
Todd McElhatton
Chief Operating & Financial Officer at Zuora, former CFO and SVP at SAP Cloud Business Group, with 30+ years of finance leadership in cloud and enterprise software.
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Jun 9, 2026
#287 Why AI Hesitation Could Cost CFOs More Than Bad Decisions, Todd McElhatton, COFO, Zuora
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Kevin ApplebyHOST
So give us a quick potted history of you, your career, and then maybe a little bit about what Zuora do.

Todd McElhattonGUEST
And as I like to tell folks, when I started with HP, getting a job there was kind of like getting a job today at Apple or Google or any of the top tech companies.

Todd McElhattonGUEST
And I think that's kind of a really interesting learning, 'cause although HP's still around, they're certainly not the company that they once were.

Todd McElhattonGUEST
And I think that certainly speaks to the fact that it's interesting how quickly things can change and how incumbent it is upon management to make sure they're making good decisions.

Todd McElhattonGUEST
That being said, I spent a lot of time there, went through a lot of different areas, had the opportunity to work in our services business, our software business.

Todd McElhattonGUEST
Also had the opportunity to work outside of the United States, and was really fortunate to have some great mentors there.
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Kevin ApplebyHOST
Now, I think the challenge a lot of CFOs have got right now is to say, "Okay, I've played around with some agents and so on, but now I've really got to evaluate my whole tech stack to say where am I going? And this probably needs investment from the board and so on." How would you suggest to any CFOs listening into this that their journey should be going to kind of move this up from a gear, a gear from playing with an AI agent and getting a few things done to really refurbishing the tech stack?