509: Removing the Friction Between Sales & Finance | Joe Aho, CFO, Compuware

Published: June 30, 2019, 6 p.m.

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If CFO Joe Aho\\u2019s career DNA were uploaded to Ancestry.com, he would likely discover a family tree populated with no less than five financial planning analysts and 17 senior sales representatives. Needless to say, his career roots are multifunctional, with numerous titles and different tours of duty inside both finance and sales operations. Having joined Compuware nearly 20 years ago, Aho has served as CFO for the last four \\u2013 his longest occupancy of any one position at Compuware\\xa0
\\u2014 which says a lot about his past appetite for job migration.

Asked about his priorities as Compuware\\u2019s finance leader, Aho leaves little doubt that acquisitions are top of mind for the mainframe technology company that appears eager to open a new chapter of growth one that opens new doors for Compuware while discovering fruitful synergies with its past.\\xa0NOW SUBSCRIBE: The Quarterly Digest of CFO Strategic Insight http://bit.ly/2Wfv291 (25 CFO Profiles Every Issue).

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