<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:psc="http://podlove.org/simple-chapters" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[CEO Copilot Podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>CEO Copilot is a short-form conversation series from CFOLogic. We talk to the people in the seat next to the CEO — the operators, finance leaders, and builders who make the growth story actually work. New episodes are 15–20 minutes, no slides, no filler.</p>]]></description><link>https://cfologic.com/</link><generator>Riverside.fm (https://riverside.com)</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:13:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://api.riverside.com/hosting/KbYZVCUr.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[Prasad @ CFOLogic]]></author><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:17:21 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[2026 Prasad @ CFOLogic]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><ttl>60</ttl><category><![CDATA[Business]]></category><category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category><itunes:author>Prasad @ CFOLogic</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;CEO Copilot is a short-form conversation series from CFOLogic. We talk to the people in the seat next to the CEO — the operators, finance leaders, and builders who make the growth story actually work. New episodes are 15–20 minutes, no slides, no filler.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Prasad @ CFOLogic</itunes:name><itunes:email>prasad@cfologic.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Business"><itunes:category text="Entrepreneurship"/></itunes:category><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/ed5a9398-d381-48cc-8c07-fe881da36c55/logos/048833d3-2f52-4b2b-b24d-6c7ba630a40a.png"/><item><title><![CDATA[Vision meets Execution | CEO Copilot Podcast with Aman Goyal]]></title><description><![CDATA[<h5>The CEO Co-Pilot Podcast with Aman Goyal</h5><p>Prasad @ CFOLogic hosts Aman Goyal for a focused conversation on operations, scaling, and what it really means to support a CEO. Aman traces a career that may look zigzagged from the outside but, in his view, has been one continuous job: scaling businesses from zero to one, then one to a much larger system.They also discuss why operations often feels invisible, why that can be both frustrating and necessary, and how AI is changing the nature of problem-solving in 2026.<br /></p><p><b>Timestamps</b></p><p>00:00 - Welcome and setup for the conversation<br />01:24 - Aman Goyal’s background in engineering and supply chain<br />03:33 - Why operations is really about scaling ideas<br />05:27 - How Amazon, Chewy, Shein, and hospitality all fit one pattern<br />07:41 - Why operations often feels like a thankless job<br />10:43 - Finance and operations as overlooked support roles<br />11:11 - What it means to be a CEO co-pilot<br />11:55 - CEO vision as the center of the enterprise<br />13:55 - Why CFOs and COOs must align with the CEO<br />15:34 - What it takes to scale a product in 2026<br />16:32 - AI, tools, and why originality matters more than ever<br />18:18 - Closing thanks<br /><br /><b>About the guest</b></p><p>Aman Goyal is VP of Operations Strategy at Shashi Hospitality Group, which builds lodging technology and operates its own properties. An engineer by training and based in Seattle, he spent nearly a decade at Amazon across eight roles, ending as Head of Capacity Planning &amp; Topology for the North American fulfillment network, and has since led supply chain transformation at Chewy, network planning at Shein, and network design at Uber Freight. He began his career at Tata Motors, holds an MBA in supply chain management from Michigan State's Broad College, and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Washington Bothell School of Business since 2019.</p><p><br />🔗 Connect with Aman: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/avichlit" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/avichlit</a></p><p><br /><b>About CEO Copilot</b></p><p>The CEO Copilot Podcast is where the people in the seat next to the CEO talk honestly about how companies actually run — the operators, finance leaders and builders whose work gets noticed only when it breaks. <br /><br />Hosted by Prasad Bhalerao, founder and CEO of CFOLogic.</p><p><br />CFOLogic is a strategic finance partner to US small and mid-sized businesses, taking transactional finance work off the plate of owners and finance leaders so they can focus on the decisions that move the business. Learn more: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cfologic.com" target="_blank">https://cfologic.com</a></p><p><br />👉 Subscribe for new episodes with operators, founders and finance leaders building businesses that scale.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">10fb02fa-9996-4bbd-90c6-aa7fd85c90ed</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Prasad @ CFOLogic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:09:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/98e0504ba9aa9e85304267e03361ee868b176d4681dbd93984980a1a638ece80/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIxMGZiMDJmYS05OTk2LTRiYmQtOTBjNi1hYTdmZDg1YzkwZWQiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJlZDVhOTM5OC1kMzgxLTQ4Y2MtOGMwNy1mZTg4MWRhMzZjNTUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2YTU1ZGU0NDE2NGEwOTQzMjYzZDY2OGMiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE4MDZlYTZiYjFiNDYxYTIyZmU3ZTU4L3ByYXNhZC1iaGFsZXJhb3Mtc3R1ZGlvLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtOC0xNV9fMTUtNTAtMzAubXAzIn0=.mp3" length="27450035" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/ed5a9398-d381-48cc-8c07-fe881da36c55/episodes/10fb02fa-9996-4bbd-90c6-aa7fd85c90ed/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;h5&gt;The CEO Co-Pilot Podcast with Aman Goyal&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prasad @ CFOLogic hosts Aman Goyal for a focused conversation on operations, scaling, and what it really means to support a CEO. Aman traces a career that may look zigzagged from the outside but, in his view, has been one continuous job: scaling businesses from zero to one, then one to a much larger system.They also discuss why operations often feels invisible, why that can be both frustrating and necessary, and how AI is changing the nature of problem-solving in 2026.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Timestamps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:00 - Welcome and setup for the conversation&lt;br /&gt;01:24 - Aman Goyal’s background in engineering and supply chain&lt;br /&gt;03:33 - Why operations is really about scaling ideas&lt;br /&gt;05:27 - How Amazon, Chewy, Shein, and hospitality all fit one pattern&lt;br /&gt;07:41 - Why operations often feels like a thankless job&lt;br /&gt;10:43 - Finance and operations as overlooked support roles&lt;br /&gt;11:11 - What it means to be a CEO co-pilot&lt;br /&gt;11:55 - CEO vision as the center of the enterprise&lt;br /&gt;13:55 - Why CFOs and COOs must align with the CEO&lt;br /&gt;15:34 - What it takes to scale a product in 2026&lt;br /&gt;16:32 - AI, tools, and why originality matters more than ever&lt;br /&gt;18:18 - Closing thanks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the guest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aman Goyal is VP of Operations Strategy at Shashi Hospitality Group, which builds lodging technology and operates its own properties. An engineer by training and based in Seattle, he spent nearly a decade at Amazon across eight roles, ending as Head of Capacity Planning &amp;amp; Topology for the North American fulfillment network, and has since led supply chain transformation at Chewy, network planning at Shein, and network design at Uber Freight. He began his career at Tata Motors, holds an MBA in supply chain management from Michigan State&apos;s Broad College, and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Washington Bothell School of Business since 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;🔗 Connect with Aman: &lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot; href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/avichlit&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/avichlit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;About CEO Copilot&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The CEO Copilot Podcast is where the people in the seat next to the CEO talk honestly about how companies actually run — the operators, finance leaders and builders whose work gets noticed only when it breaks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosted by Prasad Bhalerao, founder and CEO of CFOLogic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CFOLogic is a strategic finance partner to US small and mid-sized businesses, taking transactional finance work off the plate of owners and finance leaders so they can focus on the decisions that move the business. Learn more: &lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot; href=&quot;https://cfologic.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://cfologic.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;👉 Subscribe for new episodes with operators, founders and finance leaders building businesses that scale.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:14:18</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/ed5a9398-d381-48cc-8c07-fe881da36c55/logos/048833d3-2f52-4b2b-b24d-6c7ba630a40a.png"/><itunes:title>Vision meets Execution | CEO Copilot Podcast with Aman Goyal</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>