On this episode of the Leaders of Modern Finance podcast, host Ken Boyd is joined by Shahrooz Roohparvar, CFO at Cal Poly Humboldt, to discuss the complexities of navigating higher education’s unique financial needs.

Shahrooz thinks of himself more as a project manager than only as a CFO. He’s often directly involved in overseeing the operational side of Cal Poly Humboldt, which has offered its fair share of challenges in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

When students transitioned to primarily online instruction, and when they began making greater use of Cal Poly Humboldt’s mental health services, Shahrooz was doing more than financial projections. He was on the front lines of building out the necessary infrastructure to accommodate the school’s needs, often measuring success with intangible metrics, like student well-being.

By bringing his resource management experience into his project oversight, Shahrooz has helped build Cal Poly Humboldt into a competitive, accessible higher education institution. His understanding of both concrete and abstract metrics of success allowed him to gain a holistic understanding of his organization’s needs and ensure they were met, even in a time of crisis.

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