Merv Tarde is Vice President of Interstate's Information Technology and Chief Information Officer. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and minors in chemistry and astronomy.Merv sets the strategic direction for IT and oversees all IT based networks, systems and resources serving customers throughout the Interstate Batteries System. He is also responsible for Interstate's office facilities and real estate. Prior to joining Interstate in 1998, he spent over 20 years in Telecom starting with Bell Laboratories and ending up with AT&T Wireless where he held several executive-level positions.Merv currently serves on the board of directors for The Information Systems Research Center and Information Technology and Decision Sciences at North Texas, the SIMPosium CIO Advisory Council, and is a member of the Advisory Council for the Dallas Catholic Foundation, CIO Advisory Council for the Dallas Oracle Users Group, and the 2007 recipient of the Information Technology Executive of the Year award presented by the Dallas-Ft. Worth SIM Chapter.
