Boardroom Media (CFO News)
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 Data Storage 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.
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.
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.
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.
Gregory Graves
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Entegris
Gregory Graves joined Entegris in September 2002 and was named CFO in September 2006. In his current role, he is responsible for all financial matters for the company, as well as the company’s information technology (IT) function.Gregory Graves previously served the company as the Chief Business Development Officer where he directed the company’s merger, acquisition and strategic planning efforts. Prior to joining Entegris, Gregory Graves established a strong track record of service and achievement in investment banking and corporate development, including positions with Piper Jaffray, RBC Capital Markets, The Pillsbury Company and Deloitte & Touche.Gregory Graves earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Alabama. He then achieved an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.
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About Entegris: Entegris products purify, protect, and transport critical materials within diverse industries such as semiconductor, data storage, chemical
David Dunavant
Chief Financial Office of Vital Records Control
David Dunavant is Chief Financial Officer for Vital Records Control and is responsible for all its finance, treasury, accounting, financial planning and mergers and acquisitions activities. Before joining Vital Records Control, David was CFO of both Monogram Foods and LEDIC. He has held financial planning and accounting positions with Kellogg Company, Jimmy Dean Foods, Hilton Hotels Corporation and the United States Navy. David is a certified public accountant and has been a member of various professional organizations and served on Boards for non-profit organizations including: The TN Society of CPAs, Institute of Management Accountants, Society of Human Resources Management, Memphis YMCA Board of Directors, Leadership Memphis Board of Directors, and The Family Link, a United Way agency.
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About Berner Food & Beverage, Vital Records Control: Vital Records Control provides records management solutions to help you maintain and enhance the value of your information.
Stephanie George
CFO and Director of Programs of Iridia
Ms. George brings over 25 years of FORTUNE 150 company expertise and is a certified PMI Project Management Professional. During her career, she has carried financial management and project responsibilities for budgets that were cumulatively in excess of $40M. Ms. George served most recently as IT Director at Novartis where she was responsible for managing a variety of high profile projects along with building an IT Software Quality team. Prior to that, Ms. George served for 17 years in IT management at Abbott Laboratories where she was responsible for management of IT enterprise system implementations and software development for Manufacturing, Sales Data Warehouse, Quality and Enterprise Integration applications for the Abbott Vascular division. Her leadership helped build the Abbott’s IT enterprise systems to meet business needs while seamlessly integrating with business processes in additional to ensuring FDA regulatory compliance. Ms. George holds numerous IT & PM certifications and obtained her B.S. degrees from San Diego State University.
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About Iridia: Iridia is a nanotechnology company that specializes in bio-chemistry, molecular biology, and DNA.
