Background
Helton, Thomas Joe was born on August 15, 1944 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Vernon L. and Isabelle E. (Price) Helton.
Helton, Thomas Joe was born on August 15, 1944 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Vernon L. and Isabelle E. (Price) Helton.
AB, Indiana University, 1968. Master of Business Administration, Indiana University, 1970. Postgraduate, University Chicago, 1972.
Supervisor, Touche Ross & Company, Chicago, 1970-1974; assistant controller, Federated Department Stores, Dallas, 1975-1976; director, finance public relations, May Department Stores Company, St. Louis, 1977-1979; contractor, Cole National Corporation, Richmond Hts., Ohio., 1980-1983; president, Thinc, Bremerton, Washington, 1983-1984; lecturer, Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen, Washington, 1984-1985; systems manager, Southwestern Bell Telephone Сompany, St. Louis, 1985-1992; manager desktop design and engineering, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington, 1993-1997; senior software engineer, PSW Technologies, Austin, Texas, since 1997. Columnist John Wiley & Sons, New York City, 1990-1992. President Sybase N.W. User Group, Seattle, 1994-1996.
Member Borland International Executive Advisory Board, Scotts Valley, California, 1987-1990. Vice president Protect Our Pets, Bridgeton, Missouri, 1989-1992. Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, International Neural Network Society, Level 5 Users Group (executive vice president 1988-1992), Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Karen Sue Andersen, December 21, 1965 (divorced April 1978). Children: Thomas Vernon, Heather Lea. Married Mary Elizabeth Martin, February 12, 1979.
Children: Amity Rae, Sara May, Duane Thomas, Thomas Joe, Benjamin Samuel.