Google announced that George Reyes has informed the company of his intention to retire as chief financial officer. Reyes, who has worked at Google for 5.5 years, indicated that he will remain to
assist in the search for a new CFO and to assure an orderly transition, which Google expects will occur by the end of the year.
"I've known and admired George since our days
together at Sun," said Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt. "As Google's CFO, George successfully navigated our innovative IPO, the regulatory demands of Sarbanes-Oxley, and the management
challenges of scaling a global finance organization. Though we fully appreciate his decision to step back from active management, we'll miss his thoughtfulness, good humor and wisdom."