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 San Francisco based CFO’ operating in the Cloud Computing 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.
Mike Taylor
CFO of GitHub
Mike Taylor is CFO at GitHub, a web-based Git or version control repository and Internet hosting service. Prior to joining GitHub, Mike was VP Capital Markets and New Ventures at Tesla Motors, where he managed capital markets and new venture creation activities worldwide. In his prior roles as VP Finance and, later, Treasurer, he managed finance, treasury, investor relations, capital markets, and customer finance for the innovative electric vehicle company.
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About GitHub: GitHub provides code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects in organizations.
Elizabeth Loar
Chief Financial Officer of SnapLogic
Elizabeth Loar is the Vice President of Finance and Administration at SnapLogic, where she is responsible for overseeing the company’s finance and accounting functions. Elizabeth is an experienced corporate controller and management consultant specializing in business process reengineering for finance organizations. She previously served as SnapLogic’s Corporate Controller and before that was the director of financial planning and analysis at Merchant e-Solutions. Elizabeth holds a Master’s of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor’s of Science from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
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About SnapLogic: SnapLogic is a software company that provides a platform for enterprise cloud and big data integration.
Sydney Carey
CFO of Talkdesk
Sydney Carey was named as Chief Financial Officer of Talkdesk in August 2021. Prior to joining Talkdesk, she was the CFO of Sumo Logic. Carey was the chief financial officer of Zscaler and MongoDB, Inc. Before MongoDB, she was executive vice president and chief financial officer of TIBCO Software, Inc. Before her tenure at TIBCO, Carey served as a chief financial officer at a number of companies, including Vernier Networks, Inc., Pacific Broadband Communications, Inc., and Entera, Inc. She holds a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and was the winner of the Bay Area CFO of the Year in 2012 and the 2010 Stevie Award for Women in Business, Best Executive.
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About Talkdesk: Talkdesk offers an enterprise contact center platform that allows companies to make the customer experience a competitive advantage.
Caitlin Haberberger
Chief Financial Officer of LogDNA
Caitlin is the CFO at Flite. Caitlin brings significant financial management experience to Flite with her more than 20 years of experience in finance and accounting as well as in managing HR, legal and other G&A functions. Most recently, Caitlin was VP of Finance and HR at Hearsay Social, a social media related SaaS company. Her experience also includes controllership, financial analysis and investor relations positions in the media and software industries. Caitlin began her career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen. Caitlin earned her BA in Economics and Urban Studies from Connecticut College.
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About LogDNA: LogDNA offers a log management solution that provides DevOps teams an aggregation of all their system and application logs on one platform.
Eric Brown
Chief Financial Officer of Informatica
Eric Brown is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Tanium, where he leads all aspects of its financial, operations and administrative functions including finance, human resources, legal, IT and facilities. Eric brings 20 years of corporate financial and operational leadership and public company CFO experience to Tanium. Previously, Eric was CFO and COO of Polycom, a multinational corporation that develops video, voice and content collaboration and communication technology. Eric also previously served as CFO of Electronic Arts Inc., CFO and COO of McAfee, Inc. (now Intel Security) and President and CFO of MicroStrategy, Inc. Eric has also held senior international finance roles at Grand Metropolitan in addition to co-founding Datasage, a marketing and analytics software company. Eric currently serves on the Board of Directors and Audit Committees for Electronics for Imaging, Inc. and International Game Technology. Eric has a B.Sc. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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About Informatica: Informatica is an enterprise cloud data management that accelerates data-driven digital transformation.
Kenneth Kim
Chief Financial Strategist of EQIS
Ken began his career in finance more than 20 years ago as a research assistant at the PACAP Research Center in Rhode Island. He has worked as a senior financial economist at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as a consultant for the CFA Institute, as a special consultant for the Securities Litigation Consulting Group and as an academic consultant for the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. He is also a highly accomplished finance scholar and professor of financial strategy, investments, portfolio theory, derivative securities, business economics, and financial risk management. He has held academic appointments at 16 different universities around the world and has served on the board of directors of multiple academic organizations. One study even ranked him as one of the top 1,000 finance scholars of the past half-century. His research has been widely-published in peer-reviewed journals, and he has been cited or quoted in the likes of the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, BusinessWeek, Barron’s, The New York Times and many more. Ken is also a Forbes contributing columnist. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, corporate trainings and executive development programs. He holds a PhD from the University of Rhode Island, an MBA from the University of Detroit and a BA from the University of Michigan. Ken also maintains his Series 65 securities license.
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About EQIS: EQIS provides a comprehensive asset management platform that delivers sophisticated investment solutions for financial advisers.
Reade Frank
Chief Financial Officer of Lucidworks
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About Lucidworks: Lucidworks connects experiences throughout the entire user journey to meet customer and employee intent in the moment.
Simon Edwards
CFO of ServiceMax
Simon Edwards is the Chief Financial Officer of ServiceMax. In this position, Simon oversees the company’s accounting, finance, revenue operations and IT teams. Simon also serves as a strategic advisor to the CEO and management team.
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About ServiceMax: ServiceMax is the provider of Field Service Management Software for equipment manufacturers and service providers.
Mark Dirsa
CFO of Keynote DeviceAnywhere
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About Keynote DeviceAnywhere: Keynote DeviceAnywhere provides a cloud-based platform for testing and monitoring the functionality of mobile apps and websites.
Dorea El-Sayed
Chief Financial Officer of Decision Engines
Starting at PwC as an auditor, where she became a Certified Public Account, Dorea returned to UCLA to obtain her MBA from the UCLA Anderson School and is currently an active Certified Public Accountant and member of the AICPA. Her technology career started as a financial analyst for Oracle, where she was responsible for budgeting across hundreds of departments in 90 countries, Dorea also prepared quarterly results analysis for the executive committee. She worked cross functionally on software implementations, testing Oracle’s financial products, leading a growing team of finance professionals. Now, with over 20 years’ financial consulting experience, Dorea has been instrumental in the successful growth of numerous start-up ventures across a wide variety of industries including software, hardware, SaaS, and medical device companies. Her financial experience includes debt and equity financing, financial modeling, cash management, fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, Board of Directors’ presentations, strategic planning, systems improvement and cost analysis. Dorea has established subsidiaries in multiple countries and overseen operations and compliance with foreign regulations and has also managed the HR, administrative and legal functions for several start-ups.
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About Decision Engines, IoTium: Decision Engines offers a self-service business driven cloud platform that provides end-to-end process automation.
Matt Andrade
Chief Financial Officer of ActiveVideo Networks
Matt oversees the financial strategies and business processes that are fundamental to mapping and executing on ActiveVideo’s growth objectives. He is charged with creating the financial models that are cornerstones of the evaluation of new technology and market opportunities by the company’s management team and Board of Directors. He works closely with ARRIS Group and Charter Communications, the ActiveVideo joint venture partners, to build support for investment decisions that can help the company scale across additional business and geographic areas. Matt joined ActiveVideo as controller in 2010, and has been vital to the implementation of operational and financial disciplines that are aligned with the company’s business objectives. His keen grasp of ActiveVideo’s operations and financial models were instrumental in the acquisition of ActiveVideo by ARRIS and Charter. Previously, he had been on a partner track at Burr, Pilger & Mayer and co-founded BizProNet, a consulting practice which was created to connect businesses with pre-vetted management level consultants. Matt is licensed as a CPA by the State of California. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Santa Clara University.
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About ActiveVideo Networks: ActiveVideo, a software company, uses cloud-based technology to bring advanced user interfaces to cable and IPTV set-top boxes.
Robert Anderson
EVP and CFO of G2 Technology Inc.
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About G2 Technology Inc.: G2 provides a complete, integrated cloud-based solution that increases manufacturer’s visibility, control, and recovery of revenue.