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Las Vegas' MacCarran International airport has more than recouped its investment in common-use equipment, leading the way for other U.S. airports to eliminate proprietary airline systems that track flights, passengers
April 14, 2003

Biggest impact of 9/11 on McCarran's IT organization: "Enhancing passenger-processing efficiency has been a challenge that we've historically engaged in head-on. 9/11 only served to narrow our focus on that element."

If I could do anything over in our IT organization: "I would have started with a larger main computer room. There is no such thing as too much space."

Gerard Hughes; Senior Network Analyst

At Work: Responsible for McCarran's operational and administrative data networks; airport telecommunications networks; and operational pagers, cell phones and trunked radios

At Home: 43 years old. Married, four children. Hobbies include outdoor activities, traveling and building an extensive jazz library

Alma Mater: Community College of the Air Force, A.A.S in management information systems; Community College of Southern Nevada, A.S. in computing and information technology; coursework in MIS at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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