Speaker Presentations (8 min. per speaker)
Each executive will address the following questions:

Do's and Don'ts (5 min. per speaker)

Questions and Closing Remarks (8 min.)

Moderator: Karen Alexander
Timekeeper/Facilitator: Ron Parker

Speaker Biographies

Dave is a business development leader within the Integrated Technology Services group. He has served as Competency Leader, Principal, Sales Manager, and Sales Specialist for the past 10 years, working with IBM clients throughout the Midwest and Western United States. Within Integrated Technology Services, Dave is responsible for creating, developing, selling, and delivering infrastructure-related service engagements to address client's technical, process, and business requirements. He currently leads a team of 12 principals focusing on IBM Small and Medium Business customers ( typically less than 1000 employees) throughout the Midwestern and Western US. Prior to this role, Dave served Mid-Missouri IBM customers as a Client Representative for 7 years.

Dave's hometown is Festus, Missouri. He and his wife, Anne, live in Lee's Summit, Missouri with their son, Colin. Dave received an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.

Carol Fischer
Director of Revenue
Missouri Department of Revenue

Carol Russell Fischer assumed the responsibilities of the Director of the Missouri Department of Revenue on January 9, 2001. The department is the central collection agency for all state revenues and is responsible for collecting taxes, registering motor vehicles and marine craft, and licensing drivers.

Ms. Fischer previously held positions of Director and Deputy Director of the Division of Taxation and Collection, Deputy Director of the Division of Motor Vehicle and Driver's Licensing, and Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Bureau. Ms. Fischer is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Association of Government Accountants and the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants. Since becoming Director of Revenue, Ms. Fischer has been elected to the positions of Vice Chair and Treasurer of the Multi-state Tax Commission and President of the Midwest States Association of Tax Administrators.

Bill Keithley
Vice-President, Information Services
Shelter Insurance Companies

Bill Keithley has worked at Shelter Insurance Companies for 38 years and has been Vice-President of Information Services since 1997. He is a native of Columbia, graduate of Columbia College, and holds professional designations including CPCU and CCP.

Bill and his wife Bonnie have been married for 35 years and have three children, Adam, Rachel, Catherine, and two grandchildren, Alexis and Madison. Bill's hobbies are gardening and fly-fishing.

Bill Perkins
Deputy Director of Revenue
Missouri Department of Revenue

Bill Perkins has served as the Deputy Director of the Missouri Department of Revenue for three years. He was the department's Chief Information Officer for three years prior to assuming his current duties. Bill came to the Missouri Department of Revenue following retirement from the United States Air Force where he had nearly thirty years of experience in a variety of assignments primarily in the space and intercontinental ballistic missile career fields.

Bill's hometown is Carbondale, Illinois. He received an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois and a Masters of Business Administration in Industrial Management from the University of Missouri. Bill is a certified project manager for Missouri.