Steve Sordello

Current

• Chief Financial Officer at LinkedIn

Past

• Chief Financial Officer at TiVo
• Chief Financial Officer at Ask Jeeves
• Senior Director, Finance at Adobe Systems

• Financial Accountant/Analyst at Syntex

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Education

• Santa Clara University
• Willow Glen High School

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• LinkedIn blog

Steve Sordello’s Summary

Results-oriented Senior Financial Executive demonstrating expertise in building top-performing organizations that consistently exceed revenue and profit objectives.

Steve Sordello’s Specialties:

Consumer and Corporate Internet, Consumer Software, Enterprise Software, Organizational Leadership. Financial Planning, Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Turnarounds, Forecasting, External & Internal reporting, Investor Relations, Strategic and Operational Planning.

Steve Sordello’s Experience

• Chief Financial Officer

  LinkedIn

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Responsible for all financial operations at LinkedIn. Developing and implementing financial strategies that support LinkedIn’s business objectives.

• Chief Financial Officer

  TiVo

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; TIVO; Consumer Electronics industry)

  August 2006 — July 2007 (1 year)

  Responsible for financial operations including Accounting, Financial Planning, Treasury, Tax and Investor Relations. Key member of the management team that delivered TiVo’s first-ever quarter of profitability.

• Chief Financial Officer

  Ask Jeeves

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ASKJ; Internet industry)

  May 1999 — October 2005 (6 years 6 months)

  Selected to lead the organization’s financial operations following the market downturn in late 2000. Member of the Executive Management Team reporting to the CEO and working closely with Management to put in place a financial strategy that supported the Company’s business strategy. Directed financial analysis; internal and regulatory reporting; accounting operations; budgeting; forecasting and Human Resources that led to long-term improvements in cost savings, profitability and productivity. Ask Jeeves was acquired by IAC Interactive in 2005.

• Senior Director, Finance

  Adobe Systems

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

  April 1994 — May 1999 (5 years 2 months)

  Acted as a key advisor to the CFO and Product and Sales EVPs while managing the Company’s corporate, manufacturing, and financial planning functions. Responsible for managing, preparing, administering, and directing the control of the operating and forecasting plans. Managed the activities of the financial analyst staff and approved recommendations for financial planning and control.

• Financial Accountant/Analyst

  Syntex

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  June 1992 — April 1994 (1 year 11 months)

  Recruited into rotational development program. Focused on financial statement reporting, accounting, accounts payable and streamlining internal processes. Syntex was acquired by Roche.

Steve Sordello’s Education

• Santa Clara University

  MBA & Undergraduate , Business , 1990 — 1992

  Activities and Societies:

  Honor Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma; Golden Key; Phi Kappa Phi

• Willow Glen High School

  Activities and Societies:

  Basketball and Track teams

Additional Information

Steve Sordello’s Websites:

• LinkedIn blog

Steve Sordello’s Interests:

Basketball. Spending time with family.

Steve Sordello’s Groups:

•    Santa Clara University Lifelong Network
•    Adobe Alumni
•    SCU School of Business
•    Certified Management Accountant
•    TiVo Alumni Group
•    The Economist Newspaper readers
•    Santa Clara University Alumni Association
•    Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Network
•    AdobeAlumni
•    Finance Director Europe - CFO & FD network
•    Santa Clara University MBA Alumni
•    ASK.COM
•    Software as a Service (SaaS) Group
•    Ask Jeeves ex Finance Team
•    CMA® Connection (Certified Management Accountant) Online: Official IMA® Site
•    Syntex Alumni Community
•    Piper Jaffray Global Internet Summit Alumni
•    CFOs Forum
•    Global Silicon Valley
•    '09 Grads
•    LinkedIn Advertising Forum
•    Friends of LinkedIn
•    Smart CFO

Steve Sordello’s Honors:

Named in the East Bay Times’ 2005 “40 under 40”
Named to Business 2.0’s 2004 “Dream Team” as CFO
Passed the CMA (Certified Management Accountant Exam)

Steve Sordello’s Contact Settings

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