Stephen Bruno Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Vice President, Finance (Product, Engineering, Cloud, Design) Lead team of 25 Finance professionals in support of rapidly growing $5B+ SaaS Cloud Business; team provides business support and analysis to EVP's of Product, Engineering, Cloud and Design. Team supports 7,000+ employees with white-glove treatment for all Product WorkFlows and related Engineering, Quality, Design and Cloud organizations. Results• Attracted and hired high caliber Finance professionals• Team developed highly valued and best-in-class reporting packages along with key analysis and insight for all distinct Business Units which enabled more pointed decision making centered on capital allocation and top line growth• Team improved and further optimized Subscription Gross Margin performance through very detailed and thorough analysis, bench marking and execution to well thought out plan for 20+ Data Centers around the world• Team matured and optimized Customer Support metrics that drove improved margins and spotlighted quality and non-usage insights which drove corrective action• Team developed deeply valued BU portfolio inclusive and reflective of 3 Emerging and 6 Tenured Business Units that drove Bookings targets and profitability goals• Team achieved efficiency and process gains related to traditional FP&A duties such as Qtr.-End Close, Forecasting, Business Customer engagement, etc.Key Experiences & Skills:3 Year Product Roadmap / Strategy Offensive-minded Finance Decision SupportModel development for Tiers, Verticals and Segmentation Cloud / Data Center OptimizationTechnology Acquisition and diligence Customer Support Metrics / Location Strategy

Austin, Texas, Us

Senior Director, Global Business Finance Lead team of Finance professionals in support of a $4B Cloud and On-Premises Business Unit; team provides business support to EVP of Go-to-Market, EVP of R&D, SVP of Manufacturing as well as primary interface with CorporateResults• Re-energized, re-focused and optimized a tired and low morale team• Developed and curated deep analysis related to Margin, Sales Productivity and Product Profitability which led to Executive decisions regarding a re-organized sales team, harvesting and sun setting of aged products and redirection of funding to Cloud opportunities • Improved partnerships with our Field and Corporate counterparts along with increased analysis that drives their decision makingKey Experiences & Skills:Product Lifecycle Go-To-Market Strategy Product / Market Segmentation Portfolio Profitability

San Jose, California, Us

Global Finance Controller and business partner to the EVP of R&D and direct staff who are responsible for developing and managing the Company’s $6B+ product portfolio and emerging products and solutions; Lead team of 10 Finance professionals who have fiduciary responsibility for $700M in annual spending while providing decision support to the 3,100 engineering and product marketing professionals worldwideKey Experiences & Skills• Product Lifecycle • Pricing, Promotions• Sell-To and Sell-With• Long Term R&D business model• Product/Market segmentation• Acquisition diligence & integration• R&D investments & efficienciesResults• Enabled cloud data fabric with differentiated solutions, products and integrations through financial support and influence• Responsible for the financial oversight of several generations of product refreshes and associated changes in pricing/packaging that drives $6B+ of revenue• Improved internal and external partnerships through leadership and development of employees• Developed comprehensive set of quarterly product performance and engineering operational metrics that drove executive decision making

San Jose, California, Us

Member of CIO staff that leads team of Financial professionals in support of Global IT with annual portfolio of $400M with significant presence in U.S, EMEA, APAC and IndiaKey Experiences & Skills – Provided leadership, strategy/planning, business decision support and intelligence to all organizations (Architecture/Strategy, Development and Delivery, Portfolio Management and Infrastructure); significant cost reduction and portfolio optimization, development of metrics package of KPI’s, streamlined preferred vendor engagement; Data Center migration to low cost location, revitalized and streamlined team structure, improved financial accountability into the business leadership ranks

San Jose, California, Us

Created Finance team in support of newly formed Commerce organization that included Sales Quoting, Product Configuration, Order Management, Invoicing and FulfillmentKey Experiences & Skills – Provided business and decision support to a fast moving and dynamic team responsible for top line growth and ease of doing business with; supported and served as trusted business partner to EVP of Customer Advocacy with ownership over consolidated financials for Global Support, Product Renewals and Operational organizations; provided financial leadership to the company’s largest system platform implementation that resulted in faster quoting, reduced complexities and improved experiences by key Channel partners

San Jose, California, Us

Led team of 40+ Finance and Accounting professionals. Responsibilities include: Accounting, Consolidations, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets and CommissionsKey Experiences & Skills – Improved financial statement review process through standard global format and cadence resulting in increased visibility and understanding of fluctuations; stabilized and dramatically improved Commission / Compensation processes for ~3,000 participants resulting in higher credibility, accuracy, productivity and analytics; significantly improved employee morale, reduced cost structure by 40% and right sized staffing model; successfully outsourced corporate functions to top tier BPO provider without disruptions or control gaps; actively mentored and coached employees

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for reporting full P&L and Balance Sheet results to CEO, CFO and GM’s; managed team of finance professionals focused on budgeting, reporting and analysis in support of four major businesses with nine divisions/product lines (~$1.7B)Key Experiences & Skills – Represented and managed Finance team in $2.7B Divestiture from (Agilent Technologies) which included deep involvement with Private Equity firms (KKR and Silver Lake) on due diligence, carve out, offering memorandum for debt; administered yearly strategic planning review for all industries and markets which led to sharper strategic focus and deeper partnerships across various functions; significant M&A and other high caliber ad-hoc analysis for executive team; routinely applied intuition, experience and judgment to available data to make good business decisions

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Key member of corporate team that worked on HP / Agilent split and worked on corporate consolidations of 110 international entities and treasury transactions and analysisKey Experiences & Skills – Developed standard global process for analysis and reporting of financial statements used by upper management, successfully implemented the adoption of FASB 52 for all non-monetary items in alliance with functional currency change; successfully transitioned transactional content related to Treasury deals to low cost region with no disruptions

Managed team of seven finance and accounting professionals dedicated to IC, AP, AR, General Accounting as well as traditional Finance business support for four major businessesKey Experiences & Skills – Created and maintained month-end close related metrics; made significant process improvements related to adoption of common business tools amongst internal customers and finance groups; provided business support to Logistics, Purchasing, Marketing, and IT departments; led ‘task force’ to re-route revenue flows from South East Asia to streamline and reduce cost structure

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance