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Charles Eisemann
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Here is more than anyone wants to know but is a copy of some material we put together for an article in a local magazine in January 2016.

Press release:
Charles (Chuck) is a San Antonio native and holds Bachelor’s and Master's degrees in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of Chi Phi.

Charles served as an officer in the United States Army in Germany for two years where he managed several different civilian businesses for the Army. He completed two years active duty and was honorably discharged as a Captain upon completion of his reserve obligation.

While on assignment in Germany he worked exclusively with civilians and acquired a light business and conversational use of German. He also speaks a little Spanish.

During the course of his entrepreneurial career and retirement Charles has lived, worked and/or traveled in 75 nations in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific Rim. Ann and Charles enjoy traveling the world.

Ann and Charles have lived in Richardson, Texas since 1972. Their son, Brian, graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in music and earned a Master of Music degree in 2006.

Charles was with Texas Instruments, Incorporated from 1966 to 1974, serving in his last assignment as Corporate Director of Human Resources Research and Development. He was responsible for the firm's human resources research in more than 30 nations and undertook many special assignments for the TI Board of Directors.

He founded Industrial Relations International, Inc. in 1974 and served as Chairman and President of the management consulting firm until February 2000. IRI, with offices in Richardson, Texas, develops programs in the areas of multilingual opinion surveys, customer satisfaction, employee relations and management facilitation for corporate clients -- worldwide. During his consulting career, he had clients in most of the European Union, as well as the Americas, South Pacific and Asia.

Mr. Eisemann was elected to the Board of Canyon Creek National Bank in 1977. In 1986 he became the controlling shareholder and was elected Chairman of the Board. He also chaired Chaparral Bancshares, Inc., CCNB’s parent company. He served on the Chaparral and CCNB boards until May 1999 when he merged CCNB with Bank of Texas. He currently serves on the Bank of Texas Advisory Board of Directors.

Mr. Eisemann served on the Richardson Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for two full terms, where he was on numerous committees including membership, transportation and Leadership Richardson. He served as Chairman of the Board in 2005 and is a current advisory member of the Chamber Board.

In his role as Chair of the Richardson Chamber he also oversaw the activities of the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC), now known as Tech Titans. The MTBC is the largest technology trade organization in North Texas.

Charles was active as a certified mentor for StarTech, Richardson’s Telecom Corridor’s high tech accelerator corporation.

The Richardson Chamber of Commerce recognized Mr. Eisemann as “Richardson 2001 Citizen of the Year.”

Charles has been a long-time supporter of the arts, starting with membership in the 500, Inc. when he first moved to Dallas in 1966. He and his wife, Ann, have a special interest in the Richardson Symphony.

The Eisemann Family Foundation Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas was established in 1999 and has provided support to many arts organizations in North Texas.

Charles served on the Board of Director of the Richardson Symphony where he led numerous committees. He organized, produced and directed the first three "Sounds of Freedom" patriotic Flag Day concerts in Richardson, with over 30,000 in attendance on site and 10,000 off site for the third event. This event was the second largest Flag Day celebration in the United States that year.

Ann and Charles were honored as the first recipients of the Hearts for the Art’s Arts Patrons of the Year by the Richardson Arts Alliance.

In 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Eisemann announced a 10 year partnership with the Richardson Symphony with annual sponsorship of the Ann and Charles Eisemann International Young Artists Competition.

Charles has been a member of the Richardson Rotary for a number of years and in 2014, he created the Charles and Ann Eisemann Fund for Clean Water in conjunction with the Rotary International Foundation.

Charles has been interested in stone sculpture for many years and is a part-time sculptor himself. He primarily works in Italian marble, alabaster and onyx. His work is not for sale. His work was recently shown in a Richardson Living Magazine article in 2016.

Both continue their interest in the arts with their active participation in the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations since completion in 2002.
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