The CFO Yearbook, 2021

Glean career-building insights as we spotlight the career trajectories of 100 different CFOs. Every profile revealing how an individual finance leader acquired the knowledge and experience necessary to advance upward into the C-suite. The CFO Yearbook 2021 features a foreword written by Jeff Epstein, the former CFO of Oracle and operating partner for Bessemer Venture Partners. More than just printed profiles, the interactive stories in The CFO Yearbook 2020 enable readers to use their smartphones to access full-length audio interviews with each of the 100 CFOs profiled--at no additional cost.?WHICH CAREER EXPERIENCES BEST PREPARED THEM FOR A CFO ROLE?? WHAT ADVICE DO THEY WISH THEY RECEIVED BEFORE ENTERING THE CFO OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME??WHAT ARE THEIR PRIORITIES AS FINANCE LEADERS OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS? There's no shortage of courses and content out there designed to help you build a finance career, but the vast majority of this material is taught or produced by people who have never actually advanced into the CFO office. The CFO Yearbook 2021 is the ultimate finance career mentor for strategy-minded finance executives. Featured CFOs include: Steve Young CFO, DUKE ENERGY Matt Ellis CFO, VERIZON Marsha Smith CFO, SIEMENS USA Lanny Baker CFO, EVENTBRITE Jeff Epstein BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS Mohit Daswani CFO, THOUGHTSPOT Anna Brunelle CFO, KINESTRAL TECHNOLOGIES John Evarts CFO, MEDIAFLY Stephen Grist, CFO, BOHEMIA INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS Brian Wenzel CFO, SYNCHRONY Scot Parnell CFO, DAILYPAY Michael Tannenbaum CFO, BREX INC. Mahesh Patel CFO, DRUVA Kevin Jacobson CFO, LOGICGATE Raj Dani CFO, PING IDENTITY Sue Vestri CFO, GREENPHIRE INC. David Burt CFO, SERVICETITAN Greg Wookey CFO, BOULEVARD Mike Ellis CFO, FLYWIRE Alan George CFO, OJAI ENERGETICS Anup Singh CFO, ILLUMIO Guido Torrini CFO, CELONIS Carolyn Koehn CFO, BOOMI Jason Child CFO, SPLUNK Shari Freedman CFO, ROOM TO READ Laura Onopchenko CFO, NERDWALLET Anthony Coletta CFO, SAP NORTH AMERICA Robert Richards CFO, CENTAURI Tod Nestor CFO, ENGERY FOCUS Omar Choucair CFO, TRINTECH Ankur Agrawal CFO, COOKS VENTURE Bill Koefoed CFO, ONESTREAM SOFTWARE Brian Whalen CFO, BRANCH Bob Feller CFO, WORKFORCE SOFTWARE Terry Schmid CFO, TOPIA Andrew Casey CFO, WALKME Sameer Bhargava CFO, CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP Jim Emerich CFO, NARVAR Chris Mausler CFO, PEERNOVA Virpy Richter CFO, AWIN GLOBAL John Theler CFO, AVETTA Tomer Pinchas CFO, KRYON Thibault Fulconis CFO, VARO MONEY David Woodworth CFO, INSIGHTSOFTWARE Andrew HicksCFO, ADVANCED Chris Sands CFO, MINERALTREE Valerie Burman CFO, GUIDESPARK Ravi Chopra CFO, SONICWALL David Moss CFO, INMUNE BIO Mike Kaseta CFO, AERAMI PHERAPEUTICS Amy Shelly CFO, OCC Raman Kapur CFO, MOOGSOFT David Ertel CFO, VIZIENT Bea Ordonez CFO, OTC MARKETS GROUP Hilla Sferruzza CFO, MERITAGE HOMES Amir Jafari CFO, REPUTATION. COM Michael Borreca CFO, LYNX FRANCHISING John Bonney CFO, HARNESS Gordon Stuart CFO, UNIT4 John Cappadona CFO, SCHOOL OF ROCK Will Costolnick CFO, HIRE DYNAMICS Jody Cire CFO, ALLCLOUD John Nguyen CFO, KYRIBA David Wells CFO, ENDRA LIFE SCIENCES Anders Fohlin CFO, MEDIUS Matt Borowiecki CFO, BIOFOURMIS Jeff Epstein BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS Ashim Gupta CFO, UIPATH Dennis McGrath CFO, PAVMED Dave Jones CFO, VROOM Ray CarpenteTraditional career paths in corporate finance are quickly being abandoned as more companies and organizations seek out strategy-oriented executives wielding collaborative leadership skills. During a 12-month period, we interviewed 100 CFOs and asked them to chart their own career trajectories while providing personal insights into how they acquired the knowledge and experience necessary to advance upward into the C-suite. The result? The CFO Yearbook 2021, a guide designed to help finance executives successfullynavigate today's quickly evolving finance function.