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 Application Performance 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.
Mark Iserloth
Chief Financial Officer of Puppet
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About Puppet: Puppet is an information technology automation software company designed for system administrators.

Stewart Grierson
CFO of Delphix
Prior to joining Coraid, Mr. Grierson served as CFO of leading security firm ArcSight Inc., where he helped lead them to a successful IPO, and ultimately a $1.5 billion acquisition by Hewlett Packard. Prior to ArcSight, he served as Vice President and Corporate Controller at ONI Systems Corp., where he was a key member of the IPO team. Earlier in his career, he served as a Senior Manager in the audit practice of KPMG LLP. Mr. Grierson currently serves on the board of Ruckus Wireless, and was named CFO of the Year in the Public Company category in 2009 by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
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About Delphix: Delphix provides an intelligent data platform that accelerates digital transformation for companies around the world.

Michelle Yek
Chief Financial Officer of Trufa
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About Simpplr, Trufa: Trufa delivers True Finance Applications, employing big data and predictive analytics to help companies unlock cash.

Todd Zhang
CFO of Enablence
Zhang served as the chief financial officer at China TriComm Limited from 2010 to 2013, China Sports Interactive Media Holding Company from 2009 to 2010 and at China Bio-solutions Group from 2006 to 2008, responsible for the companies merger and acquisition, corporate finance, accounting,internal control and investor relationship related matters. Before that, Zhang worked as a manager and senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers starting from 2000. Zhang is a member of American Institute of Certified Public Account and the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Zhang received his bachelor degree in engineering mechanics from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1994.
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About Enablence, Irixi Photonics Inc.: Enablence is a supplier of FTTH equipment for residential & business services & optical components, metro & long-haul markets.

John Fellin
CFO of XTech Staffing
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About XTech Staffing: At XTech Staffing we help companies build their dream team without the hassles. We on-board talent and connect business with premium talent.
Travis Adlman
COO/CFO of NodeSource
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About NodeSource: Building products focused on Node.js security and performance for the Enterprise.