Summary
Paul Machle is an experienced CFO with 11+ years in senior finance leadership and a 30+ year finance career spanning high-growth SaaS and global services companies. He has led finance, accounting, M&A and go-to-market strategy at organizations including Tetrate, Very Good Security, and GitLab, and built global finance operations across multiple continents while scaling recurring-revenue businesses. Paul combines public-company and startup CFO playbooks—designing scalable systems, sales compensation plans, and corporate strategy—to support rapid growth and international expansion. Known for bridging finance and product teams, he brings a hands-on approach to financial systems and operational rigor rooted in early Big Four audit experience and an MBA from Kellogg.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance, Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance at University of California, Berkeley
Kellogg School of Management