\u201cIf I think back to high school, I loved watching my bank account, and I had my spreadsheets and my budget,\u201d Buchanan said, reflecting on her path to CFO. After getting a job out of high school and putting herself through college, she landed a position at a CPA firm where she realized accounting was \u201calways part of my DNA.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buchanan is set to help lead Dataminr, a real-time AI platform, down the path to an IPO. The platform analyzes more than one million public data sources\u2014including text, images, and video\u2014to detect and inform users of emerging events, risks, and threats. The company\u2014which counts NATO and OpenAI among its prominent and wide-ranging client pool\u2014raised $100 million<\/a> in funding from Fortress in April and $85 million<\/a> in new funding in March, following a $475 million round<\/a> in 2021 that valued Dataminr at $4.1 billion.<\/p>\n Courtesy of Dataminr<\/p>\n Buchanan\u2019s decision to join Dataminr was cemented after meeting founder and CEO Ted Bailey and experiencing the company\u2019s mission-driven culture. \u201cI really wanted to replicate that same feeling and excitement I felt many years ago with CrowdStrike, and I really feel as though I found that with Dataminr,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Her immediate focus is initially on building out new routes to market, targeting new customer personas, and driving product innovation. And then with the eye on going public, she\u2019s working to strength Dataminr\u2019s systems, processes, and functions to prepare for a potential IPO.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s about making sure we can check all the boxes from a public reporting standpoint,\u201d she explained, drawing on her experience guiding CrowdStrike from pre-revenue to a multibillion-dollar public company.<\/p>\n Lessons from the IPO Journey<\/p>\n Going public is \u201cone of the most amazing experiences\u201d an organization can have. However, the work isn\u2019t done. \u201cOftentimes, the hardest part is after the IPO\u2014getting to that predictability and public reporting cadence, being able to continuously tell the story you want to tell the public market,\u201d she explained. Post-IPO, Buchanan stresses the importance of not sacrificing long-term success for short-term gains and ensuring that internal processes and external messaging are aligned.<\/p>\n As Dataminr expands internationally, Buchanan sees robust risk management and compliance as top priorities. She emphasizes the importance of identifying risks\u2014including financial, cybersecurity, and supply chain\u2014in areas where Dataminr\u2019s real-time intelligence platform provides early warnings.<\/p>\n Bailey said in a statement that Buchanan has deep financial acumen, operational rigor, and high-growth experience, all \u201cskills that will be instrumental.\u201d<\/p>\n Mentorship and giving back<\/p>\n Buchanan\u2019s preparation for the CFO seat began at CrowdStrike. She names Gregg Marston, the original CFO and cofounder of CrowdStrike, and current CFO Burt Podbere as her mentors. She believes in paying it forward.<\/p>\n To that end, she recently joined the board of ASAPP, an AI company focused on transforming customer service. Outside of work, Buchanan is committed to supporting foster children and families in need. \u201cI was in foster care from a very young age and, fortunately, adopted by my aunt and uncle and was raised within my family,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Along with philanthropy, Buchanan enjoys running and spending time with her husband and children.<\/p>\n Sheryl<\/strong> Estrada<\/strong> Leaderboard<\/p>\n Chad Spooner<\/b> was appointed CFO of MiniMed<\/a>, in advance of its intended separation into a standalone, public company, health care technology company, Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT), announced on Tuesday. Effective July 14, Spooner will be responsible for overseeing the finance function for Medtronic Diabetes and supporting initiatives as it prepares to become fully independent. Most recently, Spooner served as CFO at BIC, a global consumer goods provider. He started his career at General Electric, where he spent a decade in management positions of increasing responsibility in corporate audit and financial planning, as well as in a senior finance role in GE Energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n Alex Vari<\/b> was promoted to EVP and CFO of MainStreet Bank<\/a>. MainStreet Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: MNSB & MNSBP) is the holding company for MainStreet Bank. Vari was most recently the chief accounting officer, and before that, VP of accounting and finance manager. Most recently, he also led the process for developing and implementing the Company’s Sarbanes-Oxley internal control framework. <\/p>\n Big Deal<\/p>\n Workday, Inc.\u2019s newly released Contract Intelligence Index Report<\/a> highlights a widespread issue: many companies lack clarity about who is responsible for managing contracts. The research finds that 76% of employees surveyed don\u2019t fully understand who oversees contracts.<\/p>\n This confusion often stems from uncertainty over whether the vendor relationship manager, legal team, or procurement department is ultimately in charge. According to Workday, when contract ownership is unclear, companies risk losing the full value of their agreements.<\/p>\n A key finding of the report is that a lack of insight into customer renewals, upsell, and cross-sell opportunities can hurt revenue growth. Half of all legal (50%) and enterprise employee (49%) respondents say they have lost money due to unintended auto-renewals\u2014with sales and marketing departments hit hardest (60%).<\/p>\n The report also found that contracts are primarily stored across shared drives (70% for legal, 50% for non-legal) and CRM systems (62% for legal, 53% for non-legal), as well as on individual desktops, in email accounts, and even as paper records.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the rise of AI agents, we can finally turn contracts into living, intelligent assets,\u201d said Jerry Ting, VP, head of agentic AI and Evisort at Workday.<\/p>\n The survey, commissioned by Workday and conducted by Provoke Insights, included 1,250 U.S.-based legal and non-legal enterprise employees from organizations across North America, Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Europe.<\/p>\n Going deeper<\/p>\n \u201cAmazon\u2019s tariff-clouded, seller-confused, AI-researched, weirdest Prime Day ever\u201d is a new Fortune report<\/a> by Jason Del Rey.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n From the report: \u201cThe 2025 Prime Day<\/a> version is a four-day long event that kicks off on Tuesday July 8, up from two days in 2024, and\u2014as the name would still suggest\u2014a single day affair during the inaugural 2015 event.\n<\/p>\n![\"Tiffany](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tiffany-Buchanan-CFO-of-Dataminr.jpg\"\/)
Tiffany Buchanan, CFO of Dataminr.<\/p>\n
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