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Mallory Bulman
Sr Director Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Transformation Leadership
- CFO Role and Leadership Effectiveness
- Close and Consolidation Efficiency
- Change Management
- Finance Function Strategy
Speaker Bio
Mallory Barg Bulman is a CFO Advisory Leader at Gartner (NYSE:IT) where she serves as a featured speaker, client advisor and researcher. Mallory guides research teams that cover transformation, CFO personal effectiveness, finance processes, talent and technology. Mallory's insights are relied on by more than 10,000 CFO & finance executives and their teams across industries and sectors. Her ideas have been featured in the Washington Post, Fortune, CFO Dive, Accounting Today, the Journal of Accountancy, and GovExec. Mallory also leads the Gartner Finance Transformation Awards and is instrumental in driving Gartner's strategic research agenda, expanding its capabilities to deliver actionable insights to global finance leaders.
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Sessions
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM EDT
Gartner Opening Keynote: Unlocking Finance's New Identity with Key Habits
Mallory Bulman,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Clement Christensen,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
CFOs are leading the charge towards an autonomous finance future, where technology and human expertise converge to redefine the very nature of what it means to be in finance. CFOs must rethink structure, skills, headcount and customer engagement — more importantly CFOs must lead finance to a new identity. Join us to learn how progressive companies are redefining the future of finance as a technology function.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM EDT
Roundtable: Hacks to Shorten Your Accounting Close
Mallory Bulman,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this highly interactive discussion with your peers, lightly facilitated by a Gartner expert, on strategies and challenges in achieving a faster accounting close.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM EDT
Executive Story: Digital Acceleration in Finance, an “Experiential” Approach
Christopher Taormina,
Senior Director, Finance Transformation, Verizon
Mallory Bulman,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Join us for an insightful conversation with Verizon as we discuss their innovative journey towards leveraging technology to drive business success. Discover how Verizon's Digital Acceleration Hub has helped to empower Finance professionals by utilizing no/low-code technologies and an iterative approach to drive end-to-end transformation.
In this session, we will delve into core pillars that were instrumental in this transformation such as accessible technology, leadership partnership, upskilling talent, business outcome focused approaches and more. ... Show More Show Less
In this session, we will delve into core pillars that were instrumental in this transformation such as accessible technology, leadership partnership, upskilling talent, business outcome focused approaches and more. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM EDT
Executive Story: ERP as a Catalyst for Business Transformation
Scott Tetenman,
Senior Vice President Finance at New York Power Authority, New York Power Authority
Steven Damsky,
Senior Director Business Value Optimization, New York Power Authority
Bruce Bishop,
VP, Team Manager, Gartner
Join us for an engaging fireside chat where Scott Tetenman, Steven Damsky of NYPA share their transformative journey of implementing ERP system as a strategic business transformation project. We will explore initial challenges, strategic preparations, and change management strategies. Discover insights into resource allocation, governance structures, and lessons learned, highlighting successes and areas for improvement. This session offers practical knowledge and strategic guidance for driving successful ERP transformations within your organization.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EDT
Executive Story: Transforming Finance Operations: Atlassian's Journey to Efficiency, Scalability, and Driving Future Business Growth
Mallory Bulman,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Claude Khoury,
Head of Finance Ops Enablement & AI, Atlassian
Join us for an engaging interview with Atlassian as they share their remarkable journey of transforming a complex and cumbersome financial infrastructure into a streamlined and efficient system. Learn how Atlassian overcame significant scalability challenges, paving the way for accelerated business growth. During this session, we will explore areas such as prioritization, change management, communication, talent and more.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM EDT
Executive Story: Enhancing Business Agility with Real-Time Insights via GenAI Solutions
Mallory Bulman,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Adam Kapadia,
Engineering Manager - AI/ML, Aristocrat Technologies
Nancy Skjervheim,
VP of Finance - Enterprise Finance Reporting & Insights COE, Aristocrat Technologies
Join us for an insightful conversation on how Aristocrat revolutionized its decision-making process with the launch of "Aristochat," a cutting-edge GenAI interface. Discover how they addressed and overcame the challenges of a manual, time-consuming data process that often-left decision-makers with outdated information. The session will further address how "Aristochat" empowers users across the organization to access real-time, reliable financial data instantly, facilitating agile decision-making and enhancing business agility.
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