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The CFO StoryBrandon Buteaux Episode 17In this episode of The CFO Story, host Jason Lee and co-host Sami Abboud welcomed Brandon Buteaux from the Baker Group to discuss innovative approaches to improving company cash flow and bottom-line performance (Brandon Buteaux The CFO Story).Brandon shared his compelling journey from owning a concrete company (BAR - Brandon, Allie, and Ricky) to founding the Baker Group. His transition was sparked by personal experience with cash flow challenges when his concrete business was owed over a million dollars in unpaid invoices. This financial struggle taught him valuable lessons about securing assets and collecting payments.
2025-05-2332 min
The CFO StoryEpisode 8The CFO Story welcomes guest Stephen Childress, CFO of Axip Energy Services. Axip Energy Services provides natural gas compression services to upstream and midstream customers in all major producing basins in the United States and offshore Gulf of Mexico.
2024-09-1931 min
The CFO StoryEpisode 7In Episode 7 of the CFO Story, we are joined by Jesse Rubenfeld, Founder and CEO of FinOptimal. Jesse is a CPA and has an MBA as well as being an Entrepreneur. FinOptimal is an accounting firm that builds QuickBooks apps.
2024-09-0527 min
The CFO StoryEpisode 6Episode 6 of the CFO story welcomes guest, Travis Ziebro, Founder of Momenta Fire an Industrial Marketing company.
2024-08-2230 min
The CFO StoryEpisode 5This week on the CFO Story, guest, Bob Wells from Bob Wells CFO joins us on episode 5. Bob Wells is a strategic business advisor to owners of privately held businesses. Bob helps the business owner to understand their financial condition, plan for the future and ensure that they are prepared to meet their various obligations
2024-08-0837 min
The CFO StoryEpisode 4Episode 4 of the CFO Story welcomes guest, Jeff Dupree, CFO of Sentinel Integrity Solutions. Jeff has an MBA and is a CPA for Sentinel, who deliver safe, cost effective turn-key inspection solutions
2024-07-2524 min
The CFO StoryEpisode 3Episode 3 features guest, Sarah Wells, CFO of Spruce Power. Sarah shares her success from auditor to CFO.
2024-07-1138 min
The CFO StoryEpisode 2Episode 2 is the first official podcast with guest Rob Johnson, President and Managing Partner of Sabre Financial Group, LLC, a fraction and transactional CFO/Controller service.
2024-06-2731 min
The CFO StoryEpisode 1This first episode of the CFO Story features George Abboud, CEO of Exponent/SMARTGroup Houston.George Abboud comes with a background of a CFO in corporate America. George is now an Entrepreneur and co-owns a financial advisory firm, Exponent/SMARTGroup Houston.
2024-06-1400 min
Stuff You Missed in History ClassThe Banu MusaThe Banū Mūsā were three brothers who lived in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age. Among their many achievements, they wrote books on math and science, and created a number of automata. Research: 1001 Inventions. “Fountains.” https://www.1001inventions.com/fountains/ Abboud, Tony. “Al-Kindi : the father of Arab philosophy.” New York, NY : Rosen Pub. Group. 2006. Ali, Adam. “The Abbasid Civil War: The War of the Brothers.” Medievalists.net. 9/2022. https://www.medievalists.net/2022/09/abbasid-civil-war-brothers/ Al-Jazeera English. “Pioneers of Engineering Al Jazari and the Banu Musa.” 10/27/2015. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/science-in-a-golden-age/2015/10/27/pioneers-of-engineering-al-jazari-and-the-banu-musa/ "Banū Mūsā." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography...
2023-12-2727 min