This Is Vanderbilt Business

How do you turn a company around after every top executive and the board quit? What's the best route for a finance student with lots of passion and education but little experience? We talked this week with Clint Freeland, the Chief Financial Officer of Dynegy, Inc., a Houston-based Electric Company that owns and operates a number of power stations across the U.S. The MBA’92 alum talks about opportunities and challenges in today’s energy industry, his path to the C-suite, and overlooked skills that finance-focused professionals should develop.