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).
Articles from this Contributor
- CFO Talk: Don’t Let the Border Trip You Up with Katrina Nacci
- The CFOs Role and the CEO/CFO Relationship
- The Perils of Ignoring The Income Trap
- Improving Financial Performance With a Cash Culture - Part IV
- The Expanding Role of the CFO: Aligning Poll Results with Job Creep Trends
- Improving Financial Performance With a Cash Culture - Part III
- How to Acquire Strategic Insights from Variance Analysis
- Improving Financial Performance With a Cash Culture - Part II
- Improving Financial Performance With a Cash Culture - Part I
- CFO Talk: The Golden Age of the Finance Business Partner with Aliyyah Abdullah
- Rapid Fire with Prashanth Southekal: Data Strategy and Analytics Insights
- Overcoming the Challenges CFOs are Facing Today
- Why CFO.University
- Rapid Fire with Joe Connors - Banking
- The Importance of Training and Coaching Your Finance Leaders
- CFO Talk: The Perils of Ignoring the Income Trap
- Putting the Information and the Plan Into Action: Execution Stage
- Driving Your Strategy Through Data and Planning
- Preparing A Strategic Plan – Kicking Off Your Planning Process
- CFO Talkx - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Arun Marar
- CFO Talkx - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Sanjeev Chib
- CFO Talkx - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Tobias Zwingmann
- CFO Talkx - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Prashanth Southekal
- CFO Talkw - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Full Production
- CFO Talk - Leading Teams While Improving Self with Victor Ojeleye
- In a Volatile Economy, Purchasing Practices Need to Change
- CFO Talk: Secrets for CFOs in Managing Their Boards with Anand Soni
- Which Pillar Will Be Most Critical To CFO Success In 2024?
- 3 Top Opportunities for Chief Financial Officers in 2024
- CFO Talk: The CFO Pricing Pyramid with Anne Warren
- CFO Success Series: Financial Leadership Isn’t Optional
- CFO Talk: The 8 Superpowers CFOs Use to Scale - with Michelle Kvello
- Finance Innovation and Excellence Part IV
- CFO Talk: Process Mining - Revolutionizing Corporate Finance with Tariq Munir
- The Impact of Data, Analytics and AI on Enterprise Performance Management
- Finance Innovation and Excellence Part III
- Finance Innovation and Excellence Part II
- Finance Innovation and Excellence Part I
- CFO Talk: Five CFO Learnings From 10X Growth in ARR with Mark Khavkin
- CFO Talk: The Key Elements for Enterprise Risk Management with John Thackeray
- Facing Business Challenges? Recover In 3 Steps!
- CFO Talk: Pricing Excellence and the CFO with Lynn Guinn
- CFO Talk: The CFO and Finance Transformation with Vineet Jain
- Managing Your Team and Career Through Today’s ‘New’ Economic Realities – Part III
- CFO Talk: What it Takes to Build Winning Teams with Dan Crumb
- Managing Your Team and Career Through Today’s ‘New’ Economic Realities – Part II
- Managing Your Team and Career Through Today’s ‘New’ Economic Realities – Part I
- Why Give More than We Take?
- Using The Impact Equation to Grow
- CFO TALK - The Role of Finance in Pricing with Paul Barnhurst
- CFO Talk - Data Management: The New Frontier with Prashanth Southekal
- CFO TALK: The Business Focused Finance Leader with Andy Burrows
- CFO Talk: The Power of Strategic Influence with Gary Laney
- CFO Talk: Improving Cash Flow with David Safeer
- CFO TALK - The CFO’s Role in Talent Management with Solange Charas
- CFO Talk: Analytics Based EPM with Gary Cokins
- CFO TALK - The Evolution of the Finance Business Partner - Anders Liu-Lindberg
- CFO TALK - Talent: Don’t Be Left Without It with Greg Hodge
- CFO TALK - Evaluating Our Most Valuable Resource with Dave Bookbinder
- CFO TALK - AVM & Enterprise Performance Management with Brian Higgins
- CFO TALK - Managing Transformational Change with Nilly Essaides
- CFO TALK - The Analytics Business Partner - with Jesper Hybholt Sorensen
- CFO Talk: Human Capital and Its impact on Business Valuation - Transcript
- CFO Talk: Human Capital and Its impact on Business Valuation
- CFO Talk: Human Capital and Its impact on Business Valuation - Transcript
- CFO Talk: Accelerating Finance Transformation with Andrew Codd
- CFO TALK - The Best Way to Choose Your KPIs - Bernie Smith
- Does It Really Pay to Give it Away?
- Decision Science for Improved Business Results January 26, 2023
- CFO Talk: The CFO as a Key Player in Pricing
- CFO Talk: The Future of Finance: The Keys to Influence
- Research Report: The Impact of Data and Analytics on Business and Finance
- With a Faltering Economy, What Area of The Balance Sheet Is Top of Mind For You?
- CFO Talk: Demystifying Internet Marketing with Roy Nakamura
- CFO Talk: Blockchain and Crypto for CFOs with Dr. Sean Stein Smith
- The Four “I … You” Statements That Can Change Your Life
- CFO Talk: The CEO/CFO Relationship with Tom Burke - Transcript
- Taming Your Dragon – Solving the Challenges Faced by Today’s CFOs
- CFO Talk: The CEO/CFO Relationship with Tom Burke
- CFO Talk: Designing Better Higher Education with Elliot Felix
- One of the Defining Attributes of a Successful CFO: Leadership
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - Bonus: What does tough leadership mean
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 10 Your team needs you to be their champion
- CFO Talk: Finance and the Supply Chain with Bram Desmet
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 9 Know your boundaries and honor them fully
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 8 Be a better listener
- How Technology has Affected Financial Reporting
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 7. Celebrate the Victories
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 6. Give your team opportunities to rise to the occasion
- Boost Your Career By Solving This Problem For Your CEO
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 5. The team goes as I go: high energy -> high engagement
- Don’t be Vulnerable - Properly Assess the Risks in Your Business
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 4. Raise intensity and clarity to drive accountability
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 3. You will miss some interdependencies in complex work - plan for them next time
- CFO Talk: Data, Talent and the Chief Financial Officer with Sophia Matveeva
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 2. Invest the time in individual growth that adds to team success
- CFO Talk: The Evolution of the Chief Financial Officer with Glenn Hopper
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 1. Lead with your heart (3:41)
- FInEx Talk - The CFO’s Dilemma: Tradition or Disruption
- CFO Talk: Reflections on Leadership with Victor Ojeleye - Part II (20.58)
- The CFO’s Fight For and Against Inflation
- CFO Talk: Reflections on Leadership with Victor Ojeleye - Part I (15:34)
- CFO Talk: People Focused Finance with Kevyn Rustici
- Leadership Tops the List
- Mitigating Risk: Developing Controls that Fit You and Your Business
- Do You Want to Be Your Own Boss? Here’s What You Need to Think About
- CFOs can be an Agent for Change in the Supply Chain
- What is the Human Capital Net Worth of Your Business?
- Coaching for Senior Finance Leaders: Invest In Yourself and Your Company
- The Magic of Metrics: What Gets Measured, Gets Managed
- Why Failure Is Not About Losing
- Accounting and Finance for Non Accounting and Finance Managers
- CFO Talk: The Future of Finance: Mindset and Collaboration
- Moving from Controller to CFO
- The Key to Collaboration is….
- Why CFO.University?
- Steve Rosvold with Behind The Numbers
- CFO Talk: Next Generation Finance
- Three A’s - Analytics, Automation and AI
- COVID Impact on CFOs and Their Companies
- The Four Pillars of CFO Success
- Leadership, Self-Awareness and Communication
- The Four Pillars of the CFO Role
- Being Exit Ready Is Good Business
- Finance Leaders and Entrepreneurship
- Human Capital Management
- The State of Finance Transformation
- CFO Talk: Andrew Codd on Leading a Data Analytics Team
- CFO Talk: A Case Study in Digital Transformation
- CFO Talk: Improving the Bottom Line - Part II
- CFO Talk: Improving the Bottom Line - Part I
- Webinar - Finance Data Analytics for Business Results
- CFO Talk: The CFOs Guide to Great KPIs with Bernie Smith
- CFO Talk: Management With No Management Experience with Andy Burrows
- The Value of Our Reputation
- An interview with recent Lyft CFO, Brian Roberts
- Financial Management for Business Exit Strategies
- The New Frontier – Talent as the Central Theme to Resource Management
- CFO Talk: How CFOs Should be Preparing Their Business to Take Full Advantage of Modeling: An Interview with Lance Rubin and Giles Male
- CFO Talk: Modeling Demand Beyond the Simple Financial Model: An Interview with Lance Rubin and Giles Male
- CFO Talk: What Skills Should CFOs be Developing on the Modeling Teams?: An Interview with Lance Rubin and Giles Male
- CFO Talk: How is Modeling Changing and Why Should CFOs Care?: An Interview with Lance Rubin and Giles Male
- CFO Talk: How CFOs are Using Models to Create Value: An Interview with Lance Rubin and Giles Male
- CFO Talk: HOT MESS? DUMPSTER FIRE? TRAIN WRECK? You Still Have to Conduct Year-End Reviews with Julie Winkle Giulioni
- CFO Talk: The CFOs Guide to Financial Modeling/Modeling in a Crisis
- What is a CFO - An Interview with SurePayd
- Analytics Through the Lens of the CFO
- CFO Talk: Leading Edge Technology Update for CFOs with Dave Sackett Part III
- CFO Talk: Leading Edge Technology Update for CFOs with Dave Sackett Part II
- CFO Talk: Leading Edge Technology Update for CFOs with Dave Sackett Part I
- CFO Talk: Leading Edge Technology Update for CFOs with Dave Sackett
- CFO Talk: Data Analytics for Finance Leaders with Prashanth Southekal - Part III
- CFO Talk: Data Analytics for Finance Leaders with Prashanth Southekal - Part II
- CFO Talk: Data Analytics for Finance Leaders with Prashanth Southekal - Part I
- CFO Talk: Data Analytics for Finance Leaders with Prashanth Southekal
- Building Our Business
- Change – The Great Elixir for Solving Problems
- Professional Development for Accounting and Finance Leaders
- The CFO’s Role in Times of Crisis
- Why Should M&A and Private Equity Matter to You? More on Breakfast with PitchBook.
- “What is the value of our company’s reputation?” – Con’t
- A company behind the CMO’s dream and the CFO as an enabling partner
- You May Not Have a CFO, But Your Company Still has CFO Duties
- The CFO’s Dilemma: Speed Or Accuracy?
- Forward Looking Financials
- Risk Management for CFOs - Part II of II
- Risk Management for CFOs - Part I of II
- WEBINETTE: Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go
- Finance Executives: Pick Up The Bat, Step Up To The Plate and Hone Your Skills
- CFO Success Series: Managing Key Resources
- Finance: The Foundation of All Economies
- CFOs – What Language Do You Teach In?
- How to Make a Difference With the 3 Languages of Finance
- For Chief Financial Officers: A Practical Approach to Using Artificial Intelligence - Part IV
- For Chief Financial Officers: A Practical Approach to Using Artificial Intelligence - Part III
- For Chief Financial Officers: A Practical Approach to Using Artificial Intelligence - Part II
- For Chief Financial Officers: A Practical Approach to Using Artificial Intelligence - Part I
- Human Resource Department Return on Investment Model
- A Great Lesson for CFOs from the Sporting World
- What is the First Step on the Road to CFO Success? And How Do We Take It?
- Welcome to CFO.University
- Are You Missing a Finance Department? You are Not Alone
- Finance: The Foundation of All Economies
- Managing Margin, Risk, Financial Transparency in the Ethanol Industry
- What is the Consultant’s Role When the Project is Complete?
- Tough Times: What an Uncertain Economy Means for You
- The Investment Pitch
- Raw Materials: Are You “Buying Right”?
- Innovating Your CFO Activities
- How A Consultant Can Boost Your Efficiency
- Why CFOs are Hesitant to Hire Consultants
- A Letter to Our Youngest Daughter - The Value of a Cup of Coffee
- Do What You Do Best, and Outsource the Rest
- Steps to Take Before Hiring a Consultant
