Technology Executives Network

                                           Bryan Burns, VP of Engineering, XO Communications

                  10:25am - 10:45am   All CIO Panel Questions & Answers

                  10:45am - 10:50am   Closing & Thanking Our Speakers

                  10:50am -                Post-Event Technology Executives Networking

4 Free to Industry Professionals and $20 for Sales, Marketing and Recruiting Professionals.
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Jay Reed, Chief Information Officer
Trammell Crow Residential
Jay Reed is currently Chief Information Officer for Trammell Crow Residential focused on delivering a Business Technology strategy that ensures the company sustains the growth it has experienced the past 5 years in the multi-family real estate market. Jay has more than 22 years of Information Technology experience working with high growth companies in both the Real Estate and Hospitality Industries introducing a number of industry technology firsts while building infrastructures to support the growth.

As the Vice President (VP) of Information Technology (IT) for Taco Bueno Restaurants, Jay led the replacement of the company’s legacy point-of-sale and back office solutions with a best-of-breed centralized and integrated .NET solution enabling Taco Bueno to introduce remote order taking through a central call center, contactless credit cards, graphical kitchen capabilities, and other opportunities to improve speed of service and/or order accuracy. Prior to Taco Bueno, Jay worked as VP of IT for Wyndham International where he built a 2,500 square foot 300 server collocated facility to support numerous centralized solutions for Wyndham’s various brands including Property Management, Reservations, SAP Enterprise Resource Planning, Guest Recognition (loyalty program), Call Accounting, and more. Prior to Wyndham, Jay built the Trammell Crow Company infrastructure that supported the company’s expansion from an entrepreneurial real estate developer to a services business in the late 80’s and the 90’s.

Jay graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration in both Finance, and Data Processing and Analysis, and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. He is currently Co-Membership Chairman in the Society for Information Management, and is on the Associate Board of the Cox School of Business at SMU.

Colby Springer, Former CIO
ClubCorp
Mr. Springer has been a member of the technology industry for 30+ years. He has been a senior technology leader at such companies as Pearle Vision, Blockbuster Entertainment, Michael Stores and ClubCorp. In this time Mr. Springer has been a participant and leader in these company’s growth and the strategic use of technology to further their goals. His focus is on leading a business through transformation and growth while translating business strategy into an IT strategy and then executing and measuring progress in delivering that strategy. He has built high performance IT teams that are recognized for delivering uncompromised operations focusing on the basic principles of customer driven service, seamless and consistent delivery of services, and increased efficiency and effectiveness. Colby obtained a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Computer Science from UCLA and a Master of Science in Business Administration and Quantitative Methods from California State University, Northridge. He is a member of the Dallas chapters of the Society for Information Management (SIM), the Technology Executive Networking Group (TENG) and CEO Netweavers.

David Yavorsky, Chairman of TENG
Technical Executives Network for CIOs
Former CIO of First American Mortgage Information Services
A former CIO of First American Mortgage Information Services, David is a senior level executive with extensive experience spearheading the alignment of technical resources with strategic business initiatives. Mr. Yavorsky gained his expertise in technology architecture and integration, relationship and staff management, budget development, vendor/contract negotiations and formulating financial/strategic plans during his successful career in several leadership roles. Specifically, Mr. Yavorsky directed and managed the Information Technology group for First American Mortgage Information Group as Chief Information Officer. Mr. Yavorsky consolidated data center operations to reduce operating costs and improve accountability in addition, he outsourced software development for specific, strategic systems to improve speed to market and reduce costs. Prior to being CIO, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of First American Real Estate Tax Services after his role of Executive Vice President of Operations. As an entrepreneurial and visionary leader he accomplished strategic planning, process improvement, and reengineering of key business processes. He is a skilled communicator, team builder and negotiator who maximizes efficiencies and productivity through boosting employee morale and performance. His assertive, bottom line approach consistently produced quick yet long term, favorable results in each of the positions he has held. He is a decisive but flexible professional who leads by example, has excellent communication skills, and is a poised, results-oriented individual capable of making significant and continuing contributions. In addition to his many business accomplishments, Mr. Yavorsky holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration from The Pennsylvania State University.

Mr. Burns has over 15 years of frontline leadership experience in operations, engineering, and finance in the telecommunications industry. Mr. Burns has worked for 5 years at Cellular One in the wireless industry and for 11 years at XO communications in the CLEC industry. Mr. Burns holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Bucknell University.

FORUM WELCOME:

Andrew Jackson, President
BravoTech (www.BravoTech.com)
Andrew Jackson has spent the last 26 years building and maintaining technical staffs. In 1996, he co-founded Bravo Technical Resources, Inc. (BravoTECH) an information technology professional services firm. Over the past ten years BravoTECH has experienced award winning growth with BravoTECH employees performing IT assignments in 36 states in 2007. Andrew received a BSBA in 1980 from Illinois State University. Andrew has been chairman of the Dallas and Forth Worth chapters of the Texas Association of Business, Chairman of the board of the National Kidney Foundation of North Texas and Chairman of the Dallas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He also serves on the Associate Board of the Cox School of Business at SMU and has been a member of the Dallas Society for Information Management (SIM) chapter since 2002 while serving as co-chair of their 2006 National Conference, SIMposium and on the National SIM Board in 2007 and 2008.

FORUM WELCOME:
Pam Terry
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Technology Executives Network (Techxans & TechExecs)
pam@techxans.org
866.761.7770 ext. 2

Pam Terry has considerable experience in the technology industry beginning her foray into technology in 1994. She has a proven track record in sales and marketing in data, voice, collocation, IT consulting, application development, ecommerce, and technology training. She was most recently an Account Executive with Time Warner Telecom, a Major Accounts Consultant in the Business Division of Time Warner Cable and VP of Marketing for ERGOS Technology. During her tenure in the industry, Pam had the pleasure of co-founding Techxans with Tony and even created the “Techxans” name. Prior to Pam’s technology industry experience, Pam was Executive Director of the Galleria Chamber of Commerce and previously provided marketing consulting in the accounting firm industry. Throughout her career, Pam has been involved in community and trade organizations, having obtained Accreditation in Public Relations from the Public Relations Society of America, and serving on the boards of several charitable and membership groups such as the American Organ Transplant Association and the Association of IT Professionals. Pam is currently serving as Regional Director of Powerful Women International, a women’s empowerment membership group. Pam brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in association management and technology to her role as Executive Director of Techxans and Tech Execs. Originally from Brownsville, Texas, Pam has been in Houston since 1971.