Mike Ciskowski serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for Treasury, Finance, Internal Audit, Trading Controls and Administration and Insurance. He also oversees the company's Retail division, Information Services, and Ultramar, Ltd., the company's Canadian subsidiary.

During his nearly 20 years with the company, Ciskowski has held many different positions in the financial planning and the business and corporate development areas of the company, including Investor Relations Director, Financial Planning Director and Manager of Financial Planning.

While leading our Corporate Development Department, Ciskowski has overseen a string of very successful acquisitions over the last few years, including the purchases of the Paulsboro refinery, the Benicia refinery, the Corpus Christi East Plant, Huntway Refining Company, UDS, and the St. Charles refinery. He’s helped Valero earn a reputation for making very successful acquisitions, conducting smooth transitions and closing those transactions in record time.

Prior to joining Valero, he worked for Williams Exploration Company and Getty Oil Company in finance and planning. He earned bachelor’s of business administration and master’s of business administration degrees in finance from Central State University in Oklahoma.