Experience

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  Colleyville

  • Northeast Tarrant County

  • Mayor

    • May 2016 - Present
    • Northeast Tarrant County

    Colleyville has a rural heritage and has become one of the premier places to live in the greater Dallas - Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex. The city is well known and admired for its great neighborhoods, excellent schools, and pleasing parks and amenities, all located within a few miles of DFW Internat...

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  LGRW LLC

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Business Development Executive

    • Jul 2014 - Present
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    • Business development and investments• Interim executive (especially technology such as CIO, CTO, etc.)• Program and Project Management• Strategic planning• Change agent, organizational and operational effectiveness

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  Novartis, Alcon Division

  • Fort Worth, TX

  • Global Head IT, Alcon R&D

    • 2011 - Jul 2014
    • Fort Worth, TX

    Responsible for global Alcon R&D information and business processing systems worldwide covering three franchises; Pharmaceutical, Vision Care, and Surgical Instrumentation and all service centers of excellence including R&D Program and Project Management including Finance, Regulatory Affa...

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  Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

  • Fort Worth, TX

  • Director, R&D Applications, Global IT

    • 2002 - 2010
    • Fort Worth, TX

    Responsible for all R&D business and data systems development, implementation and support globally. Developed and managed the R&D IT program portfolio and ensured all projects were implemented and delivered successful R&D business outcomes. Developed and led successful IT organization...

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  Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

  • Fort Worth, TX

  • Director, Global Telecommunications - Global IT, Operations

    • 1997 - 2001
    • Fort Worth, TX

    Responsible for Alcon's global voice and data networks and communications systems. Integrated Alcon's business operations by electronically connecting business units around the globe and converting from distributed business processing to central business processing by consolidating data c...

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  Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

  • Fort Worth, TX

  • Associate Director, Systems and Operations, R&D Division

    • 1994 - 1996
    • Fort Worth, TX

    Responsible for information systems operations for the 900 person R&D division of Alcon. This included the data center, networks, all computer systems, laboratory automation, the help desk, the word processing center, and R&D document management. Key accomplishments included developing an...

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  Brown and Williamson

  • Macon, GA

  • Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Information Systems

    • 1994 - 1994
    • Macon, GA

    Recruited to revamp and revitalize the contribution of the manufacturing information system organization to the business. Responsible for all information and manufacturing and management information systems development and operations for the second largest manufacturing facility in the world. The...

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  Frito-Lay, a PepsiCo Company

  • Plano, TX

  • Senior Group Manager, Corporate Technology

    • 1989 - 1993
    • Plano, TX

    Corporate engineering manager of manufacturing systems, process automation and process control, responsible for long term strategy, development and implementation. Also responsible for all manufacturing electrical systems design and installation standards. Interface with MIS and R&D to identi...

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  Innovative Development Engineering Associates

  • College Station, TX

  • Co-Principal and Co-Founder

    • 1980 - 1989
    • College Station, TX

    Developed commercial instrumentation using state-of-the-art intelligent technology and licensed resulting patents to larger companies with established marketing and manufacturing capability. In 1986 IDEA, Inc. was merged with Cannon Bear, Inc. and in 1989 all assets of Cannon Bear, Inc. were sold...

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  Frito-Lay, a PepsiCo Company

  • Plano, TX

  • Group Manager, Research and Development

    • 1986 - 1988
    • Plano, TX

    Recruited to leverage information system technology for manufacturing competitive advantage. Developing Frito- Lay's first business based technology strategy, information systems architecture and project execution road map. Also in charge of R&D's Telecommunications and Information Sy...

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  Texas A&M University System

  • College Station, TX

  • Director, Microwave Microelectronics Laboratory, Elec Eng.

    • 1985 - 1986
    • College Station, TX

    Developed a research and graduate academic program in high frequency system design and microwave and millimeterwave integrated circuits utilizing microstrip, stripline and GaAs devices. Co-Investigator of a cooperative research agreement with the Peoples Republic of China that brought three senio...

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  Texas A&M University

  • College Station, TX

  • Tenured Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering

    • 1977 - 1986
    • College Station, TX

    Undergraduate and graduate faculty member specializing in high frequency systems (radar, antennas, laser, signal processing) teaching electromagnetics, antennas, circuits, project management, etc..

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  Texas A&M University System

  • College Station, TX

  • Director, Remote Sensing Center, Tex Eng Exp Station

    • 1980 - 1984
    • College Station, TX

    Executive administrator of the Remote Sensing Center, a non academic interdisciplinary applied research and development division of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station affiliated with the Colleges of Engineering, Agriculture, Science and Geoscience with approximately 50 staff including 20 Ph...

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  Aerial Surveys, Inc.

  • College Station, TX

  • Principal and Founder

    • 1977 - 1984
    • College Station, TX

    Provided precision large format color infrared and black and white photography, photogrametric engineering and aerial mapping. Clients were engineering and energy companies, the state of Texas, the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, and Texas A&M University. The company was profitable each...

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  Lockheed Electronics, Inc. - NASA Johnson Space...

  • Webster, TX

  • System Engineer

    • 1971 - 1973
    • Webster, TX

    Defined and validated aircraft and ground microwave sensor performance specifications, performed aircraft systems integration and calibrations, and implemented experimental microwave and visible/infrared measurement programs.