Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 12, 2002

John Cox – Bmc Software Inc (bmc)

JOHN W. COX is the Chief Financial Officer of BMC Software, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise management. Mr. Cox joined BMC Software in October 1989 as Manager of Taxation and was named Director of the group in October 1991. Since then, Mr. Cox has served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of BMC Software. He has also headed the investor relations' function since 1991. Prior to joining BMC Software, Mr. Cox was a manager in the Houston office of Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Cox received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University in 1981. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of BMC Software and

a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Cox: BMC got its start in the 1980s as a company that helped