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 Messaging 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.
Ned Segal
Chief Financial Officer of Twitter
Ned Segal is the new Chief Financial Officer at Twitter. Before this Ned was Senior Vice President of Finance at Intuit, where he most recently led finance for the Small Business Group. Ned was responsible for the division’s financial and strategic planning. During his tenure, the business accelerated total revenue growth and QuickBooks Online subscriber growth while expanding operating margins from 34% to over 40%. Before joining Intuit, Ned served as Chief Financial Officer of RPX Corporation for almost 2 years. He joined Goldman Sachs as head of global software banking, COO tech banking, and other roles. He finished bachelor of science at Georgetown University.
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About Twitter: Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets.
Kelly Steckelberg
Chief Financial Officer of Zoom
Kelly Steckelberg is currently the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Zoom. Kelly Steckelberg brings to Zoom extensive leadership and finance experience. Most recently, she was CEO of Zoosk, where she previously held positions of CFO and COO. Prior to Zoosk, Kelly was the Sr. Director of Consumer Segment Finance of Cisco. Kelly has also held various roles in finance at Cisco Webex, Epiphany, PeopleSoft, and KPMG. She has a MA in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin. Kelly is a board member of the Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco and loves to travel, having been to over 60 countries.
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About Zoom: Zoom is a software company that offers a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing.
Allen Shim
Chief Financial Officer of Slack
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About Slack: Slack is an enterprise software platform that allows teams and businesses of all sizes to communicate effectively.
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.
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.
Andre Simone
Chief Financial Officer of IntelePeer
Andre Simone is the Chief Financial Officer at IntelePeer Inc. He has served as Chief Financial Officer since February 2007. Before joining IntelePeer, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Dimatix, Inc., a provider of piezoelectric inkjet print heads, from February 2005 to October 2006. Prior to Dimatix, Mr. Simone served as Chief Financial Officer of SAP Markets, Inc., a provider of technology platforms and business solutions, from November 2002 to December 2004. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Stanford University. Masters of Business Administration from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About IntelePeer: IntelePeer Powers the NEW Customer Experience
Jeremy Gimbel
CFO of Sober Chat
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About Opya: Sober Chat is a location sensitive, mobile chat application designed to help people who struggle with alcoholism
