HOWARD M. MCKINNEY is the President and founder of McKinney E-Systems & Associates, Inc. He organized the company in 1981.Howard has extensive experience in the design, development, implementation and operation of major computer systems, applications and networks. He graduated in 1967 from Tarleton University with a B.S in Mathematics and Physics. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. Mr. McKinney served in Vietnam where he was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge. He was honorably discharged with a rank of Captain in 1969. Mr. McKinney began his technical career with the University of Texas Data Processing Division where he was responsible for business applications. During his employment with UT, he was fortunate to be involved with one of the first online teleprocessing applications developed by the University of Texas. With the management consulting firm of Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Mr. McKinney was project coordinator for an Automated Tax Appraisal and Assessment System for the City of Austin, Texas. He also served as team leader of the Tax Application Team in the City of Wichita Falls. This application was one area of the Integrated Municipal Information System developed under a five-year contract from the Urban Information Systems Inter-Agency Committee (USAC). After moving back to Austin, Mr. McKinney headed the Special Projects Section of the Information Systems Division for State Comptroller, Bob Bullock. Mr. McKinney gained a reputation in the automation of tax, municipal, county, and state procedures and began a private consultation business at the time Appraisal Districts were organized in Texas. He provided services to the State Property Tax Board as well as several county, municipal, and private organizations related to tax automation. 

Mr. McKinney has directed McKinney E-Systems & Associates, Inc. in the development of three major proprietary software applications that were developed for the Wang VS  computer system. McKinney E-Systems was a value added reseller with Wang Laboratories with a Legal Practice Management Application, an Association Management Application, and utility software for the Wang VS computer line. He has organized and managed several partner arrangements for McKinney E-Systems including IBM and the RISC/6000, IBM PC agreements, Cisco Systems reseller, a major distribution network, and many software reseller arrangements.   

Howard and his wife Judy have two married children and two cats. They enjoy traveling to remote nature areas. Howard is an avid fisherman; never, never ask about his lake record. 

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