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October 12, 2025

Data Storytelling for CFOs: Designing Better Dashboards 

In the modern finance function, dashboards have become the default language of performance. They are everywhere: projecting KPIs on executive walls, embedded in boardroom decks, and lighting up laptops across business units. They promise objectivity, transparency, and speed. But like any language, dashboards can either clarify or confuse. When badly designed, they do not just lie but mislead, distract, and erode confidence. Integrating AI automation, big data, analytics technologies, predictive models, and AI and machine learning can transform dashboards from static displays into actionable intelligence, giving CFOs and finance teams the insight needed to drive strategic decisions. 
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October 9, 2025

Fractional CFOs: Delivering Value on Demand 

When I was the CFO at Atari, we were at a pivotal juncture in the company’s history. Atari was undertaking a global restructuring of its financial reporting systems, distribution channels, and commercial relationships. At the same time, we were pursuing strategic acquisitions of gaming studios to expand into massively multiplayer online (MMO) games and lighter social gaming platforms, such as those being pioneered on Zynga.  
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October 3, 2025

Driving Business Insights Through Clean Finance Data 

In today’s financial world, clarity is the ultimate currency. The cleaner and more reliable your data, achieved through robust data cleaning techniques and accounting data cleansing, the stronger your decisions become. When numbers are trusted, leaders can steer the business with confidence. Yet many CFOs face a paradox. Enterprises are flooded with data, but teams often struggle to trust it. Despite sophisticated systems, spreadsheets still need manual reconciliation. Despite numerous reports, strategies are frequently guided more by instinct than insight.