Kurt Pfluger

College of Business, Engineering, and Computational & Mathematical Sciences Alumnus of the Year, 2017

Kurt Pfluger, CPA, is currently an independent consultant providing services to a variety of different businesses in the area of finance and accounting.

Kurt spent the majority of his career in public accounting and working with Federal government contractors. He began working with Soza & Company, Ltd in 1981 when the Firm had twelve employees and $600,000 in annual revenue. In 1987, he became a Partner and oversaw the Firm’s accounting and auditing services. In 1995, the Firm entered into government contracting and began to see significant growth. With revenue of nearly $75 million, Kurt added the title of CFO in 1999. The Firm, with revenue of $135 million and 900 employees, was sold to Perot Systems Corporation in 2003.

In his semi-retirement, Kurt began consulting to small and medium-sized businesses and serving on nonprofit organization boards. He has served on the Board of Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Arlington, INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital Auxiliary, Virginia Chamber Orchestra and the O’Shaughnessy-Hurst Memorial Foundation among others. He has also endowed an athletic scholarship at George Mason University and a scholarship for graduates at the high school of his parent’s hometown.

Kurt is a certified public accountant and graduated in 1980 from FSU, Magna Cum Laude, with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting. He presently serves on the FSU Foundation Board and has funded an Accounting Scholarship at the University.