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 Oregon based CFO’ operating in the Information Technology 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 Franzi
Partner Emeritus, CFO of Seven Peaks Ventures
Joe has been SPV’s CFO since its beginning days and recently retired this Spring. Believing in the foundational importance of supporting companies growing to scale with the right amount of information, operational support and business savvy, Joe brings a wealth of clear business acumen and focused decision making to support our portfolio companies.
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About Seven Peaks Ventures: Seven Peaks Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on funding highly scalable software businesses.
Lydia Veal
Chief Operations Officer & Chief Financial Officer of Optimum Healthcare IT
Lydia Veal is the Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Optimum Healthcare IT. She is responsible for the company’s overall finances, as well as day-to-day operations. She oversees all finance and treasury functions, including financial forecasts, planning, as well as managing financial risk. Prior to joining Optimum Healthcare IT, Ms. Veal worked as an internal auditor, implementing Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls and processes and helping companies create financial and operational strategies to increase bottom line growth. Additionally, Ms. Veal was the Director of Finance for the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists where she was responsible for financial reporting, budget administration, and all treasury functions.
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About Optimum Healthcare IT: Optimum Healthcare IT is a leading healthcare IT consulting services company.
Trudance L. C. Bakke
Chief Financial Officer of Foreside Financial Group
Ms. Bakke is responsible for all of Foreside’s financial operations. Prior to joining Foreside, she managed the reporting, finance and tax aspects of fund administration of Citigroup’s Global Transaction Services business. In her 10 years at Citigroup, she also managed corporate accounting and broker-dealer finance matters. Prior to this, she was with Coopers & Lybrand LLP.
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About Foreside Financial Group: Foreside provides strategic thinking, compliance-focused professionals who deliver a range of outsourced business solutions.
Peggy Miller
CEO, CFO of PacStar Communications
Miller joined PacStar in 2007, initially responsible for overseeing the company’s finances. In June 2009, she was promoted to Chief Operating Officer overseeing the company’s day to day operations. And in January 2015, Miller was promoted to become Chief Executive Officer. She also serves as corporate secretary and treasurer. Miller has an established record of building businesses and strengthening finances through a series of executive-level management positions. While at PacStar, she has been a leader and significant contributor to PacStar’s success, providing strategic guidance as the company moved from operating losses to becoming profitable. Under her leadership as CEO, PacStar won six major programs of record within the US Army and US Marines, doubling both revenue and the size of its workforce. In 2018, Miller successfully led a major strategic recapitalization of PacStar in a transaction valued at $80 million. This recapitalization positioned PacStar for continued growth and expansion. As part of the transaction, longtime venture capital investors’ shares were repurchased profitably and a large west coast private equity fund took a leading position in PacStar. PacStar remains a standalone company and retains its corporate headquarters in Portland. Prior to joining PacStar, Miller was a partner with Tatum, LLC, where she provided strategic financial consulting services to various companies. Peggy has served in an executive capacity for a variety of companies including as CEO of privately held Astoria-Pacific International, President of Concero, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Monstermoving.com, Inc. It was there, at Monstermoving.com, where in addition to her former company, Virtual Relocation.com, that she acquired five companies to form the Monstermoving group. She helped co-found Virtual Relocation in 1998 which was sold to Monster, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNST) in May 2000 for $80 million. From 1993 until 1998 she was CFO of Bioject Medical Technologies (NASDAQ: BJCT) and prior to that she was Vice President of Finance for Oregon Health and Science University. Miller holds a BS in Business Administration with honors from Portland State University.
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About PacStar Communications: PacStar Communications offers IT and communications solutions for the military, government, and commercial sectors.
Steven Sipowicz
Chief Financial Officer of Clinicient
Steven Sipowicz is the Chief Financial Officer at Clinicient.
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About Clinicient: Clinicient provides software-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for outpatient rehabilitation clinics.