Belinda Mercado has been in the Information Technology Director of the City of McAllen for over 7 years. She has a Bachelor of Bussiness Administration degree in Data Processing and Analysis from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Texas at Pan American. She began her career as a Programmer Analyst in 1986 with Mobil Oil and was employed for 7 years.  In 1993, she continued her career with USAA in San Antonio, TX and has had various roles ranging from Programmer to IT Manager.  I have spent 24 years in the Information Technology field and have experienced the challenge of keeping up with technology from mainframe batch processing, personal computer applications, to the wide use of web applications. She has served two years on the Education Committee for TAGITM including one year as the chair of the committee. Last year, Belinda served as the Secretary/Treasurer. She has also been a TAGITM member since 2005 and have attended the last five TAGITM conferences. 

Gus Roman  is the current Secretary/Treasurer for TAGITM. He has worked for over 15 years in Municipal Government, serving as a City Planner, Policy Analyst, and GIS Coordinator with the last 5 years as IT Director for the City of Bryan.  He has attained the designation of Certified GIS Professional (GISP) in 2008 and will be attaining the Certified Government Chief Information Officer (CGCIO) Designation from the University of North Carolina. He has been a very active member of TAGITM since 2003 and chaired the Education Committee in 2007 as well as  the Chair of the Vendor Relations Committee.  He has also served as a member of numerous subcommittees since joining TAGITM and is always willing to lend a hand wherever needed.  

Gary McFarland is the current Past President of TAGITM having served as President June 2009 - May 2010. Gary is currently the IT Director of City of West University Place. Previously, he has served as the IT Director for the City of Sugar Land and the IT Manager for the City of Missouri City. He has over 31 years of service with experience in public administration and public safety. He has been involved in many diverse projects involving system and application design, infrastructure architecture on many platforms including AS400, Prime, Intel and others, and administration of G.I.S., 800Mhz radio and numerous other wired/wireless technologies. Gary has been a member of TAGTIM since 1996, and served as the Membership Chair in 2007, the Secretary/Treasurer in 2008, and as the Vice-President in 2009.

As Association Manager for TAGITM, Carolyn Price is responsible for management and execution of the day-to-day operations of the association, as well as coordination of the annual conference and other planned events. All direction in this role is taken from the Board of Directors for TAGITM. Carolyn is president of CMP Management, Inc. an association management and event planning firm offering services to non-profit, government and commercial clients. She has over 10-years experience managing associations and events of varying size. In addition to working with TAGITM, CMP Management supports organizations including the Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications (TASSCC), Government Technology Conference in Austin, and The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) – Alamo Chapter. Carolyn currently resides in Austin, Texas, with her husband Joel and two children Jacob and Joshua.

Linda is the current TAGITM Website Committee Chair. She has been an active member of TAGITM since 1997 and has previously served as the TAGITM Conference Chair. Linda is the Information Technology Manager for the city of Deer Park, a small town (pop. 35,000) on the southeast side of Houston. She has been with the city of Deer Park for 32 years. Linda attended San Jacinto College where she earned an A.A. in Computer Science. Throughout her career she has had many opportunities for professional development and learning. Her experience includes project management for software implementations, data conversions, infrastructure projects, data center rebuilds, and phone system installations. Recent projects include the transition of the city’s public safety software from New World to OSSI and the move from in-house processing to a web hosted solution for recreation management. As Deer Park’s I.T. Manager she is responsible for the oversight of technology projects throughout the City as well as the day to day operations of the I.T. department. She also oversees the administration of the City’s municipal channel, website, voice/data/radio communication systems, and GIS operations. Linda is enrolled in TAGITM’s first Texas Certified Government Chief Information Officer program being offered through the University of North Carolina and expects to receive her CGCIO at the TAGITM conference in May 2011.