2016 LIZ KETTER CFO Terros Health
Background: Ketter is known as a dynamic
corporate finance and strategy executive. She offers more than 31 years of experience with a record of working collaboratively to achieve goals and produce results. She has extensive healthcare experience with both payers and providers, providing leadership in process improvement, strategic planning, finance, revenue models, accounting and facilities, call center and project management.
Biggest challenge: “I’ve faced a number of
situations in my career that have challenged me. But I’ve learned that creating collaborative relationships with a high level of trust results in me being sought out for consultation and advice much earlier in the process, while ideas are still in their infancy. My peers engage with me as a partner instead of a barrier or nay-sayer, and that’s satisfying and productive.” Greatest reward: “As a nonprofit organization, we are constantly reinventing ourselves
in order to maximize our outcomes with limited resources, while at the same time provide excellent customer service – that’s exciting and inspiring.”
GREGG LEACH
CFO Able Aerospace Services Background: Leach provides executive-level
direction for all finance-related concerns at Able, including banking, risk management, financial analysis and tax compliance, as well as maintaining positive relationships with all stakeholders and vendors. Leach has guided Able through six years of rapid growth, expanding from 200 to more than 450 employees. Between 2010 and 2015, Leach helped Able more than double its total sales.
Biggest challenge: “My biggest professional
challenge was coming to work at Able. I had been out of the finance arena, working in IT, for about 20 years. When I returned, I had to quickly re-familiarize myself with the latest accounting trends as I learned about a whole new industry – aerospace.”
Greatest reward: “A CFO is able to see all aspects of a business. This allows us to analyze and tie multiple concepts and programs together to make lasting improvements for companies and their employees. It is a very gratifying position.”
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MARC LEVINE
Executive vice president and CFO JDA Software Background: Levine joined JDA as
the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer in November, 2013. As CFO, Levine is responsible for the finance and accounting, legal, workplace, purchasing, and information technology activities for the company. Prior to joining JDA, Levine spent 25 years in a variety of senior financial leadership positions with Hewlett Packard. In his last role at HP, he served as the company’s senior vice president and corporate controller. Before that, Levine served as senior vice president of finance and chief operating officer for HP Enterprise Services. Levine also served as CFO for the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Business, leading the finance function for the enterprise storage, servers, software and services businesses. Levine’s background includes six years in the Asia Pacific region; including serving as general manager of Southeast Asia for Hewlett Packard’s medical products business. Levine holds a bachelor’s degree from Emory University and a master’s of business administration degree from the University of Connecticut