Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 1, 2003
THOMAS L. RYAN was named President and Chief Operating Officer of
Service Corporation International in July 2002. He joined SCI in 1996,
holding various positions within the company including investor
relations and a variety of executive financial operational roles. In
November 2000, he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of European
operations, responsible for over $700 million in revenue in eight
different countries. Prior to joining SCI, he spent eight and a half
years with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Ryan is a graduate of the
University of Texas where he obtained a Bachelor of Business
Administration degree. Profile
JEFFREY E. CURTISS is Senior Vice President and Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer of Service Corporation International. He joined SCI in
January 2000. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., the second
largest waste services company, from January 1992 until it was sold in
July 1999. Mr. Curtiss has over 33 years of financial experience and has
been the Chief Financial Officer of substantial publicly held companies
since 1988. His experience includes international tax and finance as
well as corporate development and capital market transactions. Mr.
Curtiss is an Attorney and a CPA and holds an advanced law degree in
Taxation. He is active in Financial Executives International, having
served as past President of the Houston chapter and is currently a
Director of the Southwest Region of FEI. Profile
Mr. Ryan: Service Corporation International was founded in 1962 in
Houston, Texas, and began as a single funeral home operation. Over the
next 40 years, it
