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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 Boston based CFO’ operating in the Enterprise 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.
Matthew Cain
Chief Financial Officer of DataRobot
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About DataRobot: DataRobot brings AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises.
Steve Webber
Chief Financial Officer of Quickbase
Steve Webber is the Chief Financial Officer of Virtustream with global responsibility for the accounting, finance, corporate development, security operations and IT activities for the company. Prior to joining Virtustream, Steve was the senior vice president of Finance and Operations at EMC Corporation, recently supporting the Global Enterprise Services organization. Steve spent over 19 years at EMC Corporation in various financial roles including Corporate Finance, International Finance, Sales Finance and Operations for Latin America and business partner roles supporting the Enterprise Software Division and Global Services. In his most recent role, the Global Services organization grew to $5B in revenue. Steve also spent four years at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Boston in the audit practice with a focus on public companies. He has both a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA from Babson College.
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About Quickbase: Quickbase helps organizations see, connect and control every element of the complex projects.
Karen Cambray
CFO of Tamr
Karen Cambray is the Chief Financial Officer of Tamr.
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About Tamr: Tamr is an enterprise data unification company that is cost-effective, scalable, and accessible to any enterprise.
Dan Tempesta
Chief Financial Officer and EVP of Nuance Communications
Dan Tempesta assumed the role of executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Nuance in July 2015. Since joining Nuance in 2008, Dan has held several senior finance roles, having most recently served as Nuance’s Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller, and Senior Vice President of Finance. Dan brings more than 20 years of experience to the role, including extensive financial and operational experience with publicly-held companies and accounting firms. During his time at Nuance, Dan has led the majority of Nuance’s finance and accounting operations, as well as tax, treasury, order management, and internal control activities. He received an accounting degree from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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About Nuance Communications: Nuance Communications provides conversational AI innovations that bring intelligence to everyday work and life.
Tim O’Brien
Chief Financial Officer of N-able Technologies
Tim O’Brien is the Chief Financial Officer at N-able.
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About N-able Technologies: N-able Technologies is a provider of complete IT management and automation solutions for managed service providers.
Jim Pluntze
Chief Financial Officer of Liaison International
Jim is Liaison’s chief financial officer. Jim joined Liaison with over 25 years of experience in finance and accounting in the Massachusetts high-tech industry. Prior to Liaison, Jim was chief operating officer and chief financial officer at NaviSite, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class hosting and managed cloud services. NaviSite was acquired by Time Warner Cable in 2011. Prior to NaviSite, Jim held senior finance positions at Lanthorn Technology, Guardent, Inc. and Razorfish. He holds an M.B.A. from Northeastern University and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Washington.
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About Liaison International: Liaison International helps higher education institutions better identify, recruit, enroll and retain best-fit students.
Paul E Blondin
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EDB
Paul Blondin is EDB’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Paul works closely with the senior executive team and board of directors to participate in strategic planning and forecasting. Paul oversees EDB’s financial controls and processes, which gives him unique insight into how and when EDB can penetrate new markets. Paul has more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in enterprise software. Before joining EDB, Paul was Managing Partner of KickStart Partners, LLC, a business advisory group to private equity investors and CEOs. Paul was previously an entrepreneur, having co-founded and led Pactolus Communication Software, which was sold in 2010. He held executive posts at IPHighway Ltd; Open Development Corp; and was President and CEO of the network security company Netect Ltd. until he engineered its sale in 1999. Paul also served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Open Development Corporation, which was sold in 1997, and CFO of Cascade Communications Corp. Paul earned his MBA from Babson College and a BS in accounting from Boston College.
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About EDB: EDB is an open source-based data platform.
Yuval Marcus
Chief Financial Officer of Tulip Interfaces
Yuval Marcus is catalyzing digital manufacturing at Tulip Interfaces. Prior to that, he was vice president for BMO Capital Markets and a senor associate at JVP. Yuval bears a masters degree in business administration and computer science.
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About Tulip Interfaces: Tulip is empowering companies to digitally transform their operations its connected, IIoT-native, no-code frontline operations platform.
Gordon Pothier
Chief Financial Officer of Onapsis
As CFO, Gordon oversees the company’s financial strategy and planning. He has more than 25 years of experience working for technology companies in a financial or operations role, 10 of them in information security. Previously, he held the position of Vice President of Finance and Operations, with the prior role of CFO at Bit9, where he helped scale the company from a 40-person startup to a 1,000+ employee leader in the Endpoint Security market. Gordon holds a Bachelor’s Degree and an MBA from Bentley University and has had senior financial roles at Adobe, Nortel and Sybase.
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About Onapsis: Onapsis provides cybersecurity and compliance solutions for cloud and on-premise ERP and business-critical applications.
David Morland
Chief Financial Officer of Dispatch
David joined 3LP shortly after its founding in 2008. Prior to joining 3LP, David was with The Boston Consulting Group, where he advised technology and life sciences companies on a broad range of strategic issues. He previously worked in Business Development at Cubist Pharmaceuticals and Strategic Marketing at Symantec Corporation. David graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College with a BA in Engineering Sciences. He also earned a BE in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Dispatch, Sherpa Technology Group: Dispatch is the operating system that empowers modern service experiences for the world’s largest service brands.
Cameron Hyzer
Chief Financial Officer of DiscoverOrg
Cameron Hyzer is an experienced chief financial officer for PE-Backed and IPO-Phase Technology Companies.
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About DiscoverOrg: DiscoverOrg is a sales and marketing intelligence platform providing access to the most accurate data, org charts, and real time projects.
Paul Milbury
CFO & SVP of Operation of Starent Networks
Paul Milbury has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2014. He is the Chair of our Audit Committee. Paul Milbury served as vice president of operations and chief financial officer of Starent Networks, Corp, a provider of mobile networking solutions, from January 2007 until its acquistion for $2.9 billion by Cisco Systems, Inc., a networking and telecommunications company, in December 2009. From December 2009 to July 2010, Paul Milbury played a key role in integrating Starent Networks into Cisco to create the Mobile Internet Technology Group. From December 2000-March 2007, Paul Milbury served as vice president and chief financial officer of Avid Technology, Inc., a digital media creation, management and distribution solutions company. Paul Milbury currently serves on the board of Infinera Corporation, an optical networking equipment provider and Gigamon Inc., a provider of an intelligent visibility architecture for enterprises and service providers. Paul Milbury also serves on the boards of two private companies.
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About Infinera, Starent Networks: Starent Networks provides multimedia core technology that enables mobile operators to deliver mobile broadband to their subscribers.
Gary Levine
Chief Financial Officer of CSPi
Money is always on Gary’s mind. As the Chief Financial Officer for CSPi worldwide, Gary is a vital part of the financial wherewithal of their business. He brings a plethora of experience and money sense to CSPi from his early days as Corporate Controller and Vice President of Finance in the 1980s, to his current distinction as CFO. As a part of their team, Gary has pioneered their financial success through his diligence and insight on markets, investor relations, treasury, and various other financial endeavors.
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About CSPi: CSPi is delivering portfolio of products and consulting solutions singularly focused on securing their customers critical business assets.
Christina Lattuca
Chief Financial Officer of Cygilant
Christina joined Cygilant in 2009 as Corporate Controller. She has more than 15 years of financial management expertise developing and implementing financial planning, controls, and reporting for high-tech companies. Previously, she served at Ecora Software Corporation (acquired by Versata, Inc.) as Director of Finance. She played an instrumental role in the company’s acquisition, actively contributing to investor meetings, and preparing financial due diligence documents. She has held positions as Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis for Cedar Point Communications, Segue Software (acquired by Borland Software) and Network Plus Corporation (acquired by Broadview Networks), responsible for the development of company forecasts, long-range planning, annual operating plans, and management reporting.
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About Cygilant: Cygilant is a provider of cyber security-as-a-service to mid-sized organizations.
Ted Bloom
President & Chief Financial Officer of International Data Group
A veteran of IDG for the past 47 years, Ted Bloom serves as both President and CFO of IDG. Prior to these titles, Bloom most recently served as Vice President of the company. Responsible for the financial structure that supports the growth and development of IDG’s US and global businesses, Bloom oversees the financial operations of IDG. Having spent his entire career at IDG, Bloom joined the company in 1967 while still a high school student. Beginning his tenure in the IDC mailroom, he was promoted to Assistant to the VP of Marketing, a part-time position he held throughout his four years of college. In 1973, Bloom joined IDG full-time as Credit Manager in the Finance Department before serving as Assistant to the VP of Finance. Bloom’s expertise and leadership led to promotions to the titles of Accounting Manager, Corporate Controller and Treasurer. He was named CFO in 2002 and President in 2014. Bloom is a trustee of Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Wellesley Country Club, as well as a member of the Partners Healthcare Audit and Compliance Committee. He is an alumnus of Boston University, where he earned both a B.S. in business administration and an M.B.A., and he resides in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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About International Data Group: International Data Group provides market intelligence, advisory services, and events services.
Michael Benedek
President, CFO and Co-Founder of LifeYield
Michael was the Chief Financial Officer at Upstream Technologies, starting in 2002. Upon the sale of Upstream in May 2007 to CheckFree Investment Services, now Fiserv, Michael was Vice President of Advanced Trading Solutions at CheckFree and Chief Financial Officer of CheckFree Securities, CheckFree’s broker dealer subsidiary. Prior to Upstream, Michael was CFO of Collectsafe, a developer of web-based anti-fraud technology. Before Collectsafe, Michael was Vice President and Co-founder of the Private Equity Group at Wit Capital Corporation (now part of UBS), a pioneer in investment banking technology, and was an associate in Cowen & Company’s Private Transactions Group. Michael has a B.A. from Vassar College, a J.D. from Boston College School of Law, and is a member of the New York and Massachusetts State Bars.
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About LifeYield: LifeYield is a software company that helps forward-thinking financial firms, advisors, and investors make more and keep more money.
William Larrenaga
CFO Advisor – Team of KinTrans
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About KinTrans, ParkWise: Collaborative machine learning platform offering access to 3D human movement datasets, and license KinTrans recognition APIs
