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Your Real Job as an Executive

Executives are pulled in a lot of different directions, depending on your role at a company. Most executives have employees under them – and they can be direct or indirect reports. Managing these people at times can come in direct

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SaaS:  A Turnaround Case Study

We were a division of a large public company and one of my largest SaaS product lines had decreasing margins for 3 straight years.  I agreed with the executive team that the industry was consolidating but didn’t agree that this …

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AI:  Who Owns the Data

AI is quickly becoming a must-have tool for most organizations. If your organization does not have an AI steering committee it is quite possible that you will be at a disadvantage to competitors that do. I do not believe AI

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The New Normal

This blog discusses changes in employment trends with a specific focus on finance and accounting teams. We are witnessing some revolutionary employee trend changes today that are having a tremendous impact on employees, productivity, and business.

Remote/Hybrid Work Schedules
COVID …

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Book Review:  Atomic Habits by James Clear

I read a lot.  This includes the LA Times daily, MSN.com, Yahoo.com, TheVerge.com and books.  My books consist primarily of science fiction, fantasy and professional books (some are self-help books).  Some notable professional or self-help books include Good To Great

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CFO WAR STORIES:  Failed M&A Integration

Third party horror story highlighting a failed integration of a company. The acquirer was based out of Los Angeles and the acquiree was, of course, an east coast company based out of Boston. Pretty big rivalry from an NBA standpoint …

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The Forever, Never Ending, Continuing Close

As the new CFO of a middle market decentralized technology company, there is a lot to initially assess both in operations and finance. One thing I realized quickly – our monthly close was exceeding two weeks. My 15 person accounting