Date: Thursday, August 22, 2013
Time: 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT There are no CPE Credits for this Solution Demonstration.
Time: 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT There are no CPE Credits for this Solution Demonstration.
CFO Dimensions 2013 | Leadership Track | Session 2 - A recent survey reveals an interesting trend: the majority of CFOs want to provide greater and more strategic value to their organizations. Unfortunately they're stuck managing inefficient accounting processes. But in 2013 there is hope. Thousands of organizations are taking advantage of cloud computing, which changes the game for CFOs by eliminating drudgery, automating manual processes and delivering unprecedented visibility into business performance -- freeing time and providing rich information that CFOs are using to fulfill their role as business leaders. Learn how CFOs are now able to boost productivity, accelerate competitive response, free up IT and capital resources as well as easily and cost effectively scale the function while utilizing the cloud.
Speakers
Marc Linden
CFO, Intacct
Marc Linden has more than 20 years of finance, business strategy, and general management experience. As CFO, Marc oversees the company's financial and administrative organizations. Prior to Intacct, Marc spent four years as CFO for Mirapoint, Inc., a leader in secure appliance solutions for messaging. He also served as general manager of Openwave's messaging business unit. He has also held positions in corporate development and planning at Octel, served as Vice President of business development and CFO for Global Village / OneWorld, and began his career in the technology practice at McKinsey & Company. Marc holds an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Jeff Haslow
CFO, The Knowland Group
Jeff Haslow has over 20 years of experience as a finance executive for private middle market and high growth companies. Jeff is currently CFO of The Knowland Group, a Washington, D.C., based SaaS provider of software, data, and analytics for the hospitality industry. During his tenure, Knowland has been ranked multiple times on the Inc. 500 and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Over his career, Jeff has raised over $75M in equity financing and secured over $150M in debt financing. Prior to Knowland Group, Jeff held senior finance positions with Ocean Atlantic Companies, Monogram Building and Design, and was VP of Finance when four companies merged to form eMotion, a pioneer in hosted software solutions for digital media management. Jeff is a CPA and received a bachelor’s degree in business and biology from Adrian College and a Master of Business Administration from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.
Sponsor
Intacct - Intacct is the cloud financial management company. Bringing cloud computing to finance and accounting, Intacct's award-winning applications are the preferred financial applications for AICPA business solutions. Intacct applications, in use by more than 8,500+ organizations from startups to public companies, are designed to improve company performance and make finance more productive. Hundreds of leading CPA firms and Value Added Resellers offer Intacct to their clients. The Intacct system includes accounting, contract management, revenue management, project and fund accounting, inventory management, purchasing, vendor management, financial consolidation and financial reporting applications, all delivered over the Internet via cloud computing.