Therese Tucker
Therese Tucker
CEO & Founder, BlackLine
CEO & Founder, BlackLine

Therese Tucker ist nicht die übliche zugeknöpfte CEO und Unternehmerin
An einem typischen Tag in der BlackLine-Zentrale in Los Angeles ist die BlackLine-CEO und Gründerin Therese Tucker immer schnell unterwegs, man sieht sie nur vorbei huschen, wenn sie von einem Meeting zum nächsten über vier Stockwerke des Büroturms sprintet, der den Namen BlackLine trägt. Als zertifizierte Yogalehrerin ist sie nicht nur sportlich, sondern auch wortgewandt, was angesichts der geheimnisvollen Sprache des Finanz- und Rechnungswesens (F&A), die sie beherrscht, eine Notwendigkeit ist. Ihr Scharfsinn im Finanzbereich und ihr technologischer Einfallsreichtum haben zusammen die Arbeit von Hunderttausenden von Buchhaltern effizienter und interessanter gemacht, den Stresspegel der internen Prüfer gesenkt und den CFOs eine außerordentliche Transparenz in Bezug auf die Unternehmensleistung gegeben, wodurch sie klügere Entscheidungen zur Verbesserung der Wettbewerbsposition treffen konnten.
Vor der Gründung von BlackLine, dem Softwareunternehmen für Finanzkontrolle und Automatisierung, im Jahr 2001, war Therese Chief Technology Officer bei SunGard Treasury Systems. Als sie BlackLine gründete, verfügte sie über mehr als 25 Jahre Erfahrung in der Finanzbuchhaltung und Technologieentwicklung und konzentrierte sich zunächst auf die Bereitstellung einer Lösung für die Vermögensverwaltung für die First National Bank of Nebraska. Als eine Buchhalterin ihre Frustration über die manuellen Prozesse der Bank zur Abstimmung der Bücher zum Ausdruck brachte, wurde Therese darauf aufmerksam.
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Nasdaq
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Forbes
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For years, management consultancies have touted the benefits of continuous improvement, the ongoing efforts in a business to improve products, services or processes by increments. In doing so, companies can identify and eliminate waste, enhance operational excellence and focus on issues like growing the business, accountant stress, the risk of administrative and reporting errors, and the possibility of a material weakness.
At last, continuous improvement has come to the world of accounting and finance, as Russ Banham points out in our cover story, “Counting on Continuous Accounting.” We’re a leader in this movement to forge a new mindset in finance, breaking down the accounting tasks that usually pile up at the period-end close into a series of smaller steps, all of them automated, of course....
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