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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 Intelligent Systems 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.
Jae Lim
Chief Financial Officer of Eskalera
Jae is the CFO of Eskalera. Prior to Eskalera, Jae was a Managing Partner at CapAccel, a merchant bank for the FinTech sector and co-head of Capital Markets at SoFi. Previous to SoFi, he was a Partner at New Forest Partners LLC, an advisory and investment firm, and a Principal at Belvedere Capital Partners, a private equity fund. Jae has also worked at McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, Transamerica Corporation and Smith Barney, Inc. He earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA from Stanford University in Economics and Political Science.
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About Eskalera: Eskalera improves employee engagement, productivity, and growth to help large and medium-sized companies transform their HR operations.
Gina Hicks
Chief Financial Officer of Omega Healthcare
As CFO of the organization, Gina is responsible for all the finance operations in US, India and Philippines. Prior to joining Omega she served as the Chief Financial Officer of Vapor Corp (VPCO) (OTCPink: VPCO), that operated a chain of retail stores, and an organic grocery store, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Healthy Choice Markets, Inc, during 2016 and 2015. Ms. Hicks served as the interim Chief Financial Officer of Health Revenue Assurance Holdings, Inc. (HRAH) (OTCPink: HRAA), a medical coding company, during 2014. From 2011 until 2013, Ms. Hicks served as the Vice President of Finance of MeetMe, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEET), a social network. Prior to that, Ms. Hicks was an independent consultant providing accounting and business advisory services and was a lead senior manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers assurance practice. Ms. Hicks is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and is a Chartered Global Management Accountant.
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About Omega Healthcare: Omega Healthcare, a front-runner in the healthcare service space in India.
Rich Schmidt
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Inmar
Rich serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Inmar. He is responsible for directing the financial activities of the organization, and for establishing and monitoring the company’s budgets and forecasts and ensuring that Inmar’s capital is invested for growth. Rich oversees Inmar’s finance, accounting, tax, treasury, Lean Six Sigma, continuous improvement, procurement and risk management functions. Rich’s career includes more than twenty years of finance experience with more than thirteen of these years spent concurrently supporting Inmar’s Technology team. He is a seasoned Inmar veteran, having served in a number of finance and technology roles. Rich leverages a diverse background with significant experience in finance and technology to adeptly guide his teams to focus on performance. His areas of expertise include finance and accounting, mergers and acquisition, IT strategy and infrastructure, Six Sigma, continuous improvement and procurement. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and an MBA, both from Wake Forest University, and is a CPA, licensed in the state of North Carolina.
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About Inmar: Inmar develops technology and uses advanced data analytics to make commerce work smarter.
Michael Brenner
CFO & COO of Qylur Intelligent Systems
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About Qylur Intelligent Systems: Qylur is an intelligent systems company using its IIoT and AI platforms to transform entry security and guest experience for public venues.
Jacob Burwell
CFO of Actify
Jacob Burwell is CFO at Actify.
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About Actify: Actify is the leading provider of visualization and program management solutions for the automotive supply chain
Doug Downs
Acting CFO of Proximal Data
Doug Downs joined Avalon as Chief Financial Officer in 2007. Mr. Downs has over 20 years of senior financial and operational experience in technology companies ranging from start-ups to large public companies. He has served as a board member and audit committee chair, and as CFO has led multiple public offerings and venture financings, and has also financed growth through domestic and international debt placements. As part of his role as CFO of Avalon, Mr. Downs brings his extensive relevant experience to many of Avalon’s portfolio companies. He is the part-time CFO of Otonomy, Zacharon, Afraxis, Avelas, Carolus, ReVision Therapeutics and InCode. He serves on the boards of directors of E-Band Communications and AwarePoint. Prior to joining Avalon, Mr. Downs provided part-time CFO services to a variety of technology companies including Avalon VII portfolio companies chumby industries and Kalon Semiconductor. Prior to starting his CFO services business, Mr. Downs was the CFO and Vice President of Operations for Extensis, Inc., a venture-backed graphics software company, which for several years was Oregon’s fastest-growing enterprise. Additionally, Mr. Downs was the CFO of NASDAQ-listed GTI Corporation, a supplier of networking components and network access equipment to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMsâ€) in the local, wide-area, and telecommunications industries. Mr. Downs began his career in financial planning and analysis for a Fortune 500 company. He has a B.S. in accounting from San Diego State University.
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About Proximal Data: Proximal Data provides server-side caching solutions to improve server initiatives in virtualized environments.
