ChicagoŠ Bill Thomas, formerly the chief information officer with an advanced technology organization in the U.S. Air Force, one of NeXT's prime government installations, retired from military service and joined Information Technology Solutions (ITS) as chief operating officer.
"I have seen the benefits that NEXTSTEP can provide an organization. Now I have an opportunity to help build a company to extend those benefits to the business sector," Thomas said.
ITS is a Chicago-based consulting, services, and software-development company with 20 employees.
Thomas, 43, said the Air Force organization remains fully committed to NeXT. "It has staked its operational capability on the success of NEXTSTEP," he said.