Whataburger's Bird: making IT simple not always an easy task

Name: Karen H. Bird

Title: chief information officer, Whataburger Restaurants LP, Corpus Christi, Texas

Birth date: Jan. 10, 1955

Place of birth/current residence: Coral Gables, Fla. /Corpus Christi

Education: bachelor of science, business administration, University of Phoenix, Braintree, Mass., and Dallas, Texas, campuse