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 Michigan based CFO’ operating in the Enterprise 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.
Joe Aho
Chief Financial Officer of Compuware
Joe has been with Compuware since 1996. He has held several positions in the Sales Operations and Finance areas. Before being named CFO of Compuware, he was a VP of Finance in charge of Strategic Planning & Analysis. Joe played an integral role in the sale of the company to Thoma Bravo. In his current role, Joe oversees Finance, Human Resources, Legal and IT. Joe is married and has three daughters. All three are very active in multiple sports. Joe also has plenty of experience as a hockey coach, including being the head coach at UM-Dearborn for 8 years.
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About Compuware: Compuware provides enterprise software and IT services for IT portfolio management, application development, and quality assurance.

Chris Frick
Chief Financial Officer of Plymouth Growth
Chris joined Plymouth after 10 years in the financial management function at the St. Mary’s of Michigan Health Care System. Prior to his work with St. Mary’s, Chris was a Certified Public Accountant, and a Commercial Banker. He has an MBA in management from Saginaw Valley State and a BS in Accounting from Michigan State University.
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About Plymouth Growth: Growth Capital for Leading Midwest Tech Companies

Chris Frick
Chief Financial Officer of Plymouth Growth
Chris joined Plymouth after 10 years in the financial management function at the St. Mary’s of Michigan Health Care System. Prior to his work with St. Mary’s, Chris was a Certified Public Accountant, and a Commercial Banker. He has an MBA in management from Saginaw Valley State and a BS in Accounting from Michigan State University.
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About Plymouth Growth: Growth Capital for Leading Midwest Tech Companies
Richard Wirtz
CFO of Recognant
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About Recognant: 100% proprietary Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Transparent Machine Learning. (AI/ML/NLP/NLU/Text Analytics/Unstructured Data)

Joseph Ben-Gal
Chairman & CFO of iRule
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About Gal-Mar, iRule: iRule is a mobile app that converts a mobile device into a universal remote control for lights, audios, and videos.