Chairman of the Board &
Co-Founder
Walter McKinlay is Chairman of
the Board and Co-Founder of DYONYX. Since the company's inception,
Walter has provided wisdom and insight in creating a new
organization that offers something markedly different in a very
crowded business management and technology services market. As an
entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Walter owns Moss Oak, a real
estate company that owns and leases residential and commercial
properties throughout London. He is also the proprietor of Domaine
De Mourchon, a vineyard in the French Southern Rhone valley. A
native of London, Walter has developed a number of successful
companies over a 35-year span, including an international freight
forwarding organization specializing in oil and gas exploration
equipment transportation, an information management and records
storage company that has expanded into 15 locations in Europe and
the United States, and Scottish hotel interests in Aberdeenshire,
Scotland. Walter completed his military service in the British
Royal Navy serving two years aboard minesweepers and submarines. He
is a keen yachtsman and has, over the years, sailed transatlantic
and several long distance ocean passage trips. (www.domainedemourchon.com)
Board Director
Major General Robert Halverson
began his military career on August 9, 1963, upon graduation from
Colorado State University. He served on active duty for 15 years
with assignments in Germany, Vietnam, Belgium and in the US. After
numerous command and staff assignments, General Halverson took
command of the 49th Armored Division in September of 1998 and was
promoted to Major General. During his command tour, the 49th
Armored Division Headquarters with the Signal Battalion and
Engineer elements and the Active Army's 3d Armored Cavalry
Regiment, was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina where he commanded
Multi-National Division (North), Stabilization Force 7. Upon return
to Texas, General Halverson continued to command the 49th Armored
Division during times of mobilizations for airport security
throughout Texas and security of sensitive sites in multiple states
following the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States. In
addition to his military service, General Halverson worked for the
State of Texas for nearly 20 years. He served in the Governor's
Division of Emergency Management where he was responsible for all
aspects of planning, preparation and response to emergencies and
disasters. He also served in the Department of Insurance as a
Deputy Insurance Commissioner for Safety , where he oversaw all
safety and loss prevention programs of insurance companies doing
business in Texas.
President
& CEO
Chuck Orrico, As President and CEO,
Chuck is responsible for the overall financial and operational
performance of the company, strategic planning, risk management and
emerging markets. Chuck has more than 26 years of experience in
helping clients develop business solutions through strategic
planning, information management and technology investment. Prior
to co-founding DYONYX in 1996, Chuck worked 12 years at Hays
Information Management, a multi-billion dollar information
management company operating in five countries. There, he held a
variety of senior management leadership positions in sales,
operations, technology and finance. Today, Chuck's entrepreneurial
spirit and keen business acumen have helped DYONYX maintain it's
focus on quality, which has resulted in improved business
operations for its clients. Chuck received a bachelor's degree in
business administration in 1984 from the University of St. Thomas
in Houston, Texas. As a firm believer in community service, Chuck
has been a volunteer with Texas Children's Hospital and currently
holds a position on the board of directors for The Children's
Advocacy Centers of Texas www.cactx.org.
Vice President, Strategic
Accounts
Talbot Theiss joined DYONYX in 1996 as
one of the company's original employees and has been an integral
part of the company's success. Talbot has managed every aspect of
the company's operational requirements and has overseen every major
customer engagement for commercial and federal, state, and local
clients. Talbot works closely with DYONYX Service Delivery and
Program Managers to support existing outsourcing clients and
ensures that every aspect of service delivery gets proper attention
to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction. Prior to
joining DYONYX, Talbot worked at Computer Sciences Corporation at
NASA Johnson Space Center and Wang / I-NET progressively supporting
desktop, application development, server hardware / operating
systems, and network infrastructure. As a Senior Network Engineer
he designed, deployed and supported the Cisco infrastructure for
Time Warner's global network including the European network in the
UK and Germany. Talbot earned his BBA, Information Systems
Management from Lamar University in 1988.
Vice President, Professional
Services
Ron Blume, As Vice President of Professional Services, Ron
oversees and manages the company's NERC CIP Compliance, Security
& Risk Management, Enterprise Architecture, and Business
Process Reengineering practices of DYONYX. Ron has over 35 years of
extensive energy and electric utility industry experience in
engineering, information systems, finance, construction and project
management, business process reengineering and organizational
analysis. Since joining DYONYX in 1999, he has been instrumental in
leading the development of competitive methodologies and building a
team of seasoned senior consultants. He has led over one hundred
NERC related security-compliance projects, including industry
leading work with the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI),
the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) as well as with a
number of the largest electric utilities in North America. Earlier
in his career Ron designed electrical power systems for generation
and transmission facilities while at Burns & McDonnell. He
subsequently spent a number of years at Central Illinois Public
Service in cost, schedule control, and project management functions
for power generation construction projects. While at TERA
Corporation, Ron managed multiple information management systems
projects for Illinois Power, Central South West, Entergy (Middle
South), Frito Lay, General Dynamics, and other utility entities. He
later served as the Manager of Information Systems Planning for all
of the Texas Utility (TXU) companies. Ron received a bachelor's
degree in electrical engineering from Washington University in St.
Louis, and a master's degree in business administration from the
University of Missouri. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in
the state of Texas.
Vice President, Program Delivery &
Managed Services
Bill Douglas, CBCP Bill has
overall responsibility and management oversight of Program Delivery
and Managed Services. He is responsible for the company's Program
Directors, Network Operations Center, Service Desk and Quality
Control. He is a Certified Business Continuity Professional with
over thirty years of experience in IT. Bill has designed, developed
and implemented Global Disaster Recovery Plans for some of the
world's largest corporations. Prior to joining DYONYX, Bill held
the position of Global IT Process Manager for Computer Science
Corporation (CSC) where he managed a global team of IT specialists
to support IT Service Continuity Management. He has broad
experience and has managed the consolidation of multiple IT
functions and organizations through rapid mergers and acquisitions
as well as re-engineered existing data centers and data center
processes, always finding a way to improve productivity and reduce
costs. Bill received a MS, Management Science, from Duke University
and a BS, Electrical Engineering, from University of Houston. Bill
is Six Sigma Green Belt certified, ITIL Foundations Certified and
holds a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP)
Certificate.
Vice President, Sales
& Marketing
Brett Zagone leads and maintains overall
responsibility for the company's Sales and Marketing divisions. She
is responsible for the continued sales revenue growth of the
company as well as overall strategic sales and marketing direction.
Brett brings more than 20 years of technology sales and sales
management experience to DYONYX with a wide range of success that
spans from large, Fortune 500 companies to small, start-up
companies. Prior to joining DYONYX, she was an original employee
and member of the team that took United Asset Coverage from a start
up to a $50 million company within the first five years in
business. In that role, Brett built three regions from the ground
up, each producing several million in revenue within one year of
start-up. Prior to United Asset Coverage, Brett achieved
significant sales success in various management roles with
AT&T, RealCom, and SunGard Availability Systems. Brett
maintains an entrepreneurial spirit and an unwavering commitment to
customer satisfaction. Brett holds a BBA, with a Major in Marketing
from Sam Houston State University.
Vice President,
Administration
Patrick Clary, is Vice President of Administration
and is responsible for the Contracts Administration and
Human Resources Group. Patrick oversees all related activities
including recruitment, communications, developing policies and
procedures, administering compensation and benefits, and other
processes pertaining to the welfare of the Company's associates.
Patrick is also responsible for DYONYX's Project Management Office
(PMO) which ensures accurate and comprehensive financial and
operational reporting for all customer projects. Prior to joining
DYONYX, Patrick was involved in the start up and management of two
technology services firms and spent 10 years with Certified
Associates, a national recruitment and staffing management firm.
Patrick holds a BS in Management with a minor in Marketing from
Clemson University.
Janelle Freilich, Corporate
Controller
Janelle Freilich, MBA is the Corporate Controller
for DYONYX and is responsible for all financial aspects of the
company. Janelle joined Dyonyx in April 2011 as Asst.
Controller where she implemented a strong internal control
structure, managed the annual budgeting process and annual audit as
well as assisted with the implementation of the ERP System.
Prior to Dyonyx, Janelle held senior accounting and
finance positions at BMC Software and Aspen Technology as well as
financial management positions at Lloyd's Register Capstone and
Lanner, Inc. In these roles she developed and implemented
financial and operational controls, managed the annual budgeting
process and developed complex and detailed models for strategic
planning and forecasting. She has had oversight of all
accounting functions including month-end close, cash management and
financial reporting. Janelle has a BS in Accounting from The
University of Phoenix and an MBA with a concentration in Management
from Texas Woman's University.
