Experienced Leadership
XIO’s seasoned management team represents decades of experience in strategic planning, logistics and supply chain management, business process improvement, and communications.
- Mary Ann Wagner, President and Chief Executive Officer
- James Clark, Chief Operating Officer
- Gary Moore, Executive Vice President
- Catherine Thomas, Director of Marketing and Communications
- Christe Turner, Business and Accounting Manager
Mary Ann Wagner Mary Ann Wagner, founder and President of XIO Strategies, has more than 25 years of experience in global logistics and supply chain management, strategic planning, policy development, and executive and sales management for corporate and government clients. Prior to launching XIO, Ms. Wagner held executive positions with both Stanley Works and FedEx. More recently, she has played an integral role in the rollout of RFID and UID technology throughout the DoD supply chain, and was instrumental in the development of the communications strategy and plan for the effective implementation of RFID and UID within DoD. She is actively involved in the development and implementation of the Navy’s AIT Concept of Operations (CONOPS).
Ms. Wagner is a featured speaker on topics of logistics and supply chain management for Women in Technology, and she is a past president of the Washington, D.C., Chapter of the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA). Ms. Wagner has served as Co-Chair and Chair of the Mentor-Protégé Program. She often appears as a featured speaker on logistics and supply chain management and has authored articles on woman entrepreneurship and the rising role of women in technology. Ms. Wagner holds a BS from Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts.
James Clark James Clark joined XIO in early 2007, and serves as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Clark has worked with consumer packaged goods distributors and publishing companies to reengineer sales and delivery processes to reduce operating costs, improve customer service, and improve asset utilization. Mr. Clark has also applied his commercial consulting skills and knowledge to the federal government sector, working previously with the Department of Defense’s Change Management Center and with the Unique Identification (UID) Policy Office, in the areas of training, outreach and communication, facilitation, and program support. In addition, Mr. Clark supports the Department of Navy in their Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) efforts.
Mr. Clark has a BA from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and an MBA from University of Colorado at Boulder. He is also a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and is a certified Project Management Professional.
Gary Moore Gary Moore, XIO’s Executive Vice President, has more than 40 years of hands-on experience in public safety and emergency management. He has served in senior executive positions at the local, state and federal government levels, and previously served as the Director of Logistics, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), where he created the Logistics Response Center (LRC), an operations center that manages all logistics issues and tracking resources during a disaster. At the Office of Emergency Preparedness/National Disaster Medical System, Mr. Moore led complex and extensive inter-agency activities during major disasters in directing supply chain management and logistic support utilizing all modes of transportation.
At the Maryland State Police, he was responsible for oversight and management of approximately three thousand civilian and uniformed personnel and a $147 million budget. He developed and implemented the Maryland State Police Med-Evac program, which became the prototype program worldwide. Mr. Moore holds a BS in Criminal Justice and a Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Catherine Thomas Catherine Thomas serves as XIO’s Director of Marketing and Communications, and builds on a 15-year career in telecommunications and international business, in which she has been responsible for delivering marketing and communications materials for strategic planning initiatives, training programs, sales management, and trade show marketing, as well as print collateral and Web-based media. Since joining XIO in mid-2006, Ms. Thomas has supported a diverse roster of clients, including Alien Technology’s RFID Solutions Center, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and the Department of Defense, while leading XIO’s internal marketing activities and its team of communications consultants.
Ms. Thomas holds a BS in Marketing from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from George Mason University.
Christe Turner As XIO’s Business and Accounting Manager, Christe Turner holds responsibility for the Financial, Contracts Administration and Human Resources, and Administrative functions at XIO. Prior to joining the company in 2006, Ms. Turner built her career with several private sector firms, specializing in areas such as professional services, real estate investment and mortgage brokering. At XIO, her emphasis is on optimizing business processes, thereby creating cost-efficiencies throughout the organization that ultimately benefit the XIO client.
Ms. Turner earned a Dual BA in Computer Information Systems and Marketing from Mount Vernon College in Washington D.C. and a Legal Assistant Certificate from Georgetown University.
