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Management Team

Tom Buxton Tom Buxton
President & Chief Executive Officer
Tom founded Buxton on a unique premise - to assist enterprises in building success by accurately identifying their customers. Tom implemented this concept after working 20 years with the consumer electronics giant Tandy/RadioShack. Advancing within the retail organization, Tom became Vice President responsible for the sales and operations of RadioShack stores. Tom was then named Corporate Vice President of Real Estate, Design and Construction, where he managed that aspect of the operations for all of Tandy/RadioShack's world-wide real estate. Tom was named no. 2 in Fast Company magazine's 2005 annual listing of leading innovators and technology pioneers. An industry leader, Tom provides paramount business and retail expertise to Buxton.


David Glover David Glover
Chief Financial Officer, CPA
David started the company with Tom Buxton and is responsible for all finance, accounting and legal functions as well as contributing to the planning and execution of the company's overall business strategies. David is a Certified Public Accountant and has extensive audit, financial and corporate operations experience including Corporate Auditor and Accounting Controller positions with Tandy Corporation as well as public accounting experience with Arthur Andersen & Company. David received his B.B.A. in accounting from Abilene Christian University.


Charles Wetzel Charles Wetzel
Chief Operating Officer
Utilizing his expertise in financial analysis and strategic planning and processing, Charles oversees all the day-to-day operations, aligning Buxton utilities with business goals. Prior to joining Buxton, Charles managed merger, business transformation and strategic advisory services at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Consulting for key players in the communications/ media industry, such as AOL, Time Warner, Associated Press, Sprint, Verizon and Southwestern Bell. Charles holds a B.B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University.


Rich Hollander Rich Hollander
President, CustomerID® Division
Rich brings a wealth of retail experience and knowledge to his clients as President of the CustomerID Division at Buxton, and a partner in the Company. In his earlier career, he fulfilled executive management responsibilities as well as developing and executing new company start-ups for Tandy Corporation. He was recruited by Cash America, the country's largest pawn business, to run a start-up rent to own company. Hollander has been with Buxton since 2000. Hollander earned a B.A. degree from Humboldt State University, CA.


Harvey H. Yamagata Harvey H. Yamagata
Chief Marketing Officer & President, CommunityID® Division
During his 34 years in retail, Harvey has been involved in brick and mortar, catalog and website retailing. His 20-year career at Tandy Corporation took him from retailing in Europe to opening distributors in Asia. He headed the marketing efforts of the RadioShack Business Products division at a time when they held the major share in the burgeoning personal computer market. Prior to joining the company, Harvey was President of Health Corner, a nationally distributed personal health care mail order catalog. He received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and his M.B.A. from Texas Christian University.


Todd Walls Todd Walls
Executive Vice President
Having been with the company since its inception, Todd is instrumental in the development of Buxton's market research products and methodologies and is directly responsible for the development of research and rollout strategies for many national retailers such as AT&T, Bass Pro Shops, Container Store, HEB, Interstate Batteries and Pier 1 Imports. Todd played a role in creating Buxton's customer centric Drive Time Gravity Modeling product. He is responsible for business development and new vertical division creation at Buxton, currently focusing on Consumer Packaged Goods. Todd received his B.B.A. and M.B.A. degrees in Market Research from the University of North Texas and sits on the ICSC Research Task Force board.


Bob Bolen Bob Bolen
Partner, CommunityID
Bob served as Mayor of Fort Worth for nine years during a period of rapid expansion for the city. He has held the office of the president of both the Texas Municipal League and the National League of Cities. In addition to his many civic contributions, as owner of Hallmark stores in North Texas, he was named Retailer of the Year.


Bill R. Shelton Bill R. Shelton
Partner, CommunityID
Bill served with the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce for over 20 years, the last 16 as its president. He is a Certified Economic Developer and has served as president of the American Economic Development Council and the Texas Economic Development Council and as the Dean of the Economic Development Course at Texas A&M University.


Tim M. White Tim M. White
Senior Vice President Of Client Services
Tim is responsible for communicating efficiently all aspects of the company regarding projects, services offered and all other business solutions for the client. Over the past eight years Tim has developed and adopted new technologies in creating the company's various products. Tim received his B.A. with a major in geography from the University of North Texas.


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