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Tina joined the Navy in 1982 and retired in 2005.  Starting out as an enlisted Air Traffic Controller and promoting through the ranks, completing her service, as a Lieutenant Commander, overseeing a Mine Warfare School in Ingleside. After her naval retirement in Corpus, she found herself as the Director of Stadium Operations for the Corpus Christi Hooks (double A affiliate of the Houston Astros). She managed the stadium for 9 seasons. Working for Nolan Ryan and his sons was a dream come true.

Tina is the current Board of Directors President for Sinaca Studios, School Of Glass and Gallery. SiNaCa Studios was founded by five local glass artisits in 2007. The organization's initial focus was threefold. First, bringing the glass art community together to hold exhibitions, promote glass as an artistic medium, and generate funds toward founding a school. Secong, use the funds raised to open a facility deisgned to impact the community through glass arts. Third, leverage the new facility to provide accessible, educaitonal, and affordale experiences for the general public, as well as teach courses to share the traditions and technigies of all disciplines of studio glass,

Since first opening their doors in January 2011, over 7,000 diverse people have participated in classes, and over 30,000 have visited their studios. Their free monthly "Open Studios" event alone has drawn over 15,000 visitors through the facility to view demonstrations, interact with performing artists, and browse the onite gallery. 

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Dr Malcolm shares some of the stories and lessons from his recently published book How To Get More Done By 0900 Than Most People Do All Day. Everything from why you need to light yourself on fire to the $1,500,000 frog to the Stones, Pebbles, Sand, and Water legend. You will be inspired, you will laugh, but most importantly, Dr Malcolm promises that by the end of the presentation you will be more able to Get More Done than you were before.

Dr Malcolm is an Author, Internationally Acclaimed Master Instructor, and Certified Business Coach who reveals the secrets, tips, and hacks that transform business prisons into the freeing enterprises they are supposed to be. He helps North Texas business Owners grow their business and have more money coming in than going out even while they are on vacation and has been since 2010. To his clients he offers this unique guarantee, “If you let me help you focus, I guarantee results…”

Dr. Malcolm T. Upton

North Texas Chapter Coordinator

800-641-7730

817-301-2921

I grew up in Corpus Christi, TX and graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1974. I worked in a large law firm downtown Dallas for 3 years before setting up my practice in Burleson in 1977. I have been married to my wife Cindy for 47 years. We have 3 sons and 4 grandchildren.

A native Texan growing up in Fort Worth and currently residing in Arlington. Robert attended UTA and studied both computer science and real estate. Since 1991, Robert has been a consultant in the computer industry where his primary areas of expertise are in document management, workflow and desktop faxing.

In 2008, Robert joined Bit by Bit and helped them to develop a national presence by opening and becoming director of the Texas branch. They are leaders in technology services, including managed IT support, virtualization, and development. Robert is also a commercial real estate agent, with a special interest in healthcare and multi-family properties.

Robert haas been married for 17 years and has 2 young sons with wife Michelle, who is a pediatric dentist.

In Robert’s free time he enjoys golfing, cycling and camping.  He also volunteers much of his time with the Boys Scouts of America and River legacy foundation.

Robert has more than 19 years of experience as a Technology Consultant providing business automation solutions.

Bit by Bit was founded in 1987 as a database application development and networking company. Since that time we have evolved into a full service IT firm and become a leader in delivering managed IT service solutions.

We are specialists in building and managing solutions that solve critical business problems. Our unique combination of Managed Services, Application Development, Workflow, Fax and Financial Data Warehousing gives us a competitive advantage over other IT companies.

We have the expertise to navigate the evolving world of technology and determine which path is right for your business, large or small.

We know service does not stop after the point of delivery. Ongoing support of these solutions is our key to building long lasting client relationships.

Partner and Attorney - Shipman Properties

David received his undergraduate at Texas Tech Shool of Law in 2004. Mr. Shipman started his career in the legal profession opening Shipman & Associates, PPLC. The lgal office focuses in the corporate and real estate arenas. In 2005, David was the owner and staff attorney for First American Title in Crowley, Texas in 2007 Mr. Shipman becamea  partner in Shipman  Companies, LP.