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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 Information Services 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.
Jon Lambert
Chief Financial Officer of Options Technology
Chief Financial Officer, Jon Lambert, joins Options with more than 25 years of financial and operational experience within the infrastructure technology and financial services sector. From 2007, until its acquisition by NYSE Euronext in 2008, Jon served as CFO at Wombat Financial Software, a leading provider of low latency market data management solutions and infrastructure. Previous to Wombat, Jon served as Senior Vice President and CFO at TIBCO, a real-time middleware integration software company. Most recently, Lambert was CFO of HotChalk, an education technology company. Prior to TIBCO, Jon served as audit manager for Ernst & Young. He holds certifications as a California Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Accountant in England as well as a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture from Bath University, England.
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About Options Technology: Options is a global leader in financial technology managed services and IT infrastructure products.
Trac Pham
CFO of Synopsys
Trac Pham was appointed Chief Financial Officer in December 2014 and leads the Finance organization which includes the Corporate Controller, Financial and Strategic Planning, Tax, Treasury, Internal Audit and Investor Relations groups. Previously, Pham was Vice President of Corporate Finance and Vice President of Financial Planning and Strategy at Synopsys. During his tenure, Pham has helped Synopsys achieve profitable growth by developing strategic and operating plans that prioritize investments across multiple business units. Before joining Synopsys in 2006, Pham held leadership roles in strategy and business development and finance at Juniper Networks. Earlier in his career, Pham was sales controller, division controller, and finance and accounting manager for multiple business groups at 3Com. Pham holds a BA, Economics from UC Berkeley and an MPIA (Master of Pacific International Affairs) from UC San Diego where he was a Schoepflin Fellow. He is an active status California CPA.
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About Synopsys: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
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.
Madhu Ranganathan
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of OpenText Corporation
Madhu joined OpenText as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in April 2018. With more than 25 years of financial leadership experience, Madhu brings to OpenText a strategic mindset with global industry expertise and deep operational focus in software, hardware and tech-enabled services businesses, as well as a demonstrable track record of building shareholder value. Madhu is skilled at leading and supporting business transformation initiatives, strategic acquisitions and global capital raising. Prior to OpenText, Madhu served for more than 9 years as the Chief Financial Officer for [24]7.ai, a highly global, enterprise-class software and services company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to dramatically improve customer experience. At [24]7.ai, Madhu was responsible for worldwide finance, accounting, treasury, planning, tax, internal audit and procurement. During her tenure, Madhu worked closely with the CEO and management team to transform the company into a technology innovator. Madhu started her career with Liberty Mutual Financial Services and has held senior financial roles at Rackable Systems, which became SGI and is now part of HPE and Redback Networks, a telecommunications equipment company acquired by Ericsson, services platform Jamcracker, and e-Business software provider Backweb Technologies (IPO on NASDAQ). She also has public accounting experience with PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC. Additionally, Madhu currently serves as Board Member and Audit Committee Chair for ServiceSource (Nasdaq: SREV) and previously served as a Board Member of Watermark, a Bay Area organization focused on professional development for women. Madhu holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts, is a Certified Public Accountant in California and a Chartered Accountant from India.
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About OpenText Corporation: OpenText is the leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM).
Ed Salay
CFO of VoiceBase
Ed has over 20 years finance and operations experience, including Ford Motor, Polycom, and Applied Biosystems. He later served as CFO at several startups, and most recently at Jobscience which was acquired by Bullhorn in 2018.
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About VoiceBase: Speech Analytics for the Data-Driven Enterprise
Viraj Patel
Chief Financial Officer of Ameri 100
Viraj Patel is the CFO at SimpleMachines.
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About Ameri 100, Fabric Genomics (formerly Omicia), SignEasy: Ameri100 is a SAP Centric Cloud Digital Consulting Company.
Beri B Kasper
Chief Financial Officer of Cameo Global
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About Cameo Global: Cameo Global has offered expertise in IT solutions and telecommunications since 1994.
Marty McFarland
CFO of Star
Marty McFarland is the chief financial officer of Star.
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About Star: Star creates an integrated, seamless workflow – no matter how long or complex the client journey.
John Harless
Co-Founder & CFO of DayNine Consulting
Over the past three decades, John has successfully participated in growing early stage start-ups from inception to profitability in system implementation and consulting companies, including TRW Financial Systems and Ramos & Associates, where each reached $90 million in annual revenues and was acquired by public companies. John has also served as VP, Finance and CFO for IT consulting and software companies, including the America’s Division of Cambridge Technology Partners, ZNOW, Endymion Systems, Ravenflow, and Before the Call. John holds a BA from the University of San Francisco and an MBA from Golden Gate University.
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About DayNine Consulting: DayNine Consulting is an enterprise services firm that helps its customers transform their organizations.
