George Reyes is the former

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Google Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. ...

. He was formerly a director of

BEA Systems BEA Systems, Inc. was a company that specialized in enterprise infrastructure software products which was wholly acquired by Oracle Corporation on April 29, 2008. History BEA began as a software company, founded in 1995 and headquartered in ...

, Symantec, and

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. Reyes was the CFO of Google from 2003–2008, his announcement of retirement came in 2007. He became the CFO, Senior VP in 2006. Reyes received his

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degree in

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from the

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, and other campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida. USF is ...

. He then went on to earn his master's degree in

business administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

from

Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mis ...

. Reyes has spent 13 years at

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and held a variety of jobs, including Vice President and Corporate Controller from April 1994 to April 1999. He then became Vice President and Treasurer from April 1999 to September 2001. In 2000 George joined Symantec's board of directors. From February 2002 to June 2002, Reyes was an interim Chief Financial Officer for ONI Systems in which he helped the sale of

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and ONI. Reyes is

Cuban American Cuban Americans ( es, cubanoestadounidenses or ''cubanoamericanos'') are Americans who trace their cultural heritage to Cuba regardless of phenotype or ethnic origin. The word may refer to someone born in the United States of Cuban descent or t ...

. His nephew Gregory Reyes is a former CEO of Brocade and his brother

Gregorio Reyes Gregorio is a masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925–2016), Uruguayan army general and de facto President of Uruguay from 1981 until 1985 * Gregorio Álvarez (historian) (1889–1986), ...

is a member of the Board of Directors of Seagate Technologies. On August 28, 2007 George Reyes announced that he would retire from his job at Google as CFO in the near future, and would help Google to replace his position. He was replaced as CFO by

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as of August 12, 2008.
He passed away on November 8, 2023.

References

External links

Company photograph

Reyes biography
on Symantec's web site

on Google Profit's Article {{DEFAULTSORT:Reyes, George Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American chief financial officers American people of Cuban descent Google employees Santa Clara University alumni University of South Florida alumni