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A growth mindset for finance leaders.
Fast-growing companies have been at the forefront of Jim Cook’s 30+ year finance career, from his early days at Intuit (first 100 employee scaling to +3,500) to a founding member of Netflix and an early CFO at Mozilla — the list continues, so check out his bio.
About the webinar.
Jim is the Founder and Managing Partner at BenchBoard Advisory Network. As an advisor to leaders in today’s most dynamic companies, he is truly the go-to voice on what it takes to master a growth mindset. Jim believes that success comes from a deep understanding of the “what,” the “why,” and the “how” of leadership and operational issues.
The host of this series — Airbase CFO Aneal Vallurupalli — will delve into what it takes and what it means for finance to have the greatest impact and influence on the CEO and the board. The conversation will also focus on scaling teams and creating a financially disciplined decision-making culture.
Curious about how you can become a strategic asset to your CEO? Join us for what promises to be a fascinating and informative discussion.
About the speakers.
Jim Cook
Founder and Managing Partner at BenchBoard
Jim Cook is an executive and entrepreneur with a strong track record of scaling iconic Silicon Valley brands. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of BenchBoard Advisory Network, a leadership and knowledge-sharing network for operational executives. He brings over 30 years of experience from his work with Intuit, Netflix, and Mozilla, and is deeply passionate about mentoring others through his advisory roles.
Jim’s career highlights include early leadership roles at Intuit, where he contributed to its IPO and M&A activities. He was an original founding member of Netflix, where he built core operational systems. Jim also served as CFO for Mozilla (Firefox), scaling the organization globally and establishing a revenue model now exceeding $500M annually. Jim’s insights are featured in books like “That Will Never Work” and “Netflixed,” as well as podcasts and the award-winning documentary “Netflix vs the World.”
Aneal Vallurupalli
CFO at Airbase
Aneal Vallurupalli is the Chief Financial Officer at Airbase. His background includes early- to late-stage corporate finance, corporate development, operations, and tech M&A. Most recently, Aneal was the Vice President of Finance & Operations at Mattermost, where he still serves as an advisor. At Mattermost, Aneal grew the company’s enterprise value, with a 4x increase in revenue growth and by leading the $50M Series B. He also managed the company’s fully distributed global growth by doubling the number of countries it operates in, and growing employee count by 5x. Prior to that, he was the Head of Strategic Finance at Mapbox, where he led the company’s $164M Series C round of funding from SoftBank, and was the founding member of the Corporate Development team at Guidewire (NYSE:GWRE), helping it to grow from a $800M private company to a $7B public company. His career began in technology investment banking at Union Square Advisors, completing a range of public and private M&A transactions, including buy-side, sell-side, corporate divestitures, and restructurings.
