Meet the Speakers
Maria Smith
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, Oracle
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Maria Smith
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, Oracle
Maria Smith is Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller for Oracle Corporation. She is responsible for leading the Global Controller Organization for EMEA, Americas, and JAPAC plus Corporate Accounting. She is also SVP M&A, which has led the integration of 150+ acquisitions into Oracle, collaborating with all finance lines of business.
Smith joined Oracle in 1999. Prior to Oracle, she was Financial Controller at Fujitsu Consulting and Amdahl Ireland. Smith began her career with Ernst and Young and graduated from Dublin City University with a degree in Accounting and Finance. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
In 2014, Smith was a winner at WXN Ireland's Most Powerful Women in the Corporate Executive category and was shortlisted for the Image Businesswoman of the year in 2015. In 2017, she won Dublin City University's Alumni Award from their Business School and is now a member of their Business Industry Advisory board.
Smith is a member of the Steering Group of the 30% Club in Ireland and is an advocate for inclusion.
Smith joined Oracle in 1999. Prior to Oracle, she was Financial Controller at Fujitsu Consulting and Amdahl Ireland. Smith began her career with Ernst and Young and graduated from Dublin City University with a degree in Accounting and Finance. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
In 2014, Smith was a winner at WXN Ireland's Most Powerful Women in the Corporate Executive category and was shortlisted for the Image Businesswoman of the year in 2015. In 2017, she won Dublin City University's Alumni Award from their Business School and is now a member of their Business Industry Advisory board.
Smith is a member of the Steering Group of the 30% Club in Ireland and is an advocate for inclusion.
Matt Stirrup
Senior Vice President, Head of FP&A, Oracle
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Matt Stirrup
Senior Vice President, Head of FP&A, Oracle
Matt Stirrup joined Oracle in 2010 with the Sun Microsystems acquisition where he had worked since 2001. He is currently Senior Vice President within Oracle’s Global Business Finance team with responsibilities for Corporate FP&A and is the business finance lead for Research and Development and Cloud Operations. His responsibilities include management of the company forecasting, budgeting, and planning process, the development and management of management performance reporting, and partnering with the Development and Cloud Operations teams.
As part of Oracle’s internal transformation to the cloud, Stirrup has managed the implementation and deployment of Oracle’s EPM Cloud service for use in Oracle’s forecasting and planning processes, and used Oracle’s tools in the development and delivery of management reporting and business insight.
Stirrup meets regularly with C-suite executives to offer advice and best practices on how to leverage technology, organizational change, and process transformation to more effectively and efficiently manage planning and business insight processes to help businesses grow and create more value.
As part of Oracle’s internal transformation to the cloud, Stirrup has managed the implementation and deployment of Oracle’s EPM Cloud service for use in Oracle’s forecasting and planning processes, and used Oracle’s tools in the development and delivery of management reporting and business insight.
Stirrup meets regularly with C-suite executives to offer advice and best practices on how to leverage technology, organizational change, and process transformation to more effectively and efficiently manage planning and business insight processes to help businesses grow and create more value.
Mark Zandi
Chief Economist, Moody's Analytics
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Mark Zandi
Chief Economist, Moody's Analytics
Mark M. Zandi is chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, where he directseconomicresearch. Moody’s Analytics, a subsidiary of Moody’s Corp., is a leading provider of economic research, data and analytical tools. Dr. Zandi is a cofounder of Economy.com, which Moody’s purchased in 2005.
Dr. Zandi is on the board of directors of MGIC, the nation’s largest private mortgage insurance company, and is the lead director of Reinvestment Fund, one of the nation’s largest community development financial institutions, which makes investments in underserved communities.
He is a trusted adviser to policymakers and an influential source of economic analysis forbusinesses, journalists and the public. Dr. Zandi frequently testifies before Congress and conducts regular briefings on the economy for corporate boards, trade associations, and policymakers at all levels. He is often quoted in national and global publications and interviewed by major news media outlets, and is a frequent guest on CNBC, NPR, Meet the Press, CNN, and various other national networks and news programs.
Dr. Zandi is the author of Paying the Price: Ending the Great Recession and Beginning aNew American Century, which provides an assessment of the monetary and fiscal policy response to the Great Recession. His other book, Financial Shock: A 360º Look at the Subprime Mortgage Implosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis, isdescribed by the New York Times as the “clearest guide” to the financial crisis.
Dr. Zandi earned his BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Zandi is on the board of directors of MGIC, the nation’s largest private mortgage insurance company, and is the lead director of Reinvestment Fund, one of the nation’s largest community development financial institutions, which makes investments in underserved communities.
He is a trusted adviser to policymakers and an influential source of economic analysis forbusinesses, journalists and the public. Dr. Zandi frequently testifies before Congress and conducts regular briefings on the economy for corporate boards, trade associations, and policymakers at all levels. He is often quoted in national and global publications and interviewed by major news media outlets, and is a frequent guest on CNBC, NPR, Meet the Press, CNN, and various other national networks and news programs.
Dr. Zandi is the author of Paying the Price: Ending the Great Recession and Beginning aNew American Century, which provides an assessment of the monetary and fiscal policy response to the Great Recession. His other book, Financial Shock: A 360º Look at the Subprime Mortgage Implosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis, isdescribed by the New York Times as the “clearest guide” to the financial crisis.
Dr. Zandi earned his BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania.
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