He is generally considered low-keyed and cool, a number cruncher but also a committed, unflagging philosophical liberal.

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The number cruncher ostensibly warned top execs that the firm was a value bubble unto itself, ready to pop at any moment.

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Reilley graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in finance and got his first job as a number cruncher in Conoco's Cheyenne, Wyoming office.

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" Verizon's CFO, Fran Shammo, might've just as well made those comments with his hands firmly cupped over his ears, as the firm's chief number cruncher told attendees at today's Goldman Sachs investor conference, "Unlimited is just a word, it doesn't really mean anything.

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And if anyone had listened to the conscientious number-cruncher in 2001 when she played despised Cassandra, voicing omens of potential financial doom, well, history could've turned out differently for the collapsed energy trader.

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Alongside Ellison, the unbridled billionaire, there is co-president Safra Catz, the steely number-cruncher and strategizer, and Charles Phillips, the former Marine Captain who spent most of his time on the road talking to customers.

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