TWO ALUMS NAMED CFO's OF THE YEAR BY HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Stephen Solcher '79	Tony Van Slyke '79

Stephen Solcher '79 and his classmate Tony Van Slyke '79 and his classmate were each recently named among Houston's best CFOs by the Houston Business Journal in their 2012 Best CFO Awards. Solcher, CFO at BMC Software, was named in the Large Public Company category and Van Slyke, the CFO at Goodwill Industries, received the award in the non-profit category.

Solcher earned his Bachelor of Administration from Texas A&M. He was with Arthur Andersen as an audit manager before joining BMC Software's in 1991. He has been BMC's CFO since 2005. He also serves as a member of Mays Business School's Development Council and is a board member of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston and Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Van Slyke earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of Houston, then earned a B.S. in Petroleum Land Management at the University of Houston-Downtown and his MBA in Finance at the University of Houston. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and has been the Chief Financial Officer at Goodwill Industries since 2008.