CFO Talk: Data Analytics for Finance Leaders with Prashanth Southekal - Part III

Prashanth Southekal and Steve Rosvold
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In Part II Prashanth described the role he expects the CFO to play in the monetization of data; how to recognize data that is valuable outside your company; and how critical Master Data Management is to your success using data analytics.

In Part III he offers tips for CFOs just getting started in data analytics and draws some clear lines between what data analytics is and what it isn’t.

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Prashanth Southekal
PhD, MBA

Prashanth Southekal is the Managing Principal of DBP-Institute, a Data Analytics consulting and education firm. He has consulted for over 50 organizations including P&G, GE, Shell, Apple, and SAP and solved problems that are at the intersection of data, technology, and business productivity. He is also an Analytics Advisor for SAS-Institute (Western Canada), Evalueserve (Switzerland) and Grihasoft (India). Mr. Southekal is the author of 2 books - Data for Business Performance and Analytics Best Practices. Apart from his consulting pursuits, he is an Adjunct faculty of Data Analytics at University of Calgary (Calgary, Canada) and IE Business School (Madrid, Spain). He has a PhD from ESC Lille (FR) and MBA from Kellogg School of Management (US). He lives in Calgary, Canada.

Steve Rosvold
Founder and Chief Learning Officer at CFO.University

Innovative and responsible financial leadership is critical to any successful business. Whether the goal is to grow exponentially or achieve stable profitability, this core function needs to be handled with intelligence, skill, and unwavering commitment. Steve has honed his ability to drive change, improve profitability, and ensure long-term financial health for businesses.

He founded CFO.University in 2017 to deliver practical, convenient and performance enhancing professional development opportunities to CFOs and their direct reports after running KRM Business Solutions from 2004-2016. KRM was built to help Pacific Northwest business leaders to develop the knowledge, processes, systems, and tools they need for success.

Steve began his professional career with Cargill and moved into leadership roles, including the Senior Financial Officer of Cargill’s Global Energy business. In 1999 he became the Chief Financial Officer of ConAgra Malt, that was the global leader in the barley malting industry.

An Augsburg University, Minneapolis, graduate, Steve was awarded a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He is active in the community, as Executive Director of the Southwest Washington Executive Manufacturer’s Forum and Tandem Ride Coordinator for the Washington State School for the Blind.

Steve and his wife Pat live in Vancouver, Washington. They have 3 children and 4 grandchildren (as of the latest census).

CFO Talk: Data Analytics for Finance Leaders with Prashanth Southekal - Part III

Prashanth Southekal
PhD, MBA

Steve Rosvold
Founder and Chief Learning Officer at CFO.University

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Prashanth Southekal PhD, MBA

Steve Rosvold Founder and Chief Learning Officer at CFO.University

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Prashanth Southekal
PhD, MBA

Steve Rosvold
Founder and Chief Learning Officer at CFO.University