Ep. 34: An Inside Look into Lightspeed's $275M+ IPO & Scaling a Global Organization

The Backbone: a journey inside finance at a startup

Brandon Nussey, Chief Financial Officer at Lightspeed POS

At Lightspeed, Brandon oversees Finance, Legal, HR, IT and Payment Operations. He recently led Lightspeed’s $240M (CDN) IPO on the TSX, one of the largest in last 10 years on the TSX. Prior to Lightspeed, Brandon has held many senior finance positions, serving as the CFO of Desire2Learn, Tsavo Media and Descartes Systems Group. Brandon is an operationally minded CFO with experience in public markets, raising capital and M&A. Brandon obtained his CPA, CA designation while at KPMG and holds a Honours Business Administration Degree from Wilfred Laurier University.

On this episode of The Backbone, I chat with Brandon about:

1. His journey into tech from KPMG to being in several CFO roles at various technology companies including the publicly-traded Descartes Systems Group, Desire2Learn and now Lightspeed HQ.
2. Lightspeed and what the company does
3. What its like to be a public company CFO and how that experience helps in subsequent roles of high growth technology companies.
4. The process and the biggest learnings of taking Lightspeed public on the TSX and the lead up to it.
5. The considerations you have to evaluate, beyond strategic fit, when considering an acquisition.
6. What it means to be a global organization from managing payroll across multiple jurisdictions or serving customers and dealing with cross-border tax issues.

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