Michael E. Alverson is VP-Information Services of Texas Health Resources. With 13 acute care hospitals, 48 other medical facilities, $1.5 billion in patient revenue and 19,000 employees, THR is the largest healthcare organization in Texas. Mr. Alverson joined THR in 1990. Previously, he served as CIO of Lincoln Property Company, CIO of Fox&Jacobs and Director of Software Applications at Sunrise Systems (a Xerox spin-off), all in Dallas. He spent six years as an information systems consultant with Peat Marwick in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Dallas. Mr. Alverson served nine years as a data automation officer in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Alverson holds a BS in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, an MSE in Operations Research from Arizona State University and an MBA with distinction in Finance from American University. He holds the CDP and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and the Air Force Commendation Medal. He is an adjunct faculty member in the MBA program at the Cox School of Business at SMU. He has published several articles on computer security, training, and barriers to the adoption of technology. He is active in numerous professional organizations including the Society for Information Management and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. He also serves on the systems advisory committee of the American Heart Association.

MAYNARD J. BELSON                                       

Maynard J. Belson is Executive Director, Wireless Regional IT, for SBC Communications.  Mr. Belson received both a BBA (1972) and an MBA (1974) from Texas Tech University. He began his career with Southwestern Bell Telephone in 1974 as a District Manager-Applications Development. Since then he has served as a Division Manager in Comptroller Operations, Strategic Marketing and Client Services in Dallas, San Antonio and Houston, respectively, and as an Executive Director of Communication Services and Merger Planning and Program Management. In his current position Mr. Belson is responsible for integrating IT organizations in the wireless markets into a common management structure and business processes.  He has served as president of the Society for Information Management, is an MIS Advisory Board member at UTA and is a board member of Theatre Three in Dallas.

Thomas Boeckel                     

As the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dr. Boeckel is directly responsible for all business administration and finance activities within the company, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, information systems, facilities and environmental management, productivity programs, the SAP project implementation and upgrade and internal audit. Siemens ElectroCom is a $400 million company that specializes in sorting center solutions, including the design and manufacture of document sorting equipment for Postal Services and commercial customers, primarily for the mailing industry.  The company offers a complete line of products, as well as system integration for the NAFTA market. Dr. Boeckel’s association with Siemens began more than 20 years ago as an industrial trainee in 1977. While pursuing his doctorate, he also worked for Siemens as a freelance programmer. Dr. Boeckel officially joined Siemens in 1988 as a business software programmer at the Fuerth, Germany, location. While at the Fuerth plant, he headed a restructuring project that integrated two production centers into a single profit center known as mechanical prefabrication. He then served as the financial manager of this mechanical prefabrication group, followed by a move to the Chemnitz plant in 1994 to manage all financial activities of this electronics and switching cabinet producer. From 1995 to 1998, Dr. Boeckel had full financial management responsibility for the electronic production and technical services of the Automation & Drives unit in Fuerth. While in this assignment, he helped to implement a restructuring program to strengthen the overall competitiveness of the business. As a result of the restructuring project, process cycle time was reduced by 50 percent and physical space requirements were reduced by 40 percent. In 1997, Dr. Boeckel also worked as a member of special industry project team, reporting directly to a member of the central board of Siemens. The project team conducted research and analysis, gathered market and competitive data, and monitored productivity levels in the Siemens industrial groups. In 1999, Dr. Boeckel assumed his current duties at Siemens ElectroCom L.P. Dr. Boeckel has a Ph.D. from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He also earned his Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA equivalent) from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

BOB BROBST                                           

Bob Brobst is Vice President of IT Operations with Alcon Labs, one of the major pharmaceutical companies in the country. Dr. Brobst received his Ph.D. in Management Science from Louisiana Tech. He later joined the Department of Information Systems and Management Sciences faculty here at UTA before leaving to join Alcon Labs.

BRUCE MOORE                                                              

Bruce Moore is Vice President of Applications at Sabre in the Airline Solutions organization.  Bruce earned a BA in Statistics and an MBA from Kansas University.  Before joining Sabre, Bruce worked as a business analyst and financial planner in the oil and gas industry.  Since joining Sabre in 1984, Bruce has worked in various finance and applications development positions.  Significant accomplishments include the conversion of Canadian Airlines and US Airways to Sabre’s cargo applications, and several other major development projects.  Bruce is married to wife Diane and has two children, a daughter Erin (14) and a son Michael (10).

MARK PEDEN                             

Mark Peden began his career in information technology at General Dynamics in Fort Worth when he was given the assignment to explore ways computers might be used to improve the job of analyzing cost on the F-16 Fighter aircraft program.  After three years of working on mainframes and precursors to personal computers, he co-founded a company that developed software for a new class of multi-user computers built with microprocessors. Seven years later, Mark rejoined General Dynamics, now Lockheed Martin, as a project manager for software development initiatives. Subsequently, he became manager of Software Development Engineering, and is now Director of Information Resource Management.  In his current position, he is responsible for the planning, acquisition, and budget of information technology.  His organization also provides systems analysis, information systems security monitoring, and management of the information technology outsourcing company that provides programmers, network technicians, server administrators, and other technical personnel. Mark holds a BS Degree from the University of North Texas in Economics, an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington, and an MS in Computer Science, also from UTA. Mark and his wife, Rena, have one daughter who is a senior at Aledo High School.

LYNN REED                                                                     

Lynn Reed is an Executive Vice President with HBS Systems, a provider of products and services to the Agricultural and Construction Industry, both to manufacturers and to their dealer/distributor network. Mr. Reed graduated magna cum laude from McNeese State University in 1984 with a BS in Electronics Technology. He began his career in 1984 as an Electronics Technician with Geolograph Pioneer in Lake Charles, LA and then moved on to RIMSS as a Field Service Engineer in Plano, TX. Mr. Reed has been with HBS Systems since 1986 serving as a Field Engineer, Manager-Hardware Department and finally in his current role as an Executive Vice President. In this capacity he designed the Windows-based parts cataloging software that is currently used by 60% of the agricultural dealerships in North America.