Jim Childs founded a non-profit organization, Saving American Jobs Foundation, Inc. after a 30-year career, where he was involved in over $1 billion in capital transactions for small and middle market companies.  Today, he uses that experience to provide funding for companies who are having difficulty obtaining financing to help them survive the challenges of today’s continued economic climate.  In a nutshell, the non-profit’s mission is to provide structured, junior financing to challenged companies to avoid them laying off their workforce.  The organization’s strategy is to raise capital from larger corporations who have the funds to invest in such companies in a tax-free manner and provide the financing to struggling companies.  Jim is an executive who is utilizing his career experiences in a philanthropic mission to save jobs.  Listen in as he shares his thoughts on the job market and financing in today’s hard economic times.

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Richard Friedman currently provides executive consulting services specializing in assessing corporate internal audit organizations for Chief Audit Executives and audit committees. With a career spanning two decades in internal audit, we explore the controls aspect of the finance function through his eyes. He discusses why an organization or their board would request an assessment of their audit organization. Think, the “oversight body” receiving oversight itself. Richard talks candidly about the audit function and why he believes the role of Chief Audit Executive is one of the most difficult roles to play in any organization. He also gives his perspective on the characteristics of the most effective executives/board that he has worked with. Listen in as we explore more about the internal audit function…

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Andy Burnett has 18 years’ experience providing tax, accounting and personal tax planning management services to privately held businesses and high net-worth entrepreneurs and executives.  With a Juris Doctorate and a Master of Taxation, Andy describes how to balance the legal and tax aspects of being a business-owner and executive from a personal finance perspective.  Listen in as he discusses an entrepreneur’s most valuable asset — the business.

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Listen  as host Lorraine Chilvers interviews Stephen Chesnut, CFO and Senior Vice President of Overstock.com, a $1 billion publicly-traded online retail company. Learn how Chesnut has parlayed his twenty-four years of retail and wholesale experience, along with his Accounting and MBA degrees from Brigham Young University, to govern the finances for one of the most successful and prolific online retailers. As CFO and Senior Vice President of Finance for Overstock.com, Steve is the company’s principal financial and accounting officer. Prior to joining Overstock.com in 2009, Stephen held various finance roles with other retail giants like Target, Home Depot and HD Supply.

Steve provides insight into the complexities of finance in the retail industry, which, for Overstock.com, means millions of transactions and the critical necessity of never losing customer focus in order to deliver a predictable and successful customer experience. He also shares information with the CFOradio audience on the strategies and systems that have helped Overstock.com grow and thrive in the cyber-sphere.

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Ian Bradley has become an international expert in his business life as he travels the world, from Europe to China to the US.  He is an adjunct professor at Furman University where he teaches International Accounting and Accounting Systems; and he serves on the Foundation for Applied Research Committee of IMA Global.  He shares his perspective on the risks involved in international business.  Taking the role of the Controller one step deeper, Ian discusses his passion for the role and describes the attributes one needs to be a successful Controller in an international setting.

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