Path to Becoming a CFO presented by Airbase
Our signature monthly interview series features top CFOs, whose stories inspire and provide guidance on how to build a career in finance.
Episodes
37 episodes
Path to Becoming a CFO | Kelly Kramer, Former CFO at Cisco. Board Member: Snowflake, Coinbase, Figma, Gilead.
In our latest podcast episode, Bessemer Venture Partner Jeff Epstein had a discussion with executive recruiters Rhoda Longhenry, Partner and Co-Founder of the Financial Officers Practice at True, and Jenna Fisher, Managing Director and Global C...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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58:52
Path to Becoming a CFO | Rhoda and Jenna, Two top recruiters on building your finance career.
Join Bessemer Venture Partner Jeff Epstein for a discussion with executive recruiters Rhoda Longhenry, Partner and Co-Founder of the Financial Officers Practice at True, and Jenna Fisher, Managing Director and Global Co-Head of the Financial Of...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:01:22
Path to Becoming a CFO | Nicolas Boucher, Corporate Finance Trainer
In this departure from our regular interview of practicing CFOs, our host, Jeff Epstein, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, had invited a special guest whose job it is to train CFOs on the use of generative AI. Nicolas Boucher is a thought l...
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Episode 10
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1:03:54
Path to Becoming a CFO | Jim Kelliher, former CFO at Drift
Get the inside story on a fascinating finance career that runs the gamut from audit to IPO. Jim Kelliher’s broad range of finance leadership roles includes leading Drift to unicorn status in 2021 and taking remote-access software company LogMeI...
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Episode 9
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59:38
Path to Becoming a CFO | Michael Scarpelli, CFO at Snowflake
At $70 billion in 2020, Snowflake was the largest software company IPO of all time. Michael Scarpelli was critical to the success of the data-storage provider up to their public offering and continues as the public company’s CFO. Join u...
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Episode 8
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1:00:35
Path to Becoming a CFO | Gina Mastantuono, CFO at ServiceNow
Gina has been a finance leader at various public companies since beginning her career as a CPA at Ernst & Young. In her current role, she has guided ServiceNow through several acquisitions while leading a global finance team. Gina is curren...
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Episode 7
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1:03:29
Path to Becoming a CFO | Rachel Glaser, Etsy
In this conversation, Rachel will share how her experience at Yahoo! and Walt Disney prepared her to lead the successful sale of Leaf Group and take the helm at Etsy to scale financial operations globally. Rachel is Etsy’s CFO, bri...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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57:21
Path to Becoming a CFO | Dave Stephenson, CFO at Airbnb
In this Path To Becoming a CFO, our host Jeff Epstein will interview Dave Stephenson, CFO at Airbnb. Dave Stephenson oversees Airbnb’s global finance function and is responsible for financial management, planning and reporting, acc...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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53:54
Path to Becoming a CFO | Rodrigo Brumana, CFO at Poshmark
Rodrigo’s LinkedIn profile features a lineup of A-list modern company logos including Poshmark, OfferUp, Amazon, eBay, RetailMeNot, HP, and Palm. This diversity of companies provides an unconventional breadth of experience across sectors. ...
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Episode 4
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57:12
Path to Becoming a CFO | David Goulden, CFO at Booking Holdings
Join us for this conversation between David Goulden, CFO at the world’s leading provider of online travel and related services Booking Holdings — which includes Booking.com, Priceline, OpenTable, Kayak, and others — and Jeff Epstein, Operating ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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54:10
Path to Becoming a CFO | Howard Wilson, CFO at PagerDuty
Howard’s path to CFO is unlike any other we have seen over the two years this series has been running. Until becoming CFO at PagerDuty, Howard had not held a traditional finance or accounting position. With a formal education in Information Sys...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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56:32
Path to Becoming a CFO | Alan Black, former CFO at Zendesk and Founder of Surfspray Capital
Join us for this conversation between two top CFOs turned investors. Jeff Epstein, Partner at Bessemer Ventures and former CFO at Oracle, will interview Alan Black, who is the founder of Surfspray Capital. Alan served as the CFO at...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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57:24
Path to Becoming a CFO | Steve Sordello, SVP and CFO at LinkedIn Emeritus
Steve Sordello has spent nearly three decades working for some of the most iconic technology companies in Silicon Valley. Steve brings a diverse background in strategy, operational and financial management, mergers and acquisitions, and corpora...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:00:55
Path to Becoming a CFO | Kelly Steckelberg, CFO at Zoom
Kelly Steckelberg brings extensive leadership and finance experience to her role as CFO at Zoom. Most recently, she was CEO at Zoosk, where she previously held positions of CFO and COO. Prior to Zoosk, Kelly was the Sr. Director of Consumer Seg...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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58:56
Path to Becoming a CFO | Khozema Shipchandler, CFO at Twilio
This episode features Jeff Epstein, Partner at Bessemer Ventures, and Twilio CFO, Khozema Shipchandler. Jeff Epstein brings his own unique perspective as a former CFO at Oracle and Nielsen to the conversation with Khozema Shipchandler about his...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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59:37
Path to becoming a CFO | Matt Murphy, Partner at Menlo Ventures
This episode features Matt Murphy, Partner at Menlo Ventures. Learn what investors and board members look for in a CFO, hear how Matt built companies and his career,Matt is a partner at Menlo Ventures and invests multi-stage across AI-f...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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54:27
Path to Becoming a CFO | Matt Newcomb, CFO at Chime
As Chime’s Chief Financial Officer, Matt Newcomb focuses on shaping Chime’s corporate and financial strategy, driving business model improvements, and scaling operational functions. Matt has played a key role in securing more than $2B in ventur...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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58:00
Path to Becoming a CFO | Jason Child, CFO at Splunk, former CFO at Opendoor, former VP Finance at Amazon
Jason Child brought his expertise in scaling high-growth organizations to Splunk as Senior Vice President and CFO in 2019 following ten years of CFO experience at Opendoor, Jawbone, and Groupon, Inc. Before his executive leadership...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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56:54
Path to Becoming a CFO | John Bonney, CFO of Harness
John Bonney oversees the Harness company’s finance, IT, legal, and accounting functions. Prior to Harness, he oversaw rapid growth as the CFO at Mapbox as well as FinancialForce, the latter quadrupling revenues to over $100M during his tenure.&...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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56:03
Path to Becoming a CFO | Ron Gill, Former CFO at NetSuite and Board Member at Hubspot
Ron Gill is the former CFO of NetSuite and currently an Operating Partner at Lead Edge Capital and a board member of HubSpot, Benchling, Amplitude, and others. Prior to joining NetSuite, Mr. Gill was vice president, finance, at Hyp...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:05:34
Path to Becoming a CFO | Robin Washington, Board Member of Alphabet (parent company of Google, Honeywell, and Salesforce
Robin L. Washington is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Alphabet, Inc. (parent company of Google), Honeywell International, Inc., and Salesforce.com, where she currently serves as chair of the audit committee. She is also a membe...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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59:19
Path to Becoming a CFO | Elena Gomez, CFO at Zendesk
Ms. Gomez has served as Zendesk's Chief Financial Officer since May 2016. From July 2010 to April 2016, Ms. Gomez served in senior finance roles at Salesforce, including Senior Vice President Go To Market Distribution from July 2015 to April 20...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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54:09
Path to Becoming a CFO | Maynard Webb, Salesforce and Visa Board Member
Bestselling author Maynard Webb is a 40-year veteran of the technology industry. An active leader in the technology and business community, Maynard serves as a board member, investor, philanthropist, and mentor to young entrepreneurs.As ...
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Episode 10
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50:21
Path to Becoming a CFO | Kate Bueker, CFO at Hubspot
Kate Bueker is the Chief Financial Officer at HubSpot, where she manages the company's finances and is also the co-executive sponsor of the Women@HubSpot employee resource group.Prior to HubSpot, Kate spent eleven years in finance and bu...
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Episode 9
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56:20
Path to Becoming a CFO | Jim Cook, CFO at Orbital Insight, Co-founder at Netflix
Jim has been a key finance and operation executive for several brand-name high-growth companies. Most notable were Jim's roles at Intuit, Netflix, and Mozilla. As one of Netflix's six co-founders, he built and managed all financial and operatio...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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