Barry Carter is Corporate Information Officer (CIO) for Alliance Data Systems. He joined the company in August 2004. He is responsible for the shared information technology needs of eight lines of business and includes Corporate Applications Development, Systems Integration, Service Delivery and Service Support. Barry has teams in Dallas and Columbus. Prior to joining Alliance Data Systems, Barry was CIO of Capital One Auto Finance. At Capital One, Barry managed capitaloneauto.com, the world's #1 website for auto financing; and was instrumental in building relationships with 70 business partners. Before Capital One, Barry was CIO of AirTran Airways. There, he stabilized a very shaky infrastructure and provided a low cost systems environment to allow AirTran to successfully compete with Delta and US Airways. Barry's professional experience includes various applications development leadership positions at United Healthcare, American Airlines, Sabre, and EDS. Barry has a long history of implementing large systems and conversion. Less   View all posts

Vinny Licht joined Tauck World Discovery as Chief Information Officer in 2002 and has 30 years of experience with information technology. Vinny has led major implementation projects including the deployment of new systems to more than 20 countries around the world. Prior to joining Tauck, Vinny was an industry analyst and an IT Director at Avon Products, Inc. Vinny is a member of the Fairfield-Westchester chapter of the Society for Information Management. He is certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) by APICS and has completed IT leadership education at Harvard University. Less   View all posts