Before retiring, Mike Sultanik served as a Senior Vice President – Relationship Manager for the Commercial Banking Department of the Bank of Texas. In this capacity, Mike was responsible for developing and retaining new business relationships for both credit and non-credit customers in the Houston market place. During his time in that position, he developed a multi-million-dollar portfolio with numerous commercial and middle market accounts.
Before joining Bank of Texas, Mike was a Vice President and Relationship Manager for the Commercial Lending Department at Wells Fargo. Prior to that, Mike served as Vice President and Treasury Management Sales officer at Wells Fargo from November 1996 to December 2000. During his tenure at Wells Fargo, Mike won the bank’s coveted “Golden Spoke Award” multiple times. One year, he was recognized as the highest Wells Fargo producer in Houston. In another year, he closed the largest single financial transaction in the history of Wells Fargo’s Houston office up to that time. While he was employed at Wells Fargo, the bank was the only triple A rated bank in the country.
Wells Fargo hired Mike in November 1996 from his position as the Director of Treasury Operations at National Convenience Stores, a billion dollar publicly traded retail chain, which was later acquired by Diamond Shamrock.
Before starting his business career in Houston, Texas, Mike attended the University of Texas at Austin where he completed the following.
- Post Graduate School work in Finance
- MBA Degree – Accounting and Finance
- BBA Degree – Management
During his business career, Mike received several professional credentials including the following.
- Certified Professional Accountant – 1994 – Present
- Certified Cash Manager/Certified Treasury Professional – 1989 – Present
Mike was also was recognized for a number of community service and business achievements including those listed below.
- Won 1st Place in the national Treasury Management Association’s (AFP) annual Innovations in Treasury Management program – 1991
- President of the Houston Treasury Management Association (HTMA) – 1994
- Chairman of the HTMA’s first Board of Directors – 1994
- Founding member of the Alliance of Texas Treasury Associations – 1995
- Numerous officer and committee positions in HTMA from 1991 – 1995
- Served on the national TMA’s CCM Test Committee – 1992 – 1994
- Inducted into the HTMA – Hall of Fame – 2015
- Provided numerous presentations at HTMA and TEXPO events 1991 – 2014
- Committee member HTMA’s Space City and TEXPO committees 2018 – 2019
- Member of the Board of Jake’s Finer Foods – 1990 – 2010
- Member of the Board -Society of the Performing Arts of Houston – 2006 – 2016
- Instructor CCM/CTP Review course Rice University in Houston 2006 – 2016
- Adjunct professor Essentials of Treasury Management in the Business School at the University of Houston in Clear Lake
But his greatest achievement was marrying his most loved and best friend, Dinah, who became his wife in March 1988.
