David Bergman on career advice
From The Purpose of the CPA: David Bergman · · Maryland Association of CPAs – MACPA
“If you start down the accounting road, become a CPA and you ultimately want to move towards the finance or FP&A road, you have a lot of the essential building blocks to be able to do that fairly easily.”
On , David Bergman, Chief Financial Officer at UNDER ARMOUR INC, spoke about career advice during The Purpose of the CPA: David Bergman on Maryland Association of CPAs – MACPA.
About David Bergman
David Bergman, Chief Financial Officer at Under Armour, discussed his career and the role of the CPA profession in a December 2024 podcast. Bergman stated that he has been a CPA for 30 years and said he feels he is learning something new every week. He described the CPA profession as bringing "extra clarity or integrity to the business world." Bergman noted that his accounting background and CPA certification provided the building blocks that allowed him to move into treasury, financial planning and analysis, and ultimately become CFO of a multi-billion dollar company. In a September 2020 appearance, Bergman, then identified as a Principal at Health Management Associates, discussed digital health and telemedicine. He described opportunities to use digital tools to address provider shortages and to deliver care such as medication-assisted therapy for opioid addiction. Bergman said that by using digital health tools, providers can remove barriers for patients, such as the need to travel long distances, and help them achieve recovery.