Adeel Mushtaq is a dynamic professional specializing in investment management and treasury, boasting extensive experience in finance, operations, and business transformation.

GUEST BIORyan Belcher is the Founder and CEO of Spendwise, a business spend management software company with over 500 customers managing billions of dollars in spending through its system. He has a consulting practice that specializes in providing executive financial services to businesses. Previously, Ryan was the Corporate Controller at FoxHollow Technologies Inc, a publicly traded medical device company, and worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an accounting and management consulting fir...

GUEST BIOJeremy Foster is Chief Financial Officer at Austin-based Talroo.com, the data-driven job and hiring event advertising platform that helps businesses reach the candidates they need to build their essential workforce. He has more than 15 years of experience as a senior executive, primarily in the technology and banking arenas. He’s been CFO or COO for 3 Inc. 5000 companies, two of which have made the Inc. 500, and all three have been recognized by the Austin Business Journal as among “...

GUEST BIOSam Gupta is a leading ERP thought leader with almost 20 years of experience in digital transformation, focusing on financial systems and ERP. As the #1 thought leader in the ERP category on Thinkers 360, Sam has contributed to large transformation projects for Fortune 500 companies and now works with SMEs as a Principal Consultant at ElevatIQ. He regularly shares his insights at industry events, blogs, publications, and hosts the WBSRocks podcast, where he chats with top influencers...

GUEST BIOStefanie Krievins is a trained coach and facilitator with a background in HR consulting, executive and business coaching, nonprofit management, and process and systems design. She is the host of the "Hot Mess Hotline," a podcast for ambitious leaders aspiring to reach the C-suite. Throughout her career, Stefanie has collaborated with organizations ranging from 5 to 1,500 employees across various sectors to develop business plans, strategize, provide training and development, and impl...

GUEST BIOJack Sweeney is host and creator of the CFO Thought Leader Podcast, a popular Apple podcast and author of THE CFO YEARBOOK, 2022. A career business journalist, Jack is today a senior contributing writer to Forbes.com and was the recipient of the Excellence in Financial Journalism Award 2018 by the NYSSCPAs. He is the former editor in chief of Business Finance Magazine (Penton Media) and the founding editor (and former editor in chief) of Consulting Magazine (ALM Media). He served as ...

Dr. Bill Conerly connects the dots between the economy and business. He is a business economics consultant, a Senior Contributor to Forbes, and holds a Ph.D. from Duke University. He has worked in economics and corporate planning at two Fortune 500 corporations and a major bank, where he was a senior vice president. In this conversation, Nick interviews Dr. Bill Conerly, a business economics consultant who helps business leaders understand how the economy is impacting them. Dr. Conerly works ...

Manish Gupta is a highly experienced hotel manager with over 15 years in the industry. He is a strong leader known for making tough decisions while considering human emotions and fairness. He has successfully navigated hotels through challenging times by managing cash flow, implementing innovative sales and marketing strategies, and maintaining customer satisfaction and employee morale. Manish has expertise in implementing systems such as ERP, management reporting, and financial planning and...

Melissa Leon is an author and co-owner of Two Sense Consulting. With over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, Melissa is passionate about helping other ambitious women with financial literacy and time management. As a mother of three and small business owner, she has firsthand experience balancing various responsibilities and is skilled at guiding others in doing the same.In this podcast interview, Melissa talks about her mission to help small business owners with financial literacy....

Ruchi Kasliwal has a career characterized by her ability to build and lead finance and accounting teams from the ground up. She is driven by a passion for making finance organizations key partners within companies and fostering collaboration across departments. Her dedication and hard work have enabled her to achieve great success in building scalable and successful companies that optimize both human and system resources. Kasliwal has the distinction of taking two companies public and has ear...

Kenny Jen is a member of Pilot's CFO Services, where he advises startups at various stages on finance, fundraising, and strategy. Before joining Pilot, Kenny managed product development, supply chain, and strategic finance for a consumer goods startup in Los Angeles. Before that, he was an investment associate at a venture capital fund. Kenny has consulted companies in a wide range of industries, including health and wellness, SaaS, CPG, marketplaces, and retail.In this episode, Ken...

You can learn a lot from someone who spends a good deal of time with CFOs and Controllers.Lindy Antonelli, Partner, Armanino LLP, highlights the rise of the Controller as one of the key trends of the last few years.Lindy gives her perspective on how technology can improve finance and accounting at all companies, not just the largest firms.She also provides perspective on how COVID-19 has altered the landscape of corporate finance forever.

In 2002, the Sarbanes–Oxley Act dramatically reshaped the accounting landscape forever. What happened in the last two decades to continue that evolution?Robert Goldenberg, CFO of 6sense, helps make sense of today’s modern finance and accounting departments’ critical trends.Rob enlightens us about the challenges—and the opportunities—of running a distributed F&A function during a pandemic.He also gives some great advice about corporate finance’s exciting new phase of innovation and how it ...

According to Ray Langhaim, CFO of NICE inContact:Being an Accountant is like being an Offensive Lineman in the NFL.No one notices you until you’re called for a penalty or you miss your block.Ray has some sage advice for up-and-coming Finance professionals as well. Learn to use data to tell a better story. Embrace tools like AI and machine learning to gain a competitive advantage. Help the leadership team understand and move the levers of growth.(He also makes an on-point pop culture reference...

You can’t automate relationships, you can’t automate human interaction and collaboration.That’s some of the most valuable things that a finance team and a CFO can bring to an organization.Janelle helps us understand technology's role in the lives of finance and accounting teams. She also describes what the CEO and board expect from the CFO and how data and insights make the finance team an integral part of a company’s growth.As part of the new generation of finance leaders, Janelle Gorman is ...

Welcome to the very first episode of the CFO Corner.The podcast is hosted by Nick Ezzo, the VP of Marketing at Auditoria.ai. So what can you expect to hear when you listen to each episode?For our first season we’ll be releasing some classic episodes from our CFO Corner show. You’ll hear from CFOs primarily about finance automation and AI. This season will be released for 16 episodes.In our second season, we’ll be switching up our style to a primarily conversation-based podcast.We’ll brin...