Jan 31, 2024

It’s an all-too-familiar tale among the ranks of senior finance executives: A private equity firm acquires a company, reshuffles the finance team, and reserves the top finance spot for one of its own portfolio CFOs.

At Qlik, though, this story had a less familiar ending—or at least one that did not include a...

Jan 28, 2024

Elizabeth Mann began her career as a mathematician in academia, spending a decade in the field. Her initial plan had been to become a professor, on a path that would start with a Ph.D. and a postdoc.

However, something was missing. Eager to engage more directly with the world at large, she pivoted her career toward...

Jan 26, 2024

This episode of Planning Aces sheds light on the critical role financial leadership and strategic planning plays in guiding companies through turbulent times and the importance of balancing short-term opportunities with long-term strategic planning. Each of the featured finance chiefs faced unique challenges related to...

Jan 24, 2024

It was the type of introduction that any MBA student would envy, and one at which David Snyder, 35 years later, still marvels.

Back in the late 1980s, a business school classmate introduced him to notable investor and billionaire tycoon Sam Zell, who subsequently offered Snyder a job.

Without hesitation, Snyder accepted...

Jan 21, 2024

Like many of her CFO peers, Karen Walker had an early career that was guided by abundant opportunities surrounding finance-driven decision-making within organizations.

It was a path that often led Walker to engage more closely with sales and operations, as was the case at CNET Networks, where she tells us that she...