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Ken Baker
Ken
Baker was one of the founders of Integrated Services, Inc. in 1985. He brought
nine years of Big Six consulting experience as well as three years of industry
experience to ISI. He has specialized in the development of long range systems
plans, business contingency planning, large scale system implementation of
custom and package software, outsourcing analyses, data center moves, testing
methodologies and technical infrastructure deployment. He has participated in
the development and operation of computer systems in a number of industries,
including manufacturing, distribution, utilities, real estate and government.
His application experience includes General Ledger and Financial Reporting,
Accounts Receivable, Property Management, Order Entry, Inventory Control,
Product Information, Customer Accounting, Billing, Accounts Payable, Advertising
and Project Control.
Mr. Baker earned his Bachelor of Science in 1971 from Michigan State University followed by his Master’s degree in Mathematics from Case Western Reserve University in 1973. Mr. Baker is a Certified Data Processor. Ken enjoys varied family activities, woodworking, and regularly plays on a volleyball team.
John Cavner
John Cavner was one of the founders of Integrated Services, Inc. in 1985. He
brought seven years of Big Six consulting experience as well as two years of
industry experience to ISI. He has served as an Assistant Director of
Information Services, having responsibility for all applications development for
mainframe and personal computers. He has had extensive experience in the
planning, design and implementation of on-line, database systems, corporate
planning models, order entry, customer information, product information, credit
and collection, accounts receivable and unemployment insurance systems.
Mr. Cavner earned an undergraduate degree in Mathematics in 1974 and an MBA with an emphasis in Operations Research from the University of Michigan in 1976. John enjoys keeping up with his two children’s extracurricular activities which includes occasional coaching. He also is active in his church and sings in the choir.
JF Denis
JF
Denis joined Integrated Services, Inc. in 1996 and was promoted to principle in
2000. He brought four years of Big Six consulting experience as well as six
years of industry experience to ISI. Mr. Denis’ proven ability to identify and
resolve diverse business and technical issues has allowed him to manage data
mining projects. He has been selected to lead a number of major data conversions
involving critical financial information. Mr. Denis has managed the planning and
implementation of a new technical infrastructure for a product marketing company
with multiple locations. His organization and results-oriented management style
has enabled him to supervise a large staff of Information Technology professionals across multiple operating
system platforms.
Mr. Denis earned a Bachelor of Science from Canada’s University of Sherbrooke in 1986 with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Business. JF enjoys camping, scuba diving and snow skiing. He is active in his church and teaches children's Sunday school.
Paul Giordano
Paul Giordano joined ISI in
1997 and was promoted to principal in 2002. He brought four years of Big Six
consulting experience as well as eight years of industry experience to ISI. He
has worked in a broad range of business environments, primarily in the Financial
Services, Construction, and Service Industries. Mr. Giordano is a seasoned
hands-on project manager with extensive experience in process re-design, requirements
definition, software selection, systems conversions, application development and
software testing. He can not only lead a team, but also perform the nuts and
bolts work required for a successful project delivery. His technical knowledge has been concentrated in SQL
Server 2000/2005, MSRS, and SSIS.
Mr. Giordano holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Aerospace Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Larry Schleinat
Since joining Integrated Services in
1992, Larry has specialized in data modeling and relational database
design, custom software development, technical infrastructure evaluation,
selection, and implementation, and LAN/WAN design and deployment. During his
twenty five-year career, Mr. Schleinat has had the opportunity to develop a
broad range of expertise in areas that include database design and
administration, multi-tier application design and development, network design
and deployment, and voice and data communications. He has participated in
successful projects in the wholesale distribution, real estate, healthcare, and
banking industries.
Larry
holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from the University of North
Texas, and began his career while a student, holding positions in
computer operations with Texas Women’s University, Moores Business Forms, and
Trammell Crow Company. During this period, Mr. Schleinat also served as a
noncommissioned officer in the Texas Army National Guard.
He is a licensed private pilot and avid sport motorcyclist, and enjoys extreme
sports.
Dan Hooper
Dan Hooper, Principal and Vice President Sales and Marketing. Dan
has a long career building successful businesses in the DFW market. Through the
80’s and early 90’s he effectively turned around and started several major
marketing and trading divisions at Commercial Metals Company, a Fortune 500
Company, and has led several emerging companies to profitable growth. While VP
of Sales and Marketing, ePartners was listed as one of Fortune’s 100 Fastest
Growing companies in 1999. Dan successfully turned around a leading DFW
property management software company, Remanage, prior to merging it in 2003.
Having worked with ISI on several projects, Dan joined the firm as VP of Sales
and Marketing in 2003.
Dan is a graduate of Vanderbilt University with a BS in Environmental and Water
Resources Engineering. When not working or fishing, he is an active member at
his church and sits on the boards of several foundation and community
organizations.
Mark White
Mark White began his college career at Texas A&M University in 1992. Soon after, his interest in information technology developed while working part-time for his father’s software firm, Operational System Designs. Mark majored in BANA/MIS (Business Analysis / Management of Information Systems) and obtained his Bachelors of Business Administration in 1996.
Following graduation, Mark spent two years developing his skills with Castlemark Consulting before joining Integrated Services in 1999. Since joining ISI, he has gained extensive industry experience through hotel, construction, and government application development projects. He has various Microsoft certifications including MCP and MCSD with a focus in .NET, SQL Server, C#, and Visual Basic. Mark is currently
serving as the user interface technical lead for a government project in Dallas.
To offset time spent with his laptop, Mark enjoys various outdoor activities -
golfing, snow-skiing, and water-skiing, to name a few.
Jeffry Schwartz
Jeff is the SQL Rx Senior
Systems Architect for Integrated Services, Inc., a Microsoft managed Gold level
partner for Data Management, Business Process and Integration, and Information
Worker solutions (http://www.isi85.com).
He brings with him over 30 years of industry experience developing and
delivering state-of-the-art consulting services in the areas of performance,
optimization, tuning, and capacity planning for Windows 2-way through 64-way
& Unisys CS/LX/NX mainframe platforms, as well as Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005
and Unisys DMSII database systems. Jeff has conducted over 440 customer
performance and capacity planning studies and has developed a repeatable
methodology and supporting application code (~300,000 lines of C++, C#, VB, and
T-SQL code) for detailing clients' Windows and SQL Server Baseline, Performance,
and Health assessments. He regularly presents lectures and classes at various
events around the world and continues to develop and maintain code adhering to Six
Sigma Lean Principles.
Lori Brown
Lori is a senior consultant for ISI’s SQL Rx team. Lori brings more than 10
years of IT experience to her role with ISI, where she provides SQL Server
expertise in performance tuning, bottleneck identification, disaster
recovery/high availability, data migration, SQL upgrades and training. She has
worked with relational databases since 1998 and SQL Server since version 7.0.
She has taught courses on SQL Server administration and performance tuning, and
has been a guest speaker for SQL groups around the country. Her diverse client
experience includes industries such as technology, government, transportation,
education and healthcare. Ms. Brown is also a contributing author to the
soon-to-be-published “Microsoft Press – SQL Server 2008 Administrators
Companion.”
She attended Texas Tech University where she studied computer science.
She also holds numerous Microsoft/SQL certifications and is a member of the
North Texas SQL Server Users’ Group.
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