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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 United States based CFO’ operating in the Cloud Data 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.
Keith Taylor
Chief Financial Officer of Equinix
Keith D. Taylor joined Equinix in 1999 and has served in a variety of roles, such as Equinix’s Director of Finance & Administration, Vice President, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer, and now as CFO. Before joining Equinix, Taylor served as Vice President of Finance and Controller for International Wireless Communications, Inc., an operator, owner, and developer of wireless communication networks throughout Asia and Latin America. Prior to joining International Wireless Communications, Inc., Taylor was employed by Becton Dickinson & Company, a medical and diagnostic device manufacturer, as a Senior Sector Analyst for the diagnostic businesses in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Taylor holds a B.B.A. from Bishops University in Quebec, Canada, and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Elizabeth Loar
Chief Financial Officer of SnapLogic
Elizabeth Loar is the Vice President of Finance and Administration at SnapLogic, where she is responsible for overseeing the company’s finance and accounting functions. Elizabeth is an experienced corporate controller and management consultant specializing in business process reengineering for finance organizations. She previously served as SnapLogic’s Corporate Controller and before that was the director of financial planning and analysis at Merchant e-Solutions. Elizabeth holds a Master’s of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor’s of Science from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
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About SnapLogic: SnapLogic is a software company that provides a platform for enterprise cloud and big data integration.
Kurt Kalbfleisch
Senior Vice President and CFO of Sphere 3d
Kurt Kalbfleisch joined Sphere 3D as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 2014. Prior to that, Kurt was with Overland Storage from December 1993 until November 2014 and served as Overland’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kurt is responsible for the company’s finance, accounting, legal, and facilities operations. During his tenure at Overland, Kurt has also served in several key management roles in cost accounting and finance. Prior to joining Overland, Kurt was a manufacturing budget analyst for McDonnell Douglas Corp. Kurt earned his MBA from the University of San Diego and a bachelor’s degree in Business from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.
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About Sphere 3d: Sphere 3D Corp. delivers data management, and desktop and application virtualization via hybrid Cloud, Cloud and on-premise implementations.
John Tran
CFO & COO of Backblaze
John H. Tran is the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Backblaze. Most recently, John was the chief operating officer for ImmunGene, Inc.; a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel cancer immunotherapy. John also held executive leadership roles in various private and public companies, including companies that went through initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Earlier in his career, he was an audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC. John received his Bachelor of Arts degrees in Biology and Business Economics, with an emphasis on Accounting, from the University of California, Santa Barbara. John is a certified public accountant with the State of California (inactive).
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About Backblaze: Backblaze is an online storage company that offers personal and business backup as well as B2 cloud storage.
Doug Lieuallen
CFO of Kochava
Douglas Lieuallen joins Kochava from Coldwater Creek where he held multiple finance and accounting management roles, most recently as Senior Director of Treasury Operations for the $700 million retailer. His 20-year career includes financial and accounting leadership positions at the renowned global advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy, Inc. and visual systems integrator Comp View, Inc. As CFO Lieuallen is assuming a strategic role in the overall management of Kochava, with primary responsibility for managing all financial-related activities of the company, including accounting, finance, forecasting, strategic planning, legal, deal analysis and negotiations, investor relationships, and partnership compliance.
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About Kochava: Kochava is a provider of secure, real-time data solutions for mobile and connected devices.
Eric Brown
Chief Financial Officer of Informatica
Eric Brown is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Tanium, where he leads all aspects of its financial, operations and administrative functions including finance, human resources, legal, IT and facilities. Eric brings 20 years of corporate financial and operational leadership and public company CFO experience to Tanium. Previously, Eric was CFO and COO of Polycom, a multinational corporation that develops video, voice and content collaboration and communication technology. Eric also previously served as CFO of Electronic Arts Inc., CFO and COO of McAfee, Inc. (now Intel Security) and President and CFO of MicroStrategy, Inc. Eric has also held senior international finance roles at Grand Metropolitan in addition to co-founding Datasage, a marketing and analytics software company. Eric currently serves on the Board of Directors and Audit Committees for Electronics for Imaging, Inc. and International Game Technology. Eric has a B.Sc. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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About Informatica: Informatica is an enterprise cloud data management that accelerates data-driven digital transformation.
Doug Barnett
EVP & Chief Financial Officer of Informatica
Doug Barnett is the EVP & CFO at Sabre Corporation.
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About Informatica, Sabre Corporation: Informatica is an enterprise cloud data management that accelerates data-driven digital transformation.
Alex Kleyner
Chief Financial Officer of Callision
Alex Kleyner is a Chief Financial Officer at Callision.
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About Callision: Callision is the world’s fist free business phone system.
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.
Nicolas Breugnon
CFO of Dalet
Nicolas Breugnon is the CFO at Dalet.
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About Dalet: Dalete is a leading media technology and service provider with over three decades of innovation.
Jorda Cire
CFO of AllCloud
Jody Cire serves as the Chief Financial Officer at AllCloud.
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About AllCloud: AllCloud is a cloud solutions provider specializing in cloud stack, infrastructure, platform, and Software-as-a-Service.
Jorda Cire
CFO of AllCloud
Jody Cire serves as the Chief Financial Officer at AllCloud.
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About AllCloud: AllCloud is a cloud solutions provider specializing in cloud stack, infrastructure, platform, and Software-as-a-Service.
Stephen Scheppmann
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Teradata
Steve Scheppmann is executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) for Teradata, reporting to Vic Lund. In addition to leading the financial organization, Steve has responsibility for IT services and global operations. Prior to joining Teradata in September 2007, Steve had 20 years of experience as a CFO and more than 10 years in public accounting. He was executive vice president and CFO of Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Steve was executive vice president and CFO for NOVA Information Systems, Inc. from 2000 to 2006 and senior vice president and CFO for Larson-Juhl, Inc. from 1988 to 2000. He held senior auditing positions with Arthur Andersen & Company from 1978 through 1988. He was a member of the board of directors of eResearch Technology, Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnical services and technology company, where he also served as the chair of its audit committee from 2006 – 2012. Steve grew up in the Midwest and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater with a bachelor’s degree in business administration – accounting.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Andrew Balbirer
Senior Advisor ,Chief Financial & Administrative Officer of CCC Intelligent Solutions, Inc.
Andy Balbirer is the Senior Advisor ,Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at CCC Information Services.
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About CCC Intelligent Solutions, Inc.: CCC Information Services help companies improve their claims management process through better decision-making.
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.
Dustin Driggs
CFO of Barracuda Networks
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About Barracuda Networks: Barracuda is a provider of powerful, easy-to-use, affordable IT solutions for security and storage.
Dean Neese
Chief Financial Officer of Qubole
In this role, Dean leads DocuSign’s M&A process, strategic planning, specific growth initiatives, and supports the CEO with stakeholder relations. Dean brings over 20 years of consulting and executive experience helping companies define and deliver accelerated growth. In his last executive role, Dean served as chief executive of an educational software company, Smarterville, and led the sale of the company. Prior to that, Dean served as VP corporate strategy and corporate development for Mead Johnson Nutrition during their IPO in 2009. While at Mead Johnson Nutrition, he established a new strategic planning process, defined the long-term growth strategy for the company, and originated and closed a JV in the Middle East. Previously, Dean held consultant roles with McKinsey & Co. and Marakon Associates where pursued technology assignments and worked with several notable companies including IBM, British Telecom, Lucent, Boeing’ s Space & Communications, and Packard Bell. Dean received his BA from Princeton University and MBA from Harvard.
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About HBS Alumni Angels, Qubole, TMD Ventures: Qubole is a simple and secure data lake platform for machine learning, streaming, and ad-hoc analytics.
Sam Chung
Chief Financial Officer of Salesforce Foundation
Sam and his team are responsible for accounting, employee success, finance and revenue operations.
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About Salesforce, Salesforce Foundation: Salesforce Foundation provides cloud-based solutions based on the Salesforce platform for nonprofits and educational institutions.
Stephen Bernacki
Chief Financial Officer of Tock
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About Alinea Restaurant, Tock: Tock is a cloud-based platform with flexible data structures that provide comprehensive restaurant and event booking services.
Chris Ewart
CFO of Virtustream
Chris Ewart serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Virtustream.
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About Virtustream: Virtustream provides cloud computing management software and infrastructure as a service to enterprises, governments, and service providers.
Brad Surminsky
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of ConnectWise
A passion for team sports mirrors Brad’s passion for driving teams to win. As Chief Financial Officer, Brad leads finance and accounting, human resources and legal at CentralSquare. He brings over 25 years of financial leadership experience to CentralSquare. Prior to CentralSquare, Brad served as a divisional CFO for D+H, a global financial technology service leader. Prior to D+H, he served as CFO of ADP Canada and then CFO of the National Accounts division of ADP. Brad also held senior finance roles at ACNielsen and UniHost Corporation. Brad began his career at Arthur Andersen in Toronto. He has a CPA, CA designation, and a business degree from the University of Toronto. When he’s not working, Brad is an avid golfer and college sports enthusiast, alternating between University of Georgia football and University of North Carolina basketball. Brad loves spending time with his wife and college-aged children, who attend UNC and UGA–which makes it easier to catch a lot of games.
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About ConnectWise: ConnectWise is a software company that transforms how technology solution providers build, manage, and grow their businesses.
Gordon Pothier
Chief Financial Officer of Onapsis
As CFO, Gordon oversees the company’s financial strategy and planning. He has more than 25 years of experience working for technology companies in a financial or operations role, 10 of them in information security. Previously, he held the position of Vice President of Finance and Operations, with the prior role of CFO at Bit9, where he helped scale the company from a 40-person startup to a 1,000+ employee leader in the Endpoint Security market. Gordon holds a Bachelor’s Degree and an MBA from Bentley University and has had senior financial roles at Adobe, Nortel and Sybase.
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About Onapsis: Onapsis provides cybersecurity and compliance solutions for cloud and on-premise ERP and business-critical applications.
Josh Weiss
CFO of Kubient
Josh Weiss is the Chief Financial Officer at Kubient. He graduated from Yeshiva University with a degree in BS Accountancy.
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About Kubient: Kubient’s Audience Cloud marketplace is a single point of entry for advertisers and publishers to reach, monetize and connect audiences.
Michael Olson
CFO of RainFocus
Michael Olson, AtTask’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since December of 2008, is responsible for the overall financial direction and strategy of AtTask as well as the accounting, legal and human resource departments. With over fourteen years of financial management experience in software, hardware, and manufacturing, Mike is passionate about winning. “I love providing real time operating and financial data to help the business succeed and make good decisions,” says Mike. “For me, it’s all about helping my coworkers and AtTask succeed in finding better ways to get things done.” Mike’s experience comes from companies such as inthinc, inc., The SCO Group, and Arthur Andersen. Mike enjoys playing golf and vacationing with his family whenever a cruise ship or a large mouse is involved. Olson holds a Bachelors Degree in Finance and a Masters Degree in Accounting from Utah State University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Utah Business Magazine has also acknowledged him as 2010 CFO of the Year.
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About RainFocus: RainFocus is an event marketing platform that simplifies management, personalizes experiences, and consolidates data for events.
Ed Schaffer
CFO of Canto
Ed Schaffer is the CFO of Canto. He is an accomplished finance and executive management veteran with 25 years of experience in financial and general management, entrepreneurship, and consulting. Mr. Schaffer is responsible for all finance-related activities at Rimini Street, including planning, strategy, management, accounting, and administration. He brings a proven track record in financial operations, strategic planning, fundraising, business growth, and building high-performance teams. His results-driven leadership skills encompass a wide range of functions, including strategy, marketing, sales, operations, and finance, across a number of different industries. Prior to Rimini Street, Mr. Schaffer held several senior management roles overseeing P&L and finance at Monster Worldwide, Intuit, and oDesk. Previously, he also served in the corporate audit function for GlaxoSmithKline, where he reviewed global operations for internal controls and operational efficiencies. In addition, Mr. Schaffer was an operations consultant at Accenture (previously Anderson Consulting), serving a wide range of companies, including global, Fortune 500, and midmarket organizations. Mr. Schaffer holds an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Canto: A leader in Digital Asset Management Software with proven success providing professional software services and solutions for over 20 years.
Christopher Hemme
CFO of Privafy
Christopher Hemme is the Chief Financial Officer of Privafy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business economics from S.U.N.Y. at Oneonta and an MBA from Suffolk University.
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About Privafy: Privafy redefines data-in-motion security and delivers protection in an easy-to-use cloud-native service.
David Christensen
Chief Financial Officer of PayNorthwest
David Christensen has been serving as chief financial officer of PayNorthwest since 2017.
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About PayNorthwest: PayNorthwest operates a cloud based platform for workforce management.
Garrett Choi
Chief Financial Officer of QuickFire Networks
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About QuickFire Networks: Based in San Diego, QuickFire Networks solutions turbocharge the Cloud to satisfy the demands of today’s processor-intensive applications.
Jeff Boucher
CFO of PanTerra Networks
Senior level executive with a CPA and 20 years experience building, leading, and advising corporations. Outstanding leadership credentials with proven success in building, leading, and improving financial performance of small-to-mid size software organizations. Extensive background in developing and implementing financial structure for start-up organizations.
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About PanTerra Networks: PanTerra Networks provides cloud-based unified communication solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises.
George Pollock Jr
Director & Chief Financial Officer of vXchnge
George is responsible for all finance and human resources functions. George brings more than 24 years of finance experience to the company. Prior to joining vXchnge, George served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Switch & Data. While at Switch and Data, George was responsible for 6 acquisitions, all accretive, and the initial public offering in 2007. Prior to joining, Switch & Data, George served as Chief Financial Officer of the Merchant Banking Division of Communications Equity Associates, Inc. (CEA), an international investment and merchant bank specializing in the media, communications, and Internet industries. George was responsible for the financial and administrative functions for CEA’s $600 million portfolio of private equity funds.
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About vXchnge: vXchnge operates a network of strategically located, software-defined, edge, colocation data centers delivering more than 99.99999% uptime.
Dorea El-Sayed
Chief Financial Officer of Decision Engines
Starting at PwC as an auditor, where she became a Certified Public Account, Dorea returned to UCLA to obtain her MBA from the UCLA Anderson School and is currently an active Certified Public Accountant and member of the AICPA. Her technology career started as a financial analyst for Oracle, where she was responsible for budgeting across hundreds of departments in 90 countries, Dorea also prepared quarterly results analysis for the executive committee. She worked cross functionally on software implementations, testing Oracle’s financial products, leading a growing team of finance professionals. Now, with over 20 years’ financial consulting experience, Dorea has been instrumental in the successful growth of numerous start-up ventures across a wide variety of industries including software, hardware, SaaS, and medical device companies. Her financial experience includes debt and equity financing, financial modeling, cash management, fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, Board of Directors’ presentations, strategic planning, systems improvement and cost analysis. Dorea has established subsidiaries in multiple countries and overseen operations and compliance with foreign regulations and has also managed the HR, administrative and legal functions for several start-ups.
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About Decision Engines, IoTium: Decision Engines offers a self-service business driven cloud platform that provides end-to-end process automation.
Mark Lama
CFO, EVP of Bus. Dev. & Co-Founder of RedCap Cloud
Mark Lama is the CFO, EVP of Bus. Dev. & Co-Founder of RedCap Cloud & he attended Colgate University in 1979.
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About Crossbow Ventures, RedCap Cloud, UBS Capital Americas: RedCap Cloud delivers SaaS unified data management platform that combines innovative cloud-based platform with data management applications.
Traci Shaw
CFO of Sharpen Technologies
Traci Shaw is the CFO at Sharpen Technologies.
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About Sharpen Technologies: Sharpen is an agent-first omnichannel cloud contact center platform that offers voice and software solutions.
Jim Conroy
CFO of The Neat Company
Jim Conroy joined the Neat Company in November 2010. He currently serves as the VP, Finance of the company, overseeing all financial and back office functions, including accounting, finance, supply chain, human resources, and administration. Prior to this, Jim had positions running the finance team as well as sales and marketing operations where he worked closely with the accounting teams to produce all internal and external reporting as well with the sales and marketing team to produce sales analytics and performance. Prior to joining Neat, Jim was the Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis for LEAF Financial Corp., an equipment financing company. At LEAF, Jim held various positions at the beginning of his career starting as a staff accountant, accounting manager, and FPA manager, before ultimately leaving to join Neat. Jim has a B.S. in Accounting from Georgetown University.
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About The Neat Company: The Neat Company offers a cloud-based mobile digital filing system that transforms digital and paper documents into organized information.
Peter Theis
CFO of FocusFeed
Peter Theis is CFO at FocusFeed.
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About FocusFeed: FocusFeed is a technology startup that integrates cloud-based tools in operations, marketing, and sales.
Peter Theis
CFO of FocusFeed
Peter Theis is CFO at FocusFeed.
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About FocusFeed: FocusFeed is a technology startup that integrates cloud-based tools in operations, marketing, and sales.
Ryan Keating
CFO of SeeControl
Ryan Keating joined Keating Consulting Group as Managing Partner in 2001. Ryan has advised and worked with 180+ early stage companies, several as the interim CFO. Ryan possesses an extensive financial and management consulting background from more than 20 years with venture-backed companies and large technology and management consulting firms including Microsoft, Salomon Smith Barney, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He attended Boston University, School of Management and holds a degree in Finance and Information Systems.
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About Keating Consulting Group, Peninsula Ventures, SeeControl: No coding cloud service for building and running IoT applications.
Ryan Perfit
Chief Financial Officer of EON
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About EON, GoShare: One Digital ID – Infitine Possibilities
Jim Young
Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Business Systems
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About Pinnacle Business Systems: For over two decades Pinnacle Business Systems, Inc. (PBS) has been designing and implementing technology solutions for customers across
Philip Juetten
CFO of Traklight
Philip Juetten is the chief financial officer at Traklight.
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About Anglo American, Traklight: Traklight provides online intellectual property identification tools and resources.
