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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 Information Services 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.
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.
Alec Guettel
CFO and Co-Founder of Knowable
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About Knowable: Knowable provides legal services.
Tom FitzSimmons
Chief Financial Officer of Prove (formerly Payfone)
Tom FitzSimmons serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Payfone.
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About Prove (formerly Payfone): Prove is the modern way of proving identity with just a phone.
Richard Hanks
Chief Financial Officer of Clarivate Analytics
Richard joined Clarivate Analytics in February 2017 as its Chief Financial Officer where he manages the global financial organization and leads the development and execution of the company’s fiscal strategies. Prior to Clarivate, Richard was the CFO at BDP International Inc. for four years. Before that he was at Infogroup Inc. Richard is a chartered accountant and trained with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the UK, where he holds British citizenship. Richard is a graduate of the University of Nottingham Business School with an honors degree in Industrial Economics.
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About Clarivate Analytics: Clarivate Analytics accelerates the pace of innovation by providing trusted insights and analytics.
David Berger
EVP and CFO of Information Services Group
David E. Berger, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for Finance, Investor Relations, Legal and IT Operations. Previously, Mr. Berger was Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Investor Relations with The Nielsen Company, a $5 billion global information and media company where he spent more than eight years and participated in a number of strategic acquisitions for the company. Prior to Nielsen, he was with Simon & Schuster (S&S) and Viacom for nine years where he held a variety of increasingly important financial positions including Senior Vice President of Finance and Controller of S&S. He was the lead on development and strategic initiatives; financial and operational matters; and managed a staff of over 200 financial professionals. Mr. Berger is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
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About Information Services Group: Information Services Group was founded in 2006 by a group of industry veterans whose vision is to create a new leader in the fast-growing
Rick Stewart
Chief Financial Officer of Wealth-X
Rick Stewart is the CFO at Wealth-X. With more than 25 years of diverse international and industry experience, Rick has built an impressive career with multiple technology firms, streamlining operations and enhancing systems to optimize productivity and profitability. He has also been the CFO in two recent company sales (exit events). Prior to joining Wealth-X, Rick was CFO for Webcollage (a division of Answers.com) where he helped orchestrate an exit strategy and ultimately a final sale to Gladson. Rick has served as CFO of Pulsepoint, and prior to that, CFO of Yieldex through its acquisition by AppNexus, where he became Vice-President of Finance.
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About Wealth-X: Wealth-X provides wealth intelligence solutions to help you uncover, understand, and engage with the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Michael Kagan
CFO & CCO of Informa Financial
Michael Kagan is a CFO & CCO at Informa Investment Solutions.
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About Informa Financial: Informa Financial provides financial software and services to financial institutions, brokerages, investment management companies.
Michael Langford
CFO of Reed Tech
Michael Langford is the Vice President of Finance for Reed Tech responsible for leading the Accounting, Finance Planning and Analysis, Contract Administration and Site of office services organization. With over 27 years of experience specializing in Life Science, multinational, finance leadership roles, Mr. Langford has acquired a diverse background of financial, commercial operations and business development expertise that has enabled him to provide financial leadership across functions and markets. Throughout his career at Bristol-Myers Squibb and ConvaTec, Mr. Langford has worked in both large multinational as well as small carve out/startup environments. He has successfully led numerous project teams that have yielded significant synergies, process improvement driving substantial revenue and profit growth. Mr. Langford has an MBA from Rider University and his BS in Finance from Fairfield University. He is a founding member, past President and an active board member of a nonprofit youth organization.
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About Reed Tech: Reed Tech is the leading provider of services for the preparation and submission of SPLs to the FDA.
Michael Langford
CFO of Reed Tech
Michael Langford is the Vice President of Finance for Reed Tech responsible for leading the Accounting, Finance Planning and Analysis, Contract Administration and Site of office services organization. With over 27 years of experience specializing in Life Science, multinational, finance leadership roles, Mr. Langford has acquired a diverse background of financial, commercial operations and business development expertise that has enabled him to provide financial leadership across functions and markets. Throughout his career at Bristol-Myers Squibb and ConvaTec, Mr. Langford has worked in both large multinational as well as small carve out/startup environments. He has successfully led numerous project teams that have yielded significant synergies, process improvement driving substantial revenue and profit growth. Mr. Langford has an MBA from Rider University and his BS in Finance from Fairfield University. He is a founding member, past President and an active board member of a nonprofit youth organization.
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About Reed Tech: Reed Tech is the leading provider of services for the preparation and submission of SPLs to the FDA.
