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 Tennessee based CFO’ operating in the Software 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.
David Crenshaw
Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary of Confirmation
David Crenshaw serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Confirmation.com. A mergers and acquisitions attorney and certified public accountant by training, David oversees the accounting, finance, legal and human resources divisions of the company. Prior to joining Confirmation.com, David practiced corporate law at Nashville-based Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC specializing in complex acquisitions, equity and debt financings, securities law, and corporate governance matters. He regularly represented venture capital and private equity clients in various business transactions, investment strategies, joint ventures, and other strategic alternatives. Before practicing law, David served as a certified public accountant for Ernst & Young, LLP performing audits and transaction advisory services for fortune 500 clients with headquarters in and around middle-Tennessee. David has a Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University and a Masters of Accounting from the University of Tennessee.
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About Confirmation: Confirmation is the leading digital platform and global network for confirming financial data.
Dudley Brundige
CFO and Head of Partnerships of Certa
Dudley Brundige is the CFO and Head of Partnerships at Certa.
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About Certa: Certa is an operational management platform that provides a fully integrated suite of products for third-party lifecycle management.
Prakash Ramachandran
EVP & Chief Financial Officer of Digital Reasoning
Prakash ensures that the financial resources of the company are used wisely. He has more than 25 years of experience as a finance professional, much of which has been with venture-funded startups. Prior CFO positions, including with Polyera, Nordic Wind Power, Novariant, and Sonicity have seen him assist with multiple rounds of funding, acquisitions, business growth, and international expansion. Prakash qualified as a Chartered Accountant in India (he scored 13th highest in the country) and holds a masters degree in Management from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. When he’s not balancing the books Prakash enjoys traveling with his wife and two children, although he wishes he’d tried bungee jumping before they came into his life as his wife won’t allow him to take the risk!
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About Digital Reasoning: Digital Reasoning is a developer of an artificial intelligence cognitive computing platform intended for businesses.
Jeremy Landa
Chief Financial Officer of Qualifacts Systems
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About Qualifacts Systems: Cloud Electronic Health Record Solution Provider serving the Behavioral Health and Human Services Community
Rich Lockwood
CFO & Compliance of Phy
GAAP, structure, compliance with some data privacy and security, SaaS product, HR. Thinking beyond AdTech…melding of ecommerce, mobile, digital marketing, and support. Inbound Minority Report.
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About Blankenship CPA Group, Phy, Tapps.to: The physical-to-mobile content platform for QR codes, NFC tags and Bluetooth beacons.
Philip Hardin
Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of YouScience
Philip Hardin has been growing and operating emerging technology enterprises for his entire career. Prior to YouScience, Mr. Hardin spent 17 years building Emdeon (formerly ActaMed, Healtheon, and WebMD) from pre-revenue to $1.3 Billion in revenue with more than a $3 Billion market value.
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About YouScience: YouScience revolutionizes how students, educators, and employers connect and succeed by starting with aptitude-based career guidance.
Mark Bacurin
Chief Financial Officer of Shareable Ink
With more than two decades of experience working with a diverse group of public and private companies, Mark Bacurin brings his expertise in strategic financial management to Shareable. Mr. Bacurin is the co-founder and partner of Milemark Partners, a strategic financial consultancy firm. Most recently, Mark served as CFO of RevPoint Healthcare Technologies, Inc. (formerly nTelagent, Inc.) from May 2013 until its sale to Availity in June 2014 and Interim CFO of Lincor Inc., a leading provider of patient-engagement technology. His career includes working as an equity analyst for Carilliam Capital, Robert W. Baird and J.C. Bradford. During his nine-year tenure with Robert W. Baird, he performed detailed fundamental equity analysis on more than 50 companies with market caps from less than $500 million to more than $100 billion across numerous industries. In 2004 and 2005, he received the No. 1 ranking in the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” analyst survey. Mark serves as the finance chairman for multiple boards, including East End Preparatory and St. Paul Christian Academy. He holds a Bachelor of Science in finance from Bentley University.
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About Shareable Ink: Shareable Ink is a cloud computing firm.
John Miller
Executive V.P. / CFO of TBX Group, Inc
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About TBX Group, Inc: TBX Group is a software and technology based management and holding company.
John Miller
Executive V.P. / CFO of TBX Group, Inc
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About TBX Group, Inc: TBX Group is a software and technology based management and holding company.
Stephie Goings
CFO of Scripturally Sound
Chief Financial Officer of Scripturally Sound
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About Scripturally Sound: enhancing the church worship experience by connecting scriptures to songs in one simple search
Debbie Putnam
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Counsel of Asentinel
Putnam is a Certified Public Accountant with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University. She brings to Asentinel 18 years of accounting and senior management experience in the financial services industry. After five years with a large regional bank as Audit Manager and then Senior Credit Officer, she joined start-up bank Enterprise National as CFO in 1990, and was on the senior management team until the bank was sold in 2004. She has managed all areas of administration including accounting, audits, human resources, compliance, security, property and purchasing.
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About Asentinel: Asentinel provides lifecycle solutions delivered through a customer-focused, technology-driven SaaS platform.