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Study Group: Chief Financial Officers

Council Members in this Study Group: 1809

This study group may include chief financial officers, chartered public accountants, controllers, and consultants knowledgeable on topics such as finance, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting and fraud, financial accounting and reporting, bankruptcy, pension benefits, cash flow, company valuation, working capital, hedge accounting, and mergers and acquisition, among others.

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Thomas Slover

CEO
Shoe Sensations
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Thomas J. Slover is CEO of Shoe Sensation Inc., a Consumer Growth Partners portfolio company operating a chain of family shoe stores in the Midwest, since January 2008. Prior to this Mr. Slover was President and Chief Executive Officer at Foot Locker Europe, from 2002 to 2005. He is a senior executive...

Kent Marquardt

EVP & CFO
PREMERA BLUE CROSS
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Kent Marquardt is Executive Vice President and CFO of Premera Blue Cross.

Kenneth Morris

Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer
DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
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Kenneth Morris is Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer at Duke University Health System. Reporting to the President and CEO of the System, Mr. Morris provides top-level management and oversight of all financial operations including Accounting, Financial Reporting, Budgeting, Financial Analysis,...

Alfred Blazek, Jr.

Chief Financial Officer
Dunham's Sports
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Alfred S. Blazek is the Chief Financial Officer of Dunham's Sports. He was until October 2008, Finance Director with Whirlpool. Mr. Blazek has served as the Chief Financial Officer for Circuit City's National Service group and a member of the corporate Innovation team. He held this role from 2003 until...

Les Burk, CFO, Treble Clef TechnologiesLes Burk

CFO
Treble Clef Technologies
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Les Burk is the Chief Financial Officer at Treble Clef Technologies, a Nevada based Corporation providing information technology and consulting services to national and international governments, police forces, and military. Mr. Burk was previously, the Foreign and Domestic Business Development Director...

Michael Schwindle

Vice President / CFO
MUSICIAN'S FRIEND, INC.
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Michael Schwindle is the Chief Financial Officer at Musician's Friend, Inc., an online retailer. Prior to that, Mr. Schwindle was a former subsidiary CFO for The Home Depot, a GA-based home-improvement retailer. He has over 18 years of experience as accounting and finance executive, predominately in...

Dwight Crawley, Chief Financial Officer, Natura WaterDwight Crawley

Chief Financial Officer
Natura Water
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Dwight Crawley is a Chief Financial Officer at Natura Water. He has been the Chief Financial Officer for several companies in distribution, retail, consumer products and manufacturing industries. He has experience in strategic planning, KPI development and measurement, budgeting, reporting, and process...

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What are these “Further Adjustments?”

November 11, 2009

AHA applauds reform bill, urges further adjustments | www.modernhealthcare.com

Healthcare Reform has passed the House, with some changes from the two versions in the Senate. What are the items that will affect hospitals and what can hospitals expect for margins in the future.

energy management and who we think will win...

November 4, 2009

Les Burk, CFO, Treble Clef Technologies

Fort Irwin to build a 500 megawat solar farm | solar.coolerplanet.com

We know that GE's CEO has lunch 2X a week with the Brass in Washington... We know that GE has the most to gain or loose should they not get the contract to participate in this two billion dollar project. GE Infrastructure, GE Wind, GE... the list goes on and I am confident that all of the right people...

How bad will EMEA troubles continue

October 27, 2009

Survey Predicts European Troubles | www.mergersunleashed.com

Sweeping statements about economic expectations can hinder recovery efforts. While some sector is Europe (and the US) continue to show little signs of recovery, many other sectors are improving. If those sectors such as real estate and auto industries were to be removed from the prediction, I wonder...

When should the leader of a startup be replaced

October 16, 2009

Integrated Diagnostics Launches With Pre-Eminent Team and Investors | www.vcaonline.com

The majority of the time a private company with a solid product in a growing market fails is because the wrong person is in charge of navigating the ship. As companies go through the phases from product design and development to profitability, the talent on the executive team needs to be reviewedto...

Knowing how the money will be spend is key to an equity raise

October 15, 2009

Ooyala Raises $10M to Fund Aggressive Expansion Plan | www.vcaonline.com

Preparing for an equity includes having a detailed strategy, solid talent, supportable forecast, and the thorough knowledge of how the equity raise will achieve the company's goals. Without completely thinking through how much money is needed and where the money will be invested causes doubt withthe...

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