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At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Austin, Texas based CFO’ operating in the Software space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Robert Alvarez
Chief Financial Officer of BigCommerce
Robert is the Chief Financial Officer of BigCommerce. He has been instrumental in the acquisition or listing of his 4 previous companies and brings extensive experience in finance, planning, and business transactions.
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About BigCommerce: BigCommerce is a SaaS provider for merchants running online businesses.
Matthew T. Santangelo
Chief Financial Officer of Forcepoint
Matt Santangelo is the Chief Financial Officer for Forecepoint™. His leadership in global corporate financial strategies and operations include financial forecasting, planning and reporting, managing overall financial performance and leading the finance team. Santangelo brings more than 15 years of experience leading cross-functional teams to his role. Prior to his position at Forcepoint, Santangelo was the senior director of IDS Business Transformation and Offsets. In this role, he was responsible for the development and implementation of fundamental changes to the way IDS conducts business, including process improvements, infrastructure consolidations and portfolio optimization. Santangelo has also served as CFO of IDS’ Global Integrated Sensors (GIS) business and as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) business. Santangelo has participated in several leadership initiatives including Raytheon’s Leadership Excellence Program, the University of California Los Angeles Diverse Leadership Development Program and the Leadership Connection Jericho Road Program. Santangelo is also a graduate of Raytheon’s Financial Leadership Development Program. Santangelo holds an MBA from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Bentley University.
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About Forcepoint: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Mike Hill
CFO of Upland Software
Prior to Upland, Mike served as CFO of Perficient, Inc., (NASDAQ: PRFT) which is a leading information technology consulting firm in the U.S. After joining Perficient as CFO in 2004, he helped grow the company from approximately $30 million in annualized revenues to more than $200 million within three years, leading the company through eight acquisitions and increasing its market capitalization from approximately $70 million to over $500 million. Previously, Mike served in executive management roles for several technology start-up companies and spent more than seven years with Ernst & Young LLP in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services practice in Austin, Texas. Mike received a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin and is a licensed certified public accountant in the State of Texas.
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About Upland Software: Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD) is a leader in cloud-based tools for digital transformation.
Bob McNamara
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of LDR Holding
Bob McNamara is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. He has over twenty years experience within technology environments including medical device and software. His experience includes managing two IPO’s including Accuray Inc. ($330 million) and Somnus ($50 million). He also served as a board member post IPO for Northstar Neurosciences. During his CFO career, Bob managed six acquisitions or mergers including the acquisition of InDefense, Inc. by Microsoft Corp., the acquisition of Recourse Technologies by Symantec, and was part of the team that negotiated the $1.1B acquisition of Target Therapeutics by Boston Scientific. He holds an MBA from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a BS from University of San Francisco. Bob is a Certified Public Accountant (non-practicing) and the former Mayor of Menlo Park, California.
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About LDR Holding: LDR Global Home develops and commercializes systems and instrumentation used in spine treatments and surgeries.
Zachary Lynde
Chief Financial Officer of Factom
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About Factom: Factom, Inc. is a blockchain innovations company providing blockchain as a service platforms.
Patti Soch
CFO of Liquibase
Patti joined Datical in 2016 bringing over 25 years of financial and management experience to the company. Patti is responsible for the areas of finance, investor and banking relations, legal, HR, facilities and accounting. During her career, she has been directly involved in managing high growth operations, venture capital fundraising, enterprise and federal government contract negotiations, opening overseas operations, M&A and managing supplier relationships. Prior to Datical, she was the CFO at Gazzang, acquired by Cloudera in 2014, as well as the CFO of Phurnace Software, acquired by BMC Software in 2009. Patti is actively involved in the Austin community and is an advisory board member for the CFO Leadership Council and serves on the board of directors for [email protected].
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About Gazzang, Liquibase: Liquibase simplifies and automates database deployment and configuration for applications.
Samuel Monti
Chief Financial Officer of Khoros
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer at Mitratech Holdings Inc.
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About Khoros, Mitratech: Khoros is a customer engagement platform that turns siloed knowledge into enterprise value and customers into contributors.
Christine Mallory
Chief Financial Officer of AllClear ID
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About AllClear ID, AllClear ID: AllClear sold its breach response business to Experian and is now an employee owned small business.
Steve Huckabee
CFO of Quantum Interface
Quantum Interface welcomed Steve Huckabee in 2011 as acting CFO. He is a 30-year financial officer veteran, a Texas Licensed CPA who specializes in business contracts and start-up financials. His background in International Oil and Gas and global finance fortifies Qi’s global expansion goals. Mr. Huckabee is also the acting liaison for the company’s growing investor portfolio.
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About Quantum Interface: Qi is the Global Leader in motion-based predictive UI/UX design and software platforms
Ryan Schooler
Chief Financial Officer of Safeguard Global
Ryan has more than 20 years of developing and implementing strategic initiatives that support growth and profitability for entrepreneurial organizations and global enterprises. He uses his experience to develop and implement profitability initiatives that support SafeGuard World’s aggressive growth projections and long-term stability.
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About Safeguard Global: Safeguard Global is a provider of an innovative technology platform intended to efficiently manage payroll and outsourcing services.
Eric Moxham
Chief Financial Officer and Head of Sales of Bractlet
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About Bractlet: Bractlet specializes in providing building energy modeling, mesh networks, building operations, and big data.
Eric Moxham
Chief Financial Officer and Head of Sales of Bractlet
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About Bractlet: Bractlet specializes in providing building energy modeling, mesh networks, building operations, and big data.
William Anderson
Chief Financial Officer of eSecure Systems
Mr. Anderson’s broad experience at eSecure Systems includes significant involvement in cross-functional responsibilities both in finance and operations. Prior to joining eSecure Systems, he held various finance and accounting positions at Nortel Networks from 1991 through 1995 and at Raytheon Systems from 1982 to 1991. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University where he received an undergraduate degree in accounting and a masters of business administration.
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About eSecure Systems: eSecure Systems provides affordable security solutions that secure digital identities and information for consumers and enterprises.
Benjamin Smith
Chief Financial Officer of Aereon Solutions
Ben Smith serves as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for AEREON, overseeing the financial and strategic business development activities of the company. With more than 15 years of experience in energy finance, Smith joined AEREON in 2012. Prior to 2012, Smith served as a Director for Denham Capital, and was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, executing and managing private equity investments in the oil, gas and mining sectors. He began his career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in the energy investment banking group and has also worked in operating, investment and business development roles at El Paso Corporation and K2 Energy Partners. Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Princeton University and currently lives in Austin, Texas.
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About Aereon Solutions: Aereon Solutions provides wireless and head office based process automation solutions
Mary Claflin
Chief Financial Officer, Founder of Technology Kitchen
Mary co-founded TK and has been instrumental in the growth and success of the company. She has worn many hats since their inception including: business and strategic planning, accounting and financial management, project management, human resource and benefits administration, marketing, website and software development and database design. Today she is focused on financial management. Mary is an accomplished executive with over 25 years’ experience in accounting/financial management, business strategy/development and software development. She is a strategic thinker that draws from her numerous roles to provide innovative business strategies and solutions. Prior to TK, Mary was a software consultant specializing in relational database design. As a manager for Andersen Consulting, she acquired expertise in implementing complex large-scale software systems for large corporations and governmental agencies. She has a BBA in Information Systems from Texas A&M University and graduated Magna Cum Laude.
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About Technology Kitchen: Technology Kitchen develops innovative electronic products for a wide variety of applications using the latest technologies.
Debbie King
Director & CFO of Bravatek
Ms. King has served clients with over 25 years of entrepreneurial leadership experience as a business and financial advisor to a number of firms over her career. She currently serves as the Business Manager to a privately held firm in Dallas, TX and brought a unique set of skills to her position including financial, operations, and business management. Ms. King has assisted firms in business start up, acquisition, expansion, and reorganization. Her diverse skill set and educational background allows a broad perspective regarding financial and operational business management. Ms. King’s background as an Accountant has served numerous of firms in various industries in optimizing profit outputs and streamlining business practices. She is a strong minded and focused individual that utilizes her education and experience to assist in analyzing, identifying and implementing operational changes to increase efficiency and profits. Ms. King possesses expansive understanding of financial, legal and business tax applications.
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About Bravatek, Techni-Tool: Bravatek Solutions, Inc. is a high technology security solutions portfolio provider.
Frank Jalufka
CFO of Edmentum
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About Dream Center Education Holdings, Edmentum: Edmentum provides online learning programs to drive student achievement for academic and career success.
Patricia Butler
Chief Financial Officer of IBT
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About IBT: Financial Software Development Firm
Connor Johns
Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer of Vest Technologies
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About Vest Technologies: An intelligent ecosystem of capital, technology, and ideas that works for the everyday person.
Nancy Slaughter
CFO of Omni Dragon Development
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About : Artificial Intelligence R&D
Cole Sears
Chief Financial Officer of Vuevent Inc.
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About Vuevent Inc.: Vuevent allows event organizers to craft their own custom event experience with a marketplace full of robust tools and features
Cole Sears
Chief Financial Officer of Vuevent Inc.
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About Vuevent Inc.: Vuevent allows event organizers to craft their own custom event experience with a marketplace full of robust tools and features
