ARMA Houston Elections

ARMA Houston Elections 2008-09
Biographies Of The Nominees

President Jim Dixon

Executive VP Louis Buzby

Treasurer Linda Trimm

Secretary Patti Manning

Vice President Victor Lamas
Beverly McMahan
Judy Sitton

Jim Dixon
Jim Dixon is employed as a records systems consultant for Information Network International in Houston, Texas. His responsibilities include functioning as corporate records manager; business development; prospect and client needs assessment; training; testing; retention management; product development: compliance and contract management, risk management; conference vendor logistics and other administrative duties as assigned.
Jim was educated in the field of Finance & Management receiving his BBA Degree from UT El Paso and attended Southwest Graduate School of Banking at SMU. After college graduation, he began a career in banking. His responsibilities for records preparation, filing and document compliance ushered Jim into the world of Records and Information Management. After exiting his career in banking, Jim moved into real estate marketing and management; business ownership; non-profit administration; community college instruction; and various other management positions. In these pursuits, he enjoyed constant opportunities to use his record management and compliance skills until he ”formally” re-entered the field of Records and Information Management in the mid 1990’s. He became the manager of a Commercial Record Storage and Document Destruction Facility, and later worked with a group of IT professionals to secure document imaging conversion projects in New Mexico.
Jim joined the Association of Record Managers & Administrators (ARMA) in 1996 as a member of the El Paso International City Chapter. He served their Board as a Director, Secretary, Vice President, President, Past President, and ICRM Liaison. Securing the privilege of hosting the 2000 Southwest Region Leadership Conference in El Paso and participating in the chapter’s successful bid for the 2000 Small Chapter of the Year Award, demonstrated some of the leadership that Jim exercised for his chapter and region. Jim has also been featured as a speaker and moderator at numerous chapter and regional educational functions. ARMA membership has continually been a major contributor to his success as a Records Manager, as well as in his personal life. As a result of ARMA networking, Jim accepted his current position as Records Systems Consultant with Information Network International, moved to Houston, transferred his ARMA membership to Houston, and developed a relationship with one particular ARMA Houston member, Brenda Clements. They were married in 2002.

Jim’s service with ARMA Houston began as the manager of the National RIM Month committee. He went on to serve the Board of Directors as VP of Marketing. In this position, Jim advocated the benefits of ARMA membership and education, as well as promoted the RM profession at numerous ARMA Houston meetings and at its Annual Conferences. In 2005, the ARMA Houston Chapter awarded him with its Award for Distinguished Service. Jim is presently the Executive Vice President of the ARMA Houston Chapter and in this capacity if an ad hoc member of each committee. He also serves on the Chapter Holiday Social, Tellers Committee, Awards Committee and chairs the compilation of the Chapter of the year proposal. Alice L Haltom Educational Fund has often enlisted Jim’s efforts in promoting their fundraising causes and has served on their Annual Chili Cook off Committee for the past 3 years.
Jim is also active in AIIM, AITP, WBEA, and is the Vice President of the Houston Chapter of the UT El Paso Alumni Association. His role as a husband, father of 6 and grandparent of 9 (soon to be 11); coupled with his career as a Records Manager, his volunteer efforts and outdoor activities provide a lifestyle that Jim enjoys immensely.

Louis W. Buzby, III, CRM
Louis is employed by Shell Real Estate Services as a Senior Project Manager in the Records Management group. Prior to joining Shell, Louis worked for Pitney Bowes/Services Integration Group and Information Network conducting records management projects, managing record centers, and providing records consulting services. He has been an ARMA Member since 1998 and received his CRM designation in January 2007. Louis has previously served on the ARMA Houston Board of Directors in the roles of Publicity Committee Manager, Secretary, Vice President of Conference and Marketing Committee Manager. He is currently Vice President of Membership.

Linda Trimm

Experience (with documents)
Iron Mountain Records Management - January 1998 to Present
Senior Sales Representative

Xerox Corporation – September 1990 – December 1997
Sales Representative

Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from University of Houston Downtown
December 2000

Arma Experience
Member since 1998
Currently Secretary on the ARMA Houston Board of Directors
Previous Registration Manager for the ARMA Conference
Programs Committee
Exhibits Committee
Registration Committee (currently)

Linda, a Senior Sales Representative with Iron Mountain Records Management since 1998, received a Bachelor’s Degree in marketing from the University of Houston Downtown in 2000. Prior to joining Iron Mountain, from 1990 to 1997 she was a sales representative with the Xerox Corporation.

She has served on many committees since joining ARMA Houston in 1998 including as both a committee member and manger of the Houston Conference Registration Committee, Programs Committee, and Conference Exhibits Committee. Currently, Linda is completing her one year term as Secretary on the ARMA Houston Board of Directors.

Patti L. Manning
Patti is employed by Baker Hughes Incorporated, a multi-national oilfield services company. She began her career with Baker Hughes in 2001 as a legal secretary supporting the litigation practice area. In 2003, she was promoted to Executive Assistant supporting the Senior Vice President and General Counsel. In 2004, Patti was promoted to the position of Records Control Specialist with responsibilities of developing the company’s Records Management Program as well as the Litigation Readiness Plan. In addition to her records management responsibilities, Patti is involved in several Legal Department projects and is managing the Legal Knowledge Management Task Force. In 2003, Patti was a recipient of the Baker Hughes Chairman’s Award for her work in the Company’s transition to an electronic billing system. In 2005, she received the Performance Core Value Gold Award for her role in the Company’s corporate office move. In 2006, Patti received the Teamwork Core Value Silver award for her role in managing the Legal Department’s Intellectual Property file conversion and file management implementation.

Prior to joining Baker Hughes, Patti spent 20 years as a legal secretary with the law firms of Kelly, Sutter & Kendrick and Griggs & Harrison supporting the litigation practice areas.

Patti joined ARMA in October 2004 and has served on various committees, including Seminars, Corporate Outreach, Mock Trial, 2007 Conference Arrangements, and coordinated the ARMA Houston Committee Summary Forms which highlight the skill sets and core competency requirements of the various committees. She is presently serving as the Committee Manager of External Seminars, co-Manager of the Professional, Corporate & Community Outreach Committee, and Registration Committee Manager for the 2008 Conference Committee.

Patti is also a member of the Corporate E-Discovery Forum

Patti is pursuing her Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Project Management and is expected to graduate in March, 2008. One of her goals is to attain her CRM designation by the end of 2009.

While her sons were in school, Patti developed the cheerleading program for Southwest Christian Academy and received the honor of Top 25 Cheer Coaches from the Christian Cheerleading Association in 1999.

Victor Lamas Jr.
Victor is employed by Exxon Mobil Corporation. He began his career with Exxon 30 years ago in 1978 as a mail clerk and then worked in the Tape Operations Library for 9 years within the Exploration Data Processing Center in Houston. In 1988, Victor transferred to the Analysis and Support Group and coordinated the Data Processing Center’s office moves and requests. It was within this department that Victor was introduced to the Records and Information Management field.

Victor has worked in the Records and Information Management Services field for over 18 years. His expertise is in providing data management consultation and support services on various aspects of Records Management; including fundamental and advanced records management best practices and procedures, records retention schedules, and management of business and technical oil and gas records.

While employed by ExxonMobil Exploration Company from 1994 - 2004, Victor was a Records Management Team Lead and provided leadership and direction to Information Management Services (IMS) team members responsible for providing support services to both the Exploration and Development companies.

In 2002, a definite highlight in his career, Victor accepted a lead position to direct a Records Management Project in Jakarta, Indonesia. The project involved re-structuring and developing a Technical Resource Services Library and Information Center. He spent two years in Jakarta and thoroughly enjoyed the adventures and challenges that he was involved in. He successfully introduced Jakarta personnel to the world of Records Management and the effective records management practices that were developed within the Exploration and Development departments. He also assisted with the development of a Supplemental Records Retention Schedule for the Asia Pacific Region.

In 2004, Victor transferred to the Global Real Estate & Facilities/Information Management Services organization and in 2005, he was assigned to the ExxonMobil Chemicals Company where he provided Records Management training and support to all Chemicals employees located in Houston, Baytown and Beaumont.

In late 2007, Victor transferred to the ExxonMobil Information Technology organization as a Data Management Consultant and is now providing Records and Information Management consultation, training, and support to IT staff. He considers this to be a very challenging assignment as it includes the opportunity to further develop his Data Management, IT, and Electronic Records Management skills.

His educational accomplishments include receiving an Associates Degree in Applied Science in Business Management through the Houston Community College (HCC). He was also very active in the Student Body – serving as Milby Campus President and HCC Board Secretary in the 80’s.

Victor has been an active ARMA Houston member since 2001 and has assisted in numerous leadership capacities. His volunteer work for ARMA has included coordination and/or participation in the following activities:

ARMA Houston Spring Conference (Audio/Visual Equipment Coordinator – 3 consecutive years)
ARMA Houston Golf Tournament (Catering Co-Chair - 3 consecutive years)
ARMA Houston Holiday Social (Coordinator - 2 consecutive years)
Special Projects (Adopt a Soldier Project / Salvation Army Angel Tree Project)
ARMA Houston 45th Anniversary Event
ALHEF fund raising events (2004 Super Bowl, Holiday Social Auctions, Chili Cook-off’s)
ARMADILLA Newsletter Article Submittals

Victor is enthusiastic and supportive when it comes to promoting the ARMA Houston Chapter and its associated activities. He is also an active proponent of promoting educational awareness in the Records and Information Management field. He has demonstrated his desire to serve the Chapter through his volunteer efforts and now seeks to serve Chapter members with the same enthusiasm as a member of the ARMA Houston Board of Directors.

Beverly McMahan
Beverly is an active member of the ARMA Houston Chapter, currently serving as Chapter Financial Administrator, and Trinidad Sister Chapter Liaison. She also chairs an informal Energy group that meets quarterly in downtown Houston.

Beverly has served the Chapter in many positions over the years. She has served on the 2007 ARMA Houston program committee; has served as Executive Vice President, VP Education & Outreach; ISG Liaison; Chapter International LINC Liaison; Chapter Treasurer and Program Manager for the chapter’s 2001 spring conference. She was an active member of the Energy ISG and a member of the Petroleum GRIP team which created the retention guidelines now available on the ARMA International website.

Beverly is the recipient of the 2006 ARMA Houston Mavis Eppes Achievement Award and was the 2005-2006 Chapter Member of the Year. Beverly is the Records Information Manager for EOG Resources, Inc., an independent, multinational oil and gas company. She has had the unique opportunity to build an enterprise-wide RIM program for EOG Resources from the ground up. She is an AIIM certified Electronic Records Management Master and a CRM Candidate.

Previously she was Manager of the Technical Reference Center for Gulf Interstate Engineering Company; on staff at the Exxon Production Research Co. Information Center; supervised files and research for the Houston Post Editorial Library; managed non-hospital patient records for St Luke’s Pathology Laboratory; and was a member of the staff of the University of Houston’s’ M.D. Anderson Library.

Beverly completed her undergraduate work at the University of Houston and did graduate work via an extension program of the University of Texas Graduate School of Library Science. She has an avid interest in Texas and local history having served as a Docent for the Heritage Society for over 20 years. She currently serves on the Harris County Historical Commission. She is an active member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and serves on the Board of Directors of the S.M.U. Perkins School of Theology Houston Lay School.

In addition to her family, Beverly enjoys listening to music, reading mystery novels and traveling the world.

Judy Vasek Sitton, CRM
Judy Vasek Sitton, CRM, is a senior staff consultant for PacoTech, Inc., an information management consulting firm based in Houston, Texas, where she provides services for clients in the areas of records retention scheduling, file management, procedures and record keeping standards.

Ms. Sitton has over 25 years of experience managing records and information in industries as diverse as oil and gas exploration and production, natural gas transmission, health care services, and high-tech manufacturing.

Ms. Sitton has been an active member of the Houston Chapter of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) since 1979 and has held leadership positions in ARMA International and the Institute of Certified Records Managers. She has a BA degree from Our Lady of the Lake University and received her certified records manager credential in 1985.