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This list showcases the top Georgia, United States based CFO’ operating in the Consulting 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.
Cameron Bready
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Heartland Payment Systems
Cameron M. Bready is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), one of the largest worldwide providers of payment solutions. In this role, he is responsible for all of the company’s global financial operations including finance, treasury, accounting and tax, as well as corporate development, investor relations and internal audit. Prior to joining Global Payments in 2014, Mr. Bready served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for ITC Holdings Corp., the nation’s largest independent electric transmission company, where he was responsible for the company’s accounting, finance, treasury and other related financial functions, as well as its corporate development initiatives. Mr. Bready joined ITC Holdings in April 2009 as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer after serving as Vice President of Finance at Northeast Utilities in Hartford, Conn., where he was responsible for all financial policy matters and financial planning and analysis, including the financial assessment and structuring of the company’s transmission and distribution infrastructure investments in the Northeast. Mr. Bready was recognized by Institutional Investor as one of “America’s Best CFOs” in the electric utilities sector and by Crain’s Detroit Business as “CFO of the Year” in the $100 million to $1 billion revenue category. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta and is a Certified Public Accountant. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Oglethorpe University.
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About Global Payments, Heartland Payment Systems: Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. – the fifth largest payments processor in the United States – provides payment processing services.
Stephen Scheppmann
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Teradata
Steve Scheppmann is executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) for Teradata, reporting to Vic Lund. In addition to leading the financial organization, Steve has responsibility for IT services and global operations. Prior to joining Teradata in September 2007, Steve had 20 years of experience as a CFO and more than 10 years in public accounting. He was executive vice president and CFO of Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Steve was executive vice president and CFO for NOVA Information Systems, Inc. from 2000 to 2006 and senior vice president and CFO for Larson-Juhl, Inc. from 1988 to 2000. He held senior auditing positions with Arthur Andersen & Company from 1978 through 1988. He was a member of the board of directors of eResearch Technology, Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnical services and technology company, where he also served as the chair of its audit committee from 2006 – 2012. Steve grew up in the Midwest and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater with a bachelor’s degree in business administration – accounting.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Steve C. White
CFO of Cumberland Group
Steve White is CFO of Cumberland Group, guiding the company’s financial direction and working with other leadership team members to set business objectives. White previously served as CFO of Abacus Solutions, where his economic counsel solidified that company’s success. He is a CPA and worked for KPMG, Ernst & Young and Georgia-Pacific before joining Abacus in 2006. White earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting and his MBA from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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About Cumberland Group: Cumberland Group is the advisory and services firm.
John Gamble
Corporate Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Equifax
John Gamble is the chief financial officer of Equifax and is responsible for all financial functions including corporate finance, investor relations, accounting, audit, tax and treasury. Gamble was named to the position in May 2014 when he joined the company. Previously, Gamble was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Lexmark International, Inc., where, in addition to corporate finance functions, he was responsible for the company’s investor relations, information technology, strategy and development; and internal audit and security functions. Prior to Lexmark, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Agere Systems, Inc. Before that, Gamble held finance leadership roles with AlliedSignal, Inc., and then Honeywell International, Inc., following the merger of the two companies. Earlier, he served in a variety of finance capacities with General Motors. Gamble began his career as an electrical engineer with Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Gamble holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University and a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia Business School.
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About Equifax: Equifax manages financial, demographic, employment, and marketing information in the U.S., Canada, the U.K, and Brazil for commercial uses.
Brad Surminsky
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of ConnectWise
A passion for team sports mirrors Brad’s passion for driving teams to win. As Chief Financial Officer, Brad leads finance and accounting, human resources and legal at CentralSquare. He brings over 25 years of financial leadership experience to CentralSquare. Prior to CentralSquare, Brad served as a divisional CFO for D+H, a global financial technology service leader. Prior to D+H, he served as CFO of ADP Canada and then CFO of the National Accounts division of ADP. Brad also held senior finance roles at ACNielsen and UniHost Corporation. Brad began his career at Arthur Andersen in Toronto. He has a CPA, CA designation, and a business degree from the University of Toronto. When he’s not working, Brad is an avid golfer and college sports enthusiast, alternating between University of Georgia football and University of North Carolina basketball. Brad loves spending time with his wife and college-aged children, who attend UNC and UGA–which makes it easier to catch a lot of games.
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About ConnectWise: ConnectWise is a software company that transforms how technology solution providers build, manage, and grow their businesses.
Dan Alf
CFO of BIAS Corporation
Dan Alf is the Chief Financial Officer at BIAS Corporation and is responsible for BIAS’s Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Legal and Facilities. As a FinTech veteran with over 20 years of experience, Dan most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Investment Services Division at Fiserv Inc. During his 20-year tenure at Fiserv, Dan held a variety of roles including CFO of the Financial and Risk Management Services Division and Group Controller of the Financial Institutions Group. Dan brings extensive experience managing software and technology services organizations and a vast background launching new product offerings including risk, payments, core banking, credit card and wealth management solutions in the US and International Markets. He holds a Master’s of Business Administration and Bachelors of Science in Finance from the University of Central Florida.
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About BIAS Corporation: BIAS is a global systems integrator specializing on the Oracle platform for both commercial and public sector clients.
Bryan DiMatteo
CFO of Farmwave
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About Farmwave: Farmwave leads the agriculture industry in vision-based AI solutions.