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 San Francisco based CFO’ operating in the Mobile 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.
Ted Tobiason
CFO of Lime
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About Lime: Lime helps people move around their cities in an affordable and convenient way while eliminating their carbon footprint.
Tom Krause
Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom
Thomas Krause is Vice President of Corporate Development at Broadcom, responsible for mergers and acquisitions. He joined Avago, now Broadcom, as Vice President of Corporate Development in January 2012. Prior to joining Avago, Mr. Krause ran his own financial advisory firm where he represented several public and private technology companies. Prior to this, he served as Vice President of Business Development at Techwell, a mixed-signal fabless semiconductor company that went public in 2006 and was acquired by Intersil in 2010. Additionally, he has had roles with Technology Crossover Ventures and Robertson Stephens.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Kirsten Spears
Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom
Kirsten Spears is Vice President and Corporate Controller, responsible for external reporting and accounting policy, revenue accounting, global financial shared services including payroll, and finance support for the intellectual property business group and the sales organization. Previously, she was Vice President and Corporate Controller at LSI. She joined LSI in September of 1997 and held a number of management positions in accounting and reporting before becoming the Corporate Controller in 2007. Before LSI, Ms. Spears worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers in audit; for Raychem, managing a variety of accounting functions; and for Bank of America, managing branch operations. Ms. Spears holds an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Jason Kalira
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer of Parsable
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About Parsable: Parsable offers a connected worker platform for industrial workers with modern digital tools to improve productivity, quality and safety.
Andrea Boyer
Chief Financial Officer of Sigma Prime Ventures
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About Sigma Prime Ventures: Sigma Prime Ventures invests in early-stage companies focused on SaaS, Cloud Mobile and technology enabled services.
Hue Harguindeguy
Chief Financial Officer of BlueStacks
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About BlueStacks: BlueStacks is the 2nd largest PC gaming platform in the world focused on bringing together PC gamers and the entire Android gaming library.
Lily Yang
Chief Financial Officer of Strava
Lily Yang is the Chief Financial Officer at Strava.
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About Strava: Strava is an online network where runners and cyclists can record their activities, compare performance, and compete with their community.
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.
Shintaro Asako
Executive Officer, CFO, Strategic Investment Director Commerce and Incubation Business Division of DeNA
Shintaro Asako is the CEO of the West Region business unit at DeNA, a global leader in developing and publishing mobile games. He leads the company’s operations and corporate strategy in North America, Europe and the rest of the West. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, DeNA has offices and studios in 12 cities across eight countries with over 2,000 employees and has delivered nearly a dozen titles that hit the top 30 grossing charts on US App Store and US Google Play. In addition to launching hits such as Blood Brothers and Rage of Bahamut, DeNA currently develops and publishes mobile games for popular entertainment franchises such as Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers and Final Fantasy. DeNA reported revenue of 1.8 billion dollars and operating profit of 524 million dollars in the fiscal year ending March 2014. Shintaro joined DeNA West in 2011 serving as Chief Financial Officer before moving to the role of CEO in 2013. Previously, Shintaro was Chief Financial Officer at MediciNova, Inc. from 2005 to 2011. Prior to MediciNova, Shintaro worked at KPMG LLP and Arthur Anderson LLP.
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About DeNA: DeNA is a platform providing social games, e-commerce, and other web services for PCs and mobile devices.
Marc Blouin
CFO of Yodlee
Marc Blouin is the Chief Financial Officer for Envestnet | Yodlee managing the finance, accounting, and IT departments. During his long tenure at Envestnet | Yodlee, he’s helped to lead the company through both its IPO and acquisition by Envestnet. Prior to joining Envestnet | Yodlee, Marc was the VP of Finance at Bell Microproducts as well as Agile Software and has also held roles at Ernst and Young. Marc holds a Master in Business Administration from the University of Santa Clara and has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from San Diego State University.
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About Yodlee: Yodlee is a provider of financial applications that offers solutions for banks, entrepreneurs and individuals.
Emily Westerhold
Chief Financial Officer of VSCO
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About VSCO: VSCO is a creative channel that builds creative tools, spaces, and connections driven by self-expression.
Jay Desai
Founder and CFO of InvestingChannel, Inc.
Jay is a founder and CFO of InvestingChannel. As CFO, he spearheads business strategy and oversees the corporate development and finance functions. Before InvestingChannel, as a consultant with Giant Step Strategies (GSS), Jay helped Internet entrepreneurs write business plans, forge strategic partnerships, improve business strategy, raise capital and negotiate mergers and acquisitions. Prior to GSS, he was a partner at Hambrecht & Quist, a technology-focused investment bank later acquired by JP Morgan Chase. At H&Q, Jay helped found and grow the company’s Internet industry group and mergers & acquisitions practice and specifically focused on the online advertising space in his last few years. From raising capital through private placements and public offerings to providing strategic and mergers & acquisitions advice, he has helped shape the web from a financial and advisory role. Working on transactions ranging from $10 million to over $2 billion, Jay worked with such clients as Netscape, Quote.com, Adforce, UUnet, Infospace, Netcentives. Prior to his seven years with H&Q, he worked in the technology and biotechnology industries for the merger and acquisition specialist, Wasserstein Perella. A true weekend warrior that loves the outdoors, Jay participates in virtually every sport imaginable and has the battle scars to prove it.
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About InvestingChannel, Inc.: Our mission is to be most innovative and scalable marketing platform in financial services.
Stephanie Hsiung
CFO of Duda
Stephanie is a seasoned finance professional with over a decade of management experience leading the scaling and development of finance and operations for fast-growing technology companies. Her previous work experience includes several years of banking as a Vice President at JP Morgan as well as public accounting experience as an auditor of tech firms at KPMG. Stephanie received her undergraduate degree in Business-Economics from UCLA and her MBA from Columbia University. She is a certified public accountant (CPA) in the state of California.
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About Duda: Duda is a responsive website builder for digital marketing agencies, hosting companies, and online directories.
Ken Coffee
Chief Financial Officer of Emodo
Ken Coffee is an established advertising and marketing technology executive with over 20 years of experience with high growth start-ups and public companies. As Chief Financial Officer of Ericsson Emodo, Ken is responsible for Emodo’s Finance and Administration functions. Prior to joining Emodo, Ken served as the Vice President of Finance at Amobee (Singtel), a global advertising technology company leveraging data to help marketers activate programmatic campaigns. Amobee integrated three acquisitions and nearly tripled revenue during his tenure. Ken also served as VP of Finance & Operations for CompareNetworks and was responsible for Business Management for Velti, a pioneering public ad-tech company. Ken started his career in advertising and marketing services as co-founder and CFO of GTxcel.
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About Emodo: Emodo transforms data into results for mobile network operators.
John Maley
Chief Financial Officer of AliveCor
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About AliveCor: AliveCor is a FDA-cleared mobile heart solution that helps save lives, save money, and brings healthcare into the 21st century.
Tim Brinkman
CFO of PushPoint – Acquired by Capital One Bank
Tim Brinkman is the Chief Executive Officer of ChargeSmart. Brinkman is responsible for ChargeSmart’s business development, strategic direction and overall growth. With more than 20 years experience in the financial industry, Brinkman has owned companies, led divisions and generated growth opportunities for several companies. Brinkman was a director at Wasserstein Perella and a managing director at C.E. Unterberg Towbin. He also co-founded asset management firm, Indusino Capital Management. Wall Street roles have included Proprietary Trading, Institutional Sales, Senior Management and Advisory Board member. Brinkman began his career as a CPA with Ernst and Young, a global firm that specializes in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, and continued his tenure at the firm as a management consultant in the financial services industry. Brinkman holds an MBA from The University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and finance from Miami University.
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About PushPoint – Acquired by Capital One Bank: PushPoint provides local businesses with mobile marketing tools that reduce management effort and grow their business.
Geoff Ribar
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Cadence Design Systems
Geoff Ribar is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ribar is responsible for managing the company’s global finance organization, including Investor Relations, Information Technology, Workplace Resources, Order Fulfillment, Internal Audit and Controller functions. Prior to his appointment as CFO at Cadence, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Telegent Systems in Sunnyvale, California, where he led the company’s Finance, Legal, IT and HR teams in supporting a sales growth that was among the fastest ever in the semiconductor industry. Ribar has extensive experience in the semiconductor industry in both private and public companies. He held the CFO position at a number of semiconductor companies including SiRF, Matrix Semiconductor and nVidia. In addition he worked at AMD for 15 years, ending as corporate controller. During his career, Ribar has facilitated many M&A transactions, helping companies successfully scale during periods of rapid growth. Ribar received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, as well as an MBA, from the University of Michigan.
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About Cadence Design Systems: Cadence Design Systems develops electronic design automation, software, hardware and silicon intellectual property technologies.
Doreen Li
Co-Founder & CFO of hopps
Doreen Li is co-founder at hopps.
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About hopps: hopps is an iOS/Android platform that reduces the hassle and time for patrons to get a drink while boosting revenue for venues.
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.
Janko Milunovic
Chief Financial Officer of Payment24
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About Payment24: Payment24 is an International Fuel Payment Solutions Provider based in Cape Town and Berlin
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.
Ronald Kwok
CFO & Co-Founder of AlikeAudience
Keep improving and never give up! With around 2 years of working experiences in Deloitte Financial Advisory, Tax and Audit, he acquired in-depth knowledge and learnt industry practice to provide professional advices to HK main-board listed companies and overseas corporates. These strengthened fundamental technical financial analysis and assisted on completion of HKICPA QP Programme. Driven by the passion on big data in digital marketing and entrepreneurial spirit, he co-founded AlikeAudience to help advertisers to reach target audiences in Asia. AlikeAudience positions as an Asia-focused Data Management Platform with real time data processing to match and unify audience profiles to provide insights for digital marketers. Specialties: Business Strategy, Account Management, Financial Modeling, Growth hacking, Public Relations, Corporate Finance
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About AlikeAudience: AlikeAudience builds a mobile audience intelligence platform that connects marketers and mobile users.
Mike Farrow
Chief Financial Officer of Vendini
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About Vendini: Vendini provides dependable and easy-to-use ticketing, marketing and fundraising solutions to organizations of all sizes.
Brad Johnson
CFO & COO of Grio
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About Grio: Grio is a software consulting firm located in San Francisco. We specialize in web and mobile app development.
R. Cameron Percy
VP & CFO of Avenace Incorporated
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About Avenace Incorporated: Avenace collects demographic and persistent location data from opt-in consumers to measure audiences in physical places.
Majid Rahimi
CFO of VFIX
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About VFIX: Creating the second Uber but for IT services and Computer and mobile repair to make it On Demand and high quality
