People are the greatest asset any organization can have, and the Greater Dallas Chamber's membership roster boasts some of the nation's top talent. Each month, The Chamber Report profiles some of the Chamber's most dedicated volunteers - the board of directors - sharing their corporate pathways to success.

This month we are proud to feature Norman Bagwell of Bank One, Cynthia Comparin of Animato Technologies, and Cedric Tung of IOSC.

Norman Bagwell
President
Bank One Dallas

Norm Bagwell assumed the role of president of Bank One, Dallas with the merger of Bank One Corporation and First Chicago NBD in October 1998. He joined Bank One, Dallas predecessor MBank Dallas in 1985.

Prior to this appointment, Bagwell managed the Dallas Corporate Banking Division from 1995-1998. This division managed the commercial banking needs for companies with sales in excess of $5MM. He also spent 10 years in the Mortgage Finance Group serving as manager from 1992-1995. Under Bagwell's direction, the Mortgage Finance Group of Bank One became known nationally as one of the premier lenders to the mortgage banking industry.

He currently serves as chairman of the Finance Committee for the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce and is vice chairman of the Dallas Arboretum. Bagwell is a member of the Executive Committee of the Dallas Arboretum, the Executive Committee of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Arboretum, the Board of Directors of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the Associate Board of the SMU Cox School of Business and the Advisory Board of the Junior League of Dallas. In addition, he is an active member of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas, the Dallas Chapter of YPO and the Dallas Assembly.

Bagwell is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, where he received a B.B.A. in Accounting and a B.A. in History.

Cynthia Comparin
President & CEO
Animato Technologies Corp.

As Animato's president and chief executive officer, Cynthia J. Comparin founded the company in 1997 and contributes her success to her willingness to explore new ideas and challenge old methods and to her commitment to finding new ways to solve problems..

Recognized as one of the leading entrepreneurs in the southwestern United States by Ernst & Young, Comparin was named a Finalist in the 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year awards. The program honors business leaders who have created and maintained successful enterprises through their resourcefulness, hard work and resolve. Animato also has been named one of the fastest-growing "high-tech" firms in the 11-county, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for the past two years by the Dallas Business Journal.

Prior to establishing Animato, Comparin was president of ALLTEL's Enterprise Network Services Division, a group she founded to provide consulting, integration and operations services to customers worldwide. She also served as vice president and general manager for Nortel's Network Transformation Services Division, providing consulting, project implementation and ongoing services to Fortune 1000 companies on a global basis.

Previously, Comparin was general manager for the Latin American division of Recognition International, a global technology company. Here she developed and implemented the company's Latin American business plan, including developing and managing distribution channels.

Before joining Recognition International, she spent 10 years in both international- and U.S.-based management positions at EDS. She began her career as a financial analyst for LTV Aerospace and Defense Company.

Comparin earned a bachelor's degree in finance from The University of Texas at Austin and has completed management programs at The Wharton School of Business and Harvard University. She also has been active in important community organizations, serving on the board of directors of such organizations as Parkland Hospital, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Girl Scouts Tejas Council.

Comparin also is an active member of the Greater Dallas Chamber Executive Women's Roundtable Steering Committee, Leadership America, Women in Technology International and the State of Texas Science and Technology Council.

Cedric Tung
President/Founder
Integrated Office Systems Corp.

Cedric Tung is president and founder of Integrated Office Systems Corporation (IOSC), a leading computer networking and web/application development company in the DFW area.

Tung started the company in 1989 to assist clients in automating their business process through the use of computer systems. The company started as a software development company but soon developed a computer networking division to provide full end-to-end support. "Our goal is to be the IS Department for small to mid-size companies" says Cedric Tung. Recent development projects include the re-design of the Greater Dallas Chamber's website, a Move Management web application to assist in the Sabre and EDS movement of employees, and an XML inventory management system for Homebuilder.com.

Tung graduated from St. Marks School in 1979 and completed his Bachelors of Science Degree in Electrical Engineer from University of Texas at Austin in 1984. His career began with Trammell Crow as an application programmer, and he subsequently has worked for UTL as a test engineer for Electronic Intelligence systems, IBM's RS6000 AIX test team in Austin, and NEC America's Research Team for high speed database systems for Cellular Application.

Cedric currently serves on the Board of the Greater Dallas Chamber and was recently elected to serve as the chair of the Chamber's Small & Mid-Size Business Council during 2002. He attends Prestonwood Baptist Church and serves on the local board as a DFW Key Couple in the Growing Families International parenting ministry.

Cedric Tung and his wife Kathy have 3 boys ranging from 2 to 7 years of age.

For more information on the Greater Dallas Chamber's board of directors, contact Jan Hart Black at jhblack@dallaschamber.org