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DALLAS, TX 75218-0912

 

MEET TONY REED

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BIRTHPLACE

  • St. Louis, MO

CURRENT RESIDENCE

  • Dallas, TX (since 1978)

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

  • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

  • Certified Supply Chain Management

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Over 30 years of information technology and accounting experience.

  • Over 25 years of global project management and executive-level experience.

  • Worked as a manager for a Big 4 CPA firm.

  • Managed and delivered multi-million dollar information technology projects on time and under budget throughout the world.

ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • The first Black person in the world to run a marathon on all seven continents. (Fewer than 250 people in the world have completed this feat.)

    1982

    N. America

    Cowtown (Ft. Worth, TX)

    2004

    Europe

    Tailwinds Marathon (Copenhagen, Denmark)

    2005

    Australia

    Gold Coast Marathon

    2006

    Asia

    Great Wall of China Marathon

    2007

    Antarctica

    Antarctica Marathon

    2007

    S. America

    Fin Del Mundo Marathon (Argentina)

    2007

    Africa

    Safricom Lewa Marathon (Kenya)

  • Completed over 90 marathons (26.2-miles), including winning age and weight division trophies.

  • Won age group trophies in biathlons (running and cycling).

  • Competed in bicycle races from 50 to 100 miles.

  • Completed the Texas Marathon Challenge (five marathons in four months).

  • Ran a marathon a month while 50 years old.

  • Ran a 50K (31.1 miles) ultra-marathon while 50 years old.

BOARD OF DIRECTOR POSITIONS  

  • Elected to the Jubilee Theatre Board of Trustees in 2007.

  • Oracle Applications Users’ Group (OAUG) Board of Directors 2003 thru 2007.

  • Executive Director and Co-Founder, National Black Marathoners’ Association.

EDUCATION

  • MS, Accounting, University of Texas at Dallas (TX) Accounting Honor Society member

  • MBA, Management, Abilene Christian University

  • BA, Management, Webster University, St. Louis, MO

  • BA, Mathematics, Webster University, St. Louis, MO

Collegiate Classes Taught

  • Project Management

  • Individual, Partnership, Corporate, Estate, and Trust Income Tax

  • Business Organization & Management

  • Accounting Information Systems

  • Intermediate & Advanced Accounting

  • CASE Tool Systems Design & Development Techniques

SELECTED PUBLISHED ARTICLES ABOUT TONY

  • February, 2008 - Human Race - Equal Footing, Runner's World.

  • November, 2007 - The Last Word, The Journal of Accountancy.

  • August, 2007 – First Black Runner Finishes Marathon on all Seven Continents, Runner Triathlete News.

  • July 17, 2007 - Tony Reed Becomes First Black Runner To Finish Seven Marathons On Seven Continents, Runners World.

  • July 17, 2007 - Tony Reed: How I Became the First Black Runner to Complete Marathons on All Seven Continents, Runners World.

  • May 18, 2007 – Cleveland Marathon: A Foot Soldier for Blacks’ Good Health, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH).

  • May/June, 2007 – The Antarctica Marathon – The Marathon Texans Loved to Hate, Inside Texas Running.

  • March 16, 2007 – Some Cold Feet, But No Weak Knees – Antarctica Marathon, The Dallas Morning News.

  • First Quarter, 2007 - A Success Story – The Running Man, Texins Magazine.

  • Fall, 2006 – Great Wall Delivers a Great Adventure, Travel News For Runners.

  • Sep/Oct, 2005 - NBMA to Gather at Lewis & Clark Marathon , Missouri Runner and Triathlete.

  • February 28, 2005 - A Brief Chat with Tony Reed, Runners World.

  • January 30, 2005 - Runners Keep Sport in Step with Times, The Ft. Worth (TX) Star-Telegram.

  • April 25 and 26, 2005 - Promoting Healthier Lives & Related Editorial, The Cincinnati Enquirer.

  • March 5, 2004 - Diabetes Hasn't Caught Up To Local Marathoner, The Dallas Morning News.

  • March 3, 2004 - 50 Was Nifty for Dallas Marathoner, The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.

  • March, 2004 - featured as "CPA and Former Wyman Camper and Counselor" in Cornerstone for Kids campaign in support of Wyman and Camp Coca-Cola.

  • Summer, 2003 - "Management Consultant Spends Free Time Running Marathons" Webster (University) World.

  • March 28, 2003 - Marathoner Reaches Goal Before 50, The Dallas Morning News' Sports Section.

  • July 28, 2002 - IT Success Story, Dallas Morning News.

  • November 19, 1999 - TemporaryCIO.com review, Dallas Business News’ High-Tech Section.

  • December, 1985 – A Tale of Two Athletes, News at 11K.

 PRESENTATIONS

  • ING Georgia Marathon Expo, "Marathon Adventures Around The World."

  • Dallas Oracle Users Group CIO Forum, "The Forks in the CIO Road."

  • Lost Dutchman Marathon Expo, "Marathon Adventures Around The World."

  • BDPA, "Personal and Professional Project Management."

  • Oracle Applications Users' Group (OAUG) Conference, "The Achievement Equation – The Four Components of Success."

  • Project Management Institute – Dallas Chapter, "IT Budget Preparation & Justification."

  • Dallas Oracle Users Group (DOUG), "Selling Your IT Budget to Management."

  • BDPA, "Professional and Personal Goal Setting Strategies."

  • The Atlanta (GA) Exchange, "Strategies for IT-Related Business Planning."

  • NABA, "The S.M.A.R.T. Degree – The Young Professional’s Guide To Reality."

  • Measuring Information Systems Quality & Productivity National Conference (Orlando, FL), "Measuring the Value of Program Changes."

  • DPMA National Software QA Conference (Washington, DC), "Automated Analysis and Reporting of Program Defects and Changes."

  • Bill J. Priest Center for Economic Development, “Shoebox Bookkeeping – Accounting for Small Businesses.”

  • Spoke at colleges and universities about futuristic trends in information technology and management.

PUBLISHED/BOOKS ARTICLES BY TONY

  • Running Shoes Are Cheaper Than Insulin: Marathon Adventures on all Seven Continents, published 2007.

  • The Achievement Equation: Your Formula for Success, published 2008.

  • RunnersWorld.com (First Person Blog), "Tony Reed: How I Became the First Black Runner To Complete Marathons On All Seven Continents", July 17, 2007.

  • The S.M.A.R.T. Degree, published in 1989. It has received excellent reviews in various national and collegiate newspapers and magazines, including The Dallas Morning News.

  • Datamation, "Scoring with Program Fixes."

  • Quality Data Processing Journal, "Quality Assurance and End User Computing."

  • Systems Development Journal, "Measuring Productivity and Quality."

  • Career Focus, "Improving Status Reports."

  • The North Dallas Community News, "Managing Your Career" columnist in 1989.

Computerworld articles

  • “Spicing Up Status Reports”

  • “New Job? Look Before You Leap”

  • “Honest It's Only Aspirin”

  • “When the Headhunter Calls”

  • “Resignation Season”

  • “A Welcome Mat for DP”

  • “Surviving the Mid-Career Crisis”

  • “Let Staff Do Reviews Too”

  • “Developing End Users”

  • “The Programmer Life Cycle”

  • “IT Needs Good Writers”

  • “Cutting the Apron Strings”

 RECENT PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS

  • Journal of Accountancy

  • Dallas Morning News (Travel & Sports Sections).

  • Inside Texas Running.