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Dick Amin

Affiliate, The Feld Group Institute

Deep technical expertise in formulating IT strategy and architecture, and executing transformation agendas.

About Dick

Dick Amin is an Affiliate with the Feld Group Institute and founder of Modsarch Inc., which serves as an adviser to clients in formulating, developing, and executing long-term IT architecture and implementation strategies to support business-centric transformation agendas.

With more than 30 years of experience in IT architecture, development, and operations, Dick has a deep technical and business knowledge that informs his ability to identify the right solution for successful implementation. His extensive experience in developing and delivering transformational IT strategies to large corporations includes consulting work with the Bank of Montreal, FedEx, Republic Services, Southwest Airlines, Macy’s, and JetBlue Airways Corp.

Among the diverse accomplishments of his career, Dick was among the pioneers of mobile handheld and wearable computing devices for use by civilian and military emergency medical technicians to record and access patient information in the field. Dick earned patents for this work relating to the navigation and editing of electronic records through speech and audio. Dick also led a technical team at GTE that designed and developed one of the first commercial voice-activated dialing systems.

Prior to joining the Feld Group Institute as an Affiliate, Dick led the event-driven architecture of common services for messaging, integration, and complex event processing for United Airlines, resulting in both real-time and predictive solutions. Prior to that, Dick served as a principal IT architect for a number of key EDS clients.

Earlier in his career, Dick spent eight years with Delta Air Lines developing critical IT components that led Delta to become the first airline with fully integrated real-time data and services. As Principal Architect, Dick’s responsibilities included developing and driving a long-term application strategy that would support Delta’s business objectives, and then guiding development across the customer, operations, and revenue management applications portfolios.

Dick earned a BS in Physics at Gujarat University and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from MS University in Baroda, India.

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Russell Villemez

Affiliate, The Feld Group Institute

Head of Technology Strategy, Dialexa – a Feld Group Institute partner

Highly regarded CTO and change agent with IT strategy and enterprise architecture expertise.

Russell Villemez is an Affiliate with the Feld Group Institute and the head of Technology Strategy at Dialexa, a Technology Research, Design and Creation firm that works with organizations on initiatives such as Operational Transformation, Business Growth, and New Venture Creation.

During 17 years in operational roles and 15 years in consulting roles, Russell has worked across a variety of industries in both executive leadership positions and as a subject matter expert. Russell thrives on the scale and complexity of leading major change agendas in large corporate environments.

Recent consulting clients include AmerisourceBergen, the American Automobile Association, Brinker International, Cubic, Equifax, and Cox Automotive. A common thread is the client’s need for strong leadership during a period of change—whether motivated by acquisitions, spin-offs, competitive pressures, or other factors. Clients also benefit from Russell’s expertise in enterprise architecture, agile development, application portfolio rationalization, technology and architecture strategy, as well as business strategy and commercial software product development.

Recognized as a versatile IT executive, adept at solving complex problems with innovative solutions, Russell’s capabilities and achievements span a continuum from business-strategy formation to hands-on IT solution development. His extensive career achievements include pioneering the first use of relational databases in high-volume transaction systems in the ‘80s, applying voice recognition DSPs in public intelligent network services for consumer markets in the ‘90s, and leading large-scale adoptions of open systems, object technology, and middleware frameworks in complex business environments, often in advance of commercially available software products.

Prior to joining Dialexa, Russell served at HP as Enterprise Services Chief Technology Officer for the Americas, leading a global capability for embedded Account CTOs in large enterprises. Russell began his career at Accenture, where he first crafted his consultative problem-solving approach, later honed at A.T. Kearny and the Feld Group. Russell’s deep telecom experience is built upon numerous director and enterprise architect positions at AT&T, Bell Atlantic, Telstra, US West, Pacific Bell, and Sprint, and as V.P. and CIO for WebLink Wireless.

Russell has a BS in Business Administration from Louisiana State University and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. In his spare time, Russell participates in amateur auto racing, and is a driving instructor with the Porsche Club of America.