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 CRM 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.
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.

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.
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.
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.