Celebrating 50 Years of FEI Silicon Valley!

2026 marks FEI Silicon Valley’s 50th Anniversary! We’re excited to celebrate this incredible milestone with our Members, Partners, and friends throughout the year.

The celebration will culminate in April with a special 50th Anniversary Casino Night, and we’re making it a night to share — significant others are invited! More details will be coming soon.

But we’re not waiting until April to start celebrating! At each Keynote event leading up to our anniversary celebration, we’ll hold a special 50th Anniversary Raffle, with one lucky attendee taking home a $50 bottle of wine.

50 years of connections, leadership, and community — and plenty to celebrate!

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FEI Silicon Valley Events

10/20 - Pre-PD: AI and Compliance for Finance Leaders
10/20 - Keynote: How Finance Leaders Can Harness AI Without Losing Control
11/18 - Annual Women CFOs of the Year Awards
11/20 - Financial Officers Forum (FOF) (Virtual)
12/09 - Annual President's Party
04/27 - FEI Silicon Valley 50th Anniversary Celebration: Casino Night - Save the Date!

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Partners & Other Chapter Events

10/13 - Private Company Roundtable (Virtual) | FEI
10/14 - Introduction to the Accounts Payable AI (Virtual) | FEI
10/15 - Beyond Spreadsheets: Building an Audit-Ready Fixed Asset Process for Complex Lifecycles (Virtual) | FEI
10/15 - Financial Scenario Planning: How to Prepare for Disruption and Make Faster Decisions (Virtual) | FEI
10/22 - Is Your Budgeting and Forecasting Software Built for Where You’re Going — or Just Where You’ve Been? (Virtual) | FEI
10/28 - 10/29 - AI Update and Use Cases Conference (Virtual) | FEI
10/28 - Andersen Webcast: Exit Strategies for AI Businesses Deal Structures & Tax Considerations (Virtual)
11/10 - 2026 Corporate Financial Reporting Insights (CFRI) Conference (Virtual) | FEI

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Latest Trends in FEI

Next week, AI and Compliance for Finance Leaders puts a critical question on the table: Can your team use AI to strengthen compliance and defend the decisions that follow? Join experts as they identify where rule-based testing, machine learning, and generative AI can support finance compliance, and describe their limitations.

Neil Chua, Principal and global ERP Advisory Services leader at SOAProjects, will examine what NetSuite readiness actually requires, from data integrity and access to workflows and controls. Drawing on nearly three decades of enterprise advisory experience, he’ll help finance leaders look beyond AI’s promise to the systems and safeguards needed to put it to work.

Alejandro Rodriguez, Managing Director at AIVER, will bring the conversation into practice with an AI-assisted travel and expense case study, exploring how to assess flagged findings, validate outputs, and evaluate supporting evidence.

Manpreet Grover, Managing Partner & CEO of SOAProjects, will connect those technical considerations to leadership accountability, guide the oversight discussion, and moderate your questions. Join the conversation to pressure-test your approach before AI-generated findings become part of your compliance decisions.

Pre-PD: AI and Compliance for Finance Leaders will be held at Pillsbury in Palo Alto on Tuesday, October 20th, from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Pacific.

FEISV Members & Partners: Free     |     Other FEI Members: $50     |     Registration: Here

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October Keynote: Next Week!

AI can accelerate the work. Who owns the outcome when it gets something wrong? Next week’s October Keynote, How Finance Leaders Can Harness AI Without Losing Control, puts that question squarely in finance’s hands. Before the next AI initiative consumes more budget or changes how decisions get made, join a focused discussion on defining the process, governing the data, and setting the controls that keep automation accountable to the business...not the other way around.

Built around real-world lessons from developing production-ready AI capabilities, this interactive session moves beyond experimentation to the decisions leaders need to make now: Who owns the AI-enabled process? What will implementation and ongoing use actually cost? What measurable value justifies moving forward? Bring your toughest questions to a conversation designed to sharpen your next decision—before spending grows, workflows change, and accountability becomes harder to untangle.

Keynote: How Finance Leaders Can Harness AI Without Losing Control will be held at Pillsbury in Palo Alto on Tuesday, October 20th, from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Pacific.

FEISV Members & Partners, and FEI SF Members: Free     |     Non-Members: $135     |     Registration: Here

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Congratulations to Members Celebrating an Anniversary

Our Members are at the heart of FEI Silicon Valley. Your experience, insights, and willingness to connect make our chapter a welcoming place for finance professionals to learn from one another and build lasting relationships.

Whether you’ve been with us for one year or more than three decades, thank you for being part of our community.

Please join us in celebrating Members who recently had an anniversary with us:

We look forward to another year together!

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Nominate Yourself or Another Deserving Woman CFO

Hard work deserves to be seen. Put your name forward, or someone else's.

Strong CFOs often spend their careers making other people look good. They steady the numbers, guide the hard decisions, and mentor the people coming up behind them. Recognition tends to come last, if it comes at all.

Nominations are now open for the 4th Annual Women CFOs of the Year Awards, and you have a say in who gets the spotlight. You can nominate yourself. You can nominate a colleague, a mentor, or a leader you have watched make a difference. Either way, you decide whose story gets told.

Honorees will be recognized in five categories:

Think of the woman who steered a company through change, helped a growing business scale with discipline, or advanced a mission when resources were tight. Her work shaped strategy, strengthened her organization, and inspired others in accounting and finance.

Now it is your chance to make sure that work is recognized...even if that woman is you!

Fill out the nomination form here. Submit nominations by the end of the day on October 30, 2026.

Don't wait for someone else to speak up. Nominate yourself or the leader who deserves it.

4th Annual Woman CFO of the Year Awards Dinner will be held at the Green Hills Golf & Country Club on Wednesday, November 18th, from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Pacific.

FEISV Members & Partners: Free    |    Non-Members: $275     |     Registration: Here

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Select Sponsorship Opportunities: 4th Annual Women CFOs of the Year Awards

The 4th Annual Women CFOs of the Year Awards will take place on November 18 at Green Hills Golf & Country Club, bringing together an exceptional community of leaders who are shaping the future of finance.

This event is a platform to recognize and elevate women who are driving innovation, strengthening organizations, and inspiring the next generation of financial leadership. Their impact extends far beyond their roles, influencing industries, workplaces, and communities.

Sponsoring this event is a meaningful opportunity for your organization to align with that impact. It positions your brand alongside excellence, leadership, and progress in the accounting and finance space. More importantly, it demonstrates a clear commitment to supporting and advancing women in executive roles—something that resonates with clients, partners, and employees alike.

With a range of sponsorship options available (some with limited availability), now is the time to secure your place and ensure your organization is part of this important evening.

To explore and claim sponsorship opportunities, please download the sponsorship form attached to this email.

4th Annual Woman CFO of the Year Awards Dinner will be held at the Green Hills Golf & Country Club on Wednesday, November 18th, from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Pacific.

FEISV Members & Partners: Free    |    Non-Members: $275     |     Registration: Here

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Andersen Webcast: Exit Strategies for AI Businesses: Deal Structures & Tax Considerations

Planning an exit starts long before a deal is on the table. Join our Gold Partners at Andersen virtually for Exit Strategies for AI Businesses: Deal Structures & Tax Considerations, a must-attend webcast for founders and finance leaders looking to understand how today’s decisions can shape a future transaction.

The Andersen team will explore key deal-structure and tax considerations, offering a practical framework to help you prepare your AI business for a potential exit and identify decisions that could have the greatest impact on value.

Andersen Webcast: Exit Strategies for AI Businesses Deal Structures & Tax Considerations will be held virtually on Wednesday, October 28th.

FEISV Members & Partners: Free     |     Registration: Here

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FEISV Member of the Week

Greta Fitzgerald

Greta Fitzgerald is Founder and CEO of Bespoke People, where she provides fractional HR leadership and strategic consulting to startups and growing businesses. With more than 15 years of global human resources experience, she helps organizations navigate rapid growth, international expansion, executive transitions, and culture transformation.

Greta has held senior HR leadership roles at Qubole, Mimosa Networks, and iTalent Digital. She brings a strategic, people-centered approach to helping founders and leadership teams build strong cultures, develop leaders, and support sustainable growth. Greta holds an MFA in Theatre Arts from Columbia University and a BA in Communications from Santa Clara University.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretanewgrenfitzgerald/

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FEISV Partner of the Week

Andersen is the founding member of Andersen Global, an international association of legally separate, independent member firms with more than 4,500 professionals worldwide, over 600 global Partners, and a presence in over 148 locations through its member firms and collaborating firms. In the U.S., Andersen has more than 1,000 personnel located in 19 cities across the country. Andersen encompasses top advisors with previous experience in international accounting firms, law firms, the IRS, and state taxing authorities.

Many of their advisors hold multiple professional credentials and have depth in a wide range of capabilities, allowing them to provide clients with comprehensive, integrated solutions. Andersen specializes in full-service individual and business entity tax compliance and consulting.

Their clients are at the center of our operating model, which is structured to allow their experts to be entrepreneurial and proactive in their approach and enable Andersen's Managing Directors to roll up their sleeves and work directly with you. As an Andersen client, the professionals you get to know in your first meeting are the same professionals who will be working with you throughout the process.

CONTACT:

Petra N. Loer
[email protected]
www.andersen.com

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