BroadSoft

James Tholen

Chief Financial Officer, CFO

James Tholen brings more than 20 years of financial and strategic management experience to BroadSoft. In his role, James oversees BroadSoft’s financials, accounting, and risk management operations. James has been instrumental in ensuring BroadSoft’s continued growth and long-term viability. In 2008, he orchestrated the acquisition of two of the company’s larger competitors. James continues to foster financial discipline across the organization to reach company objectives.

James served as chief financial officer (CFO) and chief operating officer (COO) at NetSec, Inc., a managed security services company acquired by MCI (now Verizon Business). Prior to NetSec, he served as chief strategy officer and CFO for CareerBuilder.com and was a founding member of CareerBuilder’s board of directors. James was an integral player in growing CareerBuilder into the number two company in the Internet recruiting and job market segment. Prior to CareerBuilder, James was COO and CFO for FTP Software, and CFO at The Compucare Co. He also served as vice president of corporate development at Legent Corp., and was a technology investment banker at Morgan Stanley & Co.

In 2009, James was named the Greater Washington's Private Company CFO of the Year.