Don is vice president and chief information officer of Armstrong World Industries where he is currently managing several web initiatives. Don came to Armstrong in March 2002 from OfficeMax where he was vice president of Information Systems. Prior to this, he was program director at LTV Corporation where he designed and implemented one of the largest domestic SAP projects at the time. Early in his career, he was project manager at NASA's Glenn Research Center. At NASA, he was instrumental in building the power system for the International Space Station, the largest scientific cooperative program in history, and he managed a 250-person team that “flew an experiment” on the space shuttle to isolate the nature of combustion in zero gravity conditions. Don is technology advisor for Villanova University College of Business; a member of the Society of Information Management Advanced Practices Council; and governing body member of the CIO Executive Summit of Philadelphia and Washington, DC. In the Lancaster, Pa., community where Armstrong is based, Don sits on the Lancaster General Hospital Information Technology Committee Board of Trustees, and the Lancaster Alliance Board of Directors. Less   View all posts

Merv Tarde has served as the Chief Information Officer of Interstate Batteries since August 1998. Prior to joining Interstate Batteries, Merv spent more than 20 years in the telecom industry beginning with Bell Laboratories and ending with AT&T Wireless where he held several executive level positions. Merv served eight years on the Board of Directors for the Society of Information Management's Dallas-Ft. Worth Chapter, including the position of Chairman of the Board for two years. Current board of director positions include: The Center for Decision & Information Technologies and the National Kidney Foundation of North Texas. In addition, he is a member of the Advisory Council for the Dallas Catholic Foundation, an advisory board member of the Information Technology & Decisions Sciences group at the University of North Texas and a member of the CIO Advisory Council for the Dallas Oracle Users Group. Merv is the 2007 recipient of the Information Technology Executive of the Year award presented by the Dallas-Ft. Worth SIM Chapter. Less   View all posts