Building Leadership Through Community with Mark Dempster, Founder & Chief People Officer at Founder Circle Capital

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Mark Dempster, Founder & Chief People Officer at Founder Circle Capital, joins Megan Weis to explore how peer community has become essential infrastructure for CFOs navigating pre-IPO pressure, drawing from his experience building The Circle, a private leadership community serving 350 venture-backed CFOs, and his background as the first non-investor role at Sequoia Capital.

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Kevin Appleby, Head of Partnerships at GrowCFO and host of the GrowCFO Show podcast, joins Megan Weis to explore how new CFOs can successfully navigate their critical first hundred days, drawing from his extensive experience mentoring finance leaders through the challenging transition from technical finance roles to strategic enterprise leadership.

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Evan Schwartz, Chief Innovation Officer at AMCS Group, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs can avoid the Gartner-cited 70% ERP failure rate through strategic vision setting, vendor partnerships, and proactive change management, drawing from his 30+ years of experience driving digital transformation across resource-intensive industries and his Amazon best-selling book on ERP implementation.

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Devin Weil, Chief Financial Officer at ShipMonk, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs are transforming operational finance by embedding themselves directly in warehouse and logistics operations, drawing from his experience building field finance organizations at XPO and leading finance for one of the fastest-growing tech-enabled fulfillment platforms managing 1,600 employees across 12 global locations.

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Claire Bramley, former Chief Financial Officer at Teradata, joins Megan Weis to discuss the modern CFO, how technology and AI are reshaping the CFO's responsibility, and defining what a successful executive looks like. Claire also dives into career growth, leadership strategies, and the underestimated power of storytelling in finance.

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Jim Benson, Chief Financial Officer at Dynatrace, joins Megan Weis to share insights about modernizing the finance function, developing succession strategies, and what CFOs should focus on as we enter 2025.

In this episode of CFO Weekly, John Glasgow, CEO & CFO at Campfire, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs can balance financial discipline with product innovation in dual leadership roles, drawing from his experience at Bill.com and Adobe where he mastered the intersection of financial strategy and product development while building an AI-native ERP platform.

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Dan Wheadon, Partner and CFO Advisory Leader at Cherry Bekaert, joins Megan Weis to discuss how finance leaders can transform their function from a back office to a strategic catalyst by focusing on data accuracy, building FP&A capabilities, and embracing a culture of continuous improvement, drawing from his twenty-five years of experience guiding companies through strategic and technological challenges.

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Siqi Chen, CEO & CFO at Runway, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs are revolutionizing finance operations through real-time forecasting and connected systems, drawing from his experience as former CEO at Sandbox VR where COVID-19 exposed the painful inadequacy of traditional planning tools when rapid scenario planning became mission-critical.

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Jacob Moelter, COO & CFO at SupportNinja, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs are transforming customer experience from a cost center into a strategic growth lever, drawing from his extensive background in investor relations, FP&A, and outsourcing services where he's witnessed firsthand how data-driven CX investments drive retention and lifetime value.