Efficiency Metrics, Management, and Consolidation - Tony Boor’s CFO Playbook for Scaling Blackbaud
In this episode, CJ interviews Anthony “Tony” Boor, Executive Vice President and CFO of Blackbaud, who shares the unique path ...
Executive Vice President of Corporate Development & Strategy, Blackbaud
Search every verified Anthony Boor interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Anthony Boor, Executive Vice President and CFO of Blackbaud, has discussed the company’s financial performance and strategic initiatives in several recent interviews. He stated that Blackbaud has approximately 40,000 nonprofit and corporate customers and generates about $1.1 billion in annual revenue. Boor noted that the company is 97% recurring revenue and has shifted from annual to multi-year contracts, which he said has been successful. He reported that Blackbaud improved its rule of 40 metric—a combination of growth and profitability—by 600 to 700 basis points over the prior year and a half, and guided that the company would reach the rule of 40 in the fourth quarter of 2024 and for all of 2025. Boor also mentioned that the company increased prices due to inflation and saw renewal rates improve. Boor has emphasized operational efficiency and consolidation efforts at Blackbaud. He described reducing the company’s portfolio from about 70 solutions to 18 core solutions and cutting the finance and accounting staff by roughly half while the business grew to three times its size. He highlighted that over $100 billion passes through Blackbaud’s platform annually, with about a third of revenue now coming from transactions, a business that largely did not exist 11 years ago. Boor also discussed the importance of soft skills for executives, stating that technically qualified people often fail due to a lack of communication and relationship-building abilities. He reflected on his early career, including running a motorcycle shop in New Mexico, and noted that building relationships and treating customers well drove growth in that business.
“If you're a leader in a business and you were doing a great job, how do I get comfortable giving you a promotion if you haven't built the right team underneath you and have the right succession plan? Because if I move you out, your area is going to crumble.”
“We do over a hundred billion dollars passing through our platform each year, and about a third of our revenue now comes from transactions, which largely didn't exist 11 years ago before we built out our payments capability.”
“If you can get your hands on that transaction volume, it adds real value because it adds value especially in our case to the customer, automating data flow into their systems and saving a lot of time.”
“Margins on credit card processing are typically 30 to 35 percent, but with the new tip model we're bringing to the US, margins can improve to 50 or 60 percent because people give a higher percentage as a tip.”
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