Max Hopper

Biography

Max Hopper was born in a log house near Lufkin, Texas, to Irvin Washington Hopper (b. 1910) and Norma Dunn Hopper (b. 1913). He grew up near Lufkin, and was educated at the Central Consolidated School Professor James I. Cash Jr. of the Harvard Business School described him as "the first person who really defined the marketing leverage that could come from using technology". and GT Nexus (formerly Tradiant) In addition, he also served on the advisory councils or executive boards of several educational institutions, including the Graduate School of Management for the University of Texas at Dallas and the Southern Methodist University's School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Positions held

President, Max D. Hopper Associates Inc., Dallas 1993–1995: Chairman, The Sabre Group, AMR Corp. 1985–1993: Senior vice president of IS, American Airlines 1982–1985: Executive vice president and CIO, Bank of America

Awards and recognition

1991: Society for Information Management's Partners in Leadership award for his contribution to InterAAct. 1999: Named by CIO magazine among the decade's 12 most influential information system executives 2000: Leadership Award for Collaborative Innovation at the 2000 Computerworld Honors Program