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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 Data Mining 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.
Simon Ayat
VP & CFO of Schlumberger
Simon Ayat is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Schlumberger Limited. Prior to assuming his current role, Ayat served as the company’s vice president treasurer and previously held the position of vice president controller and business processes. Ayat’s career with Schlumberger, which began in 1982, spans a variety of management positions from Paris, Houston and Dallas to the Middle East and Far East regions. His assignments have included serving as Oilfield Services group controller; vice president finance for non-oilfield activities; GeoMarket manager, Indonesia; Sedco Forex regional vice president, Asia; group controller for Wireline; and region controller for Wireline in the Far East and for Sedco Forex in North and South America. He began his career as controller for the Forex Neptune drilling division. Ayat graduated from the University of San Francisco where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on finance and accounting.
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About Schlumberger: Schlumberger is a supplier of technology, integrated project management, and information solutions.
Ed Salay
CFO of VoiceBase
Ed has over 20 years finance and operations experience, including Ford Motor, Polycom, and Applied Biosystems. He later served as CFO at several startups, and most recently at Jobscience which was acquired by Bullhorn in 2018.
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About VoiceBase: Speech Analytics for the Data-Driven Enterprise
Olga Samarina
Founder & CFO of DataSet Analysis
Management, Financial operations, Tax, Treasury
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About Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association, California Board of Accountancy, California Society of Certified Public Accountants, DataSet Analysis, The Bay Club, The Commonwealth Club of California, Trinity: DSA is an early stage medtech startup company that aims to bring research and diagnostics software to the business market.
Scott Van Buskirk
Chief Financial Officer of Taia Global
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About Taia Global: A Knowledge Engine that can tell you who wants your IP and how they may steal it.
Kathy Barrens
Chief Financial Officer of The Rawlings Group
Kathy oversees finance operations, including the processing and reporting of recovery transactions for the five operating divisions. Kathy also serves as the Executive Sponsor for newly-implementing clients. Prior to joining Rawlings in 1998, Kathy was the chief auditor for a major life and health insurance company, and for a public accounting firm. Kathy graduated with honors from the University of Kentucky.
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About The Rawlings Group: The Rawlings Group is the nation’s leading provider of data mining claims recovery services.
Jeff Jacobs
Chief Financial Officer of Kingland
Jeff Jacobs is the Chief Financial Officer at Kingland Systems.
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About Kingland: Kingland is a managed solution provider of enterprise-class data, analytics, cognitive and work automation software.
Christopher O’Brian
Head of Finance & Administration/CFO of PrecisionGx
Chris currently serves as both the Head of Finance & Administration/CFO of PrecisionGx, an AI-technology company specializing in health insurance claims analytics and payment integrity automation, and the Founder of OBrian CFO Consulting Group. An experienced CFO with broad exposure working with pre-B stage start-ups and other small businesses and organizations, Chris primarily serves the AI, healthcare, SaaS and not-for-profit sectors. Since 2016, Chris has either worked or consulted on Seed and Series-A fundraising campaigns, having secured >$7.5M from Angels, institutions and non-profit donors. As an intellectually curious person, Chris is passionate about solving complex problems and making a real impact. In addition to his professional work, he also sits on the board of directors of the Bobby Bonds Memorial Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that helps raise funds to put towards addiction/alcoholism awareness and treatment sponsorships.
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About O’Brian CFO Consulting Group, PrecisionGx, PrecisionGx: Health insurance-native AI technology
Peter Williams
CFO of Ninja Metrics
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About Ninja Metrics: Ninja Metrics offers a social analytics engine that allows companies to measure the key influencers in their social game or mobile app.
