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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 San Francisco based CFO’ operating in the Manufacturing 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.
Doug Bettinger
EVP & Chief Financial Officer of Lam Research
Douglas R. Bettinger is the SVP and CFO of Broadcom Limited.
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About Broadcom Limited, Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Greg Lyon
Operating Partner and CFO of Eclipse Ventures
Greg oversees all aspects of finance, investment reporting and monitoring, operational, compliance, accounting, and human resource functions at Eclipse and is also involved in fundraising aspects of the firm. Prior to joining Eclipse, Greg worked at Sequoia Capital where he managed financial reporting and operations for funds across the U.S., China, India, and Israel. During his time at Sequoia, Greg was also responsible for developing and reviewing GAAP valuation models for portfolio companies across all geographies. Previously, Greg was part of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) audit practice in San Francisco where he focused on financial services clients. In his role with PwC, Greg supervised and trained audit team members and worked with multiple investment management and banking and capital markets clients. Greg graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Sonoma State University. Greg earned his CPA and is a member of the AICPA.
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About Eclipse Ventures: Eclipse Ventures helps entrepreneurs build companies that will boldly transform the industries that define and propel economies.
Patrick O’Malley
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Seagate Technology
Patrick O’Malley assumed the role of EVP & CFO effective August 25, 2008. In his previous role of SVP Finance & Treasurer, he was responsible for Corp. Accounting, Reporting, Treasury, Credit & Collections and Risk Management along with Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and support for our Business Unit GMs, Sales & other functions. In October 2005, he returned to Finance from the Sales Organization where he coordinated the Company’s activities surrounding the Consumer Electronics market as the SVP, Consumer Electronics Business Development from January 2004. O’Malley joined Seagate in 1988 & has held various management roles within the Finance organization including Manager of Consolidation & Cost Accounting, Director of Finance – Corporate FP&A, Sr. Director of Finance for Oklahoma City Operations, Sr. Director of Finance for Desktop Design, VP of Finance for Recording Media Operations & SVP of Finance for Manufacturing Operations. Prior to joining Seagate, he spent four years as a Sr. Staff Accountant for Arthur Young & Co. O’Malley holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1984).
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About Seagate Technology, Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Sudhanshu Priyadarshi
CFO Vista Outdoor Inc. of Vista Outdoor
Sudhanshu Priyadarshi, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, joined Vista Outdoor in April 2020. Sudhanshu has over two decades of experience in the tech, logistics, e-commerce, retail, CPG & Pharmaceutical industries in the U.S., Asia and Australia. Most recently he was the CFO of Flexport, a SoftBank backed digital freight forwarder where he led all Global Finance Global Real Estate and Insurance P&L for the company. Sudhanshu joined Flexport from Walmart, where he was Vice President of Finance for Walmart U.S. eCommerce, driving all retail finance operations for Walmart.com, Hayneedle.com, Shoes.com, Moosejaw.com, Store No 8 (technology start up incubator) and Walmart’s partnership with Google. Prior to this role, he was the Vice President, Finance & Strategy at Walmart U.S. and was responsible for leading finance for Walmart’s general merchandise & soft line business unit, a $100B division. Prior to Walmart, Sudhanshu was the Global Chief Operating Officer of Cipla, a $7 billion market cap publicly traded global generic pharmaceutical company. Prior to Cipla, Sudhanshu worked for PepsiCo from 1999 to 2013 growing through the ranks in various management and leadership roles in Finance, Strategy and Operations. In his last role at PepsiCo, Sudhanshu served as CFO of Global R&D and Global Nutrition Platforms, a $10B nutritious food and beverage business. Prior to this role, Sudhanshu was in the Corporate Strategy & Development group where he was responsible for PepsiCo’s international M&A with specific focus on Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India. Sudhanshu has also managed cash flow & capital spending for PepsiCo’s worldwide operations and finance for PepsiCo’s $1B snack business at Walmart. Sudhanshu is a graduate of Physics from India and MBA in Finance from University of Technology, Sydney.
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About Vista Outdoor: Vista Outdoor is a global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of consumer products in the growing outdoor sports and recreation markets.
Anthony Chen
CFO and Executive Vice President of Borqs Technologies
Anthony K. Chan, is our CFO and Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and has joined our company since April 2015. Mr. Chan has over 30 years of experience in U.S. and China cross border investments and business operations. From July 2013 until March 2015, Mr. Chan served as the President of Asia Sourcing for Portables Unlimited in New York, a distributor of T-Mobile USA. From March 2009 until July 2013, he served as the CFO for Tianjin Tong Guang Digital Broadcasting Co. Ltd, a mobile communications products company. For the 20 years prior to that, he was involved in multiple investment and technology transfer projects between China, the U.S and Europe, in the areas of communication products, chemical fibers, textile machinery and medical equipment. Mr. Chan received both his bachelor’s and MBA degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Borqs Technologies: Borqs Technologies is a high-tech company providing intelligent terminal software and end-to-end service platforms.
Rick Kent
CFO of Paramit Corporation
Rick Kent is the Chief Financial Officer at Paramit Corporation.
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About Paramit Corporation: Paramit designs and manufactures medical devices and life science instruments.
Tom LaRose
CFO of Paramit Corporation
Tom LaRose is CFO at Paramit Corporation.
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About Paramit Corporation: Paramit designs and manufactures medical devices and life science instruments.
Stephen M. Robb
Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer of The Clorox Company
Stephen M. “Steve” Robb was named executive vice president – chief financial officer in 2014 after three years as senior vice president – chief financial officer. In this role, he is the senior executive responsible for Clorox’s financial activities, including accounting, reporting, internal Controls, treasury, tax and investor relations. Prior to being named CFO, Robb served as vice president – Global Finance, with responsibility for the company’s day-to-day finance operations, including tax, treasury, accounting, and financial planning and analysis. Other positions with Clorox have included vice president – Financial Planning and Analysis and vice president – Finance and Accounting, Household Segment. Robb joined Clorox in 1989 and has held assignments in several business units as well as a variety of corporate staff positions. Since 2004, Robb has overseen The Clorox Company’s cost savings efforts, a key strategic commitment for the company under its 2020 Strategy. Under his stewardship, cost savings efforts have produced an average of $100 million in savings annually. A native of Sunnyvale, Calif., Robb holds a bachelor’s degree in finance with a minor in economics from San Jose State University.
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About The Clorox Company: The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) is a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products.
Mahesh Karanth
CFO of Rockley Photonics
Mahesh Karanth is the chief financial officer. He is responsible for leading Rockley Photonics’ finance, legal and IT teams. Mahesh is a performance-driven financial executive with extensive experience in growth-oriented technology companies. He has a proven track record in raising financing, implementing IPOs and completing complex financial transactions. Mahesh was most recently Chief Financial Officer for Enlightened Inc., an enterprise developing advanced lighting control systems. Prior to this, he was CFO for Invensense, a pioneer in MEMS sensor technology, where he led the company’s expansion of finance, administration and operations leading up to its IPO in 2010. Prior to Invensense, Mahesh was the CFO for Telsima, which was successfully sold to Harris Stratex Networks. During the preceding nine-year period at Compaq, Mahesh held several senior roles including M&A, treasury and corporate development. He executed five large acquisitions over that period, set up multiple international operations and filed S1 to take Japan subsidiaries public on Nikkei stock exchange. After Compaq’s acquisition by HP, he led corporate development for the customer services group and several major services acquisitions of public listed companies in India and UK. He started his career at Ernst and Young, working in Singapore, Japan and India, progressing to partner. Mahesh holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Commerce & Finance, certifications as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Corporate Secretary, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Rockley Photonics: Rockley Photonics manufactures photonics chips and custom integrated packaged products.
Anna Brunelle
CFO of Ouster
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About Ouster: Ouster builds high-resolution lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and many other applications.
Vikram Jog
CFO of Fluidigm
Vikram Jog has served as our Chief Financial Officer since February 2008. From April 2005 to February 2008, Mr. Jog served as Chief Financial Officer for XDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company. From March 2003 to April 2005, Mr. Jog was a Vice President of Applera Corporation and Vice President of Finance for its related businesses, Celera Genomics and Celera Diagnostics. From April 2001 to March 2003, Mr. Jog was Vice President of Finance for Celera Diagnostics and Corporate Controller of Applera Corporation. Mr. Jog holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Delhi University and an M.B.A. from Temple University. Mr. Jog is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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About Fluidigm: Fluidigm is a biotech tools company that creates microfluidic-based chips and instrumentation for biological research.
McDavid Stilwell
Chief Financial Officer of Coherus Biosciences
McDavid Stilwell is the Chief Financial Officer at Coherus BioSciences.
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About Coherus Biosciences: Coherus Biosciences develops, manufactures, and commercializes biologic therapeutics for oncology and inflammatory diseases.
John Beck
Acting Chief Financial Officer of AEGEA Medical
John started BeckCFO in 2007 and brings over 30 years of experience in financial management, strategic planning and execution for technology firms. John has worked with early stage companies in life sciences (medical device and pharmaceutical), fabless semiconductor, software and software as a service, hardware systems, and services. John has held full-time CFO positions with both public and private companies, and, in addition to finance, has broad experience managing cross-functional areas such as IP management, legal, treasury, risk management, HR, IT and facilities. John’s background also includes managing the accounting, finance and reporting requirements of European and Asian offices. Before starting BeckCFO, John previously served as CFO for several companies including: Silicon Bandwidth, Inc., nDSP Corporation (acquired by PixelWorks), Sigma Designs, Inc., Augeo Software, Meta-Software, Inc. (acquired by Synopsys), Sellectek Incorporated, RayLAN Corporation, Optimem and Spectra Logic subsidiaries of Cipher Data Products, and Minton Company. Prior to his tenure at technology firms, John held senior audit positions at Ernst & Young and KPMG Peat Marwick certified public accounting firms. John earned a B.S. degree in Commerce with an Accounting emphasis, cum laude, from Santa Clara University. He is also a licensed C.P.A. (inactive), with the State of California.
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About AEGEA Medical, CloudPhysics: AEGEA Medical manufactures surgical and medical instruments.
Cameron McAulay
CFO of Transphorm
As Chief Financial Officer, Cameron is responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of the company. Prior to joining Transphorm, he served as Finance Director, Global Customer Organization and Director of Internal Audit with KLA-Tencor Corporation. He also served as Finance Director and Group Financial Controller at Atmel Corporation and had a 7 year tenure at National Semiconductor Corporation in a variety of Operational and Corporate leadership positions including Chief Audit Executive. He holds a BSc. Mathematics, Statistics and Accountancy from Strathclyde University and is a member of the Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
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About Transphorm: Transphorm is a producer of gallium nitride-based solutions for high-voltage power conversion applications.
Gary Larsen
Chief Financial Officer of InVisage Technologies
Gary joined InVisage bringing over 25 years of experience in accounting and financial reporting, corporate finance, M&A, and international finance and operations. Most recently, he served as CFO of Power-One, a leading provider of renewable energy power conversion and power management solutions (acquired by ABB), where he supported a more than doubling of revenue to $1.0B. Prior to joining Power-One, Gary served as the CFO of AuthenTec, a provider of identity management and touch control solutions (acquired by Apple). As CFO, he helped lead AuthenTec through its successful initial public offering. His previous companies include Artesyn Technologies, W.R. Grace, and KPMG Peat Marwick. Gary earned a BS in finance and accounting from State University of New York at Buffalo and an MBA from New York University.
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About InVisage Technologies: InVisage Technologies is a semiconductor manufacturing company offering quantum dot-based image sensors.
Bert Garcia
Chief Financial Officer of Sunfolding
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About Sunfolding: Sunfolding develops new approaches to solar tracking for commercial and utility systems.
Suju Kwong
Vice President of Finance & CFO of BEMA Electronics
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About BEMA Electronics: BEMA Electronics is a premier provider of electronics manufacturing services.
Dianne Dubois
Chief Financial Officer of MOTA
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About MOTA: MOTA designs, manufactures, and markets innovative and stylish wearable and mobile consumer electronics.
Jim McCanna
CFO of GLO
Vice President and CFO, iWatt Inc., a fabless power management IC company acquired in registration by Dialog Semiconductor in 2013. Vice President and CFO, Tranax Technologies Inc., a developer and supporter of retail and bank automated teller machines. Vice President of Finance, Operations and CFO for 3Dconnexion Inc. (a Logitech company), a manufacturer of human interface devices. From 1998-2002 served as Vice President and CFO of Silicon Motion Inc., a fabless graphics IC company focused on mobile devices. Prior to Silicon Motion, served in various financial management positions over the course of fifteen years at Quantum Corporation, a manufacturer of hard disk drives, including positions as Director of Finance and Corporate Controller. Over thirty years of experience in technology markets in both private and public companies. B.S. degree in Commerce and Finance and an M.B.A. with honors from Santa Clara University. Also serves as a Board Advisor for ALearn, a non-profit organization committed to helping underrepresented students get to and succeed in college.
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About GLO: GLO is focused on the development and commercialization of advanced LED products using nanotechnology.
Edward F. Stetter
Co-Founder, GM & CFO of Spec Sensors
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About KWJ Engineering, Spec Sensors: Spec Sensors Low Profile, High Performance, Low-Power Consuming, Reliable Gas Sensors for High Volume Internet of Things Applications.
Jacob Burwell
CFO of Actify
Jacob Burwell is CFO at Actify.
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About Actify: Actify is the leading provider of visualization and program management solutions for the automotive supply chain
Soledad Manaay
President and CFO of Xicepta Sciences
Soledad M. Manaay, who holds a PhD in International Psychology with focus in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Dr. Manaay has extensive background in business development, management, public relations, and in strategic sales and marketing. She arrived in the US via the diplomatic service serving as a media attache. After she resigned from the foreign service she went on to become a successful entrepreneur having owned and managed a high-end boutique in Hawaii and co-publisher of a community newspaper that is now the longest-running paper of its kind in Hawaii. She also served as a real estate principal broker from 2001 to 2009 while working as PR Consultant. Most recently she owned and operated Care On Call, Inc., a home care agency with over 200 employees serving affluent clients in the San Francisco bay area. She sold her company in November 2013. Soledad is also a published author having written and published two books for young adults. In her role as President and CFO of Xicepta Sciences, Dr. Manaay brings with her several decades of experience as an entrepreneur, marketing strategist, and operations manager. When required, she also assists Dr. Hayden with his research and development work. Together, Drs. Hayden and Manaay has over 50 years of professional experience applicable to their chosen industry. They collaborate as a highly-disciplined and knowledgeable team with a goal of successfully making Xicepta a strong component of the multi-billion dollar health and wellness industry.
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About Xicepta Sciences: Xicepta Sciences, Inc. manufactures and markets a new generation of wellness products derived from molecular and embryonic materials.
Bob Connors
Chief Financial Officer of DCG Systems
Mr. Connors brings more than twenty years of senior finance experience to DCG Systems. He has held senior positions at Hewlett-Packard, Macrovision, Energy Focus, and Micro Focus Group. During his career, Mr. Connors has led multiple firms through the process of going public on NASDAQ, and has completed fifteen acquisitions. Mr. Connors holds a BA in physics and mathematics from Occidental College, and an MBA in finance and accounting from Washington University in St Louis.
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About DCG Systems: DCG is equipment enables localization and characterization of electrical faults in integrated circuits, packages and board assemblies.
