Technology Executives Network

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Jim Bailey
Chief Information Officer
Grant Prideco (www.grantprideco.com)
Jim is a strategic and transformational CIO with broad technical and business experience working closely with senior management to align IT strategies in support of business objectives. Leveraging over 18 years of manufacturing and energy industry experience, Jim has a proven success record of transforming IT organizations worldwide, and improving operational excellence. As Chief Information Officer of Grant Prideco, Jim is responsible for transforming IT into a global organization capable of scaling with business growth, and providing technology solutions to the business units of Grant Prideco. Jim began his career in 1989 with IBM as a Systems Engineer in IBM’s Dallas Customer Center. In 1991 Jim joined Schlumberger and relocated to Houston to take over responsibility for Schlumberger’s North America Oilfield MIS Operations group. From there, he moved into roles of increasing responsibility at Keystone International, Shell, and Team Industrial Services before joining Grant Prideco. In 1989 Jim earned a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing at the University of North Texas, and received his MBA in International Business from University of Houston in 2000. He is a member of the CIO Leadership Network, and Society of Information Managers.

Charles L. McGuire "Lynn"
Chief Information Officer
Andrews Kurth ( www.andrewskurth.com)
Lynn is responsible for all aspects of Information Technology for this international law firm including Help Desk, PC Techs, Network Services
and Infrastructure, Application Development, PMO, and Training. While at Andrews Kurth, Lynn has accomplished the following: Created complete Disaster Recovery manual and procedures along with redundancy for the firm to ensure continued operations should a disaster impact our primary data center on key systems. His efforts allowed Andrews Kurth to lead the legal industry in both staffing ratios and IT to gross revenue while improving quality and delivery of IT services. Rebuilding the team for all departments while consolidating six different and disparate operating systems into one supportable environment on Windows and Intel based platforms. This involved migration of the firm’s GroupWise system to MS Exchange and Active Directory across all US offices. Managed the conversion of the document management system from SoftSolutions to iManage, developed change control procedures for servers and applications along with consistent user communications and notices regarding IT activities, and implemented a model office for staging development and moves to the production environment. Created a Project Management Office concept to promote project consistency and reporting not only in IT but across multiple departments within the firm. Lynn successfully integrated IT departments and multiple locations of a merger of equal firms to a single entity while maintaining operational integrity and continued delivery of legal services to clients. Prior to working at Andrews Kurth, Lynn worked in a variety of senior and executive IT roles at EDS and Perot Systems. PUBLICATIONS: Author, "Moving 100,000 E-Mails a Day: Andrews Kurth mounts a strong defense to help avoid e-mail outages" Law Firm Inc. (November 2004).

Todd Coury
Network Manager
Andrews Kurth ( www.andrewskurth.com)
Todd is responsible for ISS and DR initiatives in Andrews Kurth Law Firm. Todd Coury has more than 23 years of domestic and international experience in the information technology, engineering and construction fields, with nearly eighteen years in management and supervisory positions. He currently is network manager for Andrews Kurth LLP, an international law firm of more than 400 lawyers, where he manages the national IT department with 11 direct-report network engineers across the United States. Todd is responsible for all aspects IT infrastructure for the firm. Prior to joining Andrews Kurth, Todd spent 10 years with Petrocon Engineering, two of those overseas. Andrews Kurth LLP is an international law firm with over 400 attorneys, has built its multidisciplinary practice on the belief that “straight talk is good business.” Real answers, clear vision and mutual respect permeate the firm’s success stories with clients, colleagues, communities and employees. With offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents an impressive list of global clients spanning multiple industries and areas of law.

Shawn Shadfar
CEO & Chief Architect
omNovia ( www.omNovia.com )
Shawn Shadfar is the founder and C.E.O of omNovia Technologies Inc started in Houston, TX, USA in early 2004 and specializing in web conferencing and information security services. Mr. Shadfar was a member of the engineering team that invented the first Java-based smart card in
1997 and later co-founded the Information Security group at Schlumberger. His group provided a smart card based digital ID solution to the U.S Department of Defense, the NASA, Chevron, ExxonMobil and other Fortune 500 firms. He has published many articles and has spoken at numerous events in the Information Security industry. Mr. Shadfar holds a Masters of Science in Computer Science from Supelec – Paris as well as a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

Bryan Burns
VP of Engineering & Chief Architect
XO Communications (www.XO.com )

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 MODERATOR:
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.

FORUM WELCOME:
Anthony Huang
Founder & CEO
Techxans
arh@techxans.org
866.661.0258

As a well known industry icon, Anthony Huang has been a successful entrepreneur with a solid track record of having started and sold four profitable business ventures. Along with two other individuals, Pamela Terry and Laura Ramey, Anthony Huang launched the Techxans organization back in 2000. Techxans.org has sustained the ups and downs of the Information Technology industry for the past 7 years and continues to strive and grow in size and capabilities. In 2001, Techxans reached national and international attention for helping to launch EnronX.org which was the largest Ex-Enron contact site and was mentioned on the front page of The Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine. In January 2007, Techxans formed Techxans InterActive Broadcast providing Internet TV broadcasting, strategic online advisory services for Techxans Corporate Members & Sponsoring companies. Prior to Techxans, Anthony Huang was the CEO of Rexton InterActive Consulting that led the market in providing strategic web consulting for over 100 major clients across 23 different industries. Anthony also served as the CIO for 2 healthcare ventures. Anthony began his career with Apple Computers and Ernst & Young and was a recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1998 with The Greater Houston Partnership. He has been a speaker at numerous conferences including InformationWeek, Gartner Group Midsize Enterprise Summit, and Red Herring Venture Forums. Anthony graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Management Information Systems and lives in Sugar Land with his wife and two children.