Jim Weatherby

Current

• Director of Information Systems at Texas Legislative Council

Past

• Owner and Principal at Weatherby Consulting
• President at Hart Information Services
• Vice President at Hart Graphics

• Assistant Professor at University of Texas at Austin

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Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• Texas A&M University
• Texas A&M University

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Industry

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Jim Weatherby’s Summary

Jim Weatherby began his career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin where he pioneered techniques in the area of Computer Assisted Instruction and managed an evolving distributed computing environment. He left UT and founded Southwest Econometrics, Inc. (SEI) where he specialized in the implementation of economic models of client business processes. He sold his interest in SEI and joined Hart Graphics as Director of IS. He was promoted to VP of IS and designed and directed the implementation of a real time shop floor tracking and scheduling system and implemented decentralized computing companywide. He was named President of Hart Forms & Services where he led the company through the collapse of the S&L industry in Texas and California, the acquisition of a major distributor, the redefinition of its manufacturing unit, and conceived and implemented an image change of the company to the digital age. He left Hart to again pursue a consultant practice. In this practice, he worked for numerous Austin area organizations on assignments ranging from design of electronic printing systems to geographic market definition. He joined the Texas Legislative Council in 1998 and since that time has made significant contributions in in the areas of customer service and organizational effectiveness. Among these are being recognized twice in a one year period by the Senate of the State of Texas for exemplary customer service and receiving multiple awards for the public web site for the legislature (www.legis.state.tx.us), most recently the Online Democracy Award given by the National Council of State Legislatures. In November of 2007, Dr. Weatherby was recognized as Austin’s IT Executive of the Year for the Public Sector for his leadership role in the migration of over 60 applications from a mainframe-centric to a server-based environment. In addition he teaches occassionally at UT’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, St. Edward’s and Concordia.

Jim Weatherby’s Specialties:

IT Management and Organizational Structure

Jim Weatherby’s Experience

• Director of Information Systems

  Texas Legislative Council

  (Government Administration industry)

  June 1998 — Present (11 years 8 months)

  The director of information systems (IS) is accountable for maintaining the data integrity of all legislative agencies and for all IS functions, including the data center, technical services, production scheduling, the help desk, the communication network, computer program development, and computer systems operations. The director is responsible for maintaining the integrity of all electronic books and records, including review of computerized and manual systems; information processing equipment and software for acquisition, storage, and retrieval; and recommendation of the strategic direction of all information processing and communication systems and operations. The director provides overall management and definition of all computer activities and is responsible for providing a leadership role in the day-to-day operations of the IS function.

• Owner and Principal

  Weatherby Consulting

  (Management Consulting industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year )

  Specializing in statistical and analytical studies of economic and business issues.

• President

  Hart Information Services

  (Information Services industry)

  1988 — 1996 (8 years )

  A multi million dollar wholly owned subsidiary of Hart Graphics providing business forms and related information services (renamed from Hart Forms and Services in 1992).

• Vice President

  Hart Graphics

  (Printing industry)

  1988 — 1992 (4 years )

  A $125 million printer and turnkey distribution solution provider

• Assistant Professor

  University of Texas at Austin

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  1970 — 1977 (7 years )

Jim Weatherby’s Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Ph.D. , Economics , 1966 — 1970

  Activities and Societies:

  Major fields: economic theory, monetary theory and policy, and public finance; minor field political science.
  Thesis: "The Gross Demand Impact of the Federal Sector: Measurement and Implications"

• Texas A&M University

  M.A. , Economics , 1965 — 1966

  Thesis: "Lags in Monetary Policy: A Test of the Friedman Hypothesis"

• Texas A&M University

  B,S. , Mathematics , 1960 — 1964

Additional Information

Jim Weatherby’s Interests:

IT management; new web technology in government; implications of web technologies on communities and community interaction

Jim Weatherby’s Groups:

•    AustinAgs
•    Austin Technology Council
•    Association of Former Students - Texas A&M
•    The Austin Leadership Forum
•    TechExecs Network :: Senior IT Executives Network
•    Government 2.0
•    AITP - Austin, TX
•    Technology Advisors Group (TAG - Austin, TX)
•    Covenant Presbyterian Oasis Class

Jim Weatherby’s Honors:

Austin IT Executive of the Year - Public Sector 2007
Elected to Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honor Society)
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi (Academic Honor Society)

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