot of skills that you don't get until you come into the world of work. And I think that the world has moved on. I think that with the entrepreneurial spirit, you are probably going to get more from the world of work and learning from peers and seeing the good side and the bad side of what they do than you are necessarily sitting in a lecture hall, listening to somebody who is incredibly qualified in what they do, but hasn't necessarily been in that work environment either ever or for a very long time. Knowing that you've got options should be really empowering to young people now because it's something that I didn't have when I was at school.”“Finance can be a tough place to work at times. You get the business looking at you, suppliers, customers, it can be a tough environment to work in. We need people around us who we can rely on as team members and who not only have that tenacity, but that drive and that desire to want to do their best in their role.”“I don't necessarily want a team that everybody wants to be CFO. I want a good, well-rounded team where, yeah some people are knocking down at my door, wanting my job after me, but other people want to do the best they are at the job that they've got because they have family outside of work, or they have loved ones that they're caring for, or actually they just don't want the stress and the hassle of a high powered job because they want to finish on time and go and play football. We're all many different sorts of people. And I think a well balanced team and a well-balanced company should support that.”“Cultural fit is massively important. I think we've probably all worked in organizations where what they do is great and we've probably been remunerated well, but that cultural fit isn't right. And if that cultural fit isn't right, then you get demotivated and you don't do your best. Eventually you get bored and you leave. So finding that right cultural fit from the office and spending the time doing that is massively important.”“Young people that come in haven't necessarily had a job in an office environment before let alone a finance function and actually setting them up with the right training and setting them up for success is important, but not everybody is going to succeed in that role. I think making a quick decision around that is equally as important. If you have gotten the wrong fit person in the team, and it could be that they're a great person but they're just not the right person for the role, then actually making that decision and finding either another role internally that's better suited to them or  letting them leave and find their own career path is important.”“I think the damage done to teams by keeping under-performance in place for long periods of time is worse than facing it head on and admitting that sometimes you make mistakes. Sometimes we get recruitment wrong. I know that I have in the past. You have to sometimes go with your gut. You sometimes have to go with the best person that's sat in front of you, hope they'll fit in and be great for them. And then, unfortunately, you have to deal with the consequences if they don't quite meet expectations.”“I don't see why any of us want to do something that technology can do for us. We get a bit worried about the robot revolution. That will never happen because robots will never think in the same way as humans. They'll never spot those little intricacies and add that value. I don't want to grow a team that's enormous. I want technology to take away the heavy lifting so that my team could do the interesting stuff, the stuff that really benefits them in their career journeys.”“It still astounds me, today in 2022, the world's global finance system is pretty much still held up by Excel. There is no finance function on earth that does not have an Excel spreadsheet somewhere. I think that's symptomatic of the fact that actually as finance people, we don't challenge the status quo enough sometimes. I think that sometimes, because we have month-end reporting and because we have to make sure that what we do gets done, we go, ‘I'd love to fix that but I haven't got time and I need this to carry on working, it will do the job'. And I think sometimes we need to be bigger advocates of the fact that this doesn't work for us.” “There are ways that you can use technology to speed every process up, every operational process. And the more that we do that, the more that you're not reliant on humans and human fallibility and errors with that. As finance people, there's nothing more frustrating than being like, ‘oh, someone forgot to do this', or ‘you posted something in the wrong way round'. If we can remove that and get people doing what they should be doing, which is controlled checks, analysis, the data and the insight side of things, then we'll all be better for it.”“I think there needs to be competition within this space. Otherwise you end up with just Excel again, just a newer version of Excel that everybody relies on. There needs to be competition. A single source is great and Microsoft enables that, but there has to be competition within the partners in terms of who's going to get to market first…. A world without competition is a world without innovation. So it's massively important that that continues.”“Don't rush into the CFO role. Some people seem to be very desperate to get to the top of the ladder. It will come if it's right to come to you, like the right opportunity will come up.”“For me, it's just about learning. If you're not learning in the role that you're in, then it's probably time to move on. But it doesn't always have to be up the career ladder. It can be sideways or a similar role in a different organization. If you want to be a CFO of a fast paced organization, spend some time in finance in a fast paced organization. See how you like it. Because one day that's all going to be yours to look after.”--------Timestamp Topics:01:30 Kirstine's career path05:39 Formal education07:58 Advice on university10:31 Education v. work experience13:04 Narrowing down hiring candidates19:27 How Kirstine's finance team functions compared to others25:45 In-house v. outsourcing when it comes to finance28:03 Opportunities for improving the way finance works36:35 Advice for upcoming CFOs --------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links:Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Kirstine on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

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Mingling Finance with Product with Mariana Lazaro, CFO Latin America at SumUp

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Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 46:10


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Mariana Lazaro, CFO Latin America at SumUp. Mariana has extensive experience in driving continuous financial and operational improvement, designing and implementing accounting processes and systems, developing and implementing strategic plans, and evaluating and executing mergers and acquisitions. From early in life, Mariana knew that she wanted to work in finance because it was important to her as a woman from an immigrant family to show she knew how to be an independent thinker that was able to own and manage finances. She thinks it is important for any CFO to be creative and nimble, building a finance tribe that invests in technology to be successful.Throughout her career, Mariana has become experienced with leading providers in the Technology, Bio Technology, Agriculture and Financial Services industries with Fortune 500 publicly traded corporations and private equity backed companies. She has been recognized for her ability to develop cross functional relationships and build high performance teams, while motivating and aligning personnel around a common set of goals.In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Mariana talks about the importance of innovation in financing for companies and customers, and the traits required of a CFO to build a team and lead it to success through the use of technology. She provides insight on integrating engineering teams to help accomplish goals and develop a harmonious ecosystem. Mariana also speaks about personal and professional empowerment, the importance of continued education, and her dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes“It has always been my goal to work in the payment industry because inside of the payment industry, the finance department is not a back office. So you're not talking about the accounting department, you're talking about the department that's going to be really together with the business, delivering the product. So with SumUp or Square, any of those fintechs, finance is really the front of the show, together with the product and engineering team. So every time the FinTech launches a product, if you're talking about lending, if you're talking about estate pay out, or buy now pay later, any of those products, you have to have a source of findings in those products, in the background. The finance business partner will come in and really help the product to develop and that's something that I have passion for.”“Something that most of the CFOS will need to invest in is how do you put inside of the accounting team, finance squads and finance tribes to help you to give this step forward into the technology of the team as a whole.”“I think we need to realize and be patient. Every time you implement a new technology or you work with a new squad, there is the moment the team gets used to that you're able to explain what needs to be done. The product starts to work and then really you're able to take advantage and take the step up. It takes a little bit of time. So you need to be patient.”“When we put a squad to be working inside of finance, they need to have a tech lead. They need to have somebody because a finance person should be giving guidance, purely guidance and leave the technical part to an engineer. That's not something that energizes them. So for sure, create a structure where the squad inside of finance there's a tech lead, somebody that will be able to be their mentor and follow this person closely.”“I didn't impose on anybody that they needed to be a hundred percent here in the office. But, for me, to build this synergy among the team it is essential that we've been to the office at least two or three times a week. So now as a  rule, not a fixed rule because some of it is very nimble when, and I think we definitely cater to our employees, we're usually once to twice a week in the office and when we are launching something, a product, and then we will come probably every day because we need to be reading the contract, talking to the banks and talking to the engineering team.”“Sometimes the market makes over emotional decisions sometimes. But at the end of the day, the company should look within to see if what they have as products is something that's durable, something that will bring value to the company, not just for show but has a sense to it that this is a good product and you can back it up by engineers and by the process. I think these are the type of companies that will make it.”“Come out as more of an outspoken, especially towards women in leadership. It makes a difference when you see a woman occupying, especially a finance role, where they are having a leadership position to inspire others, and you literally can see even when you're in a room, if there are other women, see another woman, they will speak more, they will, they feel more empowered. So to me, I think for sure study. But if you're a woman besides studying, you have almost the obligation of spying on other women to grow.”“Essentially a joke which I give to my boss every day is, every time when you're in a meeting and you see only men around you, you should stop the meeting and say at least one person, at least one woman needs to be here. Because if there's only men in that table, something is wrong. You can have only one point of view. You are not getting a diverse point of view. You're not enriching the opinion there. You're not getting the other backgrounds.”--------Timestamp Topics:01:30 Path to CFO and Love for Finance06:24 Perception of Finance's Role08:18 Rethinking Future Finance Principles and Roles 11:30 Solving Finance Problems15:30 Trials, Tribulations, and Tools of Technology Implementation19:30 Remote Working and Team Collaboration 23:30 Finance Functions in Different Countries26:13 Finance Team Setup29:10 Future Finance Challenges and Initiatives35:30 Advice for Being a Successful and Effective CFO39:00 Promoting Opportunities for Women and Creating Diverse Teams--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links :Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Mariana on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

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Get Everything You Can Out of Technology with Ben Chrnelich, CFO at Symphony.com

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Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 47:14


This episode of the CFO Playbook features an interview with Ben Chrnelich, CFO at Symphony.com. Ben has a passion for Capital Markets Technology. He has spent his career focused on enabling trading organizations to utilize technology that drives efficiency and productivity. Always aspiring to become a CFO, Ben sees technology as a tool that can empower financial leaders to have an impact at organizations that previously was not possible because the volume of work was too much and too manual. Over the past two decades Ben has held financial and management leadership positions at Charles Schwab, Lehman Brothers, NYSE and IPC where he drove business strategy to adapt to the constantly evolving trading landscape. When not working, Ben is on the pitch, coaching soccer for NJ ODP and his daughter's teams.In this episode of the CFO Playbook, Ben talks about his appreciation for the rate of change that technology is bringing both to capital markets and the finance profession. He feels adapting to the new wave of technology applications is paramount to success, giving companies the tools needed to gather the information and data they need. Ben sees these self-serving tools as a way to create a far more dynamic, explorative, and effective type of collaboration within companies that can bring down information barriers and remove friction from daily finance functions. He also discusses his path to becoming a CFO, the importance of being a passionate and excited leader, and other traits he sees as important to being a partner and guiding finances within any organization. Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.--------Guest Quotes“The language of business is driven by accounting and ultimately your ability to articulate numbers and align numbers to a strategy and business back to measured results has to be based on the foundation of your understanding of accounting. There are plenty of times where you see people in potential CFO roles that don't have that strong of an accounting grasp and they can struggle to understand all the elements that happen in that side of the space.”“Without a high level of technology, access, and development in financial technology applications, it'd be very difficult to provide the information to a wide group of people. At the same time, you, as a CFO, would spend all your time just talking about numbers, as opposed to creating the environment that you can distribute that information out to all the interested parties.”“Your intellectual curiosity is paramount. Eventually the numbers tell you everything, but they don't tell you everything if you don't spend time understanding how they're built, how they're generated, and what themes are coming out of the numbers. So, you really need to have that intellectual curiosity.”“Part of being a leader is you have to expose yourself. And, it's a little bit of a cliche, but you have to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. You have to put yourself out there a little bit. You have to know that if you put your head out, it might get knocked around a little. But, as long as you can keep doing that over time, you're going to be able to figure out how to lead. And people will look at that as someone that's comfortable taking a risk and pushing them forward.”“Numbers are foundational and numbers give security, but numbers don't tell all people what's actually happening in the business. They don't tell why clients are buying more of something. They don't say why something is seeing really good market penetration. They don't tell you why things aren't happening and you need to be able to, as a CFO, talk to non-financial people or really sophisticated business people who may not be into the numbers. Explain to them what's happening and why, and then support it back with the numbers. And I think when I see the CFOs that just do a phenomenal job, they can just traverse across the whole business environment, seamlessly weaving in numbers, operating metrics, product results, customer impact. It's just part of a comprehensive narrative of the business.”--------Time Stamp Topics:00:10 Career Path to CFO and Technology's Pace of Change05:00 Technology in Finance and Capital Markets06:00 Technology's Impact on Workflows and Software07:00 Development and Accessibility of Finance Systems09:00 Self-serving Technology Tools Bringing Down Information Barriers11:00 Real-Time and Relevant Insights13:45 Listening, Learning and Effort16:30 Being Effective and the Evolving Role of the CFO23:00 CFO Rules of Thumb for Leading27:00 Building the Best Team and Leadership Development30:30 Being a Reliable and Encouraging Leader33:30 Liberating Teams from Administrative Work36:30 Technologies for the Future40:00 Tips for Being a Successful CFO--------Sponsor:This show is brought to you by Soldo, the brighter way to manage business spending and expenses. With Soldo, you can control every expense, track spend in real time, automate financial reporting, and then use those insights to fuel growth. Learn more at Soldo.com--------Links Connect with Ross on LinkedInConnect with Ben on LinkedInThe CFO Playbook Listener Survey

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Becoming an Accidental CFO with Navpreet Randhawa, CFO at Minna

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Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 39:59


With 7 years of leadership experience, Navpreet Randhawa has a passion for Enterprise SaaS businesses with focus on the financial technology sector. He found himself on the path to being a self-described “accidental CFO” by having a drive to help build companies and be successful. Navpreet has leaned into prioritizing what is best for his business through the help of using technical tools and outsourcing many traditional aspects of a company's finance department. As CFO at Minna, he strives to be as efficient and effective as possible by being a strategic finance leader that is open to any options that may help the bottom line.To be a successful CFO, Navpreet feels you need to be practical and honest with your time and responsibilities. If you are stretching yourself too thin, then you need to reassess how your role is functioning. He thinks it is important to be open to using outside resources to make your job easier and better supported, searching out the best specialists to handle tasks. This means you need to admit to what you are and are not good at to help you face and solve problems to ensure growth at your company and in your role.Navpreet believes it is important to be willing to rediscover and reinvent the wheel for how finance functions have been run in the past. He thinks you need to try avoiding feeling insecure. If you work hard and continue to educate yourself then you won't ever fail, you will just be able to learn new things and apply those to new opportunities.In this episode of The CFO Playbook, Navpreet talks about why it is important to crawl before you walk and walk before you run. He provides insight on his path from accounting to founding a company, and ultimately taking the learnings he gained from those experiences to be a forward thinking and open minded CFO. Navpreet explains the importance of prioritization, outsourcing, and why always being driven to achieve success are keys to being a great financial leader.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Navpreet on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.

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Tapping into Technology with Bijan Moallemi, Co-Founder and CEO of Mosaic

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 36:22


Bijan Moallemi has nearly a decade of experience building and leading finance functions at companies like Qualcomm and Palantir. He knew CFOs deserved access to better tools, so he co-founded Mosaic Finance to build the next generation of finance software for CFOs and their teams. Born out of their own experiences in finance, Bijan and his co-founders have built the Mosaic platform as a resource that combines big data and machine learning to provide powerful predictive reporting capabilities.To be a successful CFO, Bijan feels you need the tools and basic technical skills to support your business now and to plan for the future, while reducing the effort required by your team to achieve your goals. He thinks CFOs have historically been underserved, and financial professionals deserve accessible tools that save time and money, while providing key insights and analytics to better your business.Bijan believes that improving workflows that are self-serving, rather than adding to your list of responsibilities, will free up your time and provide more information to make more educated decisions. He feels it is important to have an application like Mosaic that can accomplish that by providing real-time analysis and reporting, giving you perspective on your company's past, present, and future. Adding automation to data ingestion and processing can help focus your business forecasting and scenario planning to be ready for anything that may come up.In this episode of The CFO Playbook, Bijan explains why it is more important than ever to understand the financial ins and outs of a business to make sure you know exactly what's going on within your organization. He talks about how Mosaic offers a tool that can help financial professionals as they process through pain points with data and analytics, allowing for a faster and more focused financial team that can make a bigger impact on the business. Bijan also explains why he thinks communication, collaboration and culture building are keys to success, and talks about the benefits of opening up your company to a remote workforce as a way to ensure you have access to the best talent pool.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Bijan on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.

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How to be Successful, Happy, and Satisfied in your Role with Anthony Rawlinson, CFO at Papier

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 38:02


Anthony Rawlinson has more than 12 years of experience working in finance. He joined Papier as CFO four years ago, after serving as a consultant for the brand beforehand. Previously, Anthony worked in investment banking with Greenhill & Co. and PwC, providing generalist corporate finance advice. Since he started  as the finance leader at Papier, the team has grown to 20 people. Not only does Anthony lead the finance operations at Papier, but he also oversees Data at the company. He believes it is important to have synergy between the two functions to help better the organization.To be a successful CFO, Anthony feels you need to challenge yourself to take a holistic approach to business and be as forward thinking as possible. In business it is important to not just think about if you can do things faster, but what are the best ways to accomplish your goals and make sure you're spending your time efficiently. He stresses that however you solve challenges today, it also needs to be done in a way that helps you achieve whatever is being planned for the future. Anthony believes chemistry within your finance team and organization at large is very important. Having an alignment of mission and vision is fundamental to help you lead effectively.  With the finance team, he has adopted a hybrid decentralized approach model to how it focuses on different aspects of the company. The finance team functions as business partners with different areas within the organization to benefit accuracy and efficiency. Anthony thinks you need to go above and beyond and challenge yourself to encourage continued team engagement, being cognizant of culture and experimenting with ways to find the right balance for your team. In this episode of The CFO Playbook, Anthony talks about how his path to CFO was led by his interests and passions for the product and autonomy that comes with working for a startup. He explains the importance of having a centralized source of truth for data. This allows the company to have a standard reporting function that sets up the organization for success by focusing on insights and action. Anthony also stresses the important traits that every CFO needs to help them learn and grow personally, drive the company to prosper now and in the future, and how to maintain a content and capable support team.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Anthony on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.

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Promote Partnerships with Huw Slater, COO at TravelPerk

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 44:05


Huw Slater is hugely passionate about technology that facilitates innovation and enhances both people's work and personal lives. Currently, he is COO at TravelPerk, a next-generation travel booking and management platform that is pioneering the future of corporate travel. Previously, Huw served as CFO at TravelPerk and Typeform, with a long career in finance, business, and technology. Huw has helped lead his company through the pandemic and into the new world of corporate collaboration and business travel. Through the use of strategic partnerships, TravelPerk is ensuring the future of travel is successfully supported by top-level technology. To be a successful CFO, Huw feels you need to do whatever you can to remove friction and extra effort when driving towards success. This requires that you bring in modern tools to help free up your team and employ people that can be creative and don't just follow standard processes. You need to be someone who over-indexes on being a leader, focusing on the company's goals first, and finding ways for your finance team to be as supportive as possible. Huw believes the job of any leader, and specifically the CFO, needs to be focused on gaining a return on investments. He says you need to run towards the flames and not stand back in the face of adversity. You should always strive to raise the bar, help set the direction, and ensure speed and efficiency. In this episode of The CFO Playbook, Huw talks about how over-communicating and transparency have benefited him as a leader. He explains why taking on hard tasks and surrounding yourself with great people will help you to be successful. In addition, he provides insight on his career path, navigating a company focused on travel when that was limited due to the pandemic, and how partnerships make companies strong and provide better services to customers. Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Huw on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.

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Driving for Diversity with Tiziana Figliolia, CFO at Hootsuite

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 38:22


Tiziana Figliolia has more than 25 years experience in the technology industry leading a wide range of strategic, financial, and operational functions at billion-dollar global publicly traded companies. Currently, she is CFO at Hootsuite, the global leader in social media management. Having a passion for advancing diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace and in the community, she is also the co-founder of Full STEAM Forward, a non-profit whose mission is to tackle inequalities in education. To be a successful CFO, Tiziana believes you need to focus on having a growth mindset. To do this, she feels you need to be customer obsessed, provide the best employee experience, and always build for the long term financial sustainability of the company. Tiziana feels strongly that you need to look at the opportunities that you have in front of you and double down on the investments you have with your customers and partners. To help your organization become world-class as a CFO, you need to get your processes, policies, and systems right. You can help achieve this by supporting your employees, whether it be through building relationships, paying attention to health and wellness, ensuring equality, or providing opportunities for them to improve and grow. It's also important that, as a CFO, you have a strong relationship with the CEO, with a cooperative commitment to each other to support long term financial success and create equity opportunities for your company. In this episode of The CFO Playbook, Tiziana talks about her experience working internationally in China and how it has prepared her to take on the tasks of running finance at Hootsuite, which impacts people and companies across the globe. She discusses the importance of relationships and partnerships within your company and with your customers, as well as the importance of implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in any corporate environment. Tiziana also speaks about digital transformation and why it is important to push yourself to take on new challenges throughout your career.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Tiziana on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.

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The Road to Success is Always Under Construction with Chris Roling, CFO at Coinme

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 45:16


Chris Roling has 35 years of commercial and private equity experience, having served in board, CEO, COO, and CFO positions with a number of global public and private companies. Currently he is CFO at Coinme, a crypto financial services and blockchain technology company that is dedicated to helping the world gain access to virtual currency. A self proclaimed, ‘global nomad,' Chris has worked across the world for many different companies and verticals. His vast experience in nearly every functional area of finance, and mindset of taking the path less traveled, has allowed Chris to successfully guide and help Coinme prosper as it scales quickly in an expanding industry.To be a successful CFO, Chris believes you need to take chances and get out of your comfort zone. At the same time, he encourages a philosophy of keeping it simple and not over-complicating things. He sees the role of a CFO as someone who provides a common sense approach to their company. Chris feels strongly that variety, networking, and international experiences are keys to learning and success for CFOs. He also views the CEO and CFO partnership as absolutely instrumental to a company's success, requiring collaboration to focus on the success of the customer, investors, and overall company strategy. In this episode of The CFO Playbook, Chris talks about his vast experiences working with companies around the world. He provides insight into the state of the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, and how the technology is connecting people and companies throughout the world. As Coinme quickly scales as the crypto industry grows, Chris discusses his approach to working as a CFO with a startup and how to ensure success through a new and emerging market. Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Chris on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.

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Forecasting Finance Functions with Paul Sheriff, CFO at NewDay

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 38:11


Paul Sheriff, CFO at NewDay has over 25 years of experience in financial services organizations spanning banking, asset management and insurance. Paul is currently working as Chief Financial Officer for NewDay, a private equity backed consumer finance business providing branded and co-branded credit cards, including Amazon's credit card in the UK. His specialities include, finance, operations, financial services, and change management. Paul's vast experience with large corporations and smaller companies across the world have helped provide insight and expertise to have success in his role today.To be a successful CFO, Paul strongly believes that you need to take opportunities as they arise. He recommends that in doing so you always look forward and be one step ahead so you set up your company and leadership to always look good and be prepared. While technical abilities are very important, how you interact and communicate with others helps you to gain trust and confidence in your team, leadership, and clients.Paul believes that being a good CFO requires you to be level headed in moments of stress and crisis. Having broad access to the technical, business, and commercial sides will help you to build that comfort to lead through knowledge and experiences.In this episode of The CFO Playbook, Paul Sheriff, CFO at NewDay shares his vast experience across different companies and countries. He provides insight on how to approach your first 100 days as a CFO in a new job. Paul also talks about the impact of data and his philosophy on financial forecasting, technology, and progressive approaches to being a CFO.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Paul on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.

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Taking Risks Brings Big Rewards with Charly Kevers, CFO at Carta

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 45:55


Charly Kevers, CFO at Carta, has more than 20 years of experience holding various roles in finance and strategy, including investor relations and corporate development in multiple countries across North America, Europe, and Asia. While he didn't take a straight path to his current role, his breadth of experience in consulting and the financial world has given him great exposure to different businesses and executives to help prepare him to be a leader at Carta. To be a successful CFO, Charly strongly believes in trying out different roles and opportunities, including learning about mergers and acquisitions and investor relations. This will help you as a CFO to gain an understanding of how investors approach their investments, and how to better communicate with them. Carta takes a unique and transparent approach to their business, being open with employees and investors. While at first, this was a bit jarring for Charly, he has embraced how being open and honest about the business can greatly improve a company's culture and be a driver for growth. Charly believes that being a good CFO requires you to be as objective as possible and try to not be defensive, no matter if you're dealing with good or bad situations. It is important to be very clear in explaining your thoughts and processes, reinforcing that you're trying things in an effort to grow and prosper. He feels that if you aren't constantly trying new things, then you won't be able to properly build and expand your business.  In this episode of The CFO Playbook, Charly Kevers, CFO at Carta shares his thoughts on how transparency can build trust and confidence with your employees and investors. He explains why it is important to take risks and try new things. Charly also talks about the importance of embracing technology and how he approaches recruiting and retention for his team.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Charly on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.If you want a better way to track and control your team's spend, check out Soldo.com

The CFO Playbook
Be Humble and Hungry with Nitesh Sharan, CFO at SoundHound

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 42:43


Nitesh Sharan, CFO at SoundHound, is a strategic finance executive with experience fueling growth and profitability in firms across the consumer, technology and industrial sectors. His diverse background working in many different verticals across multiple industries allows Nitesh to be a great fit for the evolving and expanding role of CFO in today's business world. He also has a passion for development, diversity, inclusivity, and sustainability for his company and team. Anchored by a variety of experiences in industries throughout the world, Nitesh's desire to grow and try new things is an asset to SoundHound; an organization that believes every brand should have a voice and every person should be able to interact naturally with the products around them, by simply talking. Nitesh sees the role of a CFO as one that is constantly changing and adapting to a new world of business. He thinks today's CFO needs to be in tune and involved with many parts of their company. That includes as an advisor to the CEO, encouraging stakeholder success, having a vision for the company's long term success and near term sustainability, as well as being open to innovation, and helping to set a strong culture within the organization. An important part of supporting that is building a diverse, agile, and innovative team with a range of knowledge and diverse perspectives that have a drive to continually learn and grow. In this episode of The CFO Playbook, Nitesh Sharan, CFO at SoundHound, shares why you can't stay stale and need to continually innovate and update the way your company does business. This ranges in everything from organizational goals and a willingness to utilize new technologies, to being open to who your workforce is, how to encourage their success, and to allow for flexibility in where they accomplish their work. Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Nitesh on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.If you want a better way to track and control your team's spend, check out Soldo.com.

The CFO Playbook
Create Options in Everything You Do, with Dynshaw Italia, CFO at Soldo

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 50:32


Dynshaw Italia, CFO at Soldo, brings 20 years of experience working and developing fast growing consumer brands to navigate change and growth. At Soldo, he is using his ability as an adaptable leader to help their mission of lighting a brighter way for businesses to pay for advertising, software, travel expenses, online procurement, and more. Soldo believes businesses deserve better than painful, slow, and costly spending, and is providing a solution that is smarter, faster, and more connected to build an entirely new financial architecture for them.When Dynshaw joined Soldo, he brought with him years of experience working in various disciplines and companies of all sizes. He is using that experience as an asset to help drive financial stability and success for the company. He believes that a CFO should never stand still to be successful - need to have a desire to improve and a willingness to adapt to whatever situations come about. A key to that is pushing for more efficiency and encouraging a mindset of betterment towards profitability within the organization. Attracted to companies with a common thread of entrepreneurial goals, Dynshaw has brought his strategic agility, desire to continually improve, love of technology, and emphasis on building trust amongst his leadership team and employees to provide a vision and roadmap to continued financial success and growth. Dynshaw believes being successful requires a CFO to be involved and understand all areas of the business, serving as a visionary that helps prepare the company for varying competitive environments. He says, “if you fail, fail fast, and move on.” That way, you can quickly define success up front and move on towards improvement. In this episode of The CFO Playbook, Dynshaw Italia, CFO at Soldo, shares that trust and accountability is the most important mindset to start with when developing a cohesive, supportive, and successful culture. Flexibility and openness to financial transformations and a willingness to adopt new tools is inherent to improving oneself and the company as a whole.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Dynshaw on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.If you want a better way to track and control your team's spend, check out Soldo.com

The CFO Playbook
How Great CFOs Hire & Retain Talent

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 18:46


On this episode of The CFO Playbook, we share some of the best advice for hiring and retaining top-tier talent that we've received from finance leaders who have been guests on the show.Lessons we cover in this episode:The trends don't lie: What CFOs are looking for from their candidates (and vice versa).CFOs are looking for technical fluency more than ever, and want candidates that have an understanding of multiple aspects both within the finance domain and beyond. The days of siloed roles are coming to an end.  Talent benefits from an empathetic leader who will provide a clear career path for the finance team member, and this is increasingly becoming a requirement for CFOs.Hiring tips to build a dynamic team of business partners, risk-takers, and those looking for a challenge. EQ is key when you're hiring a finance team member who will engage with and partner with other lines of business. Be transparent and observant throughout the hiring process to ensure the candidate is a good fit.Expand your talent pool if your company is set up for remote work.Hire a mix of experienced finance experts and green talent with potential.As CFO it's important to have a balanced team of talent you can nurture and talent that can help you fill in the gaps of your knowledge base.Regardless of experience level, you need to show up as a mentor and leader for your team to help them reach their full potential.Hire for technologyTechnology literacy is as important as technical finance skills.Hiring for automation has the downstream impact of opening up opportunities for your team and making them happier at their jobs.Once you've built your team, incentivize them to stick around.Cultivate an employee-first work culture.Make sure your company goals are clear, and that you've laid out identifiable career paths for your finance team members so they know what they're working towards.Tune in to the full episode to get all the best insights on hiring and retention.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.If you want a better way to track and control your team's spend, check out Soldo.com 

The CFO Playbook
Leading a Transformation with Nick Rose, CFO at Enable

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 33:02


In his role of CFO at Enable, Nick Rose is carrying forward what he enjoyed most working on business transformation projects at Travis Perkins, and is driven by the change he's able to make happen at a small but quickly growing company.When Nick first joined Enable, he went from having 24,000 colleagues to 70. But headcount is rising fast, and Nick describes the company's evolution as “a constant state of change” as Enable has gone through two rounds of funding and expanded to three different countries since he arrived. Nick credits his experience in business transformation to help him to shift to a fast moving environment; in fact, he embraces the change that's necessary to achieve Enable's ambitious goals.Whether evaluating automation opportunities to layer on top of Enable's ERP system, or assessing whether a prospective hire is the right fit for his team, Nick takes a forward-thinking approach to his decision making. To help guide these decisions in the present, he and his team rely on measuring objectives and key results (OKRs) on a quarterly basis. As a result, Nick is confident that the finance department and beyond are aligned on the overarching goals of the company and how they'll work together to achieve them.On this episode of The CFO Playbook, Nick Rose, CFO at Enable, shares how he brings a transformation mindset to his role, describes the ways in which he's building a team that runs towards business challenges, and illustrates why adaptability is such an important quality in a CFO.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Nick on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.If you want a better way to track and control your team's spend, check out Soldo.com.

The CFO Playbook
Laying the Groundwork for Growth with Ross Tennenbaum, CFO at Avalara

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 43:47


Ross Tennenbaum loved working in investment banking, so it took the right opportunity for him to make the jump into his first role as CFO at Avalara, a SAAS company building cloud-based tax compliance solutions to handle every transaction in the world.While in investment banking, Ross learned not only about capital markets and mergers and acquisitions, but about the strategy of the companies he advised on. Ross brought that mindset to Avalara, asking all kinds of questions to drive Avalara's business forward.Ross is laying the groundwork at Avalara to help match the fast growth of today, as well as tomorrow. He's doing this by investing in the right technology to help optimize finance operations, and hiring finance team members who have experience implementing automation. As he builds out the finance team in a competitive environment, he's intentional about facilitating a fulfilling work environment with clear paths of success for the company as well as individual team members. On this episode of The CFO Playbook, Ross Tennenbaum, CFO at Avalara, describes why he left investment banking for the lure of CFO, outlines the key components of a high performing finance team, and shares the automation priorities he's focused on for the year ahead.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with our guest Ross on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.If you want a better way to track and control your team's spend, check out Soldo.com.

The CFO Playbook
Mentoring Future CFOs with Craig Foster, CFO at Picsart

The CFO Playbook

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 38:51


Craig Foster not only has over 25 years of management experience in finance, he's also worked on 35 different IPOs over the course of his career. He brings that expertise and more to his role today as CFO at Picsart. Early in his career, Craig was working in an advisory role at a Big 4 public accounting firm when he was approached by one of their rapid-scale clients, LoudCloud, to come in house. The leaders of the company, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, were key players in the dot com boom and took a hands-on approach to leadership training. The “school” of LoudCloud was formative to how Craig would approach his management positions going forward. Being both a mentor and a mentee is important to Craig. Whether working in house or during his time as an adviser, he's built a network to help increase his learning. When Craig made the decision to transition to CFO for his first tenure at Ubiquiti Networks in 2013, that network helped him stay supported. And today at Picsart, Craig mentors his finance team with a forward-thinking approach and is always looking for ways to maximize their potential through technology.On this episode of The CFO Playbook, Craig Foster, CFO at Picsart, talks about coming up under Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz during the dot com boom, shares his philosophy on mentoring future CFOs, and outlines how he is always on the lookout for the right technology to execute finance goals.Take The CFO Playbook Listener Survey to help us improve the show. You'll also be entered to win your choice of the latest iPad Pro or a Samsung Galaxy S7.Connect with Craig on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.If you want a better way to track and control your team's spend, check out Soldo.com.

9to5Google Daily
Google Search dark mode testing begins, Soli Sandbox app released, plus more

9to5Google Daily

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 7:33


Listen to a short-form recap or roundup of all the top 9to5Google stories of the previous 24 hours. 9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players. New episodes of 9to5Google Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Google Play or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they're available. Why not add the 9to5Google Daily to your Google Assistant Routine for a quick morning update? Learn how to add us directly to your Assistant Routines right here. Follow Damien: Damien Wilde Stories discussed in this episode: Google Search begins testing dark mode for mobile web, here’s how to try it [Gallery] Google prepares subscriptions on Android TV through Play Store, teases more ‘soon’ Samsung Galaxy S7 gets one last update to fix recently-discovered security issue Google releases ‘Soli Sandbox’ app on Play Store to spur Pixel 4 radar tech development Google Assistant tests authorizing payments with just your voice Drop us a line at gtips@9to5g.com. You can also rate us in Google Play, Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Pocket Casts to help more people discover the show! Enjoy the podcast?: Shop Google and Android products at Amazon to support the 9to5Google Daily!

Calling All Platforms Tech - Tech news for fans of Apple, Google and Microsoft

  Funny moment in Zoom: 1:00   Apple: 2:02 - iOS 14 API Clips. - iPhone 9/SE still expected in April. - Mac Pro now available in refurbished store. - Today At Apple transitions to Today At Home. - Apple and Google partner for an opt-in pandemic tracking service.   Free things to do while you stay at home: 13:22   Google: 22:04 - Hangouts Meet changes to Google Meet. - Google to require seamless updates for devices launching with Android 11. - Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge to no longer receive security updates.   Microsoft: 30:00 - Microsoft hires former Apple Executive to head Holo Lens. - Probably going to be delaying Surface Duo.   Gaming: 32:34 - Xbox Game Bar opens up to 3rd party developers. - Xbox UI update. - Google is offering Stadia Pro trial for 2 months. - Stadia free version is now available. - Dual Sense controller. - Overwatch is launching a new hero. - Valorant Beta. - Bleeding Edge launches. - PUBG update starts crashing. - Saints Row 5 announced. - Just Cause 4 free on Epic game store. - Assassins Creed 2 free on Uplay. - Fallout 76 Wastelanders update. - GameCube dock for Switch made by Brooks. - Switch selling out world-wide.      www.patreon.com/callingallplatforms    T-Shirts!   Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Android

PHPUgly
125: The Patreon Garage Sale

PHPUgly

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 88:55


This month the team discusses GPG Suite Other topics include: Amazon.com: Micro USB Cable, 2nd Gen, GPEL Easy One Touch Magnetic Cable 3-Pack 5ft Nylon Braided Cord to USB for Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S6, S5, S4, Note 5,4,3,HTC, LG, Sony, Tablet and More (3-Pack): Cell Phones & Accessories Introducing Laravel Telescope | MattStauffer.com Standup Alice php-terminal-nes-emulator Around 62 percent of all Internet sites will run an unsupported PHP version in 10 weeks | ZDNet How DNA Databases Violate Everyone's Privacy - Schneier on Security Portal from Facebook: Voice Enabled Hands-Free Video Calling

Chip and Cern Show
Chip Gets Banned from eBay

Chip and Cern Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2018 26:55


Chip and Cern have their new equipment and are sounding better from an audio perspective, not content. There is nothing they can do about that. In high school Chip and Cern were eBay power users. Snagging sunglasses, baseball memorabilia and other goodies on the regular. Chip heard from a coworker that eBay has some good deals about some audio equipment. Chip went to get some stuff, but now he is banned from eBay. Hear that story and more on this episode of the Chip and Cern Show.   Chip and Cern’s mixer started to crap out, so it was time for a new one. Chip found a newer one on eBay that was a good deal, so threw some bids out. After some more research Chip found some better deals that were on “Or Best Offer” so he threw out a few more offers. The eBay marketplace    Chip found some guy on Facebook Marketplace that runs his own online radio station, http://www.allthebestoldies.com/, and wasn’t using this anymore, so Chip got a great deal on their new audio interface.    No sooner does Chip get back in the car from buying this new interface, then he gets a “you are the high bidder with 17mins left” notification. Chip knows his wife will murder him, so he tries to get out of this commitment. Chip was able to cancel the order, but at the price of getting banned from eBay because of his many canceled transactions in a few days.    Chip and Cern talk about how Facebook Marketplace has really taken over for the used selling stuff. Way less hassle than Craigslist and on Facebook you know whom you are dealing with.    Cern does a live price comparison for him Samsung Galaxy S7. eBay comes in at a cool $130 and on Facebook Marketplace they were going for well over $250. So there is your reason why ebay is on the down and out.    This brings Chip and Cern to check out eBays stock price and whatnot.    Chip has been killing the Facebook Marketplace game with his used stuff. Easy to sells, more trust for some reason.    Do you still play around on eBay? Let us know on Twitter at @chipandcernshow. Speaking of plugs, pick up your Chip and Cern Show swag (hats, shirts, and stickers) at www.chipandcernshow.com/shop. Be sure to spread the word around and tell your friends about the Chip and Cern Show. The radio is dying, and podcasts are coming, so be ready. You can plug your phone into your car and listen when driving around.   If you want a free sticker, shoot an email to chipandcernshow@gmail.com, and we will give you one.   As always we appreciate you spreading the word with your friends, coworkers, family and churchgoing community members. The Hits are great into to the Chip and Cern Show, so share those!

Coffee With Vinny
Samsung Galaxy s7 underrated in 2018

Coffee With Vinny

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2018 4:13


In this episode I talk about how Samsung Galaxy s7 is underrated in 2018. Its still a amazing phone and should not be left behind. __ Here You Can Find All My Gear/Equipment: ► http://Kit.com/vingin Here Is Where You Can Contact Me: ► http://vinginblog.blogspot.se/p/contact-me.html The Official Vin Ginfield Website ► https://vinginfield.wordpress.com Here You Can Subscribe To My YouTube Channel: ► https://www.youtube.com/user/VinginGopro?sub_confirmation=1 __ NEW EPISODE IS UPLOADED EVERY DAY / SAME TIME: New York(USA 12.00 Los Angeles(USA) 09.00 Tokyo(japan) 02.00 Sydney(Australia) 04.00 London(UK) 17.00 Stockholm(SE) 18.00 __ ps. Don’t forget to subscribe and turn on notifications.

Ethical Rioting
Episode 8: Osman Ahmed

Ethical Rioting

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2018


Gentle readers and listeners! The March podcast is late, but it's here! Featuring a member of the class of 1999 (we're really branching out these days!), Osman Ahmed! We had a great conversation (for two and a half hours!) (Don't worry, only the last hour and a half is recorded.) (Because Steve was late. Really late.).I know, I know, you're wondering where the February and March leafy vegetables are. Well, feel free to harass Matthew about that. We'll just have to feature three leafy vegetables in April. And Katrina signed up for a CSA this summer, so fresh leafy vegetables will be all the rage.Also, Katrina has successfully eaten at least one vegetable a day for the last two weeks. That's a big deal for her, OKAY? Osman generously brought sparkling cider in honor of Katrina's recent engagement, so we had to take a selfie with it.From left to right, that's Steve, Osman, Katrina and Google Monkey. (Colloquially, he goes by Nick.) (Google Monkey made a brief appearance on this month's podcast.) The toast! With mugs! Osman also brought cupcakes in honor of Katrina and Google Monkey's engagement, so a cupcake selfie must be had! (They were delicious - tiny little bundt cakes.) Anyway, Katrina has a fancy Samsung Galaxy S7 phone that will take a selfie if you just hold your palm up. It recognizes the palm, then sets a timer and three seconds later - selfie! Osman was so excited about this new technology, that he didn't move his hand in time.Left to right: Steve, Osman, Katrina, Google Monkey Osman sporting his IMSA soccer jacket, circa 1999. Stylish IMSA fashion, that.

Coffee With Vinny
Vlogging with the Samsung Galaxy S7

Coffee With Vinny

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2018 10:53


In this video we explore galaxy s7 and its front facing camera if you can vlog with it. __ Here you can find all my Gear/Equipment: ► http://Kit.com/vingin Here Is How You Can Support Me: ► https://goo.gl/8diJ1j Here You Can Subscribe To this channel: ► https://goo.gl/9f9Sgb __ NEW VIDEO UPLOADED EVERY DAY:

More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice

We start the episode with a brief look at Reporter and looking at unwind segues with modal view controllers. We also follow up on unconventional parking with self driving cars. We follow up on using Face ID to authorize purchases with iTunes family purchases in iOS 11. You can now use the Square Cash app to purchase bitcoin. We discuss Apple's plan to postpone some new features to focus on performance and quality. It's time for the annual "Apple is doomed" discussion as pundits warn of iPhone X sales slowing down. Tim's iPhone X suffers from a "green line" OLED defect, which turns out to be a common problem on iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy S7. Picks: iOS Ref Photo of Susan Kare by Norman Seeff

You Dumb Bastard
Better Late Than Never

You Dumb Bastard

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2017 48:13


It's a warm Friday in Cincinnati. Most people would drive to the local ice cream dispensary and get their favorite tasty treat, but these dumb bastards decided to sit on a hot bus and talk about a bunch of bull shit. This podcast was produced exclusively on my Samsung Galaxy S7 while drinking Moscow Mules in my pool. Happy Friday you dumb bastards! Song: 6 Underground Artist: Sneaker Pimps

FactFruit | Daily News, Information, Current Events
FF 01: May 1, 2017 News and Interview with Michael Fisher (TheMrMobile)

FactFruit | Daily News, Information, Current Events

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2017 25:04


In U.S. News President Trump signed two executive orders on Saturday that were related to foreign trade. One order directs a review of all existing U.S. trade agreements while the second order establishes an Office of Trade and Manufacturing. Link to U.S. presidential executive orders: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/executive-orders At least 7 people were killed and dozens injured as tornadoes struck in Texas over the weekend.  Much of the damage was located in Van Zandy County with a population of over 52,000 according to census data.   Regarding another attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare, President Trump tweeted on Sunday that, “...healthcare plan is on its way.  Will have much lower premiums and deductibles while at the same time taking care of pre-existing conditions!” Link to Tweet:  https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/858660413873025024   The Climate March was held on Saturday in several cities throughout the U.S.  Some estimates claim that over 200,000 people attended the march in Washington D.C.  Signs held by marchers displayed varying messages with most advocating for protection of the environment.  However, some marchers relayed other messages such as “voting rights for all” and proclamations to “impeach Trump.” In public health news, there are 32 confirmed cases of measles in Minnesota.  Thirty of the cases are reported to be in Hennepin County.  Also, 31 out of the 32 confirmed cases are confirmed  to be unvaccinated.   Minnesota Department of Health site:.   http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/measles/index.html#Example1 In International News North Korea, also called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, launched a ballistic missile on Friday that is reported to have exploded over land in North Korea.  President Trump responded on Twitter by saying that “North Korea disrespected the wishes of China and its highly respected Present when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today.  Bad!” The government of Japan also protested the missile test. In Tech News The Pew Research Center recently released a study that found many Americans turned to Google to learn about the Flint Water crisis in 2014.  A key finding was that “even before the water crisis had started to unfold, residents of Flint had begun searching for information about their water at increased rates - largely preceding both government notice and heightened regional news coverage.”   Link to the Pew Research Center study:  http://www.journalism.org/essay/searching-for-news/   The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ was released in the U.S. on April 21st.  Many of you will remember the recall of the Samsung Galaxy S7+ last year due to faulty batteries.  So, what can we expect from S8 this time around?  We interviewed Michael Fisher, also know as The Mr. Mobile on YouTube. Today’s Guest Thanks to our guest Michael Fisher for providing insight into the Samsung Galaxy S8.  You can find Michael at the following:   YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOpcUkE-is7u7c4AkLgqTw     Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/theMrMobile/   Twitter:  https://twitter.com/theMrMobile   Snap:  MrMobileSnaps

Podcasts4iu
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge en 150€!

Podcasts4iu

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2017 30:07


Hoy os traigo un podcast donde hablaré de una compra la cual me da mala espina, ya que conseguí comprar un Samsung Galaxy S7 edge en 150€ en Amazon. Ya os iré contando. Espero que os guste! Canal Youtube AndrApp4iu: https://goo.gl/L9rDzD Canal Youtube Vlogs: https://goo.gl/oVmLXd Canales de telegram: Chollos4iu: https://telegram.me/chollos4iu Grupo4iu: https://telegram.me/Grupo4iu Series4iuonline: https://telegram.me/series4iuonline Series4iu: https://telegram.me/series4iu Descargas4iu: https://telegram.me/descargasdirectas Chollos4iu: https://telegram.me/chollo4iu Podeis seguirnos en las páginas de Facebook: AndrApp4iu(Reviews, Unboxings...): https://goo.gl/bfnntM Apps4iu (Aplicaciones GRATUITAS diarias): https://goo.gl/VN297p Gameplay4iu (Gameplays, noticias...): https://goo.gl/6JsKX7 Foro: https://telegram.me/joinchat/AIx51T3pfRarEDiRnt6-eg Poscast4iu (iTunes): https://goo.gl/kcnwY1 Podcast4iu (ivoox): https://goo.gl/l8qezR Tienda Wallapop: http://es.wallapop.com/user/andrapp4iu-31822130 Otras redes sociales: Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrapp4iu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrapp4iu/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/+AndrApp4iuTVOficial/posts

WRLWNDradio
065 | Another Yahoo hack, Top Google searches and AWS in Canada

WRLWNDradio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2016 13:32


Another Yahoo hack, Top Google searches and AWS in Canada In this episode of WRLWND Radio, we will hear from Eric Gales, Director of Amazon Web Services Canada about the launch of AWS in Canada and the benefits it offers to AWS customers and partners. Also, Yahoo is back in the news and once again it is not good, there was another hack where data was stolen for more than one billion accounts, we will talk more about what you can do to stay safe and if you are to make a guess on what name, topic or term Canadians googled the most in 2016, what would it be? We will run through the list with you. Another hack at Yahoo Some of the suggestions from Yahoo to stay safe:  Change your passwords and security questions and answers Review your accounts for suspicious activity Be cautious of any unsolicited communications that ask for your personal information Avoid clicking on links or downloading attachments from suspicious emails Consider using Yahoo Account Key, a simple authentication tool that eliminates the need to use a password on Yahoo altogether.   Top Google Searches 2016 Global Searches 1) Pokémon Go 2) iPhone 7 3) Donald Trump 4) Prince 5) Powerball Consumer Tech 1) iPhone 7 2) Freedom 251 3) iPhone SE 4) iPhone 6S 5) Google Pixel  Canada Searches 1) Donald Trump 2) Pokémon Go 3) Toronto Raptors 4) Fort McMurray Fire 5) Prince Consumer Technology 1) iPhone 7 2) Samsung Galaxy S7 3) Samsung Galaxy Note 7 4) Google Pixel 5) Nintendo Switch   AWS Canada For more information go to: https://aws.amazon.com/canada/  

Shufflecast
#61 – Wracamy

Shufflecast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2016 69:10


Nowa energia, nowy współprowadzący, nowe tematy. Nowym człowiekiem w naszej ekipie jest Damian, którego możecie kojarzyć jako chłopaka piszącego dla tabletowo.pl. W tym odcinku robimy ogólny obchód tego co się działo, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem: Co robiliśmy kiedy nas nie było? Co się działo w świecie kiedy nas nie było, m.in. mówimy o tym że Casey Neistat […]

Geek Culture Appreciation Team
#038: Fantastic Beasts of a Thousand Planets & "Let the Earth Burn" (Nov 27, 2016)

Geek Culture Appreciation Team

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 79:37


Show notes: http://bit.ly/2gtYN1e Three Week Catch-Up: Jermaine makes macaroni and cheese, sails to Mexico on a cruise without internet, ATVs in Belize, and nearly wins at lip-sync battle (video will not be shared!) Darrell spends time with extended family for Thanksgiving and gets a lot of work done Robert follows the election returns, finds three-pointers amazing, and looks forward to Code Geass's 10th-year aniversary Nerdy News: Jermaine shares news of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere's Universe becoming a cinematic universe Robert celebrates the third season in the Code Geass universe being announced for release Darrell fascinates everyone with the invention of Adidas's biodegradable shoes Trailer Talk: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Jermaine: "This looks absolutely terrible. It's gonna be the next Jupiter Ascending and will be bogged down in its own writing. Two stars" Darrell: "Basically looks like The Fifth Element. Very generic. Unimpressed. Two stars" Robert: "Not excited. I guess I'm an alien-racist? Didn't like the way they looked. CGI looks positively horrible. One star" Reviews: Mars: Episode 1 Robert: "Man, going to Mars looks impossible. I can't believe we're able to get off the face of the planet at all. Recommend" Darrell: "I recommend with caveats - don't go in with high expectations. Recommend" Jermaine: "I also recommend. Good documentary mix with slightly disappointing live-action parts" Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them Jermaine: "After first twenty minutes, movie finally congeals as jello. The CGI in this movie is spectacular. Good casting all around. Recommend" Robert: "I love the period setting and how this movie is aimed towards adults. Love that it's Americanized. Recommend" Darrell: "Not a children's movie. Definitely an adult movie. Also, how aren't animals escaping from the suitcase left and right? Makes no sense. Recommend" Recommendations: Jermaine: "I was on the cruise and had to watch something. Wrecked is so good!" Robert: "Can't get enough of Code Geass: Akito the Exiled and the comforting slide-of-life show Working!!" Darrell: "Am very happy with my new Samsung Galaxy S7. 24-hour battery life!"

TyfloPodcast
Samsung Galaxy S7

TyfloPodcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2016


Tomasz Bilecki opisuje ten model telefonu, oraz dzieli się wrażeniami z jego użytkowania.

Unboxing Live (MPEG-4 Version)
Unboxing Live 196: Samsung Galaxy S7 Active

Unboxing Live (MPEG-4 Version)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2016 3:44


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Podcasts4iu
Primeras Impresiones con el Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: tras la muerte del note 7 XD

Podcasts4iu

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2016 15:15


Yeee que pasa chavales?! Hoy os traigo un podcast grabado con el microfono del Samsung Galaxy S7 edge para que podais valorarlo. Ya de paso, hablaré sobre mis primeras impresiones con este fantástico smartphone. Espero que os guste! Canal de telegram: Gurpo4iu: https://telegram.me/Grupo4iu Foro4iu: https://telegram.me/joinchat/AIx51T3pfRarEDiRnt6-eg Series4iu: https://telegram.me/series4iu Descargas4iu: https://telegram.me/descargasdirectas Pelis4iu: https://telegram.me/pelis4iu Canal Youtube: https://goo.gl/L9rDzD Podeis seguirnos en las páginas de Facebook: AndrApp4iu(Reviews, Unboxings...): https://goo.gl/bfnntM Apps4iu (Aplicaciones GRATUITAS diarias): https://goo.gl/VN297p Gameplay4iu (Gameplays, noticias...): https://goo.gl/6JsKX7 Foro: https://telegram.me/joinchat/AIx51T3pfRarEDiRnt6-eg Poscast4iu (iTunes): https://goo.gl/kcnwY1 Podcast4iu (ivoox): https://goo.gl/l8qezR Tienda Wallapop: http://es.wallapop.com/user/andrapp4iu-31822130 Otras redes sociales: Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrapp4iu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrapp4iu/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/+AndrApp4iuTVOficial/posts

Error de hardware
iPad Pro Y Las Guerras Tecnológicas

Error de hardware

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2016 44:56


Hola a todos y a todas!!La verdad es que este Podcast tenía un planteamiento simple en base a una consulta de un familiar sobre el iPad pro. Pero entonces empezó a enrollarme con iOS, android, iPads, samsung S7, tablets android, wintablets, surface... Un mega-lío del que no se ni como salgo haciendo comparaciones a diestro y siniestro.. ;-))Y en vez de Star Wars, se lía la Tech Wars. Algún herido hay..

Shufflecast
#48 – Polska premiera Galaxy S7, Android N, Light Magazine i duuużo o pisaniu

Shufflecast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2016 74:07


W ten weekend mieliśmy przyjemność porozmawiać z gościem specjalnym – Szymonem Piotrowskim. Szymon jest redaktorem naczelnym Light Magazine, który ukaże się 31 marca. Pytamy go o to, jak powstał Light Magazine, jakiej aplikacji używa do pisania i jaramy się bardzo, bo swój projekt tworzy razem z Danielem oraz Bartkiem Rakiem, który już gościł u nas […]

Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News
Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG OLED HDR TV Reviews Vertical Hold Episode 66

Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2016 13:42


Do Samsung's Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge live up to the hype? What about LG's HDR OLED TV? Are we being taken for a ride with the switch to "28 Day" prepaid plans? All this and more in the latest episode of Vertical Hold, where we channel-surf through the headlines in search of the big picture. This week we're joined by Business Insider technology journalist Harry Tucker! Follow us on Twitter: @verticalholdau, @adam_turner, @alexkidmanFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VerticalHoldAUSubscribe to the vodcastYouTube: youtube.com/VerticalHoldAU/iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/vertical-hold-audio/id971993513?mt=2RSS: http://verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com/rss

Shufflecast
#46 – Marshmallow na S6, Linuks na Chromebooku i MWC 2016

Shufflecast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2016 80:56


Mimo że naszego podcastu nie da się oglądać w wersji VR, to w tym tygodniu rozmawiało nam się naprawdę świetnie. Co sprawiło, że trochę popłynęliśmy i całość ma prawie półtorej godziny. No ale cóż! W końcu trudno by było, żeby nie miała, jeśli za nami MWC, a na nim pokazano bardzo interesujące nowości. Więc miło […]