Vice President, Operations
Mr. Burris joined the company in June 2005 as Vice President of Operations.  Prior to joining the company, Mr. Burris was vice president of information technology at Summit Properties , Inc., from November 1994 to May 2005.  He received BS degrees in accounting and business administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1991 and his MBA degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in 2004.  Mr. Burris is a certified public accountant.