CMIT Solutions Advisory Board
CMIT’s investors and advisors fuse a history of technology innovation with extensive management experience in franchising and technology services.
 | President and Chief Executive Officer - Jeffrey M. Connally Mr. Connally has been a Board of Directors member since August 2005. In October 1998, he co-founded UpLink Golf (GPS/Golf business) located in Austin, Texas, serving as its COO until May 2003. In May 2003 he founded Gener8Biz (Sales/Marketing Consultancy) located in Austin, Texas and has served as its President & CEO since May, 2003. In August 2003, he also began to teach sales and marketing in the Acton School (an Entrepreneurial MBA program) located in Austin, Texas. |
 | Chairman of the Board - Michael J. Maples Mr. Maples has served as Director since April 1997 and as Acting President and Chief Executive Officer from May 1999 through August 2000. In January 2004, he was named Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Maples was an executive at IBM and senior executive at Microsoft. |
 | Corporate Director - Richard Benkendorf Mr. Benkendorf has been a Board of Directors member since October 2005. From March 1990 to the present he has served as Managing Partner of Technology Impact Partners, a venture capital firm located in Austin, Texas. Prior to this position Mr. Benkendorf founded Travelers-Diebold Technologies, a venture investment firm, and was the senior executive responsible for mergers and acquisitions for Ameritech located in Chicago. Prior to 1976, he was employed for 16 years by IBM in sales and management. |
 | Corporate Director - Linda L. Burzynski Ms. Burzynski has served solely as an outside Director on the Board since July 2005. Ms. Burzynski served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director from August 2000 to December 2003, and as CEO and Director from January 2004 to May 2005, remaining an employee until July 1, 2005. She was named CEO of Liberty Fitness Holdings, LLC located in Austin, Texas in May 2005. From July 1995 to August 2000, Ms. Burzynski was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Molly Maid, Inc. ("Molly Maid") in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a residential cleaning franchise company. |
 | Corporate Director - Edward T. Jones Mr. Jones (no relation to Georgia Jones) has served as a corporate Director of CMIT Solutions, Inc. since October 1996. Since June 1996, Mr. Jones has also served as President/CEO of Export Management Services, Inc., located in Alexandria, Virginia and Austin, Texas. |
| Corporate Director - David L. Moore Mr. Moore has been a Board of Directors member since August 2005. Since January 2004, he has been Chairman & CEO of SMARTECH, an Austin, TX-based IT services company that provides services to customers of very large services firms. From March 2002 through December 2003 he served as President of SMARTECH in Austin. From February 2000 through December 2001 he served as Executive Board Director, Vodafone Cellular Australia, located in Chatswood NSW, Australia, responsible for customer service. Prior experiences include senior executive positions in the US the UK and Australia for Unisys Corporation. | |
 | Founder and Senior Vice President of Franchise Services - Georgia G. Jones Mrs. Jones is the founder and board member of CMIT Solutions. Over the years Georgia has continued to provide visionary leadership to the company. She is currently Senior Vice President of Franchise Services helping to support over 100 franchise locations. |
