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Q&A with Crystal Hough, CFO
Learn more about our newest leadership team member.
We’d like to introduce you to our new Chief Financial Officer, Crystal Hough! She’s been with us for a few months now and her expertise and positive energy have already made an impact on the organization!
She comes to us from Airbus Americas, Inc. where she was the Head of Financial Controlling for their North America Engineering sectors. She brings a wealth of experience in different roles including, but definitely not limited to, Finance Manager, Sr. Finance Analyst Specialist, Program Controller, Business Operations Lead, Export Compliance, Procurement & Supplier Integration
We are so glad to have her on the team and wanted to introduce her to all of you.
How did you get into Finance?
My professional career started in HR, which is what my undergraduate degree is in from Wichita State University but morphed over five years or so into Finance specifically. I’m naturally analytically minded, so even while working in HR and Business Operations, I was always unofficially deemed the financial focal. If I had to declare one specific action or event that officially got me into Finance though, I would most definitely say that my MBA with a Concentration in Finance was the golden ticket. It’s initially what got me the promotion needed to earn my first official Finance title.
Why do you think you are a good fit for Heartspring?
My parents were farmers so I grew up with grit and work ethic engrained in me at a young age. I’m the youngest of 11 kids, so it goes without saying that I didn’t have a privileged childhood. Most importantly, my upbringing encouraged me to test boundaries and ask why. I wasn’t a great student in high school, but I forced myself to go to college and worked three jobs to live (somehow I still ended up with student loans)! I had a goal, I achieved it, and I was actually the first in my family to graduate with a bachelor's degree (but the second to get an MBA because my older sister beat me to it)! In summary, I’m a good fit because I’m dedicated, not afraid of hard work and I’m focused on everyone succeeding together, as ONEHeartspring!
We’ll have more information about Crystal and our other new leadership team members in our Dialogue this summer!
