Board of Directors

• DAVID PETERSON

  Dave is founder and chairman of The North Highland Company. His 30+ years of business experience includes helping large multinational enterprises, entrepreneurial businesses, medium-sized organizations, and non-profits improve their businesses. He has consulted for the widest range of industries, from aerospace and defense, to medical equipment, to telecommunications. Recently, Dave was named by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the 100 leaders in Georgia's technology industry.

  Dave has served on a number of non-profit and for profit boards and currently serves on the board of the Georgia Center for Non-Profits, the Rotary Club of Buckhead, and Delta Apparel (DLA), an AMEX-listed company. He is a frequent speaker on improving customer service across industry value chains.

  Dave holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA in Finance from the University of Florida.

   

• REAR ADMIRAL MARSHA J. EVANS

  During Marty's nearly 30-year career with the Navy, she distinguished herself as one of only a handful of women to reach the rank of rear admiral, and gained a reputation for forging new ground for women in the military. Among other command positions, she was the Chief of Staff at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and the first woman to command a U.S. naval station.

  After retiring from the Navy, Marty assumed leadership of Girl Scouts of the USA, the world's largest organization representing girls, where she modernized the 90-year-old organization's vision and programs. She then became the 13th President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross, the largest and one of the nation's most distinguished humanitarian aid organizations, with an annual operating budget of over $4 billion.

  Marty was a 1979-80 White House Fellow and received the 2002 John W. Gardner Legacy of Leadership Award and The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedoms Award. Today Marty speaks to business and community audiences on leadership and diversity issues. She is a director of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Office Depot, Weight Watchers International, and Huntsman Corporation. She is also a director of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation and is on the Advisory Board to the Commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association.

   

• FRANK M. MULLER JR.

  Frank is Chairman of the Board and part owner of Ten X Technology, Inc. He is also President of Toby Enterprises, specializing in high tech acquisitions and turnarounds.

  From 1989 to 2001, Frank was Senior Vice President of The Coastal Corporation. This Fortune 50 energy company was responsible for multi-million-dollar acquisitions and joint ventures in new growth market targets of opportunity worldwide. From 1984 to 1989 he was general manager of The Kensington Company, Ltd. Prior to that he was President and 50% owner of Devco Overseas Company. This project development company specialized in petrochemical and fertilizer joint venture proposals in Dubai, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Togo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand, Mexico, and Egypt.

  After graduating from Texas A & M University, Frank served in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1973. He resigned his commission as Captain.

   

• DANIEL REARDON

  Dan is CEO of North Highland. Prior to being named CEO, he served as President and COO, and as a Vice President heading the company's Process, Strategy, and Enterprise Customer Relationship Management service areas. Dan has more than 20 years of experience in strategic planning, merger integration, organizational change, and operations management. He joined North Highland when there were only 25 employees in one city and has been highly instrumental in the growth of the company.

  Dan is also CEO of Highland Worldwide, the international arm of North Highland that employs more than 1,200 consultants outside the United States. In addition, he is Chairman of Sparks Grove, a North Highland sister company that specializes in Marketing Strategy and Implementation around the customer experience for Fortune 100 companies.

  Prior to joining North Highland in 1997, Dan was Director of the Southeast Organizational Change Practice for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting in Atlanta. He also spent two years in London helping Andersen start its consulting practice there. During a leave of absence from Andersen, Dan was Operations Manager for a printing company in Northern Ireland.

  Dan is also a board member of the Alliance Theater, a Steering Committee member of the Atlanta Regional Arts Task Force, and a member of Business Executives for National Security and Rotary Club International. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a Certified Public Accountant.

   

• CHRISTOPHER H. SHAYS

  As a member of the United States House of Representatives for 21 years, reform advocate Christopher Shays earned wide respect for his bipartisan work and leadership positions in areas ranging from finance and health care to energy and national security.

  Christopher was a senior member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the chairman of its National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee. He also served as a senior member on the Financial Services and Homeland Security committees. He was particularly active on the Capital Markets and Intelligence subcommittees.

  Prior to his service in the U.S. Congress, Christopher served 13 years in the Connecticut House of Representatives and volunteered in the Peace Corps. He holds an undergraduate degree from Principia College and an MBA and MPA from New York University.

  Most recently, he has been appointed co-chair of the Commission on Wartime Contracting charged with examining contract failures in Iraq and Afghanistan. He serves on the board of directors of CIT, is a commissioner for UNESCO, serves on the board of trustees of The Campaign Legal Center and is active on the Committee for Economic Development, a nonpartisan, business-led, public policy organization.

   

• MICHAEL W. TRAPP

  Mike worked for Ernst & Young throughout his career, joining them after graduation from St. Louis University in 1962. He also served in the army reserves (armor) from 1960 to 1966.

  During his career Mike worked in St. Louis, Cleveland, Ohio, and Oklahoma City prior to moving in 1976 to Atlanta, where he was the office Managing Partner. He was the Southeast Area Managing Partner for E&Y from 1993 until his retirement in 2000.

  Mike is currently serving on the board of directors and as chairman of the audit committee of two public companies: The Ann Taylor Stores Corporation and Global Payments Inc.

   

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