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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 Columbia based CFO’ operating in the Enterprise 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.
Phil Davis
Chief Financial Officer of Afiniti
Phil is the Chief Financial Officer of Afiniti. Prior to joining Afiniti, Phil was a senior executive in the investment banking division at Goldman Sachs where he advised clients on corporate finance, risk management and mergers and acquisitions. Phil was also a consultant with McKinsey & Co. where he oversaw consulting teams in the TMT sector on strategy, operations and corporate finance related topics. Earlier in his career, Phil worked as a research scientist at the MIT Media Laboratory and MIT Lincoln Laboratory developing artificial intelligence algorithms for a variety of different applications, including emotion and personality recognition.
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About Afiniti: Afiniti uses AI to identify and predict patterns of behavior to improve the quality of interpersonal interactions for businesses
Robert Aldrich
Chief Financial Officer of Urgently
Most recently, prior to Microsoft’s acquisition of Parature, Bob Aldrich was responsible for the financial, administrative and business operations of Parature. Additionally he assisted the Founders with strategy and managing the company. Previous to joining Parature, Aldrich served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Q.Know Technologies Inc., a privately-held enterprise software company in the document and content management space. Aldrich was vice president and CFO for NFR Security, a venture-backed company providing network security products. His responsibilities at both companies included all financial operations, shareholder and analyst communications, and business operations including legal, human resources and purchasing. Earlier in his career Aldrich was a Controller at two public companies – IGEN International and Best Software.
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About Urgently: Urgently features a roadside assistance industry to the benefit of global brands and roadside assistance professionals.
Dave Miller
Chief Financial Officer of Sonatype
As CFO of Sonatype, Dave is chartered with managing corporate financial activities. Dave brings over 20 years of accounting, financial and strategic planning experience to his role as Sonatype’s CFO, including ten years with Ernst & Young, LLP as a senior manager. Prior to joining Sonatype, Dave was CFO of USinternetworking, a leading application service provider. He led USinternetworking’s financial efforts as it evolved from a start up to a $120 million entity acquired by AT&T. Dave holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Finance from James Madison University.
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About Sonatype: Sonatype is the developer-friendly full-spectrum software supply chain management platform helps organizations and software developers.
Michael Krone
SVP & Chief Financial Officer of Deltek
Michael Krone is the SVP & Chief Financial Officer at Deltek.
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About Deltek, Heart Health: Deltek is an enterprise software and information solutions provider for professional services firms and government contractors.
Aric Holsinger
Chief Financial Officer of Cricket Media
Aric Holsinger brings 20 years of CFO experience from the telecommunications, technology and professional sports industries. Prior to joining ePals, Holsinger was CFO for Critical RF, a provider of interoperability solutions linking smartphones, computers and two-way radio systems. Prior to that, Holsinger was CFO for MCT, a wireless communications provider with operations in Russian and Central Asia where he led the growth from its start-up phase to a $300M sale to TeliaSonera. Holsinger joined MCT following CFO positions with the Baltimore Orioles and the Baltimore Stallions, a Canadian League Football team. He began his career with Arthur Andersen, specializing in the high tech and emerging growth companies. Holsinger holds a BS in Accounting and Management Information Systems from the University of Virginia.
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About Cricket Media, HemoShear Therapeutics: Cricket Media is an education media company providing content on a safe and secure learning network for children, families, and teachers.
Mel Wesley
Chief Financial Officer of Cofense
Mel has over twenty-three years experience in finance and accounting, and for the past twelve years has served as the Chief Financial Officer for both public and private technology companies. In the last 5 years, Mel was instrumental in the sale of two companies, each for over $1 billion. In addition, as Chief Financial Officer Mel has managed investor relations, directed IPO-readiness efforts, and partnered with both internal and external stakeholders to support fast-growing organizations. Most recently, Mel served for two years as the Chief Financial Officer of comScore, Inc., a publicly traded company. During his tenure, Mel’s focus included merging with another publicly traded company to strengthen customer offerings in the media measurement space. Starting in January of 2013, Mel served as the Chief Financial Officer of Mandiant Corporation. His initial focus included IPO-readiness efforts. In the summer of 2013 his focus shifted to reviewing strategic alternatives, which ended with a sale of the company to FireEye, Inc. in December of 2013 for over $1 billion. Mel remained at FireEye as Chief Financial Officer of Global Services and Cloud Solutions until August of 2014. Prior to joining Mandiant, Mel served as the Chief Financial Officer of OPNET Technologies, a publicly traded company, for eight years. During Mel’s tenure as CFO, OPNET’s revenue grew from approximately $50 million to $175 million before it was sold for over $1 billion in December of 2012. Prior to joining OPNET, Mel held positions with increasing responsibility at various public and private technology companies where his focus included partnering with stakeholders, building teams, and implementing systems to support growth. Mel began his career as an auditor in public accounting. Mel holds a B.S. in Accounting and an MBA from George Mason University. He is also licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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About Cofense: Cofense provides phishing threat management for organizations concerned about human susceptibility.
Curtis Sikorsky
Chief Financial Officer of NuData Security a Mastercard company
Curtis is the Chief Financial Officer at NuData Security, responsible for overseeing the financial strategy and operations of the company. Curtis is a senior finance executive with over 20 years experience, most recently in the role of CFO for Cardiome Pharma Corp, the publicly traded life sciences company. Prior to this, Curtis has held significant posts at a number of high profile organizations, notably as VP Finance at NxtPhase T&D Corporation and 360networks.
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About NuData Security a Mastercard company: NuData Security positively verifies users online through real-time passive biometrics and behavioral analytics.
Simon Bodymore
Chief Financial Officer of Tasktop
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About Tasktop: Tasktop offers a software platform that allows companies to better manage the process of building their software.
Shane Bateman
CFO – Advisor of icitizen
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About Center for American Progress – CAP, icitizen, Murmuration: icitizen is a platform that connects communities with information, organizations, and elected representatives.
Jerry Crute
Chief Financial Officer of AET Solutions
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About AET Solutions: Business management and technology services holding company
Mark Kockler
Chief Financial Officer of Preferred Systems Solutions
As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Kockler oversees the company’s Finance, Accounting, and Human Resources functional areas. His primary responsibilities include financial accounting and reporting, budgeting, forecasting, treasury, audit, tax management, business metrics reporting, banking relationships, employee benefits, compliance, and all general accounting functions. He is also directly involved in the identification and qualification of all acquisitions, and plays a key role in diligence, negotiation and structuring, and integration. Prior to joining PSS, Mr. Kockler worked at Blackbird Technologies as Vice President of Finance and as Principal Program Finance at BAE Systems. He brings more than 20 years of finance and financial reporting and analysis experience. Mr. Kockler served as a Captain in the infantry for the U.S. Marine Corps. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government from Harvard.
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About Preferred Systems Solutions: Preferred Systems Solutions offers IT, engineering, and program management services to government and commercial customers in the U.S.
Michael Longinotti
Chief Financial Officer of Rx Networks
Mike is a CPA with 30 years experience in financing and operations in public and private companies. He was CFO of Silent Witness (TSX:SWE) just prior to the sale to Honeywell, and served on the board of Digital Payment Technologies (a private company that designs and manufactures electronic parking meters) for six years as the Chairman of its audit and compensation committees. Previously he worked in the resource industry and was treasurer and controller for Cominco (TSX:TEK), a $1.6B revenue mining company. Mike holds Bachelors of Science in Geology and Environmental Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
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About Rx Networks: Rx Networks offers location-based assisted GPS technologies and services.
Iñigo Ascanio
CFO of IEX5
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About IEX5: We are skill based gambling platform that merge skill games with gambling
Iñigo Ascanio
CFO of IEX5
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About IEX5: We are skill based gambling platform that merge skill games with gambling
