TOM ACKLEN

Tom has a degree in Business Administration from Marywood University. He is one of the founding Principals in Government Partners.

Tom was previously the Director of Marketing and Senior Consultant for a marketing consulting company in Austin for over five years. In this capacity he represented clients to enhance their business revenue and assisted in developing both state and nationwide plans for marketing their products and services. Tom was the Deputy Commissioner of Management Information Systems (CIO) at the Texas Department of Human Services and provided legislative support for both program and technology issues. Previous experience in state government was for Accenture and Bull Information Systems. At Bull Tom developed nationwide programs that he marketed to state government.

Tom has many years of Federal Government experience in the Department of Veteran Affairs where he served as Director of the Austin Automation Center and Finance Center and the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Information Technology and Telecommunications in Washington D.C.

Industry Leadership: Mr. Acklen was the President of the Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications, Board Member of the American Public Welfare Association, Chair of the Government Technology Conference, Government Technology Vendor Advisory Board and a member of the National Association of Chief Information Officers.

Bob Burdick