Google Cloud CFO Roundtable: AI-Driven Finance Transformation
Gain insights from Google’s 15 years of experience in leveraging AI to transform finance processes and fast-track your solution development to maximize shareholder value
Gain insights from Google’s 15 years of experience in leveraging AI to transform finance processes and fast-track your solution development to maximize shareholder value
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March 18, 2026
9:00 AM–2:00 PM CDT
1201 Louisiana St f35
Houston, TX 77002
Join us for an exclusive CFO Roundtable for leaders in the Energy industry. In today's volatile market, finance leaders are under increasing pressure to drive efficiency, deliver strategic insights, and find new sources of value. This exclusive session moves beyond theory to provide an actionable playbook for reimagining your core processes, distilled from Google's own finance transformation.
Attendees will learn how to:
- Deliver high-accuracy forecasts with ML models that are integrated with your core financial systems, allowing you to better navigate market volatility and reduce budget creation time.
- Drive P&L impact and compliance by using AI to automate and optimize essential finance operations, from intelligent contract advisors and invoice validation to end-to-end expense auditing.
- Enhance strategic functions by deploying AI agents that can optimize liquidity by forecasting cash needs, evaluating investment alternatives, and recommending optimal FX hedging strategies based on market indicators.
Speakers
As a key member of Google’s Finance leadership for over the last two decades, Kristin helped Google scale from a startup to a multibillion dollar company. She is now leveraging her experiences across capital allocation, financial planning, controllership and transformation to spearhead the initiative to embed AI-driven solutions across Finance. Kristin currently sits on the board of Everly Health as Audit Chair. Her previous board service includes roles as Audit Chair for both JobTrain and Postmates, which resulted in a successful sale to Uber. Additionally, she served on the San Francisco Federal Reserve’s Economic Advisory Council. Kristin is a Certified Public Accountant, and earned her B.A. in Accounting from Michigan State University.
Finance VP, Google
Prior to founding 42 Macro, Darius Dale was a Managing Director and Partner at one of Wall Street’s leading sell side research firms. Darius was head of the firm’s macro team and the architect of the firm’s economic outlook and investment strategy. His research on macro risk management frameworks is award winning and his advice is sought after within the institutional investment community. Darius is a frequent on-air contributor to financial media including Bloomberg, CNN Money, CNN Business, Fox Business, Fox News, Negocios TV, Schwab Network, Thoughtful Money, Real Vision, Macro Voices, The Pomp Podcast, Forward Guidance, On the Margin, Monetary Matters, The David Lin Report, and BNN. His analysis has been published on various global platforms including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Yahoo! Finance, Fortune, NewsBTC, and cited in Jim Rickards book, The New Great Depression: Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World.
Founder & CEO of 42 Macro
Bruce Warner is a seasoned leader at the intersection of Technology and Finance, dedicated to helping organizations realize tangible value from their technology investments. A co-founder and lead for both the Cloud FinOps and Office of the CFO practices within Google Cloud’s Consulting business, Bruce collaborates with IT and Finance executives to build robust Cloud FinOps capabilities and optimize P&L outcomes through strategic cloud adoption. He is a co-author of “Cloud Financial Forecasting” and "Unlocking the Value of Cloud FinOps with a New Operating Model." Prior to Google, Bruce headed the Americas Cloud Economics team at AWS, building upon 30 years of experience in financial services and asset management at HPE and IBM. Bruce holds a BSE in Biomechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in Finance from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Bruce enjoys exploring new cuisines, traveling the world, and the ongoing pursuit of a respectable golf game in his free time.
Cloud FinOps - Office of the CFO, Google Cloud
Cesare leads Google’s FP&A Hub, a team he self-started in 2019, to transform the way Google approaches FP&A work in light of the rapidly evolving technology landscape. Cesare joined Google in 2005 from KPMG where he helped Google with its IPO. At Google Cesare established the Finance Operations functions that today pay Googlers, suppliers and collect cash from customers. He then led FP&A teams in Technical Infrastructure (data centers), Consumer Hardware (mobile phones), Ads, and Customer Support before extracting himself from the front lines to address the technology, data and process problems he experienced first hand. Cesare holds an MBA from UCLA, a B.S. in Mathematics from UC Santa Barbara, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He also has a Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification from the University of Michigan.
Sr. Director, Finance, FP&A Hub, Google
CFO Roundtable Agenda:
9:00–9:30 AM CDT | Arrival & Networking Enjoy light breakfast bites during registration and networking with your peers |
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9:30–9:45 AM CDT | Introduction Welcome & Opening Remarks |
9:45–10:30 AM CDT | Macroeconomic Outlook The mounting geopolitical crosscurrents are not random, nor are they chaotic. They are predictable responses to socioeconomic patterns that have historically resulted in faster nominal growth and eventually geopolitical conflict – both of which are structurally positive for energy demand. Featured Speaker: Darius Dale, Founder & CEO of 42 Macro |
10:30-11:40 AM CDT | Google’s AI-Driven Finance Transformation Kristin will detail how AI has transformed Finance at Google from employee innovation, to process changes across Plan-to-Report, Accounting, Source-to-Pay, and Specialty functions. She’ll share demos of core AI use cases including invoice validation and FP&A. Featured Speaker: Kristin Reinke, VP Finance, Google |
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11:40-12:00 PM CDT | Break Enjoy a 20 min. Break |
12:00–12:25 PM CDT | Panel/Fireside Chat Guest speakers will discuss AI-Driven Finance Transformation cultural challenges to AI adoption, and the next frontiers of AI Finance use cases. This session will include open Q&A. Featured Speakers: Kristin Reinke, VP Finance, Google Bruce Warner, Cloud FinOps - Office of the CFO, Google Cloud Cesare Cremona, Sr. Director, Finance, FP&A Hub, Google Gagan Bajaj, Finance Director, Data & Analytics, Google |
12:25–12:30 PM CDT | Closing Remarks Closing remarks, final questions, next steps and how to further engage |
12:30-2:00 PM CDT | Optional Lunch We encourage all guests to join us for a seated lunch |
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