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 IT Management 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.
Adil Syed
CFO of Rippling
Adil Syed is an Associate with Redpoint Ventures where he focuses on early-growth investment opportunities in internet, digital media, software / SaaS and mobile companies. Adil supports Redpoint investments in these sectors and has been involved in the firm’s investment in Twilio, Zendesk, Sonos, Open English and Viajanet. Prior to joining Redpoint, Adil was a Senior Analyst in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs where he focused on high-growth clean technology and renewable energy companies, power and utility companies and industrials. Adil’s client coverage included strategic business development and financing discussions, execution of private investments, public offerings and M&A processes including the Amyris IPO and the Clipper Windpower sale to United Technologies Corporation. Prior to investment banking, Adil worked as a Financial Analyst for a wealth management team managing over $10B in assets in the Goldman Sachs San Francisco office. Adil earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Rippling, Vartana: Rippling is a human resource management company that offers an all-in-one platform to help manage HR and IT operations.
Bart Hacking
CFO of BetterCloud
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About BetterCloud: The SaaS Operations leader: Transform employee experience, centralize data protection, and maximize operational efficiency.
Carolyn McCarthy
Chief Financial Officer of Quest Software
Carolyn is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quest. She also oversees IT Infrastructure, Procurement and Real Estate. Carolyn joined Quest from Dell where she held a number of senior finance leadership roles, the last one as SVP and CFO of Dell’s Software Division. Prior to Dell she held various finance roles at PepsiCo and EDS. Carolyn graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Holy Cross College and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
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About Quest Software: Quest Software is a software manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and supports software used by IT professionals.
Steve Webber
Chief Financial Officer of Quickbase
Steve Webber is the Chief Financial Officer of Virtustream with global responsibility for the accounting, finance, corporate development, security operations and IT activities for the company. Prior to joining Virtustream, Steve was the senior vice president of Finance and Operations at EMC Corporation, recently supporting the Global Enterprise Services organization. Steve spent over 19 years at EMC Corporation in various financial roles including Corporate Finance, International Finance, Sales Finance and Operations for Latin America and business partner roles supporting the Enterprise Software Division and Global Services. In his most recent role, the Global Services organization grew to $5B in revenue. Steve also spent four years at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Boston in the audit practice with a focus on public companies. He has both a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA from Babson College.
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About Quickbase: Quickbase helps organizations see, connect and control every element of the complex projects.
Patrick McCoy
Chief Financial Officer of ScienceLogic
As head of finance, seasoned professional Pat McCoy manages the challenges of ScienceLogic’s fast-paced and exciting growth. Before coming to ScienceLogic, and with a finance background from Ernst & Young, Pat served as CFO for three rapidly growing technology companies that were ultimately acquired by larger entities. The first was Computer Logics, now part of Attachmate; second was IOtech, where Pat was CFO for ten years before the company was acquired by National Instruments in 2005; and most recently, Netcordia, where Pat served for four years as CFO and orchestrated its acquisition by Infoblox in 2010. Pat holds a BSBA degree in accounting from John Carroll University, and he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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About ScienceLogic, Whiteboard Creations: ScienceLogic is a provider of AI-driven monitoring solutions for hybrid cloud management.
Gary Wachs
Chief Financial Officer of AppTech Corp.
Mr. Wachs began his career by studying accounting at Miami University of Ohio, where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and went on to become a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Wachs served as Managing Partner of Blake and Shaffer, a Certified Public Accounting firm, and has been a Managing Member of Blake and Wachs CPA, LTD (formerly Blake and Shaffer) since 1997. He manages corporate accounting and taxes and is experienced PCAOB accounting and certified audits and a variety of other accounting, tax and consulting areas.
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About : AppTech is a fintech company utilizing innovative payment processing and digital banking technologies to complement core merchant services.
Mike Hill
CFO of Upland Software
Prior to Upland, Mike served as CFO of Perficient, Inc., (NASDAQ: PRFT) which is a leading information technology consulting firm in the U.S. After joining Perficient as CFO in 2004, he helped grow the company from approximately $30 million in annualized revenues to more than $200 million within three years, leading the company through eight acquisitions and increasing its market capitalization from approximately $70 million to over $500 million. Previously, Mike served in executive management roles for several technology start-up companies and spent more than seven years with Ernst & Young LLP in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services practice in Austin, Texas. Mike received a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin and is a licensed certified public accountant in the State of Texas.
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About Upland Software: Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD) is a leader in cloud-based tools for digital transformation.
Paul N. Saleh
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of CSC
Mr. Saleh has more than 25 years of corporate finance experience. Prior to his tenure as CFO at Gannett Co., he served as CFO for leading brands including Walt Disney International and Sprint Nextel. Upon leaving Sprint Nextel in 2008, Mr. Saleh launched Menza Partners, an operational and financial advisory group focusing on media, telecommunications, and technology industries. Prior to the merger between Sprint and Nextel Communications Inc., Mr. Saleh was executive vice president and CFO of Nextel Communications from 2001 to 2005 where he led a profitability increase as Nextel’s revenues grew to $16 billion and market value increased more than tenfold. Saleh served as senior vice president and CFO of Walt Disney International where he held other senior financial positions since 1997. Before joining Walt Disney, Mr. Saleh was with Honeywell Inc. for 12 years, where he was vice president and treasurer from 1994 to 1997, and held other various leadership positions in finance, treasury, investor relations, strategic planning and operations. Mr. Saleh holds a Master of Business Administration with distinction in Finance; a Master of Science in Computer, Information & Control Engineering; and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, all from the University of Michigan. He resides with his family in the Washington D.C., metropolitan area.
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About CSC: CSC is an IT services company providing technology-enabled business solutions and services.
Elaine Marion
CFO of ePlus
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About ePlus, George Mason University – School of Business: ePlus is an technology solutions provider of professional & managed services for cloud, security, data center, and digital infrastructure.
Bryan Brooks
CFO of Galileo Financial Technologies
Bryan Brooks is the CFO at Galileo Financial Technologies, Inc.
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About Galileo Financial Technologies: Galileo is a payment processing solutions platform, providing their customers with AI fraud detection.
Evan Rogoff
Chief Financial Officer of KMS Technology
Evan Rogoff is the Chief Financial Officer of KMS Technology, providing financial leadership to the company’s global group of businesses and investments.
Evan began his career at Arthur Andersen in New York City, where he developed initially as an audit professional and then as a financial consultant to global companies. In 1999 he joined the management team of an e-commerce company which grew rapidly from startup to 300 employees in under 2 years. He was then CFO for a software company that raised several rounds of venture capital before being sold to a strategic acquirer. Evan later started and ran a consulting firm to advise technology entrepreneurs on raising capital, business growth and mergers & acquisitions, in turn raising several hundred million dollars of capital and completing nearly 2 dozen M&A transactions. He also co-founded and provided leadership to several other businesses including a hybrid accelerator, investor and technology firm and a software company for consumer loyalty.
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About KMS Technology: KMS Technology provides offshore software development and testing services.
Roy A. Ceccato
Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Metro
Mr. Ceccato joined Atlantic Metro in December 2012, as a financial consultant and is now the acting CFO of the Company. His primary focus has been on preparing the Company’s financial statements for full audit by providing best practices and effectively presenting the Company’s assets and professional strengths to the financial community. He is the principal architect of our current financing activities which include major capital leases from OEM’s and a credit facility with a tech-centric commercial senior lender. He also heads up our strategic acquisition plan and provides requisite due-diligence expertise. Prior to joining Atlantic Metro, Mr. Ceccato was the Vice President of Finance for DecisionPoint Systems, Inc., (“DPSI”) a position he held from July 2007 through October 2012. He played a key role in DPSI, a publicly traded company where he was responsible for Mergers and Acquisitions, major contract reviews, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and external financial reporting for SEC public reporting requirements. From April 2004 until June 2007, he was a Director and CFO of a tri-state environmental remediation contractor. He has also served in various prior roles as Director and Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance of several publicly traded companies in service and manufacturing industries and listed on all the major stock exchanges.
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About Atlantic Metro: Atlantic Metro delivers custom-tailored IT solutions like cloud hosting, nationwide network connectivity, and secure data center colocation.
Richard Iler
Co-founder, CFO & Board of Director member of InfoGPS Networks
Richard Iler is Co-Founder, CFO & Member of Director at InfoGPS Networks, LLC. Richard was CFO at bioMETRX.
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About InfoGPS Networks, Rx Safes, The Basile Law Firm: Real time interrogation of information at rest, intelligent indexing of a network, information behavior pattern analysis.
Christopher Doty
CFO of Siepe
Chris has over 20 years of management, finance and accounting experience in a variety of industries. He is an accomplished finance professional with a strong record of driving strategies, initiatives, and processes that generate dynamic gains in financial performance and operational efficiencies. Prior to joining Siepe, Chris served as Vice President of Finance for CoreLogic, Inc., a $1.3 billion publicly traded provider of B2B data and analytics solutions. Chris was responsible for finance, strategic planning, budgeting, cash management and risk mitigation for a $600 million division. Prior to CoreLogic, Chris was the Corporate Controller at Radiologix, Inc., a $250 million publicly traded healthcare provider. Chris managed the finance and accounting operations, with direct responsibility for SEC reporting, credit facilities, budgeting and Sarbanes Oxley compliance. Chris is a CPA and holds an accounting degree from the University of Tulsa.
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About Siepe: Siepe is an Innovative provider of financial data management and IT solutions
Caleb Hernandez
CFO of iTalent Digital
Caleb joined iTalent in 2000 as a technology consultant and in 2005, after successfully holding various business systems consultant roles at high tech giants Cisco and Network Appliance, he joined the iTalent corporate operations team. His past experience as a hands on client consultant plus his success in various operational roles in iTalent, over the past 10 years, gives him the broad perspective required to partner with our clients and to provide a great environment for our employees. His team is responsible for the day to day operations and ensuring customer and employee satisfaction.
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About iTalent Digital: iTalent Digital is an innovative global woman- and minority-owned SaaS software products company and digital transformation consultancy.
Tom Snyder
Co-founder , COO & CFO of Xantrion
Tom manages Xantrion’s consulting team and finances. He has architected dozens of business computer networks. He developed our client focused Complete Care service, which provides unlimited support and a guarantee of satisfaction at a fixed monthly cost. He also pioneered internal policies such as open book financial reporting and profit sharing, which resulted in a high level of team member retention and satsifaction. Prior to founding Xantrion, Tom was Director of Consulting for an I.T. consulting firm. He also worked as a management consultant for McKinsey and CFO of CoForge. Prior to that, he was an operations manager for Chevron. Tom has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
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About Xantrion: Xantrion specializes in outsourced managed IT services and cybersecurity for mid-sized companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
D. Tyler Drolet
Chief Financial Officer of Upland Qvidian
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About Upland Qvidian: The premier provider of cloud-based RFP and proposal automation software, helping more than 1,000 companies worldwide win more business.
Luke Duquaine
Chief Financial Officer of ClearlyIP
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About ClearlyIP: ClearlyIP develops telecommunications infrastructure and software to clients and providers.
Mark Vance
Chief Financial Officer of CHR Managed Services
Mr. Vance is an experienced strategic and financial leader with four successful exits, three of which were in the telecommunications industry. To date, Mr. Vance has been responsible for 10 major business transactions in his career. He has held multiple executive management positions including CFO, SVP, and COO. He holds an undergraduate degree from LSU in finance and a MBA from the University of Houston. Mr. Vance’s 20-plus year career spans large public companies such as WilTel, Telscape International, Williams Company, and the Cullen family’s oil & gas operations, as well as startup ventures. He has strong experience in mergers and acquisitions, raising capital through private and public offerings, and is accomplished in organizational restructurings, financial and strategic planning, and operational improvements.
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About CHR Managed Services: IT Services Houston, Texas
John Skinner
CFO of iNET Interactive
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About iNET Interactive: iNet Interacive is a company that offers insights and information for companies to help them make good decisions.
Elizabeth Crawford
CFO of CirrusWorks
Elizabeth is responsible for managing the finance and administration of the company. She has over twenty years experience in executive financial management of public and privately held companies. Prior to CirrusWorks, Elizabeth was the Global Controller of Population Services International (www.psi.org), a global non-profit organization providing health services in over sixty countries. Prior to PSI, she lead consulting services in the Washington DC region assisting clients in enhancing operational and financial performance through business process re-enginering and change initiatives across enterprises. Elizabeth was the Vice President of Finance for both Core Communications and Transaction Network Services. Elizabeth holds the active designations of Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant
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About CirrusWorks, Clin-e-cal: CirrusWorks is a developer of customer management software for childcare, community learning, and education industries.