The chief financial officer who helped foster the biggest debut of a public company here in years was honored Tuesday along with four other financial executives.
Anthony “Buddy” Piszel of Santa Ana’s CoreLogic Inc. oversaw regulatory approvals and financing deals that paved the way for the real estate data services company to split from Santa Ana-based First American Corp. last year.
CoreLogic had a recent market value of $2.3 billion.
Piszel joined First American in 2009 and was named chief financial officer of the information solutions group—CoreLogic’s predecessor—a year later.
For CoreLogic’s split, Piszel led the effort to gain regulatory approvals from the Securities and Exchange Commission and others. He also restructured credit lines and struck new ones.
Piszel was given the Lifetime Achievement award at the CFO of the Year awards in Irvine presented by the Business Journal and the Orange County and Long Beach chapter of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.
He jokingly called finance “a tough racket,” in accepting the award.
Other honorees:
Khann Tran, chief financial officer Newport Beach-based Pacific Life Insurance Co. Tran, a Vietnamese immigrant, has been in finance at the life insurer for 20 years. He received the CFO of a Private Company award.
Bret Johnsen, chief financial officer of Newport Beach-based chipmaker Mindspeed Technologies Inc. He received the CFO of a Public Company award.
Kerri Ruppert Schiller, chief financial officer of Children’s Hospital of Orange County, who received the CFO of a Not-for-Profit award.
Jatan Shah, chief financial officer of Costa Mesa audio gear company QSC Audio Products LLC, who received the Rising Star award.
