Council Welcomes Four Newcomers to First Meeting in New Building

By Brynn Bagot Allday


As the UTD School of Management (SOM) prepared to move into its new
204,000-square-foot building, the SOM Advisory Council added four new
members. With them, the number of council members serving under the watch
of Ron Nash - in his second year as chairman - grows to 50.

New members Sam Gilliland, Joseph T. Gunn, Skip Moore and Terry Rock bring
to the council fresh perspectives, knowledge, experience and new
opportunities.

Sam Gilliland in May 2002 was named president and chief executive officer
of Travelocity, an Internet travel service. Previously, Mr. Gilliland
served on the Travelocity board of directors and was chief marketing
officer as well as executive vice president of Sabre Holdings. Mr.
Gilliland also has served as group president of the company's Airline
Solutions business and as senior vice president and general manager of
product marketing as well as senior vice president and general manager of
Sabre Business Travel Solutions. He previously worked for Lockheed
Missiles and Space in Austin, Texas, developing hardware and software for
land- and air-based defense systems.

A University of Texas at Dallas alumnus, he earned his MBA with the first
School of Management class of Executive Education graduates in 1994. In
recognition of his career success and continued work with The School of
Management, Mr. Gilliland has been named a recipient of the school's 2003
Distinguished Alumni Award (see Three Success Stories on page 20).

Joseph T. Gunn, a senior vice president for Marsh Inc., a leading risk and
insurance services firm and an operating unit of Marsh & McLennan
Companies, Inc. (MMC), leads the business development practice for the
Dallas office. Mr. Gunn drives growth through the acquisition of new
clients and the expansion of current-client relationships. He joined Marsh
in 1995 as a sales professional in the Orlando, Florida, office. In
September 2001, Mr. Gunn relocated to assume business development
responsibilities for all of Marsh's Dallas operations.

Previously, he held senior business development roles with both CIGNA
Corporation and Citibank.

"I am excited about representing Marsh on the advisory council," Mr. Gunn
says. "Our firm has been actively involved in the local community for more
than 30 years, and I see this as an excellent opportunity to continue that
commitment. UTD is a leading institution in business education, and its
importance to the Dallas-Fort Worth business community is significant." 

Skip Moore leads the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice in
the Mid-America region of Deloitte & Touche, a national professional
services firm that provides advisory, assurance, tax and management
consulting assistance. Mr. Moore is responsible for service delivery to
technology, media and telecommunications clients and for maintaining
relationships with venture capital firms and other sources of private
equity. He joined Deloitte & Touche in 1978 and has been a partner for 14
years. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. He
serves as a district committeeman for the Boy Scouts of America Circle Ten
Council, as Tech Titans co-chair for the Metroplex Technology Business
Council, on the MIT Executive Forum Advisory Council, on the University of
Illinois President's Council and on UTD's Accounting and Information
Management Executive Advisory Council.

"I hope that through Deloitte & Touche, I can bring valuable experience
from the marketplace to UTD's School of Management," he says. "The SOM has
established a strong track record with its research capabilities and
innovative curriculum. I want to add to that track record as it becomes
one of the most recognized business schools in the Southwest."

Terry Rock is general partner for CenterPoint Ventures, a large, early
stage venture capital firm active in the Dallas and Austin areas with more
than 30 technology-based companies in its portfolio. Mr. Rock has been
committed to the technology focus and growth of The University of Texas at
Dallas for many years. He is the former president of Convex Computer
Corporation, which built its world headquarters adjacent to UTD on land
purchased from the university. In 1996, Convex was sold to
Hewlett-Packard, which occupies the facility today. Prior to joining
Convex, Mr. Rock had a 12-year career at Texas Instruments Inc. He was
also a co-founder of the STARTech technology acclerator in the Telecom
Corridor, another technology company launching pad for the UTD area. He
still serves as the managing general partner of the STARTech Seed Fund.
Mr. Rock holds board positions with several leading information technology
corporations including OraMetrix, Voyence, Carrius Technologies, NetBotz,
Active Power and GlobeRanger. 

Mr. Rock is working to establish a scholarship endowment for engineering
students to earn secondary or advanced degrees in business or marketing.
"I believe engineering students need education in business and marketing
to get a better feel for how the business world really works," he says.
"It is very important to maintaining the synergy UTD has with the business
community as well as the numerous technology companies in Dallas-Fort
Worth."