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 Illinois based CFO’ operating in the Marketing 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.
Regan Garrett
CFO of Numerator
Regan Garrett is the CFO at Numerator.
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About Numerator: Numerator brings together omnichannel marketing, merchandising and sales data to make pursuing new possibilities simple.
Sierra Hinson
CFO of Signal
Operational and Financial Executive with 10 years experience leading financial departments for early stage and private companies. Passionate about driving company-wide business decisions using financial data and key performance indicators. Intimately familiar with all stages of company growth, from inception and raising capital to dissolution. Strong experience in Financial and Managerial Accounting, Operations, and Human Resources Management.
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About Public Good Software, Signal: Signal is an independent SaaS provider of data onboarding and real-time identity resolution.

Charley Cassell
CFO of Vibes
Charley’s responsibilities include strategic planning, budgeting, financial operations and capital activities. Charley came to Vibes in June 2008 and brings more than 15 years of experience managing strategic planning, revenue, budget management, direct sales and financial analysis. Prior to Vibes, Charley held several senior positions at leading Internet companies including Yahoo!, eGroups and Learning Insights. Most recently, Charley worked as the Director of Operations at Google following their acquisition of Feedburner where he was CFO. Charley holds an MBA from the University of Michigan School of Business Administration and a BA in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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About Vibes: Vibes is a mobile marketing software platform.

Mario Christopher
Chief Financial Officer of Vision Integrated Graphics Group
Mario is a highly accomplished energetic and results driven senior finance leader who has broad-based operating experience working with early stage and rapidly growing companies. He started his career with KPMG having spent most of his time in their high technology practice. Since then, as a Chief Financial Officer he has had significant experience working with technology and service based businesses, two of which he helped launch from inception. Additionally, he was instrumental in successfully designing and implementing a reorganization plan which enabled a tech enabled telecommunications company to rapidly grow over $100 million which led to an eventual recapitalization of the company at a double digit multiple. Additionally throughout his career he has been actively involved in a broad spectrum of strategic initiatives including, but not limited to, raising venture capital, bank financings, recapitalizations, and acquisitions. Mario is a certified public accountant and holds a BBA in accounting from Loyola University. Mario and his wife Linda actively support Thumbuddy Special which is a charitable organization that provides adaptive equipment for children with special needs. In addition to enjoying an early morning run, Mario is always cheering on his favorite professional baseball team located on the north side of the city.
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About Vision Integrated Graphics Group: Vision is a full service marketing solutions provider specializing in cross media marketing, strategy, technology, print & fulfillment.

Paul Goodhew
CFO of E Click Peformance
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About E Click Peformance: eClick Peformance is an internet marketing and design firm that focuses on web and user interface development, and SEO.

David Aniol
Chief Financial Officer of DigitalWork
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About DigitalWork: DigitalWork also offers custom web development solutions for enterprise clients