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 New York 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.
Bob Starkey
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Advisor of MLB Advanced Media
Bob Starkey was appointed Major League Baseball’s Chief Financial Officer and Senior Advisor by Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. on December 4, 2014. Starkey oversees financial operations for MLB and plays a key role on industry economics and analysis. Starkey’s association with Major League Baseball began in 1991, when he was engaged to analyze the industry’s economics and financial condition. In the ensuing years, he worked closely with Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig and Manfred on a variety of industry economic and financial matters, including collective bargaining, the creation and administration of the revenue sharing system and debt-service rule, numerous new stadium projects and various club financial, valuation and transaction matters. Starkey has supported numerous MLB committees and special projects. Starkey began his professional career as a CPA in the Minneapolis office of Arthur Andersen. After being admitted to the partnership in 1987, he soon became the partner-in-charge of the Andersen professional sports industry group. After resigning from Andersen in 1999, he formed his own sports consulting firm, Starkey Sports Consulting, LLC, through which he has advised MLB and several professional sports franchises on a variety of financial matters. In his hometown of Minneapolis, Starkey was involved in all aspects of the legislation, negotiation, development and financing of Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins. Starkey is a graduate of Drake University. The Chicago native has resided in the Twin Cities for nearly 40 years.
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About MLB Advanced Media: MLB.TV is a website that offers news, schedules, standings, and statistics related to baseball.
Renato DelRama
Chief Financial Officer of Cemtrex
Renato Dela Rama has been Chief Financial Officer of Cemtrex since December 2004. Prior to that, he worked in various accounting , banking and financial management positions.Renato DelRama holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration with an Accounting major, with a Master’s in Business Administration and Certified Public Accountant (Foreign country).
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About Cemtrex: Cemtrex drives innovation in many sectors, including smart tech, VR & AR, advanced electronic systems, and intelligent security systems.
Chris Pohl
CFO of Lead Edge Capital
Chris Pohl serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Lead Edge Capital, LLC. Chris Pohl has a tax background and specializes in private equity and hedge fund clients, as well as high net worth individuals. Chris Pohl has also worked at several large fund administrators. He has an M.B.A in accounting from Monmouth University and a Bachelors in fine arts from Rider University.
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About Lead Edge Capital: Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity and buyout firm focused on software and internet related companies.
Bryan Perler
SVP & CFO of Sapphire Digital
Bryan has deep experience leading technology companies through fast-paced and high growth environments. As Chief Financial & Administrative Officer, Bryan is responsible for leading and guiding the organizations’ financial growth and ensuring the integrity of the data across the organization; overseeing finance, data engineering, analytics, quality, IT and facilities. Before Sapphire Digital, Bryan was the CFO and Head of Strategy at Benchmark Solutions where he oversaw all strategic, financial and legal activities for the company. He also worked at Tradeweb Markets in a variety of escalating accounting, finance and business development roles, most recently as Director of U.S. Strategy and Business Development. Bryan graduated from Lehigh University with a BS in Accounting.
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About Sapphire Digital, Sapphire Digital: Sapphire Digital is a full omnichannel digital engagement and shopping platform for consumers, employers.
Elise Garofalo
Chief Financial Officer of Outbrain
Elise Garofalo is Chief Financial Officer at Outbrain. From February 2010 to April 2014, she served as the Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations at Revlon, Inc. Prior to that, Elise was the Chief Financial Officer of Marakon Associates, Inc. Elise holds a BS in Accounting from The University of Connecticut’s School of Business and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.
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About Outbrain: Outbrain provides a recommendation platform to connect advertisers to open web consumers.
Dan Figenshu
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer of Rocketrip
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About Rocketrip: Rocketrip helps businesses reduce travel spend by incentivizing employees to save when they travel for business.
Kristina Salen
CFO of Moda Operandi
Kristina Salen has been the CFO of Etsy, the $1.35b global online marketplace for handmade goods, since 2013. Before Kristina joined Etsy, she spent nearly two decades in the financial services industry as an investor in fast-growth companies. Kristina was at Fidelity Investments from 2006 until 2013 where she was sector leader of Fidelity’s research team in the internet, media and telecom sectors. Her team guided tens of billions of dollars invested in public and private equity. Prior to Fidelity, Kristina held equity analyst positions at firms such as Oppenheimer Capital, Merrill Lynch & Lazard Freres. She began her finance career at SG Warburg in 1994. Kristina has an MBA from Columbia University and a BA from Vassar College. In 1993, she was designated a Fulbright Scholar for her work in Chile economics. Kristina lives in New York City with her family.
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About Moda Operandi: Moda Operandi is a platform for emerging fashion designers and retailers.
Hanno M. Damm
Chief Financial Officer of Trustpilot
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About Trustpilot: Trustpilot is an independent review platform for free and open to all to every company and consumer everywhere.
Pete Wylie
Chief Financial Officer of CommonBond
Pete leads CommonBond’s student lending team, and previously served as the company’s vice president, finance. Prior to CommonBond, Pete was CEO and co-founder of Gradible, a personal finance technology company that helps people evaluate and optimize their student loan repayment options. In early 2016, CommonBond acquired Gradible. Before founding Gradible, Pete held roles in general management at growth stage startups, including Tough Mudder and 3Ships, a digital agency. Pete is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill.
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About CommonBond, CommonBond, CommonBond, CommonBond, Gradible: CommonBond was founded in 2012 to help relieve the student loan burden, and since then we’ve funded over $4 billion in better loans.
Richard Haydock
CFO of PulsePoint
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About PulsePoint: PulsePoint is a technology company using data to accelerate healthcare marketing.
Richard Haydock
CFO of PulsePoint
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About PulsePoint: PulsePoint is a technology company using data to accelerate healthcare marketing.
Jonathan Hsu
Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer of AppNexus
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About AppNexus: AppNexus operates a cloud-based software platform that enables and optimizes programmatic online advertising.
William Wilson
Chief Financial Officer of Celframe Corporation
William Wilson is the chief financial officer of [Celframe](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/celframe), a software company that develops office and business management and administrative software.
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About Celframe Corporation: Cellframe is a software company developing office and business management and administrative software.
Paul Yerich
CFO of Inspire
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About Harry’s, Inspire: Consumer technology platform that powers cleaner, more efficient, and more sustainable homes.
Renee Wong
CFO & Co-Founder of Moxie
Renee Wong is seasoned financial strategist with 10+ years experience as CFO and General Manager in high growth businesses. Her previous experience includes executive and financial leadership roles at Dashlane, Fab.com, and Pop Sugar.
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About Moxie, OST: Moxie powers hybrid fitness.
Oleg Demidov
CBDO and CFO of Navigine
Oleg Demidov is the CEO and Founder of CarbonSpace
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About CarbonSpaceTech, CrowdSpace, Navigine: Software platform for precise positioning and online-to-offline attribution.
Joe Sticco
Co-founder & CFO of Pommtree
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About Pommtree: Instagram inspired travel packages to top destinations and events around the world.
Roy A. Ceccato
Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Metro
Mr. Ceccato joined Atlantic Metro in December 2012, as a financial consultant and is now the acting CFO of the Company. His primary focus has been on preparing the Company’s financial statements for full audit by providing best practices and effectively presenting the Company’s assets and professional strengths to the financial community. He is the principal architect of our current financing activities which include major capital leases from OEM’s and a credit facility with a tech-centric commercial senior lender. He also heads up our strategic acquisition plan and provides requisite due-diligence expertise. Prior to joining Atlantic Metro, Mr. Ceccato was the Vice President of Finance for DecisionPoint Systems, Inc., (“DPSI”) a position he held from July 2007 through October 2012. He played a key role in DPSI, a publicly traded company where he was responsible for Mergers and Acquisitions, major contract reviews, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and external financial reporting for SEC public reporting requirements. From April 2004 until June 2007, he was a Director and CFO of a tri-state environmental remediation contractor. He has also served in various prior roles as Director and Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance of several publicly traded companies in service and manufacturing industries and listed on all the major stock exchanges.
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About Atlantic Metro: Atlantic Metro delivers custom-tailored IT solutions like cloud hosting, nationwide network connectivity, and secure data center colocation.
Rick Eaton
Co-Founder, CFO of Yieldmo
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About Yieldmo: Yieldmo is a digital advertising technology company that increases the value of advertising inventory for buyers and sellers.
Brian Gottbetter
CFO and Co-Founder of Test Sharing
Brian Gottbetter is the CFO and co-Founder of TestSharing and a resident of New York. Brian has an MBA in Information Systems and a BA in Economics. He is a seasoned executive, having held positions at IBM, AT&T and Siemens. He has a broad range of experience in operations, sales, finance, product management and strategy. Brian became interested in food safety while living in Shanghai. Brian shares Beata’s passion and vision for making food test and safety information available to the general public.
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About Test Sharing: Test Sharing is a platform designed to give consumers easy, affordable access to professional lab-testing for food.
John Worthley
CFO of ICOToday
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About ICOToday: ICOToday is the secure, reliable platform for launching and directly investing in ICOs.
Marshall Singer
Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer of Ruvna
Marshall is a talented strategist with a passion for people, innovation, and learning. Marshall works on growing Ruvna in all aspects while maintaining the financial health of the company.
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About Ruvna: Ruvna allows schools to locate and account for their students in real-time during an emergency.
Imran Dalvi
Chief Financial Officer of D3 Unified Communications
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About D3 Unified Communications: D3UC provides a Cloud-based telephone and unified communications services to technology VARs and IT MSPs.
Hari Eppanapally
Co-Founder and CFO of Virtual Reality Minds, Inc.
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About : Virtual Reality Minds offers a patent-pending streaming television platform for smart TV with virtual reality mode and live shopping.
Jamie Hendershot
CFO of StadiumBee
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About StadiumBee: A fan’s best destination for live sporting & entertainment events, to plan a out at a ball game, share feedback and much more!
Jay Disler
CFO of Spot On Networks
Jay Disler is our Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining us in 2009, Mr. Disler served as Chief Financial Officer for telecommunications and technology companies including Graphic Scanning Corp., ECCS, Inc. and FPI Thermoplastic Technologies. Previously, he served as Audit Manager at Deloitte and Touche. He received a B.A. and MBA from Rutgers University, and received his CPA license in New York and New Jersey.
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About Spot On Networks: Spot On Networks offers tech platforms that provide wireless broadband internet access to residential users in multifamily dwelling units.
Ryan Perfit
Chief Financial Officer of EON
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About EON, GoShare: One Digital ID – Infitine Possibilities
Stanley Lau
Principal and CFO of Tipping Point Partners
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About ideas42, Tipping Point Partners: Tipping Point Partners offers incubation services by designing, building, and operating software-based startups.
