Alumni Notes Linnet F. Deily, MA 1976, ambassador and deputy U.S. trade representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO), received UTD School of Management Associate Dean Diane McNulty at WTO offices in Geneva, Switzerland, in April to hear updates of recent SOM developments. Dr. McNulty was in Europe with the School's Executive MBA class for its international studies tour in France. 1980s Jefflyn W. Ellison, BS 1984, is the founder and owner of Jefflyn & Co. Commercial Real Estate located in Dallas, Texas. Jon Riggs, BS 1985, is the owner of 1st Home Mortgage in Richardson, Texas. Jeri K. Calle, BS 1986, is partner in charge of university relations for KPMG LLP in Dallas, Texas. Jeri serves on SOM's Accounting and Information Management Executive Advisory Council. Linda C. Lee, BS 1986, recently accepted the position of controller of the United Way for Metropolitan Dallas (Texas). Linda is a certified public accountant and has been elected to serve on the executive board of the UTD Alumni Association for the 2002-2004 term. Cynthia A. Keith, BS 1988, is a partner in the assurance and business advisory services area of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, in Dallas, Texas. She was named chairperson of SOM's Accounting and Information Management Executive Advisory Council in April 2002. Kimberly P. Poe, MS 1988, BS 1987, is a senior manager at Nortel Networks in Richardson, Texas, in the accounting and services area. Kim is a certified public accountant and is the newest member of SOM's Accounting and Information Management Alumni Advisory Board. Kay L. Keck, PhD 1989, has been named vice president for student services and program support for Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management, in Glendale, Arizona. In her new position, Dr. Keck oversees the broad range of departments that are responsible for student life beyond the classroom. 1990s Jack J. Lamb, BS 1990, is the electronic filing group manager in Dallas, Texas, for Intuit, a small-business and personal finance software company, among whose best-known products is Quicken. Jack serves on SOM's Accounting and Information Management Executive Advisory Council. Chet A. Baker, MS 1991, is the global program manager for the Dutch company Teleplan International N.V., a global provider of after-sales services to the information technology (IT) and communications industry. He is based in Louisville, Kentucky. Jeanne A. Bayless, MS 1991, has been an investment partner at Star Ventures, a Munich, Germany-based venture capital firm, since January 2002. Jeanne is located in Dallas, Texas. Scot C. Farber, MBA 1993, has joined Grubb & Ellis as senior vice president in the company's investment group and is based in Dallas, Texas. Grubb & Ellis is a leading provider of integrated real estate services. Paul E. Pergande, MBA 1993, is a senior mechanical engineer for Applied Science Fiction in Austin, Texas. Applied Science Fiction is an innovator, developer, and licensor of proprietary imaging technologies that optimize and enhance the digitization process of photographic images. He is also co-holder of fourteen patents developed when he was employed with Ford Global Technologies, Inc. Paul is also a new father. His wife, Laura, gave birth to a daughter, Lydia Ann, on March 21. M. Sam Gilliland, EMBA 1994, has been named president and CEO of Travelocity.com, a database-driven travel marketing and transaction company located in Fort Worth, Texas. Sam has served on the board of directors of Travelocity since 2000 and prior to this appointment was vice president at Sabre Holdings Corporation, Travelocity's parent company. David M. Scott, MBA 1994, is the director of process improvement for Goodman Manufacturing Company, a privately held air conditioning, heating, and appliance manufacturer, located in Houston, Texas. Matthew L. Bosch, EMBA 1995, was recently named senior vice president and chief financial officer of LandSafe in Plano, Texas. LandSafe provides real estate closing services and is a subsidiary of Countrywide Mortgage. Matt is a certified public accountant and serves on the SOM's Accounting and Information Management Alumni Advisory Board. G. Todd Estes, BS 1995, is a senior federal tax consultant in the technology, info-communication, and entertainment group with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in Dallas, Texas. He is a frequent speaker at PwC training functions as well as a guest speaker to freshman and senior UTD accounting students. Todd is a certified public accountant and serves as chairman of the SOM Accounting and Information Management Alumni Advisory Board. Rajeeb K. Samanta, MBA 1995, is a senior financial analyst in the corporate financial planning and analysis group of Electronic Data Systems Corporation in Plano, Texas. Rajeeb is a certified public accountant and a chartered accountant from India. He serves on SOM's Accounting and Information Management Alumni Advisory Board. Alyssa G. Martin, MBA 1996, BS 1991, is department head of the business solutions group at Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P. in Dallas, Texas, and was named a partner in June 2002. She primarily works in the area of business consulting and technology services with middle-market companies. Alyssa is a certified public accountant and serves on SOM's Accounting and Information Management Alumni Advisory Board. George W. Aubrey, EMBA 1997, has accepted the position of vice president of sales with Kabira Technologies, Inc., a provider of software solutions for convergent network services. George is based in Dallas, Texas. DeWayne A. Nelon, EMBA 1997, has been named president, North America, at CMG Wireless Data Solutions, a global leader in competitive-edge messaging solutions. Based in Addison, Texas, DeWayne, a twenty-year telecommunications veteran, has assumed responsibility for all of the company's North American operations. Stephen M. Bliss, EMBA 1998, has accepted the position of president of the Army and Navy Academy, a military boarding school in Carlsbad, California. In a thirty-year Army career, Steve rose to the rank of brigadier general. His postings included service as assistant division commander (support), 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and commander, Defense Fuel Supply Center, Defense Logistics Agency. Laura W. Garrison, EMBA 1999, is a strategic planning consultant for Blockbuster Inc., a leading renter of videos, DVDs, and video games, located in Dallas, Texas. Her responsibilities include developing and recommending strategic initiatives and researching potential acquisitions. Scott Snorton Jr., BS 1999, is the finance and business operations manager for Texas Instruments Incorporated in Richardson, Texas. He has been elected to serve on the executive board of the UTD Alumni Association for the 2002-2004 term. 2000s Deborah K. Blackstone, MBA 2000, BS 1994, has been promoted to vice president of operations for Richardson-based USDATA Corporation, which supplies industrial automation software. In her new role, Deborah is responsible for USDATA's business systems, information technology, product manufacturing, and legal administration. C. Collette Cummins, MBA 2000, is a senior associate in the assurance department of Grant Thornton, LLP, in Dallas, Texas. She is a certified public accountant and serves as secretary for SOM's Accounting and Information Management Alumni Advisory Board. Floyd L. Norvell, BS 2001, has been elected to serve on the executive board of the UTD Alumni Association for the 2002-2004 term. Stellan Öhrn, EMBA 2001, is co-founder and president of the US division of APIS US, Inc., Training and Seminars, in Plano, Texas. The company offers technical training for engineers and non-engineers within the IT and telecommunications industry. Robert Reich, EMBA 2002, has taken the position of director of dealer development with Sea Ray Boats, a division of Brunswick Corporation, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Sea Ray manufactures pleasure boats, including ski boats, offshore boats, and party cats.