Jack Sweeney
Host & Producer at CFO Thought Leader
Contributor at Forbes
Firsthand accounts of CFOs driving change within their organizations.
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2 days ago |
cfothoughtleader.com | Jack Sweeney
One week into a CFO post, Munson was air‑dropped into a foreign audit room and told to fix a complex tax exposure outside her expertise. She mobilized auditors, tapped her network, and resolved it quickly. The baptism fortified her “learn‑fast, call‑everyone” playbook, sharpening courage and pattern recognition for future unknowns. Vimeo CFO, Gillian Munson, champions an AI-first FP&A strategy, dedicating half of an offsite to architect automated forecasting workflows and map a precise roadmap.
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3 days ago |
cfothoughtleader.com | Jack Sweeney
When Gillian Munson pictures a Vimeo customer, she doesn’t start with a filmmaker, she imagines an insurance company executive or a corner grocery store owner uploading a training clip into Vimeo’s ever thirsty player, and hitting publish without ever surrendering control—or ad space—to a third‑party network.
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4 days ago |
cfothoughtleader.com | Jack Sweeney
This Planning Aces episode we explore how finance leaders navigate volatility without drifting into political cross‑currents like tariffs. Prologis CFO Tim Arndt explains why e‑commerce triples warehouse demand and how real‑estate strategies must adapt. Genworth CFO Jerome Upton shows how disciplined leverage and balanced product exposure turn rate uncertainty into opportunity while guarding against inflationary claim spikes.
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6 days ago |
cfothoughtleader.com | Jack Sweeney
Bea Ordonez accepts nonstop upheaval as the new norm. She’s fortified Payoneer with resilient, high‑performing teams, rapid decision cycles and laser‑sharp customer focus. By treating every macro shock as opportunity, she converts volatility into competitive speed, seeking to position Payoneer for sustained global growth and advantage.
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2 weeks ago |
cfothoughtleader.com | Jack Sweeney
It was Friday the 13, in March 2020, and Steven Miller was staring at a suddenly irrelevant budget. Hours earlier Warby Parker had shuttered every one of its 280 stores to protect employees and customers. “Remember that plan we just approved?” he asked the leadership team. “Forget it.” In its place he introduced PAR—Pause, Adjust, Redeploy—a framework that let finance review cash daily, pivot marketing dollars to booming e-commerce, and preserve innovation spend while the world locked down.
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