North American Finance Executive Summit - Spring Edition

Gary Ennis is the CFO/Finance Director for Google Cloud Americas, overseeing the North America and Latin America Go-to-Market teams. He is responsible for spearheading revenue growth and P&L performance, driving optimal deals for both Google and its customers, and ensuring the development of a sustainable business model for the long term.

Gary’s team is responsible for a wide range of financial activities, including business insights, forecasting, long-range planning, P&L optimization, cost management, growth strategies, compliance, deal-making, pipeline management, and customer investments.

Gary is passionate about leveraging Google’s cutting-edge technology and utilizes AI daily to enhance productivity. He is a strong advocate for the importance of storytelling in finance, emphasizing its role in driving action and facilitating understanding.

With several years of experience in scaling cloud businesses, Gary has played a key role in Google Cloud’s growth, moving from an annual run rate of $23 billion to $45 billion, and its transition from a loss-making entity to one with high-teens operating margins. During his tenure at Microsoft, he supported the Enterprise team in shifting from legacy on-premise solutions to establishing Office 365 and Azure as global powerhouses.

In his previous role at Microsoft, Gary led the Revenue and Gross Margin Team, overseeing current analytics, forward-looking forecasting and planning, and collaborating with investor relations to develop a comprehensive earnings narrative, including guidance for Wall Street. The team analyzed the company’s financial results, P&L, business insights, strategic planning, Bookings & RPO, forecasting, external guidance to Wall Street, gross margin trends, resource allocation, board of directors’ materials, partnership with Investor relations, quarterly earnings, and external KPIs.

Earlier in his career at Microsoft, Gary led the Enterprise sales & marketing finance team, driving financial strategy for sales & marketing, and served as the controller of the Ireland sales subsidiary. Prior to Microsoft, he was the CFO of a Dublin-based tech startup called Buytel and began his career with KPMG. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Trinity College Dublin and is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CPA).

Aaron Alt is Chief Financial Officer of Cardinal Health , a Fortune 15 global healthcare distributor and services provider headquartered in Columbus. He oversees financial strategy, capital deployment, treasury, investor relations, accounting, FP&A, and M&A activities supporting the company’s enterprise strategy. A three-time NYSE public-company CFO, Alt brings more than 20 years of experience across healthcare, retail, foodservice distribution, beauty, apparel, and consumer packaged goods. Prior to Cardinal Health, he served as CFO of Sysco Corporation and previously held CFO and operations leadership roles at Sally Beauty Holdings and Target Corporation , where he led major transformation, restructuring, and growth initiatives. Alt began his career as a corporate lawyer in London. He holds degrees from Harvard Law School and Northwestern University.

Craig Spargimino is a senior finance, operations, and strategy executive recognized for driving enterprise transformation and delivering more than $1B in value creation across the healthcare ecosystem. As Executive Director & CFO at CVS Health, he oversees finance for Facilities, Enterprise Marketing, Medical Affairs, Strategy, Technology (Customer Experience), the Office of the Chairman, and CVS Ventures—ensuring disciplined investment, operational rigor, and sustained enterprise performance.

A key architect of the multi-year FP&A Modernization Strategy, Craig leads initiatives that automate management reporting, utilize AI, strengthen performance management, and advance new value-creation models. Previously, he launched the Global Value Realization Office, aligning more than 30 businesses and 575 colleagues to execute high-impact programs in cost transformation, operational efficiency, and business model innovation.

Craig has also held roles shaping strategic and operational infrastructure for emerging healthcare businesses, where he drove program execution, technology, capital planning, and the company’s first value-based contract in dialysis. Before joining CVS Health, he held leadership positions at Syntel/State Street, Genpact, Sun Knowledge, and co-founded HealthEq, focusing on Medicare Part D plan acquisition and transformation.

He holds an MBA from MIT and a BSBA from the University of Delaware and is based in Boston.

Craig believes that the role of a Finance leader within the organization is to truly be the co-pilot to the President and the organization, taking an active role delivering on business results and elevating the organization to best-in-class.

Colleagues and the people you work with that you are lucky enough to call “friends” – are the differentiator between good and great leaders. He believes it’s critical that as you look at your business results, you are reminded to spend more of your time understanding and delivering on the needs of your customers, and your colleagues. Keep it simple – support those around you, be inquisitive, relentlessly execute, and improve the lives of your customers.