Boardroom Media (CFO News)
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 Los Angeles based CFO’ operating in the Consumer 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.
Steven Gelsomini
CFO of EcoSense Lighting
Steven Gelsomini is the CFO at Ecosense Lighting.
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About EcoSense Lighting: EcoSense Lighting designs and develops lighting solutions for commercial and residential applications.
Frederic Lavoie
CFO of Flaviar
Frederic Lavoie is the CFO at Flaviar.
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About Flaviar: Flaviar, a spirits tasting club, offers a subscription service that helps members discover new liquor products through sample tasting packs.
Shaman Bakshi
CFO of WOSH
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About WOSH: WOSH is the carwash that comes to you where you want it… when you want it.
Ryan Chen
Co-founder and CFO of Neuro
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About Neuro: Neuro is a functional confectionary company that creates products that creates products to get you in the right state of mind.
John Pietrolungo
Chief Financial Officer of MarketCast
With over 25 years of media, entertainment, and professional services accounting and finance experience, John has been instrumental in creating the company’s back-office capabilities and functionality. He makes sure all of the trains run on time and run smoothly. Previously, John served as CFO of Modern Luxury Media and served on the board of Juli-B.com. He co-founded 1100.com, a publishing company producing custom Apps and hyper-local content for both print and tablet distribution. John graduated from UC Santa Barbara and earned an MBA from Pepperdine University.
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About FuseFX, MarketCast: MarketCast is a provider of marketing research services for the global entertainment industry.
Ingrid Safranek
CFO of MMRGlobal
Ingrid Safranek has been a Certified Public Accountant in California since 2006. She worked for Deloitte & Touche from 2002 to 2006, where she was part of the audit teams for large and small, private and public clients such as Computer Sciences Corporation, Infonet (later acquired by British Telecom), Candle! Corporation (later acquired by IBM), Primedia, Inc., Gold Circle Entertainment, and the Performing Arts Center, among others. Her focus was on the technology, media and entertainment industries. She is also the owner of Goldstein Enterprises, a management consulting firm that has served numerous clients by providing them with business practices analyses and software application development in order to streamline day-to-day operations and maximize efficiency. Among her past and current clients as owner of Goldstein Enterprises are Nestle USA, Warner Bros. Studios and RJR Fashion Fabrics. Ingrid Safranek received a B.A. in Business Economics with a minor in Accounting from UCLA.
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About MMRGlobal: MMRGlobal provides secure, easy-to-use multilingual personal health records (PHRs) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions.
Jim Zaferis
CFO of Pegasus Foods
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About Pegasus Foods: Pegasus Foods is a frozen food manufacturer for some of the largest retail and restaurant chains.
James Hays
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Brentwood Associates
James joined Brentwood in 2021 as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining Brentwood, James served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at St. Cloud Capital, LLC and also worked in the audit and assurance practices at Rothstein Kass (acquired by KPMG) and Meloni Hribal Tratner. James received a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University. James is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Brentwood Associates: Brentwood Associates is a consumer-focused private equity investment firm.
Autumn Jackson
CFO of Taction Enterprises
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About Taction Enterprises: Music Technology – Midi Control – Capacitive Sensor technology.
