Mr. Rush joined AmREIT’s board in July of 2006. He has over 20 years of senior executive and start-up management experience in IT development and outsourcing residential and commercial construction and energy. He has served in president chairman CEO and executive committee roles since 1987 and currently serves as President & CEO of REIData Inc. a Stewart Information Services Corp. subsidiary. For the 10 years prior to this role Hank served as chairman and co-founder of EC Power Inc. This fast-growing Internet transaction services company was recognized in The Houston 100 annual ranking of top growth companies four times during Hank's tenure and was cited in the FastTECH 50 annual ranking for Houston technology companies in 2001. Hank founded and served for eight years as President & CEO of a high end residential construction company based in Houston. He served as a senior executive with BMC Software Inc. in the early 1990's and managed the initial phase of BMC's new headquarters land acquisition and construction. Texas Eastern Corp. now a part of Duke Energy was his professional home for almost two decades prior to that. In addition to his new role with AmREIT Hank currently serves on the board of REIData Inc. and Bradmark Technologies Inc. Hank and his family are active members of Second Baptist Church Houston where he serves as a Deacon and member of various finance budget and long range planning committees. |