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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 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.
Michael Ellis
Chief Financial Officer of Flywire
Michael Ellis is a financial operations professional with a deep background in technology and services companies. He served as the Controller of the Massachusetts Port Authority, a $500+ million transportation and services business. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer for Eze Castle Software, Inc., and has also held senior management positions with SupplierMarket.com and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Michael received B.A., cum laude, with degrees in Accounting and Politics & Government from Ohio Wesleyan University.
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About Flywire: Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company.
Marc Montagner
Chief Financial Officer of Endurance International Group
Marc has been the chief financial officer at Endurance since September 2015. Marc Montagner was previously chief financial officer at LightSquared where he was the key architect of a plan of reorganization, which led to a recapitalization of the company and brought in new investors, which included Centerbridge, Fortress and JP Morgan. Previously, Marc had been executive vice president of strategy, development and distribution at LightSquared. Marc also held the role of managing director and co-head of the global telecom, media and technology merger and acquisition group at Banc of America Securities. Prior to this, Marc was senior vice president, corporate development and M&A with the Sprint Nextel Corporation. Prior to joining Sprint Nextel, Marc was a managing director in the media and telecom group at Morgan Stanley. Marc serves on the board of directors at Cogent Communications, a publicly traded company. He serves on the audit committee and the corporate governance committee. He holds a master’s of science degree in Electrical Engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, in Paris, and a master’s of business administration from Columbia Business School.
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About Endurance International Group: Endurance International Group provides small businesses with the products and technology they need to enhance their online presence.
Alison Dean
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of iRobot
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Tony Abate
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Anystream
Tony Abate brings more than 20 years of experience in the technology, digital media and converged services fields to Echo360 and over the course of his career, Tony has served in a variety of product management, senior executive, investment and advisory roles. As an investor at Battery Ventures and Whitney & Co, Tony served on the board of several venture-backed start-ups. His seasoned guidance on how to profitably scale in nascent markets helped companies like Homestore, RelevantKnowledge, and Cbeyond Communications go from concept to a successful IPO or exit. As a consultant at McKinsey & Co. and Mercator Partners, Tony advised publicly traded companies and venture-backed start-ups on how best to capitalize on the ensuing business opportunities of digitization and convergence. Tony began his career in the US Air Force, where he developed an advanced computer platform for the then-classified stealth aircraft program. Tony graduated summa cum laude with a BSE in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and holds an MBA with honors from Harvard Business School.
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About Anystream, Denbury Resources, Echo360, Tops Markets: Anystream is an internet software company specializing in streaming media encoding technology.
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.
Larry Whitman
VP and CFO of AppNeta
Larry Whitman is a CFO at AppNeta.
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About AppNeta: AppNeta operates as a SaaS-based application and network performance platform.
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.
Brian Sylvester
CFO of Bullhorn
Brian Sylvester is the CFO at Bullhorn. Prior to becoming CFO, Brian spent three years at Bullhorn in various finance and accounting roles. Prior to Bullhorn, Brian was Corporate Controller at Pegasystems. He is a CPA in Massachusetts, has a master’s of science in accounting from Boston College and a bachelor’s of science in accounting from Bryant University.
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About Bullhorn: Bullhorn provides cloud-based CRM solutions for companies in business services industries.
Ken Stillwell
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer of Pegasystems
Ken Stillwell is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Pegasystems.
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About Pegasystems: PegaSystems provides business process and customer relationship management solutions for organizations.
Paul Deeley
CFO of Validity
Paul Deeley serves as Chief Financial Officer for Validity and will also oversee the HR and IT functions for the firm. Paul brings over 25 years of extensive finance, administration and public accounting experience in diverse industries including software, services, mobile and advertising. Paul has a proven ability to build, lead and advise organizations through business growth, restructurings and other complex transactions. With strong SEC expertise and a background in mergers and acquisitions, he is accomplished in structuring and negotiating commercial and financial transactions with favorable terms. Paul is a Certified Public Accountant for the state of Massachusetts. He received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Boston College, Carroll School of Management.
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About Validity: Validity is a Boston-based provider of data quality and compliance solutions
Gaurav Agarwal
Chief Financial Officer of emids
Gaurav is in charge of overseeing the company’s finance, legal and secretarial functions.He is an expert in Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investor Relations, Negotiation, Financial analysis, and other related areas. Gaurav works closely with all other executives to build long term and short term strategy and help implement them while adopting the best standards in financial and operational discipline. He is a Chartered Accountant from India and Certified Public Accountant from USA.
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About emids: Emids is a consulting firm that provides IT and business process management solutions to the healthcare industry.
Shevawn Hardesty
Chief Financial Officer of MerlinOne
Shevawn has served as MerlinOne’s CFO since joining the company in 2007. She has been providing financial management and leadership for technology organizations for over 25 years and has held positions as vice president, controller and financial director at several well-known financial organizations. At Fidelity Investments, Fleet Bank and Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Shevawn oversaw the financial planning and accounting and served as a financial advisor to senior management for the information technology groups of these organizations. At Fleet Bank, she also served as the division head for the operating division providing bank wide administrative and logistics support, and she spent the first five years of her career on the audit staff of Ernst & Young. Shevawn holds a BSBA degree from Boston University and is a licensed CPA.Shevawn resides in Hingham, Massachusetts with her three sons, Lou, George, and John. In her free time she enjoys cooking, gardening, yoga, and hiking.
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About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Compass Organization, Fleet Bank, MerlinOne: MerlinOne, Inc. is a dedicated and innovative supplier of digital asset management solutions for organizations large and small.
Michael Soja
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FusionStorm
Mike Soja has more than thirty years of varied experience as a senior financial executive. He is responsible for all financial matters including lender relationships, accounting, budgeting, planning, and taxes. Mr. Soja began his career with KPMG and later served as the Chief Financial Officer at XTRA Corporation, a publicly held transportation equipment leasing company for twenty years. He subsequently entered the life science sector, serving as the CFO of Control Delivery Systems, a privately held drug delivery development company. Mike later served as the CFO of pSivida, Inc, a publicly held company that developed proprietary drug delivery technologies. Mr. Soja holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics from The College of The Holy Cross, Worcester MA, and a Master of Science Degree in Accounting with Honors from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, and a Masters in Business Administration, with High Honors from Babson College, Wellesley, MA.
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About FusionStorm: FusionStorm provides IT products, professional services, support contract services and managed services for enterprises.
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.
Karl Johnsen
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Aspen Technology
Karl Johnsen joined AspenTech in 2013 and serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to becoming CFO, Johnsen served as Vice President, Corporate Controller bringing over twenty years of financial management and leadership experience to the company. Prior to AspenTech, Johnsen served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer for Avid Technology, a leading provider of digital media content-creation products and solutions for audio, film, video, and broadcast professionals. He has also held Finance leadership roles at a variety of public and private technology and software companies including Fusion Storm, a global value added reseller of technology products and provider of professional and cloud services; GlassHouse Technologies, Inc., a global provider of data center consulting, integration and managed services; Art Technology Group, a software provider of integrated Internet-based commerce applications; and ClickTactics, Inc., a software developer of a web-based direct marketing automation solutions. Johnsen is also a CPA and started his career at Arthur Andersen, LLP. Johnsen holds a B.S. in Accountancy from Bentley University and an MBA from Babson College.
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About Aspen Technology: Aspen Technology develops and supplies integrated software and services to optimize business processes.
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.
Rich Forcier
CFO of Litmus
Rich Forcier has extensive experience in the financial and operational management of high-growth private and public technology companies, and is responsible for leading finance and administration. Prior to DataXu, Rich held senior finance leadership positions and was instrumental in building three enterprise technology companies: Precise Software Solutions (Veritas); Maker Communications (Conexant Systems); and Tenebril, (Halo Technology). Rich also serves as a financial advisor for Hack/Reduce, a Boston-based organization dedicated to creating the talent and the technologies that will shape our future in a big data-driven economy.
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About Kuebix, a Trimble Company, Litmus: Litmus is a testing and QA service for email marketers.
Rick Gallagher
Senior Managing Director / Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer of Progress Partners
Founder of Juniperks.
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About Progress Partners, Progress Ventures: Progress Partners is a corporate advisory firm that works with buyers and sellers of companies to complete M&A or private transactions.
Andrew Aberdale
CFO of Blustream
Andrew Aberdale serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Blustream.
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About Battery Resourcers, Blustream: Blustream is an after-sale customer engagement platform that connects physical goods companies with customers using product usage data.
Steve Cromwell
CFO of Workhuman
Steve Cromwell is the CFO at Globoforce. With two decades of experience in finance management across a broad range of companies, Steve joined Globoforce as Chief Financial Officer in 2005. Most recently, Steve served as Vice President of Finance for Avaki Corporation, overseeing the negotiation and sale of the company to Sybase. Prior to Avaki, he was Senior Director, Corporate Controller of Allaire Corporation, now a part of Adobe, a leader in web application development tools, application servers and content management software. While at Allaire, Steve was instrumental in managing the financial infrastructure to support the company’s growth from a start-up to a public company with revenues approaching $120 million. He has also served as Director, Corporate Accounting at Interleaf and held senior positions at Toyota and KPMG. Steve graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
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About Workhuman: Workhuman® is the world’s fastest-growing integrated Social Recognition® and Continuous Performance Management platform.
Steve Isom
Chief Financial Officer of Bloomerang
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About Bloomerang: Bloomerang is a cloud-based donor management application that helps nonprofit organizations reach, engage and retain advocates.
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.
Matthew Bowditch
CFO ,Co-Founder & Empowering a greater understanding of the human body of Visible Body
Matthew Bowditch is the CFO & Co-Founder at Visible Body.
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About Visible Body: Visible Body is a creator of human anatomy apps.
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.
Lindon Robertson
EVP and CFO of Brooks Automation
Mr. Robertson joined Brooks on October 1, 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Robertson is responsible for leading and managing Brooks’ global financial strategy including establishing long range financial planning and policies while maintaining positive relationships with their shareholders and the financial community. Prior to joining Brooks, Mr. Robertson was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Graftech International, a $1.3 billion global provider of carbon and graphite products for industrial applications. Prior to Graftech International, he worked for the IBM Corporation for over 25 years in various senior financial management roles, including CFO of IBM’s global hardware business and CFO of IBM’s Japan and China operations. Mr. Robertson holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Texas, Austin. He also holds a CPA license from the state of North Carolina.
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About Brooks Automation: Brooks Automation provides automation, vacuum, and instrumentation solutions to the worldwide semiconductor manufacturing industry.
Neil Murphy
CFO of Zaius
Neil Murphy is the CFO of Zaius.
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About Zaius: Zaius is a customer data platform designed to empower marketers to grow revenue from existing customers.
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.
Candice Cantelli Meklis
Chief Financial Officer of PatientsLikeMe
Candice Cantelli Meklis is the Chief Financial Officer at PatientsLikeMe.
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About PatientsLikeMe: PatientsLikeMe is a personalized health network of an integrated community, health management, and real-world data platform.
Niv Krikov
CFO of Profitect
Niv served as CFO, Executive VP, Principal Accounting Officer, and Treasurer at NTS, Inc. He was also CFO, Principal Accounting Officer, and VP of Finance of Xfone. Prior to Xfone, Niv held the following positions: Corporate Controller of Nur Macroprinter Ltd., Controller and later Credit and Revenues Manager of Alvarion Ltd., CPA at the Israeli public accounting firm of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer. He holds a BA degree in Economics and Accounting from the Tel Aviv University and is licensed as a CPA in Israel. Niv also holds a LLM degree from the Faculty of Law at the Bar Ilan University.
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About Agrify, Profitect: Profitect offers profit amplification software that enables retailers to quickly realize increased revenue and reduced costs.
Steven Nothern
CFO of Satuit Technologies
Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Satuit in 2004, Mr. Nothern was a portfolio manager responsible for more than $10 Billion in Fixed Income portfolios at MFS Investments. He also worked at Merrill Lynch in Manhattan as a derivatives and futures specialist. Mr. Nothern holds a bachelors degree from Middlebury College and an MBA from Boston University. Steven has volunteered for organizations outside Satuit such as The Habitat for Humanity and The Carter Center. “I find inspiration in former President Carter’s example of public service. For me, helping to strengthen emerging democracies is not about spreading our values so much as supporting the very basic of Human rights, the right to self-determination”, says Steven.
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About Satuit Technologies: Satuit Technologies Inc. is a global leader in CRM and investor portal software for Buy-Side asset managers
John Yee
Chief Financial Officer of Aras
As the Chief Financial Officer, John Yee oversees financial strategy and global accounting at Aras. John brings over 20 years of experience in finance in the high-tech industry from both private industry and Big 4 public accounting firms. His experience includes pre-revenue start-up ventures as well as Fortune 500 companies. Previously, John held senior financial roles at a companies including Watchfire, Praecis Pharmaceuticals, Salary.com, Decision Resources, OneSource Information Services, Tenor Networks, and Deloitte & Touche.
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About Aras, Valore: Aras is a suite of open source product life cycle management (PLM) software solutions that run on a model-based SOA application framework.
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.
Bryce Chicoyne
COO and CFO of SmartBear
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About SmartBear: SmartBear is a developer of enterprise-class software development and testing tools.
John McGuinness
Chief Financial Officer of The Predictive Index
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About Intygral, The Predictive Index: The Predictive Index empowers companies to align their talent strategy with their business strategy for optimal results.
Dan Curtis
CFO of Codeship
Dan Curtis is the CFO of Codeship.
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About Codeship: Codeship is a hosted continuous delivery platform that helps software companies to develop better products faster.
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
Kasha Gauthier
Chief Financial Officer of Pwnie Express
Kasha Gauthier comes to Pwnie Express with 15 years of leadership experience in financial management and operations at organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies. She was most recently at RSA, where she held a series of strategic roles across finance, operations and marketing. Prior to that at EMC, she led sales operations for the NY/NJ division, and implemented Sarbanes Oxley across the corporation. She began her career in public accounting, where she earned her CPA and performed forensic audits and consulting for distressed companies. She has a deep passion for Infosec, including cybereducation and cybersafety and advances these missions through her extracurricular activities. Kasha is a graduate of UMass Amherst.
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About Pwnie Express: Pwnie Express provides full threat detection of every wireless and wired device in and around your workplace
Ishai Gandelsman
CFO of Volicon
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About Volicon: The Global Leader In Media Intelligence And Compliance Logging
