David Barnes, Chief Financial Officer at Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB)
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Episode Timestamps00:00 Intro
04:29 The Role of CFO
05:14 How the CFO’s roles differs from the CEO
06:24 Decision-making process and approvals workflow
09:43 Communicating opportunities
11:15 Prioritization
14:18 Balancing the allocation of budgets
16:42 How equity compensation works
18:14 How aligned investment analysts are when evaluating a company
20:08 Forecasting deals
22:53 Priorities when looking at deals
26:49 Balancing priorities when structuring earnouts
28:31 Understanding a company’s culture
31:08 Integration from a CFO’s perspective
33:49 How the speed of integration impacts value realization
37:05 Biggest lessons learned as a CFO
39:23 How to pitch deals to the CFO
41:38 Craziest thing in M&A