| Mr. Towns is the former Senior Vice President, Board Secretary, & Chief Administrative Officer of MedUnite Inc., an IT Services company that provides real-time connectivity between physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, pharmacies and laboratories nationwide.
Mr. Towns joined MedUnite from DreamWorks SKG, a privately held entertainment company in Glendale, California. There he was the Head of Human Resources and was responsible for directing DreamWorks' human resources activities corporate-wide, including Live Action Feature film, Animated Feature film, Television Production, DreamWorks Records, and DreamWorks Interactive Divisions.
Prior to working with DreamWorks, Mr. Towns was with ARCO, a publicly held $39 billion integrated oil and gas company. During 19 years at ARCO, he worked domestically and internationally in positions of increasing responsibility. Mr. Towns' ARCO responsibilities included: heading up Human Resources and Administration for ARCO Latin America, Caracas, Venezuela, which included Central and South America, and the Caribbean; world-wide HR Generalist head for ARCO International Oil & Gas Company; managing a corporate culture change effort for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, operators of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline; Corporate Manager of the Organization, Compensation and EEO organization; HR Head of ARCO British Limited in London; and management of the Insurance Plans Administration Group, which handled more than 70 medical, dental, life, accident and LTD insurance company relationships covering 90,000 lives.
Prior to working with ARCO, Mr. Towns also worked with Wells Fargo Bank in Los Angeles and the Monsanto Company in California, Tennessee and New Jersey. In addition to over 20 years of experience, Mr. Towns has a BA in Administrative Studies and a BS in Economics from the University of California at Riverside. In 1993, he earned his MBA in General Management and Organization Development from the University of Southern California.
Mr. Towns was a college honors graduate and is a member of the following organizations; Society for Human Resource Management, Urban League, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Onyx Global HR LLC, and the United Negro College Fund. He is a past Board of Trustee member for the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, Vista Community Clinic Board of Trustees, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Board Chairman, and Board member of the United Givers Fund, Visiting Nurses Association, and The Center for Media Literacy. He is also bilingual in Spanish. |
