Topic: Tips and Pointers On How to Elevate Your Leadership and Improve Your Career and Business

Speaker: Brian Frohn, CFO, MetricStream

Presentation:

Fearless Confidence: The Hidden Advantage for CFO Leadership.

Every CFO knows pressure. We manage risk, carry weighty decisions, and live with constant uncertainty. Most of us meet that with stress, worry, and sleepless nights. I know — I did the same. But what if the real advantage in leadership isn’t more technical mastery, but fearless confidence? Today, I’ll share how I found it — and how you can too.

Speaker's bio:
Brian Frohn joined MetricStream as Chief Financial Officer in May 2025, bringing over 20 years of financial leadership excellence in SaaS and B2B portfolio environments. Brian is a proven operator with extensive experience in driving financial success, optimizing operational performance, and preparing companies for strategic transactions.

Brian's leadership philosophy centers on building strong teams and creating simplicity and clarity in complex business environments. He is passionate about developing faster, more efficient processes that enable businesses to make good decisions quickly. His expertise spans portfolio management, due diligence coordination, financial systems implementation, and team building, consistently operating lean finance organizations while providing comprehensive analytics and insights.

Brian embraces technology as a key driver of operational efficiency, implementing systems and process enhancements across portfolio companies and creating sophisticated financial dashboards that transform complex data into actionable insights. His approach to financial leadership has consistently resulted in clean audits and processes that withstand rigorous buyer scrutiny.

Brian began his career in public accounting before quickly transitioning to corporate finance roles. He holds degrees in Finance and Accounting from UMass.

Brian lives in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He has two daughters currently in college and enjoys golf, sailing, reading, and writing in his free time.