Robert W. Rapp, Jr.

Professional

I am Bob Rapp. I have served in various management and leadership positions in four industries - diversified utilities, oil and gas exploration and production, commercial aviation, and retail.

My career began as a financial systems analyst for Lone Star Gas Company (a division of ENSERCH). Within 5 years, I became the applications development manager for Enserch Exploration where I also served as Director, of Information Systems for 5 years. I was recruited by Pacific Enterprises Oil Company (PEOC) and served as Director, Information Systems. When Pacific Enterprises (Sempra) sold the assets of PEOC, I joined Southwest Airlines as Vice President - Systems during an important transition period. Among our team's accomplishments were the introduction of ticketless travel and Internet booking.

After 5 years at Southwest Airlines, I returned to the energy industry - first at Snyder Oil Company and then I became involved in some entrepreneurial startups, including a venture formed by EDS, Raytheon, and ChevronTexaco. Additionally, I have worked in the energy industry as an independent consultant.

I joined Frontier Airlines in 2004 as Vice President and CIO - a low cost carrier with its major hub in Denver, Colorado. At Frontier, we overhauled the company's online distribution system, transitioned to Sabre, deployed kiosk technology, applied advanced business intelligence technology in the areas of revenue and yield management and re-architected the infrastructure for high availability.

At Rent-A-Center, I was responsible for business continuity and information security and I am presently Vice President, IT and Chief Technology Officer.

I received my BS as an honor graduate in applied science from Miami University in Ohio. I also earned an MS in management science from the University of Texas at Dallas and attended the Graduate School of Business at Harvard University, in a management program on information service resources. I am a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Texas and hold a variety of information technology certifications.

My areas of specialization are I/T governance and leadership, project management and applications development, eBusiness initiatives, and I/T security.

Each position may be referenced upon request.