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William C. Nylin, Jr.Chairman -
William C. Nylin, Jr. was appointed as our Chairman of the Board effective June 2, 2009. He was appointed to our board as Executive Vice Chairman of the Board by the board of directors on March 28, 2006, to fill the newly created ninth board position. Dr. Nylin served as our Chief Operating Officer from 1995 until June 1, 2007. From 1995 until April 1, 2006, Dr. Nylin also served as our President. He was a director of the predecessor to the Company commencing in 1993, and remained a member until September 2003, when the Company became a publicly held entity. In addition to responsibilities as Executive Vice Chairman, Dr. Nylin has direct responsibility for information technologyand risk management. From 1984 to 1995, Dr. Nylin held several executive management positions, including Deputy Chancellor and Executive Vice President of Finance and Operation, at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Dr. Nylin obtained his B.S. degree in mathematics from Lamar University, and holds both a masters and doctorate degree in computer sciences from Purdue University. He has also completed a post-graduate program at Harvard University. Dr. Nylin is 66 years old.
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Timothy L. FrankCEO / President -
Timothy L. Frank was appointed to our board by the board of directors on November 23, 2008, to fill the newly created tenth board position. Mr. Frank was elected Chief Execuitve Officer effective June 2, 2009 by our Board of Directors on March 24, 2009, Chief Executive Officer Designate on June 3, 2008 by our Board of Directors, President of our Company by our board of directors on March 28, 2006, effective April 1, 2006, and Chief Operating Officer effective June 1, 2007. Mr. Frank has previously served as our Senior Vice President Retail from May, 2005. He joined us in September 1995 and has served in various roles throughout our Company, including Director of Advertising, Director of Credit, Director of Legal Collections, Director of Direct Marketing, and as Vice President of Special Projects. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Frank served in various marketing positions with a nationally known marketing consulting company. Mr. Frank holds a B.S. in Liberal Arts from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. in Marketing from the University of North Texas. Mr. Frank has also completed a post-graduate program at Harvard University. Mr. Frank is the son of Thomas J. Frank, Sr. one of our directors. Mr. Frank is 41 years old.
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Michael J. PoppeChief Financial Officer -
Michael J. Poppe. Our board of directors appointed Michael J. Poppe as our Chief Financial Officer effective February 1, 2008. Mr. Poppe, 41, served as our Controller and Assistant Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer since he joined us in September 2004. In the 14 years prior to his joining us, Mr. Poppe served in various accounting and finance management positions in public accounting at Arthur Andersen LLP and in automotive retail companies, most recently as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. Mr. Poppe spent from January 1997 until May 2004 at Group 1, a New York Stock Exchange listed, Fortune 500 retail company, and was a member of the founding management team. Mr. Poppe is a certified public accountant and obtained his B.B.A in accounting and finance from Texas A&M University
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Reymundo de la Fuente, Jr.President - Credit Division -
Reymundo de la Fuente, Jr. was elected President Credit Division by our board of directors on June 3, 2008. Mr. de la Fuente has previously served as our Executive Vice President Credit from June 1, 2007, and as our Senior Vice President Credit since October 2001. Since joining us in 1998, he has served in positions that involve direct responsibility for credit underwriting, customer service inbound operations, collections, recovery of charge-offs and legal activities. Mr. de la Fuente has worked in the credit receivables industry since 1986 with national credit organizations. His responsibilities included the strategic direction and development of large credit portfolios. Mr. de la Fuente obtained his B.B.A. in finance from The University of Texas at San Antonio and holds an M.B.A. from Our Lady of the Lake in San Antonio.
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David W. TrahanPresident - Retail Division -
David W. Trahan was elected President Retail Division by our board of directors on June 3, 2008. Mr. Trahan has previously served as our Executive Vice President Retail from June 1, 2007, as our Senior Vice President Retail from April 1, 2006 and as our Senior Vice President Merchandising from October 2001. He has been employed by us since 1986 in various capacities, including sales, store operations and merchandising. He has been directly responsible for our merchandising and product purchasing functions, as well as product display and pricing operations, for the last four years. Mr. Trahan has completed special study programs at Harvard University, Rice University and Lamar University.
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David R. AtnipSenior Vice President and Treasurer -
David R. Atnip has served as our Senior Vice President since October 2001 and as our Treasurer since 1997. He joined us in 1992 and served as Chief Financial Officer from 1994 to 1997 and as our Secretary from 1997 to 2005. In 1995, he joined our board of directors and served in that capacity until September 2003. Mr. Atnip holds a B.B.A. in accounting from The University of Texas at Arlington and has over 20 years of financial experience in the savings and loan industry.
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Walter M. BroussardSenior Vice President Recruiting -
Walter M. Broussard has served as our Senior Vice President Recruiting since June 3, 2008, as our Senior Vice President Sales since 2005, and previously served as our Senior Vice President Store Operations from October 2001. Mr. Broussard has served us in numerous retail capacities since 1985, including working on the sales floor as a sales consultant, store manager and district manager. He has over 25 years of retail sales experience. He attended Lamar University and has completed special study programs at Harvard University, Rice University and the University of Notre Dame.
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Clinton W. HarwoodSenior Vice President - Information Technology -
Clinton W. Harwood has served as our Senior Vice President Information Technology since being appointed by our board of directors effective June 1, 2007. He previously served as our Vice President Information Technology since August 2000. Mr. Harwood joined Conn's in April 1994 as Manager of Computer Operations, and has served the Company in all aspects of information technology since that time. Prior to joining the Company, he served in various information technology positions un utility, academic and petrochemical industries. Mr. Harwood holds both a Bachelor (1979) and Master (1988) of Science degrees in Computer Science from Lamar University, and completed a special study program at Harvard University.
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Robert B. Lee, Jr.Senior Vice President Operations -
Robert B. Lee, Jr. has served as our Senior Vice President Operations since June 2009 after serving as Senior Vice President Service and Logistics, beginning April, 2005. He served as our Vice President Advertising, and was our Senior Vice President Advertising from October 2001 and Vice President Advertising from January, 1999 until October 2001. His responsibilities include managing our real estate and maintenance services, various call centers, and support of the service and distribution divisions. Additionally, he chairs our site selection committee. From 1990 until 1998, he was a partner in Ann Lee & Associates, a Beaumont-based advertising agency and public relations firm where he served as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Lee obtained a B.B.A. in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and completed a post-graduate program at the University of Notre Dame.

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