Orbis Online Announces the Addition of Mike Dillard as CIO.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2001 San Antonio-based Orbis Online ("Orbis") announced that Mike Dillard Mike Dillard was drummer and one of the founding members of The Melvins. He left the band in 1984 and was replaced by Dale Crover. In 1986 he briefly played in Kurt Cobain's first band, Fecal Matter, before they disbanded. was recently named as their Chief Information Officer (CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. ). Mike Dillard brings to Orbis a thirty-year record of corporate leadership and achievement in the area of information systems and technology. Recognized by both Information Week and CIO magazines, he has served as President and COO of LifeCast Corporation; Executive Vice President and CIO of ClubCorp; Vice President of Sterling Software Labs; Vice President of Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. Software; and Vice President and COO of IntellAgent Controls Corporation. During the Bush and Clinton administrations, Mike served as Chairman of the Central Intelligence Agency's Information Technology Policy Board. Under his leadership, the CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). emerged as one of the nation's premiere IT pioneers. "Orbis Online is honored to welcome Mike to our management team," said Dr. James Strader, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Orbis Online. "Mike is a highly sought after individual in the marketplace and we feel that his decision to join us serves to further validate our business model." Mike Dillard commented, "I am extremely excited about this opportunity. The Orbis Online product suite can easily be applied to literally every business and government agency conducting any significant domestic or international procurement." About Orbis Online Inc. Orbis Online Inc., headquartered in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , offers patent-pending online competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. tools that significantly reduce the cost of products and services versus historical procurement methods, and transform the traditional competitive bidding process into live, more powerful events worldwide. What makes Orbis Online's value proposition so unique is superior solution functionality combined with no up-front costs and no software installation, but with all the benefits customers can normally only have by buying or developing their own in-house systems. For more information on Orbis Online Inc., please visit our Web site at www.orbisonline.com, or call 210/576-7600. |
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