Meeting/Event Information

Kim Bishop
Vice President, Business Development
McCoy-Rockford

Kim Bishop is Vice President of Business Development for McCoy-Rockford and has over 28 years of commercial furniture industry experience.  She also serves as a team lead on numerous global accounts, providing insight and expertise. Kim has been an active member of IFMA for over 15 years, serving in various roles such as chair of the Programs Committee and member of the Board of Directors for the Houston Chapter.

Kim holds a BS in Organizational Communications from The University of Texas.  She and her husband Ian have 2 sons:  Shawn studies engineering at Texas A&M and Brent is a high school senior committed to play Division 1 lacrosse at Mercer University in the fall.

Ken Beaver
President and CEO
McCoy-Rockford

Ken Beaver joined McCoy-Rockford 10 years ago as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and became President and CEO for the company in 2014. Prior to joining McCoy-Rockford, Ken was in sales and leadership roles at Xerox Corporation. Ken holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Lamar University. He has been involved with IFMA, Corenet and other Houston industry associations. He and his wife Dianne have two grown children and enjoy spending time with their two grandsons.

James O'Neill, AIA
Founding Principal
Inventure Design

As founding principal, Jim O’Neill set out in 1997 to create a firm that would distinguish itself in three ways. First, it would offer the design creativity of a very large organization—but without the bulk. Second, the new firm would elevate client service and include clients as vital members of the project team. Third, Jim would be actively involved in every project day in, day out.

Today, Inventure Design is unlike any other firm in Houston. We create building architecture and interior spaces that are harmonious and beautiful and convert our clients into collaborators, willing to understand the power of technology to make our lives better without lowering the power of people to do great things. This balance between technology and people are reflected in the spaces we create. 

Jim believes in collaboration and the power of strategic alliances. This allows Inventure to work with some of the best architecture firms in the country. To keep Inventure Design on the leading edge of the profession, Jim focuses on the power of technology and dedicates firm resources to encouraging team development through his technology. 

Joseph Reyes
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals

Joseph Reyes joined Bellicum Pharmaceuticals in 2013 as Information Technology Manager, most recently promoted to Senior Manager – Information Technology, and has supported the company at a consultant level many years prior working with its founder.  He has over two and a half decades of experience in the end user support space in addition to infrastructure design and implementation.  Prior to joining Bellicum, Mr. Reyes was the IT Manager at the Vanguard Urologic Institute in the Texas Medical Center and consulted in the Healthcare IT space working to implement controls as they are related to the HITECH Act and Electronic Health Records Systems.  Mr. Reyes attended the State University of New York, Empire State College and currently is working through various certification programs, including both Cisco and Microsoft.

Dan Wright
Director of Real Estate and Facilities
BMC Software

Daniel (Dan) Wright is the Director of Real Estate and Facilities with BMC Software in Houston, Texas. He manages BMC’s real estate portfolio for the Americas, which includes locations from Canada to South America.  Dan is responsible for all real estate transactions, site selection and disposition, project management, lease administration, and facilities management for all locations.  BMC has 33 locations totaling nearly one million square feet.

Dan has a degree in Business Administration from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia and a Master’s in Management for Organizational Effectiveness from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia.

Dan is the President-elect of the Houston Chapter of CoreNet Global and is the former President of the Washington DC chapter.  He was awarded the CoreNet Corporate Real Estate Leadership Award for Real Estate Executive of the Year in June 2008.

Dan has four grown children and lives in Houston, Texas.   He enjoys playing golf and guitar, both equally bad.