Mark Holliday
Chief Operations Officer

Profile
Proven business leader with capability to select, develop and motivate a team to produce company growth and shareholder value. Senior level executive with over 25 years proven leadership ability in high technology companies. Excellent analytical skills in strategic marketing, product definition and development leading to processes which quickly implement shippable quality products. Strong communications skills that provide an ability to span communication needs from entry level to Board of Directors internally, and from the media to "the street" externally.

Professional Background
Conceptual MindWorks, Inc.
Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. is an applied research, software engineering and support services company that provides total custom solutions for information technology. CMI's core competency in advanced information processing distinguishes our company because of its ability to meet custom software needs in signal/data processing, nonlinear filtering, knowledge and data discovery, data mining, data warehousing, data compression, data visualization and data fusion.
2000 - Present Chief Operations Officer

Galactic Group, Inc.
Galactic is a music focused application service provider (ASP) providing products & services building Internet based communities for large corporations leveraging established relationships with major recording artists.
1997 - Present Board Member

Independent Consultant
Independent consultant providing management consulting focused on establishing customer-centric products and cultures within technology companies. (Customers included startups to Fortune 50.)
1997 - 2000 Consultant

Tanisys Technologies, Inc.
Tanisys Technologies is a Nasdaq small cap company providing memory products and services to the PC and workstation OEM markets.
1994 - 1997 Chairman and CEO
• Established customer focused vs. technology focused culture
• Moved Tanisys from Vancouver to Austin
• Raised $15 Million in private placement funding
• Acquired 1st Tech and Darkhorse Systems
• Moved Tanisys from VSE to Nasdaq

BMC Software, Inc.
BMC Software is a leading developer and vendor of systems software products that facilitate the management and movement of mission-critical data.
1991 - 1994 Director of Product Development
1988 - 1991 Director of Operations
• Established the initial BMC client server business plan and product set.
• Responsible for technology acquisition Ð Patrol acquisition completed 12/15/93.
• Established developmental partners for distributed mission.
• Established marketing awareness plan for a suite of 24 products to be completed in late 1994.
• Introduced DPK/OS, Data Migrator, and XBM to the market.
• Managed development and support for 10 generally available BMC products.
• Established the BMC International Distribution Facility in the Netherlands Assisted in establishing the BMC International Support Center in the UK.
• Staffed and built a state-of-the-art software development facility.
• Established the BMC Information Services organization
• Established the BMC worldwide communications network

Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Inc.
LMSC Austin Division provided Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence systems to countries worldwide (primarily USA).
1985 - 1988 Staff Engineer
1983 - 1985 Scientific Programming Specialist

Education and Professional Development
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Texas A&M University (December 1974). Minors in Electrical Engineering and Accounting. Attended graduate school part time in Accounting while employed full-time by Texas A&M (3 years as systems analyst).

Lockheed Management Institute 1985 - 1986 (University of Texas graduate school of business) Ammerman Media Training

Certification in Basic Mediation

Various professional seminars and professional education

References provided upon request