Randall Bolten

Randall Bolten is the author of "Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You" and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You, published in 2012. Randall speaks frequently and provides workshops and training to Fortune 100 companies in the area of presenting complex numerical information clearly and effectively.

Randall Bolten is passionate about the importance of presenting financials and other numerical information in a cogent and effective way, and in his current life is the author of Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You (John Wiley & Sons, 2012).
 

He is a seasoned financial executive, with many years of directing the financial and other operations of high-technology companies. His experience includes nearly twenty years as a chief financial officer of software companies.

He has held the CFO position at public companies BroadVision and Phoenix Technologies, and at private companies including Arcot Systems, BioCAD, and Teknekron. Before his CFO positions, he held senior financial management positions at Oracle and Tandem Computers.

He received his AB from Princeton University, headed west to earn an MBA at Stanford University, and ended up staying in Silicon Valley. 

In addition to writing Painting with Numbers, he currently operates Lucidity, a consulting and executive coaching practice focused on organizing and presenting complex financial information. He divides his work time between Glenbrook, NV and Washington, DC, and maintains an office in Menlo Park, CA.

Randall Bolten is passionate about the importance of presenting financials and other numerical information in a cogent and effective way.