Entrepreneurial Passion from Big 4 to business owner then CFO

07/18/23 • 37 min

Kathleen Neuheardt, CFO for Bonfire talks to her creativity and passion for embracing challenges as opportunities with an entrepreneurial spirit.

During the interview, Kathleen speaks to:

· Being promoted from VP to CFO

· Overlooked Roles and responsibility of being a CFO

· How being a Big 4 consultant helped prepare her for the C Suite

Kathleen was a partner track consultant at KPMG when after 13 years, she decided to become a small business owner. Then Kathleen joined Kalnin Ventures (now BKV) and took ownership of projects and firm needs that included ERP implementations, HR, M&A due diligence, accounting, and more. She was promoted from Controller, VP to CFO within four years.

Her next role was CFO at Quickbox Fulfillment and now CFO for Bonfire.

Thank you to ACG Denver for being a sponsor of CXO Conversations Podcast. Association for Corporate Growth in its role as the hub of the middle market business community for quality networking, education and events. Connections are made, deals are formed and thought leadership is exchanged.

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Thank you Jalan Crossland for lending your award-winning banjo skills to CXO Conversations.

Kathleen Neuheardt, CFO for Bonfire talks to her creativity and passion for embracing challenges as opportunities with an entrepreneurial spirit.

During the interview, Kathleen speaks to:

· Being promoted from VP to CFO

· Overlooked Roles and responsibility of being a CFO

· How being a Big 4 consultant helped prepare her for the C Suite

Her next role was CFO at Quickbox Fulfillment and now CFO for Bonfire.

Enjoy the show? Review us on iTunes- thanks!

Thank you Jalan Crossland for lending your award-winning banjo skills to CXO Conversations.

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Upcoming guests include CFOs, CTO and CEO

CXO Conversations is excited to share some great insights from a global CFO and CTO, curious CFO and CEO who created a President role for himself at age 32.

Kathleen Neuheardt CFO of Bonfire airs on July 19th, followed by Dashlane CTO Frederic Revain, Briotix Health CEO Stephen Brown and former CFO for The Economist, David Cox.

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CTO Leadership Skills from Engineering to C Suite

Frederic Rivain has served as a CTO for numerous technology companies in France and the US. He speaks to the differences in managing technical vs non technical staff and aligning to their motivations.

Frederic talks to:

Differences in leading technical and non-technical professionals
Role of the CTO on the executive leadership team
Advice to those who seek the C suite.

For the last seven years, Frederic has served as the CTO for Dashlane and held the CTO chair at 3 other companies after serving as a Project Manager for IBM.

Enjoy the show? Review us on iTunes- thanks!

Thank you Jalan Crossland for lending your award-winning banjo skills to CXO Conversations.