Today I have Ed Barrie with me. He is the Treasurer at Tableau Software. Tableau has been recently acquired by Salesforce and is a rapidly growing business that allows you to analyze data effectively. We chatted a lot about the fast growing IT platform versus working in more of a debt hungry utility. Ed has some great insights in working across industries, one of the most exciting interviews I've done. I think you'd enjoy today's interview with Ed.
In this episode:
- Why treasury and what made Ed choose treasury as a career
- How treasury alters in vast industries in Ed's perspective
- The real highlights in Ed's career
- The contrast of Ed's treasury role in different businesses
- The cultural change in moving industries
- Ed's approach to networking - the importance of open sharing
- Ed's mentors
- What Ed wishes he knew back when he was starting his career
- What Ed is looking for when hiring
- Having good managers who invest and empower their people
- What makes a successful treasury in the eyes of the CEO and the board
- How is the role of treasury changing over the coming year in Ed's perspective
