Lynden Tennison was named senior vice president and chief information officer of Union Pacific Corporation in February 2005. In his position, Tennison is responsible for organizing and managing the development, implementation and operation of Union Pacific Railroad's information and telecommunications technologies.
Previously, Tennison was vice president of Information Technologies and chief technology officer for Union Pacific Railroad. Tennison was named to that position in 2001 and had responsibility for the application systems and architectures for the entire company. From 1998 through 2001, Tennison was president and chief executive officer of Nexterna, a technology subsidiary of Union Pacific. Nexterna develops applications and hardware solutions for the mobile asset marketplace.
Prior to joining Union Pacific in 1992, Tennison spent five years with American Airlines' SABRE division and was responsible for the Knowledge Systems organization. From 1979 through 1987, Tennison worked on various management and technical capacities for AT&T and Southwestern Bell Telephone.
Tennison has a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a member of the Applied Distribution Group Board of Directors, several corporate customer advisory boards, and is active in both church and community activities.
Tennison and his wife, Sue, have one child. |