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Interview with Jeff Quesenberry, CFO of Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta

Jeff Quesenberry and host Lorraine ChilversJeff Quesenberry is the CFO for a large non-profit organization.  He has used his experiences within large corporations and government to assist the Boys and Girls Club today.  Jeff describes the different roles he’s had and how they’ve helped him to bring greater financial control.  Listen to our discussion where Jeff describes the challenges of being CFO in a cash-based business.

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Interview with Dennis Beresford, Professor of Accounting at Terry College of Business and former Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

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Dennis BeresfordDenny’s experience is vast – as Accounting Professor and as Chairman of FASB as well as serving on the Boards of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Kimberly-Clark, Legg Mason,  Fannie Mae and MCI/WorldCom.  He is a wealth of knowledge in corporate governance.  Listen to our discussion where Denny provides great guidance for the director and CEO of a company.

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Interview with Brent Walters, CFO of OneVision Solutions

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Brent Walters

Brent is a technology-savvy CFO.  He has used his experience of technology to improve the systems and efficiency of the companies he’s led as a CFO and previously as a consultant.  As CFO of OneVision Solutions Brent has improved the analytics and reduced the cost of the finance function by implementing the latest in technology. . . software hosted by “Cloud Computing”.  Listen to our discussion where Brent describes the implementation process and the benefits of their new ERP system.

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Interview with Dwayne Samples, CFO of Sunbelt Services

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Dwayne SamplesDwayne is former CFO of Sunbelt Services.  Today his focus is helping companies “do the right thing”.  Dwayne’s experience began in a CPA firm where he served companies in preparation of financial statements and tax compliance.  Listen to our captivating discussion where he describes the importance of infrastructure, system, procedures and remote management of employees and how he assembled the infrastructure that enabled Sunbelt to grow from 190 employees to over 1000 in 90 days.

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Interview with Alex Lawrence, Partner of Funding Universe

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Alex LawrenceAlex is partner with Funding Universe,  a leader in connecting qualified entrepreneurs to banks, investors, and other funding sources nationwide.  His daily focus is helping companies find the right source of capital to fund their businesses.  His passion extends to teaching a class on Entrepreneurship at his Alma Mater.  Alex also has been included by Utah Business Magazine as one of their “Top 40 businesspeople under the Age of 40”.  Listen to his guidance as he lays out a company’s funding objectives and how they can be accomplished.

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Interview with Frank Iannotti, National Leader of SAP Business By Design

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Frank IannottiFrank leads SAP’s “Business By Design” team in the US – the SAP product for the smaller company.  Frank has a passion for next generation technology.  He supports CFOs by helping them to manage their business with solutions, not to focus on the technology.  He kindly refers to the changing role of the CFO – from “bean-counter” with heavy reliance on the CIO to the CFO being much more technically savvy and being less reliant on the CIO.

Listen as he describes the technology trends of today.

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Interview with James Paroline, CFO of Pringle, Dixon Pringle Advertising & Public Relations

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Jim’s focus as a CFO has been in the advertising and public relations industry.  From his start in the navy on aircraft carriers, he went to become the steward and leader of the financial function.  He describes the role of steward and managing the goals of the company and its value for the shareholders.  Listen as he describes looking at the profit objectives and how they are going to be accomplished in the framework of the people managing the business.

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Interview with David Shenk, CFO, NDCHealth Corporation

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David ShenkDavid’s roles leading finance functions reflect many years of strong leadership and ability to help grow a company from the seat of the CFO.  As a lover of “organized math”, he became a leader of forward-thinking finance.  He chose the CFO path to enable him to utilize his love of math – and didn’t look back.  His “circular” focus allows him to look forward as well as look back at the numbers.  Listen as he shares advice and his experiences and discussion of  the world of the CFO.

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Interview with Steve Russell, CFO PSA Healthcare

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Lorraine Chilvers & Steve RussellSteve brings tremendous leadership experience.  As a Westpoint graduate, he became an officer in the Army, serving in many operational roles.  He chose the CFO path to enable him to utilize the financial aspects he learned in MBA school – and didn’t look back.  He has led financial functions in the automotive, healthcare and technology industries and finds experiences at one has helped him in subsequent companies, despite their being so different.  Listen as he shares advice and his experiences and discussion of  the world of healthcare. 

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Interview with Chris Arndt, CFO MyChoice Medical

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Chris tells us about his background and why he chose the CFO path. . . and also gives insight on the biggest challenge facing the CFO today. . .

Chris has a significant experience of the merger and acquisitions world.  He provides great insight into the financial aspects of modeling and analytics – tools that are used to help a company create more value!

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