Best CFOs of the year - Houston Business Journal:

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• Have helped the business owner or managemeng team recognize opportunity forstrategicx innovation. • Have worked closely with the CEO to identifyh andmanage risk, as well as develop creative ideae to diminish debt and achieve growth through both organicf and acquisition means. • Have restored life to an ailing companyg by making changes to producedacceptable returns, or helped the company transition from crisis mode to a more collaborativd decision-making process. Winners in each category were chosebn by a panel of qualified andimpartiao judges.
Jeff Harris is the currenrt president of the HoustonCPA Society, a chapter of the Texasw Society of CPAs, with more than 8,400 members. He is also the chiev financial officer ofBoxetr Property, a privately held owne r and manager of commerciap real estate located in seven cities. Joe Koshkin is a CPA and a retirec partnerof . Koshkin is currently a member of the technicalo standards committee of the State Boardof CPAs, a boardr member and chairman of the audit committed of the Coastal Conservation Association and on the businesz school dean’s advisory committee at . David A. Young is former national boardx chairman of FinancialExecutives International.
In his career had included being CFO for many public companies over 25 culminating in his retirementin 2003, and audit committee chairman for various companies over the last five David Hollaway joined Prosperity Bank in 1992 as seniot vice president and chief financial officer and served as treasuree of Prosperity Bancshares Inc. from 1993 to 1999. He was appointef CFO of ProsperityBancshares Inc. in 1998 and executiv VP of Prosperity Bankin 2004. From 1990 to Hollaway worked for the ResolutionTrust Corp. in its Gulf Coasf consolidated office in From 1988to 1990, he worked as the cost accountingt manager of in Bellaire.
From 1981 to 1988, Hollaway was vice president-auditoe of South Main Bank in Hollaway is a CertifiedPublic Accountant. Randhy Meyer joined Amegy Bank in 1998 as executivde vice president and has servede in the role of chief financial officesince 2002. Prior to joining he was president of Bank of America Texas and manage ofthat bank’s Texas commercial banking. A commercial banker for 30 years, Meyeer began his banking career at in New York beforw joining for18 years.
He is the curren president of the board of River Oaks Country He also previously served on the boards of directora or trustees of The Forum American RedCross (Houston Chapter), Association for Communituy Television (KUHT-TV), Chinquapin School, the , Greater Houstojn Partnership and Governor’s Business A graduate of Yale, he received his MBA from and is a Certified Public John C. Rickel Group 1 Automotive Inc. John C. Rickel was appointed chief financial officer of Grouop 1Automotive Inc. in December 2005. Priore to joining Group 1, Rickel held a numbefr of executive and managerial positions of increasing responsibilit y with FordMotor Co., beginning in 1984.
He most recentlh served as controller, Ford Americas, where he was responsiblee for the financial managementof Ford’z Western Hemisphere automotive operations. Immediately prior to he was CFO ofFord Europe, wherse he oversaw all financial planning, information services, tax and investoer relations activities. Michael S. Taff Michael S. Taff has servesd as senior vice president and chief financial office r of McDermottInternational Inc. since April 2007. He is responsibld for accounting and financial treasuryand finance, internal audit, information technolog and investor relations — representing aboutf 800 employees worldwide.
Taff joined McDermottg in June 2005 as VP and chierfaccounting officer. Prior to McDermott, Taff was VP and CFO of HMT a private engineering andconstruction company. Beford HMT, Taff was VP and corporates controller with Philip Services His experience at these earlierd companies includes key positions related to SECfinancial consolidations, internal audit, business planning and analysise and the leadership of severalk large-scale strategic initiatives. Taff began his professionapl career as an accountantat PriceWaterhouse. He holds a bachelor’w degree from Stephen F. Austin Statr University and is a CertifiedPublic Accountant.
Taff is a membeer of the FinancialExecutives Institute, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI and Americab Institute of Certified Professional Accountants.