Nathan Bell
Founder | Executive | Finance | AI | Data & Analytics | Digital Transformation | Operator | CFO Advisory | FinTech Stack Expert | Vendor Management
As a seasoned executive with over two decades of experience, I specialize in steering organizations through complex business, finance, and digital transformations focusing on CFO’s and finance executives as well as CTO’s, CIO’s, and CISO’s. I am Managing Partner at VAi Consulting as well as the Co-Founder and CFO of Virginia (www.meetvirginia.io), a B2B PaaS revolutionizing Vendor Management and optimization via automation and AI.
Expertise
Digital Transformation: From conception to execution, I help companies reinvent their business models and processes through data and emerging technologies like AI/ML, RPA, and advanced analytics.
Financial Leadership: With a deep understanding of finance, FP&A, accounting, banking, and venture capital, I offer strategic financial guidance to companies of various scales, from startups to Fortune 500s.
Data Governance: A proponent of data-driven decision-making, I specialize in DataOps, data governance, and master data management, enabling organizations to harness their data effectively.
Business Development: Equipped with strong skills in negotiations, operations, and risk analysis, I have led various teams across departments including HR, Legal, Operations, and Data Privacy.
Career Highlights:
Co-founded VAi Consulting where I am Managing Partner helping clients in their Digital Transformation journey through D&A, AI, and Vendor Optimization.
At Embark, I guided CFOs through digital transformation, deploying cutting-edge data governance methodologies and analytics solutions.
Co-founded Virginia (www.meetvirginia.io), where we are in the closing stages of raising a $1M SAFE round and poised to disrupt the vendor management space.
Previously, I served as Sr. Director Analyst CFO Advisor at Gartner a and as CFO/SVP of Operations/SVP of Data & Business Analytics at Digital Trends Media Group, where I managed a gamut of operations from finance to advanced analytics.
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Ravi Bhardwaj
Ravi Bhardwaj the CEO and Co-founder of Kosh.ai. He is a serial entrepreneur who has worked in multiple industries and geographies. With Kosh.ai, he is building a comprehensive platform to automatically manage financial operations and payments reconciliation. He is deeply passionate about solving complicated solutions using technology. He holds a bachelor degree and a masters degree in engineering and an MBA.
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Gianluca Bisceglie
Founder & CEO, Visyond
Technologist, strategist, private equity executive and entrepreneur with broad international experience across both mature and emerging markets.
Gianluca is the Founder and Chief Executive of Visyond, an Excel-compatible collaborative spreadsheet, analysis, presentation and reporting platform that connects, automates and tracks everything whilst safeguarding sensitive information.Gianluca holds an MEng in Electronics Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin (Italy) and an MBA with Distinction from London Business School. To learn more visit www.visyond.com.
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Dave Bookbinder
Executive Director of Valuation Services at Haefele Flanagan
Known as a collaborative consultant, Dave serves client companies of all sizes and industries in the area of valuation advisory. Working closely with business owners, CFOs, Controllers, CEOs and their trusted advisers, Dave strives to build relationships that add value for the long term.
Dave has conducted valuations of the securities and intangible assets of public and private companies for various purposes including M&A, financial reporting, stock-based compensation, exit strategy, and strategic planning. Among the many types of intellectual property and intangible assets that Dave has valued are human capital assets (people!).
Dave believes that people really are an organization’s most valuable asset and is the author of two best-selling books, The NEW ROI: Return on Individuals and The NEW ROI: Return on Individuals- Going Behind the Numbers, which explore the impact that people have on the value of a business.
It’s an axiom in business that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Business performance, business valuation - it’s all managed by the numbers. While Dave has spent a great deal of time ‘inside’ the numbers, he has learned that the real stories and lessons-learned occur ‘behind the numbers.’ Dave hosts a talk show called Behind The Numbers where he and his guests discuss what matters most in business.
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Kip Boyle
CEO of Cyber Risk Opportunities
Cyber Risk Opportunities company focuses on enabling executives to become more proficient cyber risk managers so their organizations can thrive. Kip and his team provide access to the people, expertise and tools their clients need to manage the risks to the digital assets of their companies—whether those assets are cash, intellectual property, identities or confidential client information.
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Tom Burke
CEO
Tom is a forward-thinking, strategic leader with diverse management experience leading a global organization across multiple disciplines, including corporate leadership, operations (manufacturing/supply chain), business development (M&A, licensing), portfolio management, project management, P&L, sales and marketing. Particular strengths include insightful analytical thinking, creative business problem solving, team-oriented leadership approach and persuasive oral and written communication.
Tom has enjoyed success leading and managing a high function organization in the pharmaceutical sector including brands, branded generics, generics and consumer products. He is energized by developing and leading strategic initiatives to expand and grow the future of an organization.
Guiding values: integrity, honesty, persistence, respect, commitment, inquisitiveness, and learning.
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Andy Burrows
Owner of Supercharged Finance
Owner of Supercharged Finance - a provider of online resources for Finance professionals
Andy is a popular Finance writer, coach and online trainer.
He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in England in 1995, and has worked in business Finance since 1996, with the likes of Barclays, Centrica, Logica, and Zurich Insurance.
Having experienced a wide variety of Finance roles, including Finance Director, and having played key roles in both Finance and business transformation programmes, Andy increasingly spends his time passing on the benefit of his wealth of experience.
Nowadays, as Founder and CEO of Supercharged Finance, he provides online training and development opportunities and material to help Finance professionals get better at helping the businesses they work for.