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 Massachusetts based CFO’ operating in the Internet 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.
Joel Jeselsohn
CFO of Relayr
Joel Jeselsohn joined relayr in May 2019 as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the board. With over 20 years of experience, holding financial and business leadership positions across the healthcare and software industries, Joel now oversees the finance and legal functions at relayr. Leveraging his extensive experience leading strategic planning for companies, he is a valuable advisor. Joel firmly believes that in today’s connected world, IoT can improve business outcomes. What excites him in the IoT industry is the tremendous impact of digitalization on real-life business cases. In his free time, Joel enjoys outdoor activities – skiing and hiking with his family.
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About Relayr: Relayr enables device manufacturers, app developers, and software companies to leverage the power of the internet of things.
Tivanka Ellawala
Chief Financial Officer of Endurance International Group
Tiv Ellawala’s experience and expertise in a range of financial functions across various industries have prepared him for his role as Chief Financial Officer at Endurance International Group. Tiv believes small businesses are the engine of the economy and loves how technology and the Internet can help grow them worldwide. It’s this passion for small businesses that led him to Endurance. Tiv’s career launched with his navigating the world of mergers and acquisitions at Merrill Lynch in New York, and then in its technology division, in San Francisco. His journey to Endurance then took a 13-year detour to Redmond, WA. While at Microsoft, he focused on strategy, business development and strategic alliances, financial planning, financial controllership and investor relations as well as business operations, ultimately leading to his position as CFO for the Windows Phone Division. When not propelling the journeys of small businesses across the globe, Tiv is also passionate about other types of journeys, including hiking, biking and driving.
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About Endurance International Group: Endurance International Group provides small businesses with the products and technology they need to enhance their online presence.
Alison Dean
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of iRobot
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Steve Webber
Chief Financial Officer of Quickbase
Steve Webber is the Chief Financial Officer of Virtustream with global responsibility for the accounting, finance, corporate development, security operations and IT activities for the company. Prior to joining Virtustream, Steve was the senior vice president of Finance and Operations at EMC Corporation, recently supporting the Global Enterprise Services organization. Steve spent over 19 years at EMC Corporation in various financial roles including Corporate Finance, International Finance, Sales Finance and Operations for Latin America and business partner roles supporting the Enterprise Software Division and Global Services. In his most recent role, the Global Services organization grew to $5B in revenue. Steve also spent four years at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Boston in the audit practice with a focus on public companies. He has both a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA from Babson College.
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About Quickbase: Quickbase helps organizations see, connect and control every element of the complex projects.
William Rossiter
Director & CFO of Alice’s Table
William Rossiter is director at Alice’s Table. He focuses specifically on financial optimization for continued growth of the compan. Previously he advised numerous high net worth families at ICONIQ Capital, gaining deep knowledge of the startup space and financial optimization in the valley. William earned a BA with honors in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College.
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About Alice’s Table, Suzanne Lovell: Alice’s Table brings women together to learn new skills, and live a social and creative lifestyle.
Christopher Hemme
CFO of Privafy
Christopher Hemme is the Chief Financial Officer of Privafy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business economics from S.U.N.Y. at Oneonta and an MBA from Suffolk University.
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About Privafy: Privafy redefines data-in-motion security and delivers protection in an easy-to-use cloud-native service.
Chris Holden
Chief Financial Officer of OptiRTC, Inc.
Mr. Holden is a strategic finance and operations professional with over 15 years experience. At Opti, he oversees finance, accounting, human resources, legal, and real estate functions. Prior to Opti, he spent over 12 years at Eze Castle Integration, a hedge fund technology and cloud services provider, where he finished his tenure as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. During his time at Eze Castle, he managed the company’s US financial operations and spearheaded the establishment of international operations in both Europe and Asia. He has also held the role of Vice President, Finance and Operations, at Forward Financing. He began his career at The Parthenon Group, a global strategic advisory firm. Mr. Holden holds an AB, Magna Cum Laude, in Mathematics from Dartmouth College and a Postgraduate Certificate in International Finance and Accounting from The University of Liverpool.
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About OptiRTC, Inc.: Opti is a technology company focused on the continuous monitoring and adaptive control of distributed stormwater infrastructure.
Dan Justicz
Chief Financial Officer of Fybr
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About Fybr: Fybr’s IoT platform is turnkey solution that delivers actionable and reliable data in even the harshest environments.
Sean E Ninsing
CFO of FamKeepa
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About FamKeepa: Payment
Lam Trinh
Co-Founder, COO/CFO of FwdForce
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About FwdForce: Competition-based Crowd-powered Platform – proven market needs proactively fulfilled by incentivized competition