Meet the Mavens

FEATURED MAVENS

Scott Grossman

STREET CRED:

20+ years' experience in investment banking, private equity, M&A, and strategic, financial and operational leadership. University of Chicago MBA. Formerly Austin Ventures, BMO Capital Markets, Deloitte.

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Jonathan Bumba

STREET CRED:

30 years leading technology organization go-to-market including sales, marketing and strategy. First worldwide sales lead for Azure, at Microsoft; first global sales director for Rackspace Private Cloud.

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Greg Schlimm

STREET CRED:

35+ years in senior management and C-level leadership on both sides of the M&A table. Deep executive experience delivering post-merger value. Research Doctorate, Warwick Business School. Former CEO, Themis Analytics. Formerly IQVIA, Platinum Technologies, Inc.

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Kevin McBride

STREET CRED:

20+ years leading global accounting, financial reporting, operations and systems. Active member, Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Emerging Issues Task Force; former national board chair, Financial Executives International. Formerly Intel, KPMG.

  

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Duan Van Der Westhuizen

STREET CRED:

20+ years in technology and managed services leading service delivery, product management, product engineering and go-to-market across a range of global organizations and roles. The Open University Business School MBA. Formerly Faction, Rackspace.

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Dan Johnson

STREET CRED:

20+ year global compliance and continuity leader managing business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis management in financial services and technology. Former President, Business Resumption Planners Association. Formerly BMO Harris, Bank of America, ABN AMRO.


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Stephanie Siu

STREET CRED:

15+ years of strategic finance experience with roles in investment banking, private equity, strategy, analytics, and operations. Harvard Business School MBA. Former CFO, Mosaic Flavors. Formerly Harbor Freight Tools, Brentwood Associates, Goldman Sachs.

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CURRENT ISSUE: ISSUE 8

Navigating the age of disruption

Leading with vision through relentless uncertainty
PLUS: Scott Grossman on building agility to muscle through disruption. Gregory Schlimm on how IT leaders can drive better M&A integration outcomes. Kevin McBride on unleashing AI in the finance function. Dan Johnson on bolstering your BCDR. Duan Van Der Westhuizen on optimizing your VMware investment. And Stephanie Siu on elevating finance service levels.
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