Kelly Kramer, Board Member: Snowflake, Coinbase, Figma, Gilead.
Former CFO at Cisco.
Join Bessemer Venture Partner Jeff Epstein as he uncovers secrets to a thriving career in finance with veteran CFO and active board member Kelly Kramer.
Kelly’s career path led her to leadership roles at organizations with high revenues and big impacts. She’ll share her experiences at Cisco, where she served as CFO and Executive Vice-President. She also held several leadership positions during her 20 years at GE, including CFO roles in Healthcare Systems, Biosciences, and Life Science.
As a board member at Snowflake, Coinbase, Figma, and Gilead, she offers a unique perspective on the relationship between board members and finance leaders.
Join us to hear Kelly’s stories on leading finance and making a difference!
What you’ll learn:
- How to achieve a finance leadership role at a top company.
- What CEOs and Boards look for in a CFO.
- Insights on the direction of the CFO role for the future.
About the speakers.
Kelly Kramer
Former CFO at Cisco, and Board Member at Snowflake, Coinbase, Gilead, Figma
Kelly Kramer was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Cisco from 2015 to 2020. Before becoming CFO, she was Senior Vice President of Business Technology and Operations Finance. She also managed finance for Cisco’s supply chain, marketing, communications, operations, HR, and IT groups.
Kramer joined Cisco in 2012 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance. Previously, she was CFO of GE Healthcare’s Healthcare Systems and held various CFO roles at GE, including in Biosciences and Life Sciences.
She currently serves as a Board Member at Coinbase, Snowflake, Figma, and Gilead.
Jeff Epstein
Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Jeff Epstein is an Operating Partner in the Silicon Valley office, where he leads Bessemer’s CFO Advisory Board and helps portfolio company CEOs and CFOs share best practices. He is the former Executive Vice President and CFO at Oracle, one of the world’s largest and most profitable technology companies, with a market value of over $150B. Prior to joining Oracle, Jeff served as CFO at several public and private companies, including DoubleClick (sold to Google), King World Productions (sold to CBS), and Nielsen’s Media Measurement and Information Group. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at The First Boston Corporation. He specializes in B2B software, marketplaces, and AI software. Jeff is Co-CEO at Apex Technology, a SPAC which has announced a merger with AvePoint. Each winter, Jeff co-teaches the Lean Launchpad class at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Engineering. He serves on the boards of directors at Kaiser Permanente, Twilio, Poshmark, Shutterstock, and several private companies. Jeff served on the board of directors at Booking Holdings/Priceline for 16 years as its market value grew from $1B to $80B. He holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and a BA from Yale College, where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.