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About The Genealogy MinePURPOSEThe Genealogy Mine supplies web technology that helps in two arenas relevant to the modern world of genealogy research:
OFFICERSJohn Wilbanks, President. Now working fulltime at his own company, John was most recently a consultant with Leopard Enterprises, where for several years he designed and implemented internet applications that both provided web front ends for massive databases and that were dynamically driven by databases. Prior to Leopard, John was Technical Architect at Southwest Airlines, with responsibilities involving technology strategy for the airline. Prior to that, John served many years as an internal technical consultant in Systems at Frito-Lay and its sister company, PepsiCo Foods International. His accomplishments there include the design and implementation of a large, highly sophisticated imaging system, design of an international technical architecture, and implementation of technology that integrated PCs with Frito-Lay's mainframe systems. Earlier in his career, John worked for Nixdorf Computer, where he was part of a team that ported a variant of Unix to the IBM mainframe architecture. John holds a B.S. in Philosophy and Computer Science from Duke University, an M.S. in Computer Science, and an MBA. John was elected to the Board of Directors of GENTECH in 2001.Jan Wilbanks, Vice-President & Secretary. Jan has worked in the nonprofit world for a number of years, where she has held staff positions in a variety of organizations. She currently works for Dallas City Homes where she concentrates on community relations in an inner-city neighborhood. Prior to that, Jan was on staff at Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, where, among other things, she was responsible for relations with families and faith communities. Jan has also held church staff positions. Before entering the nonprofit world, Jan worked for several large companies in roles that ranged from being an administrative assistant and legal secretary to a position as an administrator of human resource programs. Jan holds a B.A. from the University of Texas and an M.A. in Human Resources from Amber University.
BOARD OF ADVISORSLutha Grigsby. Lutha is a Director in Systems at Southwest Airlines, where she is responsible for financial and human resource applications. Lutha very successfully led Southwest's massive and highly complex Y2K project. Prior to Southwest Airlines, Lutha was a manager in Information Technology at Frito-Lay. While there she led the development and support of a variety of domestic and international applications, and also managed within the Technology and Data Center organizations. An avid amateur genealogist, Lutha has long been active in the National Grigsby Family Society, and has served as the group's genealogist for over ten years. She regularly authors the genealogy section of the organization's newsletter, and she helped compile and edit the third book published by the Society on the Grigsby Family. Along with her husband, she planned and hosted a recent triennial reunion of the Grigsby group in Dallas, Texas. Lutha has a master's degree in Library Science.John V. Wylie. John is a fulltime professional genealogist. A founder and five-year past-president of GENTECH, he served as Conference Chair for two GENTECH Conferences; served on the Program Committee for the Federation of Genealogical Societies' 1996 Conference; was a participant in the GENTECH Data Model Working Group; and serves on the NGS Standards Committee. With his wife, Barbara, he conducts full day seminars around the U.S. He has also served the Dallas Genealogical Society as Director for Special Interest Groups, Director for the Computer Interest Group, and on a number of committees. He specializes in teaching technologists on how to do sound genealogical research and genealogists on how to use technology. His genealogical speaking experience includes four National Genealogical Society Conferences, four Federation of Genealogical Society Conferences, New England Historic Genealogical Society's 150th Anniversary Celebration Conference, eight GENTECH conferences, The American Heritage Kinship Conference at Utah State University, the Genealogical Institute of Texas, and state and local societies in twenty-one states. He is a Trustee of APG and an active member of the NGS, NEHGS, the Genealogical Speaker's Guild, plus numerous state and local genealogical societies.
Barbara Brixey Wylie.
Barbara is a fulltime professional genealogist as well as a lecturer and author.
She has lectured at the national NGS, FGS, and GENTECH conferences, as well as at countless regional conferences.
Her articles have been published in
Genealogical Computing,
Heritage Quest,
Everton's Genealogical Helper,
Journal of On-Line Genealogy,
Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal, and other journals and periodicals.
Barbara has served on the Board of Directors of GENTECH, and was conference chair for GENTECH97.
She is a member of
the Association of Professional Genealogists,
the Genealogical Speakers Guild,
the National Genealogical Society,
the New England Historic Genealogical Society,
the Dallas Genealogical Society,
the Fort Worth Genealogical Society,
and the Texas State Genealogical Society.
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