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 United States based CFO’ operating in the Developer APIs 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.

Rory Parness
Chief Financial Officer of Foursquare
As CFO, Rory leads the company’s financial planning, accounting and operations. Prior to joining Foursquare, Rory served as CFO at several companies in the technology, healthcare and music industries. He spent 13 years as a finance executive at Jive Records where it grew from a small boutique hip hop label to the world’s largest independent record company and a multi-billion dollar exit. He has extensive experience in finance and leadership in the technology, media, healthcare and entertainment industries.
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About Foursquare: Foursquare is a location technology platform offering business solutions and consumer products through a deep understanding of location.

Bryan Wolff
CFO/COO of Staircase
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About BBQ Holdings, Staircase: Staircase is an API marketplace for residential mortgage.

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

Leo Popov
Founder, CFO, Product & Growth TrueCare24 | 500 Startups Batch 20 Company of TrueCare24
CEO & Co-Founder of TrueCare24.
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About TrueCare24: In-Home Senior Care Automation Platform

Doug Lindroth
CFO of Tealium
Doug Lindroth brings nearly 25 years of experience as a senior global financial executive in the technology industry, including eight years as a public company Chief Financial Officer and board member. Doug previously served as a Senior Vice President and CFO at Limelight Networks (Nasdaq: LLNW), where he completed several M&A transactions and raised capital in the public markets. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President, CFO, and board member at Bakbone Software, which was acquired by Quest Software. From 2003-2006, he was the CFO and a board member at Memec Group which was sold to Avnet, Inc. Doug is a CPA and received a B.A. in Business Administration from San Diego State University.
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About Tealium: Tealium is a provider of customer data orchestration tools aimed to address challenges in online search, marketing, and segment targeting.

David Morland
Chief Financial Officer of Dispatch
David joined 3LP shortly after its founding in 2008. Prior to joining 3LP, David was with The Boston Consulting Group, where he advised technology and life sciences companies on a broad range of strategic issues. He previously worked in Business Development at Cubist Pharmaceuticals and Strategic Marketing at Symantec Corporation. David graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College with a BA in Engineering Sciences. He also earned a BE in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Dispatch, Sherpa Technology Group: Dispatch is the operating system that empowers modern service experiences for the world’s largest service brands.
Kelly (Irlbeck) Georgevich
CFO of LimeLight CRM
Kelly Georgevich has over a decade’s worth of finance experience in public accounting and in the financial services industry. Experience with fast-growth, entrepreneurial companies, Australia Post, National Australia Bank, Caribou Coffee Company, and Oxfam Australia, guiding these companies through significant change and turnaround situations. Prior to joining LimeLight in 2016, Kelly worked in a number of different financial capacities such as the Finance Manager at Australia Post and as the Financial Reporting Specialist at National Australian Bank where she developed a robust compliance process. Prior to her innovations at National Australian Bank, Kelly was an audit manager at Ernst & Young for nearly a decade. Kelly graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a BA in Accounting and Spanish, as well as a Certificate in International Business. She resides and is based in San Francisco, California with her husband and son.
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About AudioEye, LimeLight CRM, sticky.io: LimeLight is the one-stop shop eCommerce engine to manage and automate your recurring billing and customer lifecycle.

Bryce Chicoyne
COO and CFO of SmartBear
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About SmartBear: SmartBear is a developer of enterprise-class software development and testing tools.
Kent Elmer
CFO of PokitDok
Kent joined PokitDok as Chief Financial Officer, following the close of an oversubscribed $34M Series B round of equity funding in August 2015. A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with 20+ years specializing in finance and operations, he has broad-based experience ranging from Big 4 public accounting to CFO level positions at a variety of companies. His public company experience includes CFO of IQ Software Corporation, a NASDAQ company.
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About PokitDok, TechCXO: PokitDok provides a software development platform with a set of APIs that streamlines the basic business processes of healthcare.

Dennis Serfilippi
CFO of Routehappy
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About : Routehappy is the product differentiation platform for air travel