John W. White

Non-Executive Chairman
Former CIO of Compaq and Texas Instruments

Mr. White (John) recently retired as Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Compaq Computer Corporation. In this role, John served as a member of the executive management team for Compaq and managed Compaq's worldwide management information systems activities. Prior to Compaq, John had a 28-year career with Texas Instruments where he served in various management and technical roles, including 13 years as vice president and Chief Information Officer and 5 years as President of the Information Technology Group. At Texas Instruments he was responsible for the deployment of worldwide standardized management information systems, implementation of a global voice and data network, and for developing the Information Technology business, including the IEF CASE tool. John also spent 4 years with Electronic Data Systems developing the EDS on-line transaction processing system for the health care, life insurance, and banking industries. John is currently serving on the board, advisory board, and as an advisor for several companies including CITRIX Systems (board member), TIBCO Software (chairman of the advisory board), ECOM Worldwide (board member), MetaSolv Software (chairman of the board), Encentris (board member), and eTopware (chairman of the board).

Mr. White has a B.S. in mathematics and physics from Central Missouri State University and a M.S. in mathematics from the University of Kansas.