Battle Card: Butterfly Network CFO Appointment
John Doherty is now the CFO at Butterfly Network. Trigger your FP&A & M&A pitches to boost deal flow and pipeline. Grab competitive intel & a do-now checklist to hit your quota fast.
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๐ Battle Card: Butterfly Network, Inc.
Quick trigger:
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๐ค Decision Maker in the News
- John Doherty, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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๐ก Why It Matters
- Seasoned finance leader with 25+ years driving growth, strategic transactions, and transformations โ Source
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๐ฏ Core Pain Point
- Aligning global finance strategy with breakeven and growth targets
- Scaling financial planning & analysis for rapid product rollouts
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๐ฐ What to Pitch
- Primary: FP&A Platform โ Real-time scenario modeling & forecasting
- Expansion: M&A Advisory & Treasury Management โ Optimized capital structure for growth
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๐บ๏ธ Quick Context
- HQ: Burlington, MA & New York, NY
- Employees: โ 300
- Rev: โ $150 M
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๐ Lightning Tips
- Use the Butterfly Network, Inc. sales trigger to frame FP&A ROI ahead of fiscal planning.
- Tie your pitch to this Butterfly Network, Inc. sales trigger to engage John Doherty on growth metrics.
- Score with the Butterfly Network, Inc. sales trigger by showcasing 12-month breakeven impact.
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๐คผ Competitive Intel
Which vendors youโll probably face to win Butterfly Network, Inc.โs business.
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- Anaplan โ FP&A / CPM
- Unique edge: Highly scalable modeling
- Evaluated by CFO for strategic scenario planning
- Workday Adaptive Planning โ FP&A / CPM
- Unique edge: Seamless HCM & financial integration
- Evaluated by VP FP&A for ease of use
- Oracle NetSuite โ ERP / FP&A
- Unique edge: Unified ERP and budgeting
- Evaluated by Finance Team for end-to-end visibility
- Planful โ FP&A
- Unique edge: Fast report automation
- Evaluated by Finance Ops for speed and accuracy
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โ Do-Now Checklist
Connect with all decision makers on LinkedIn
Generate email + DM with the Copy-My-Prompt block (Step 7) and send first touch
Schedule follow-ups in CRM (Day 3 & Day 10)
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NAME = John
COMPANY = Butterfly Network, Inc.
DEPT = Finance
SIZE = โ15
BOTTLENECK = scaling financial planning & analysis for rapid product rollouts
EVENT = Appointment of John Doherty as Chief Financial Officer
DETAIL = your appointment as CFO at Butterfly
PAIN = Aligning finance strategy with rapid growth targets
SRC = http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=ftfLlWd9aZbF2NXfwppam3Bd664=&newsLang=en&newsId=20251009851196&div=41152219
SIM_CO = GE Healthcare
WIN_METRIC = 30% faster forecasting
NEXT_SIZE = 30
EMP_EST = โ300
REV_EST = โ$150M
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Subject: โ15-person Finance
Johnโnoticed your Finance team is โ15.
Thatโs when scaling financial planning & analysis for rapid product rollouts slows growth.
We helped GE Healthcare fix this with โโ.
Result: 30% faster forecasting.
<<CTA_STYLE=="quick_call" ? "Quick call?" : "Want the 2-min recap?">>
PSโnext bottleneck hits โ30.
DM โค45 words, TONE:
Saw your post about your appointment as CFO at Butterfly โ Aligning finance strategy with rapid growth targets.
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<<CTA_STYLE=="quick_call" ? "Quick chat?" : "Send case study?">>