Jeff Epstein, Veteran Tech CFO, and Zoom CFO, Kelly Steckelberg

Jeff Epstein

Jeff Epstein is an Operating Partner in the Silicon Valley office, where he leads Bessemer’s CFO Advisory Board and helps portfolio company CEOs and CFOs share best practices. He is the former Executive Vice President and CFO at Oracle, one of the world’s largest and most profitable technology companies, with a market value of over $150 billion. Prior to joining Oracle, Jeff served as CFO at several public and private companies, including DoubleClick (sold to Google), King World Productions (sold to CBS), and Nielsen’s Media Measurement and Information Group. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at The First Boston Corporation. He specializes in B2B software, marketplaces, and AI software. Jeff is Co-CEO at Apex Technology, a SPAC which has announced a merger with AvePoint. Each winter, Jeff co-teaches the Lean Launchpad class at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Engineering. He serves on the boards of directors of Kaiser Permanente, Twilio, Poshmark, Shutterstock, and several private companies. Jeff served on the board of directors at Booking Holdings/Priceline for 16 years as its market value grew from $1 Billion to $80 Billion. He holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and a BA from Yale College, where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

Kelly Steckelberg

Kelly Steckelberg brings extensive leadership and finance experience to her role as CFO at Zoom. Most recently, she was CEO at Zoosk, where she previously held positions as CFO and COO. Prior to Zoosk, Kelly was the Sr. Director of Consumer Segment Finance at Cisco. Kelly has also held various roles in finance at Cisco Webex, Epiphany, and PeopleSoft. She began her career in tax and audit at KPMG, and has an MA in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin.