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| Ramón Baez |
In February 2007, Ramón Baez joined Kimberly-Clark as Vice President of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer. Ramón is responsible for leading Kimberly-Clark’s enterprise-wide information systems initiatives to support the company’s future growth and to maximize the return on its information technology investments.
Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark, Ramón served as chief information officer for Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of instruments, supplies and services to the scientific research and healthcare markets. Ramón was responsible for coordinating and directing worldwide information systems at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. He previously served as chief information officer and vice president of information technology for Honeywell International Automation and Control Solutions group, where he led the global IT organization of this diversified industrial, service and solutions company.
Ramón began his business career at Northrop Grumman Corporation, where over the course of 25 years as the defense and aerospace leader, he was named chief information officer for its electronic systems sensors sector.
Ramón holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of La Verne in California. He is a member of the Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM) Advisory Board for the SMU-Cox School of Business. |
| Phillip Farr |
Phillip Farr is President of Farr Systems, Inc., a Dallas based Information Technology Strategy Consulting Company.
Mr. Farr has held senior management positions in the corporate sector, including Brinks, Inc., Fina Oil, and Tatum Partners. With more than 30 years experience in the Information Technology profession, he has created and managed global strategic information technology processes, has had fiscal responsibility for $50 million in corporate resources and has spoken on and authored numerous articles on IT Management for his industry peers.
He holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Texas A&M Commerce and has pursued graduate studies at Harvard University and the University of Virginia. Phillip is past president of the Dallas Chapter of the Society for Information Management, where he remains active today.
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| Victor Fetter |
Victor Fetter is the vice president for Large Enterprise and Public Sales Tools at Dell. His organization is responsible for driving and coordinating all IT activities across the two largest business units in Dell, Large Enterprise and Public. In addition, he is responsible for the systems, master data management and sales tools supporting those businesses units, including Dell.com and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools. His organization supports an innovation agenda and delivery of a comprehensive, global applications portfolio.
Mr. Fetter has experience in aligning information technology with business objectives and has enjoyed the opportunity to do this in a global context. Most recently, he managed the transition of a decentralized, global technology organization to one that has a blend of shared services, business aligned delivery and outsourced solutions resulting in more effective business results. Through his career, he has lived in multiple countries and served on the Board of Directors for a global consulting and outsourcing organization.
Prior to joining Dell in 2007, Mr. Fetter served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Mercer Human Resource Consulting (Mercer) in Chicago. At Mercer, he was responsible for driving the development and delivery of world-class systems and services as well as a technology architecture that enabled business growth for clients in more than 190 cities and 41 countries and territories worldwide.
Previously, Mr. Fetter was a global technology practice leader for Hewitt Associates. During this time he provided consulting on IT organizational design, as well as the attraction and retention of technology professionals during the dot-com boom. Prior to that, he was employed with Electronic Data Systems (EDS) where he provided leadership in support of an outsourcing agreement with a large financial institution.
Mr. Fetter has a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from Spring Hill College, Alabama. He is a member of the Gerson Lehrman Group Council of Advisors; the CIO Executive Council; the Association for IT Professionals; the British Computing Society; and the Society for Information Management.
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| Kay Fuhrman |
Kay Fuhrman focuses on senior level search assignments in the Energy and Utility sectors and serves in the firm’s Industrial, Business & Professional Services, Technology, and Chief Information Officer practices.
Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Kay spent over 8 years as Vice President of Business Development for Alliance Data leading large scale business process and information technology delivery and outsourcing transactions with energy and utility companies throughout North America. In this role, Kay also managed the company’s strategic partnerships with technology and key service providers leveraged for the delivery of Alliance Data’s solutions. Kay has authored articles, been a featured speaker and served as respected consultant in the areas of technology solutions for the evolving energy markets.
Kay began her career in Dayton Ohio spending 11 years with DPL, Inc. Following DPL, Kay spent 2 years with Aquila Energy running the company’s retail energy business across the central United States.
Kay holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance from The University of Dayton. She also holds a BS in Business Administration from Wright State University. Kay served on the board of directors for Texas Energy Association for Marketers from 2002 through 2008. In addition, Kay has served as National Committee Chair for National Energy Marketers Association in 2005 and 2006.
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| Richard Gius |
Richard (Rich) Gius joined Atmos in October of 2007 as a CIO and corporate officer. He is responsible for leading Atmos' enterprise-wide information technology strategy, architecture, project delivery and operations execution, focusing on many of the company's strategic initiatives including service excellence and operational effectiveness.
Prior to joining Atmos, Rich spent more than two decades at Cardinal Health, rising through various positions of increasing responsibility. In 2003, he was named by Computerworld Magazine as a Premier 100 IT Leader, recognizing IT leaders who have applied information technology in effective, creative and innovative ways to advance their organization's strategy. Under Rich's leadership, Cardinal Health's ValueLink business application was recognized in 1997 by CIO Magazine's Application Hall of Fame as one of the 12 most influential business applications of the past decade, and its SAP ERP and CRM implementations were honored as a 1999 national finalist for the Computerworld Smithsonian Business Technology Award. Before joining Cardinal Health, he held positions in both marketing and technology at Boise Cascade Corporation from 1979 to 1982.
Rich earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Northern Illinois University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago.
Rich serves on the University of North Texas' Information Technology & Decision Sciences Advisory Board, Oklahoma University's Center for Management Information Systems Studies Executive Committee, Vice-Chair for the American Gas Association Technology Advisory Council, and AT&T Mobility Customer Guidance Council. |
| M. Steven Kendrick |
With over 20 years of business focused IT leadership recruitment experience, Steve Kendrick has led successful search engagements for clients across industry segments including financial services, healthcare, consumer retail, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and wireless industries.
Prior to founding KER Partners, Steve was a Principal at Spencer Stuart, and a key member of the firm’s global Information Officer Practice. He also served as president of Kendrick Executive Resources, a Dallas-based retained executive search boutique specializing in recruiting IT executive leaders and CIOs.
Steve’s early search career also included serving as an executive director and partner at Russell Reynolds Associates and TMP-Lamalie Associates, respectively. Prior to entering executive search, Steve spent six years with EDS Corporation, performing both technical and professional recruiting, as well as providing recruitment training and counsel on employment-related issues.
Steve is an active speaker and panelist at key industry forums on topics including executive IT leadership development, career management and succession planning. He is a member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) and the Society for Information Management (SIM).
Steve earned his undergraduate degree in business from Jacksonville State University in Alabama, along with graduate studies at the University of Texas in Dallas.
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| Randy Neal |
As Chief Executive Officer of the retained executive search firm Randall James Monroe, Inc., Mr. Neal has successfully recruited senior level executives in all functional areas of software, information technology, distribution, manufacturing and transportation. He has established client relationships, nationally with an impressive yet diverse group of companies — from top Fortune 500 corporations to pre-IPO and start-up venture capital backed businesses.
Before starting his own company, Mr. Neal spent 12 years as President/CEO of an internationally renowned, publicly held software company. His expertise in the employee selection process has afforded him numerous opportunities to lecture on the art of employee recruiting and selection.
In addition, Randall is a recognized thought leader on a broad range of topics covering current business conditions, trends in leadership, executive hiring and compensation related matters. He has published numerous articles and been interviewed for his viewpoints by such prominent publications as BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, CareerJournal (from The Wall Street Journal), The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Business Journal and Workindex - The Human Resource Magazine.
Mr. Neal is an active Partner in Dallas Social Venture Partners and is a member of the Career Council for the Dallas SIM Chapter.
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| Chris Patrick |
Chris is a senior Partner in the Dallas office of Egon Zehnder International. He leads the Firm's Global CIO Practice and is a core member of our Global Technology Practice Group.
He has led senior level engagements for multinational clients and early stage companies across a broad spectrum of the technology landscape including CIO engagements for numerous Fortune 100 companies.
Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Chris spent over 15 years in a variety of operations and technology leadership roles. At McDonnell Douglas, Chris managed the manufacturing/tooling group supporting both military and commercial aircraft manufacturing. He later became Project Manager for the MD80 program where he oversaw the implementation of key product engineering changes. While at Ernst and Young, he managed IT/systems consulting engagements for a variety of domestic and international technology based clients.
In 1998, Chris joined Chatham Technologies, a start-up telecommunications systems manufacturer/integrator. In two years, Chris was a member of the senior management team that grew the business to over $500 million in sales prior to the company being acquired by Flextronics. As CIO/Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions, Chris played a key role in leading the technology implementation, evaluation and due diligence of multiple acquisitions in the U.S., Europe and South America.
Chris earned an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BS from Southern Illinois University.
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| Mark Polansky |
With more than 25 years of executive search experience, all in technology, Mr. Polansky has extensively recruited chief information officers, chief technology officers and other senior IT leaders across a wide range of vertical industry sectors. He also has expertise in recruiting for both general and technical management for public and private high-tech companies, managed service providers, professional services organizations, venture firms and their portfolio companies.
Mr. Polansky joined Korn/Ferry in 1997.
Mr. Polansky frequently addresses conferences and writes on information systems subjects as well as career management and human resources topics, and he is the creator of the “Executive Career Counsel” column in CIO Magazine.
He currently serves on the advisory board of Columbia University's executive graduate program in information technology management. He is a member of the Society for Information Management previously serving as chairman and president of the New York Metro Chapter. Mr. Polansky currently serves on the advisory boards of The Information Technology Senior Management Forum, the national organization dedicated to fostering executive talent among African-American IT professionals, and HITEC, the Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council.
Mr. Polansky holds a master’s degree in computer science from Pratt Institute and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and electrical engineering from Union College.
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| Sharon Stufflebeme |
Ms. Stufflebeme joined RadioShack in June 2009 as its senior vice president and chief information officer reporting to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Julian Day.
Ms. Stufflebeme began her career at Andersen Consulting and has also worked at Hitachi Consulting and Michaels Stores. Immediately prior to joining RadioShack, Ms. Stufflebeme was the senior vice president and chief information officer for 7-Eleven, a company she joined in 2004.
Stufflebeme earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Dallas in 1983 and an MBA from the University of Texas in 1986. |
| Mark Urbis |
Mr. Urbis is the Senior Director, Technology Delivery Services for Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, the parent company of the TGIFridays and Pick Up Stix brands. He is responsible for Applications Development and Support as well as IT Operations & Infrastructure.
Mr. Urbis has held senior IT management positions at RadioShack Corporation and McKesson Corporation. He has worked for Northwest Airlines and Tenneco Corporation, where he began his career in 1982 as an entry level Programmer. With more than 25 years experience in Information Technology, he has integrated the operations of acquired companies, managed ERP Implementations, and has both strategically outsourced as well as re-sourced IT functions.
Mr. Urbis is the current president of the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Information Management and is a 2003 graduate of SIM's Regional Leadership Forum. He is a graduate of the University of Houston, Houston, TX, where he received his BBA-MIS. |
| Karl Wachs |
Karl Wachs, Ph.D., was appointed chief information officer of Celanese in March 2001. He is responsible for the development and implementation of Celanese information technology (IT) strategy. He leads the company’s IT Council worldwide. Mr. Wachs is a member of the Corporate Executive Council and reports to Steven Sterin, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.
Before joining Celanese, Mr. Wachs was vice president of information technology at North Jersey Media Group/The Record. Before that he was at BASF, both in Germany and the United States, for 10 years. There he held a variety of IT positions, including director of system integration.
Mr. Wachs is member of several Industry and University organizations - American Chemical Council IT council (ACC-CHEMITC), Informatik Ausschuss im Verband Der Chemischen Industry (VCI), SAP- Chemical Executive Advisory Council CEAC, Steering Committee @ CISR-MIT, and the Society for Information Management (SIM & SIM-APC).
Mr. Wachs, who received his doctorate in experimental physics from the University of Hamburg in 1988, has performed research in High Energy Physics at the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), at Brookhaven National Lab (BNL) and at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). |
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