Boardroom Media (CFO News)
At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Texas based CFO’ operating in the Transportation space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Tammy Romo
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Southwest Airlines
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About Southwest Airlines: Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) continues to differentiate itself from other carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered .
Derek Kerr
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Airlines
Derek Kerr is chief financial officer for American Airlines Group and its principal subsidiary company, American Airlines. Kerr oversees financial planning and analysis, corporate finance and treasury functions, purchasing, controller and audit functions and investor relations. Previously, Kerr served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for US Airways, a role that he began in 2009. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer. He joined America West in 1996 as senior director, planning, and was promoted to vice president, financial planning and analysis, in 1998. In 2002, Kerr was promoted to senior vice president, finance, adding responsibility for purchasing and fuel administration. Prior to joining America West, Kerr served in various financial planning and analysis positions with Northwest Airlines. Previously, Kerr was a flight test coordinator/control engineer with Northrop Corporation’s B-2 Division. In 2013, Institutional Investor ranked US Airways as one of America’s Most Honored Companies, naming Kerr and his investor relations department to the 2013 All-America Executive Team. Kerr has a Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He serves on the board of directors for the Fiesta Bowl, University of Michigan Alumni Association and the Phoenix Zoo.
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About American Airlines: American Airlines focuses on providing travel experience across the globe.
C. Andrew Smith
EVP & CFO of Kirby Corporation
Mr. C. Andrew Smith has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Kirby Corporation, effective February 25, 2014. Mr. Smith is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a degree in business administration from the University of Houston. He has served as Executive Vice President-Finance of the Company since January 2014. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Benthic Geotech and was previously Chief Financial Officer for both Global Industries, Ltd. and NATCO Group.
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About Kirby Corporation: Kirby Corporation is the premier tank barge operator in the United States,
Rick Simonson
EVP & CFO of Sabre Corporation
Rick Simonson is the Board of Directors of EverCommerce.
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About Sabre Corporation: Sabre Corporation is a U.S.-based travel technology company providing software solutions to the travel industry.
Andy Kaplinsky
CFO of NEXT Future Transportation
Andy has extensive experience in corporate leadership, new business development and business transformation – a proven leader who turns ideas into actions by building high performance teams driven to deliver results. With senior executive roles in both commercial development and finance, Andy uniquely blends financial rigor and strategic creativity to rapidly drive customer focused change that impacts the bottom line. Andy has more than 20 years of experience in leading change and turnarounds in challenging business environments. Most recently, he was Chief Commercial Officer at Greyhound Lines where he built a new team that consolidated direct responsibility for advertising, revenue management, schedule product, sales channel strategy, strategic alliances and business intelligence. He joined Greyhound in 2004 as Director of Strategic Planning, leading a comprehensive route restructuring effort that more than doubled Greyhound’s earnings and tripled their returns before becoming Greyhound’s Chief Financial Officer in 2009. Prior to Greyhound, Andy spent 12 years in various business planning and strategy roles with multiple Fortune 500 companies, building expertise in consumer products, healthcare and transportation. In his most recent role as Chief Commercial Officer at Greyhound, Andy led a comprehensive digital transformation to increase customer engagement and make the entire customer journey as hassle free as possible. Supporting the transformation, Andy’s team developed a new brand strategy and advertising campaign to positively reposition Greyhound as a surprisingly smart and modern travel option. The combined effort has played a critical role in returning the entire North American bus industry back to vibrancy. He is currently serving as an advisor to several early stage technology companies in business plan development and fund raising including expanding strategic partnerships and accelerating their go to market strategies.
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About NEXT Future Transportation: Designs, manufactures, and distributes advanced electric vehicles and robotic systems transportation and logistics
Alan Curtis
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oceaneering International
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About Oceaneering International, Oceaneering International: Oceaneering is a global oilfield provider of engineered services and products primarily to the offshore oil and gas industry.
Randy Moseley
Chief Financial Officer of HawkEye Aircraft Corporation
Executive Vice President, Director, and CFO . Mr. Moseley has developed extensive experience over the past 30+ years in executive financial management including reporting functions for both private and public companies in aerospace, energy, software, and television networks. Mr. Moseley, a Certified Public Accountant, earned a BBA degree from Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the Texas Society of CPAs.
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About HawkEye Aircraft Corporation: HawkEye Aircraft Corporation is offering a 20% Equity position in the Company, combined with a Cash Royalty based on a percentage.
