Mark Lauterbach

Member, Board of Directors

Following service in the U.S. Army and, later, receipt of a degree in Commerce (Accounting Major) from the State University of Iowa in 1957, Mark joined the audit staff of Arthur Andersen & Co in Kansas City. He subsequently accepted a position with Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company as a Policy and Procedures Analyst. In 1961, he was assigned to a newly-formed Panhandle affiliate, National Helium Corporation, and where he served as Controller and also had responsibility for the Purchasing, Warehousing and Personnel functions. In 1967, he was assigned as a Project Manager in the newly-formed Panhandle Corporate Planning Department and was transferred to Houston.

After serving as Assistant to Panhandle’s President/CEO, he was appointed as Vice-President and General Manager of Paragon Data Systems (a 100% owned Panhandle affiliate) where he directed a 36-member group in designing, developing, marketing , installing and servicing computer software and high-performance remote terminals to provide hospitals with advanced remote data-base systems run on Panhandle’s Univac 1110 computers during off-peak hours. The company provided service to a number of major hospitals across the U.S.

With the formation of Valero Energy Corporation, Mark was recruited to join the new company to become the Vice-President of Corporate Planning. This resulted in his moving to San Antonio in 1979.

After taking early retirement from Valero in 1989, he formed a food and beverage distribution in a seventeen county area around San Antonio which he later sold it to a larger company desiring access to the product lines represented.

Since his initial retirement, he has served as Vice President/CFO-Finance and Administration for Consumer Credit Counseling Service, and as Controller of an international long distance tele-communications company and as a consultant to Tesoro Petroleum Corporation.

Mark joined Alamo PC Organization in 1994.