Welcome to the first episode of The Backbone: a journey inside finance at a startup. For more background on the launch of this podcast, check out Introducing The Backbone (www.bit.ly/BackboneIntro)! I’m thrilled to welcome Daniel Israelsohn, Vice-President of Finance and Operations at Firmex. Daniel is responsible for overseeing all support functions including information systems, and analytics through to finance and accounting. Prior to joining Firmex Daniel spent 8 years at PwC in both Canada and the US as both an auditor and consultant. Daniel is a graduate of the Ivey business school at Western University and is a Chartered accountant. On this episode of The Backbone, I chat with Daniel about: His journey to Firmex, after spending 8 years at PwC What Firmex does How a company like Firmex thinks about the concept of churn, being in a deals-based business What it’s like to now be private-equity backed and what it means for the finance team at Firmex The importance of the finance function at an early stage technology company Be sure to check out The Backbone around the web: iTunes - www.bit.ly/BackboneiTunes Google Play - www.bit.lyBackboneGooglePlay Facebook - www.facebook.com/BackboneFM Twitter - www.twitter.com/BackbonePodcast Web - www.thebackbone.xyz

Great work Shubham!