Tina O'Banion, Chief Financial Officer

Larry Settles, Chief Operating Officer

Brad Worley, Vice President, Managing Director - HCM Practice

Cynthia J. Comparin
President and CEO

Cynthia Comparin founded Animato in 1997 with a clear vision – to create a superlative company for clients and employees alike. Under her leadership, Animato has grown into highly-respected business and technology solutions provider that delivers uncommon client value.

Prior to establishing Animato, Ms. Comparin was President of Alltel’s Enterprise Network Services Division, a group she created to provide consulting, integration and operations services to worldwide customers. Before joining Alltel, she served as Vice President and General Manager for Nortel’s Network Transformation Services Division.  

In earlier roles, Ms. Comparin was General Manager of Latin America for Recognition International, a global technology company. Before joining Recognition International, she spent ten years in various US-based and international management positions at EDS. She began her career as a financial analyst for LTV Aerospace and Defense Company.

Ms. Comparin is very involved in community organizations and currently serves on the Board of Governors of Texas Ballet Theater, Inc. and the Board of Directors of the International Women's Forum.

She holds a BBA in finance from The University of Texas at Austin and has completed management programs at The Wharton School of Business and Harvard University.

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Tina O'Banion
Chief Financial Officer

Tina O'Banion brings over 17 years experience in finance and accounting working in various industries. Tina graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Dallas with a BS in Accounting and obtained her MBA from the Southern Methodist University, Cox School of Business.

At Animato, Tina leads the organization's finance, accounting, and human resources functions.

Before joining Animato, Tina owned her own company specializing in finance, accounting and business planning. She has held senior leadership roles and worked closely with entrepreneurs on growth strategies, investment opportunities, and financial modeling. Originally from Houston, Tina worked for nearly ten years in the oil and gas field services industry, specializing in international foreign interrelationships and financial consolidations.

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Larry Settles, CPA
Chief Operating Officer

Larry Settles is a leading industry executive with over twenty years experience in strategic and operational aspects of business operations management. A well-known authority in all matters financial, he brings a broad industry expertise in ERP, financial management, business development and change management to Animato.

At Animato, Mr. Settles heads the organization’s service delivery, sales, and marketing functions providing key client relationship management, day-to-day operations, and industry advocacy. In addition, he also leads and directs its Strategic Solutions Team responsible for creation and delivery of market relevant high impact solutions.

Previously, Mr. Settles was Partner at SunGard Consulting, where he led complex initiatives involving people, processes and technology. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director at Bearing Point and Partner with KPMG, responsible for Financial and ERP Solution development & delivery, client relationship, profitability and staffing. He has also held senior positions at SHL SystemHouse, SSC Laboratories, Metropolitan Financial, and Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Settles belongs to the American Institute of CPAs and Texas Society of CPAs. He serves in leadership roles in several local organizations.

He holds a BBA in Accounting from Stephen F. Austin State University.

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Brad E. Worley, PMP
Vice President, Managing Director - HCM Practice

Brad Worley is a talented and versatile leader with extensive skills in strategic planning, project management and world-wide execution of enterprise systems and business software for healthcare, oil and natural gas, telecom and other industries.

Mr. Worley leads Animato’s efforts in definition and delivery of all aspects of HCM client services, thought leadership on alignment of HR and enterprise strategies, and extraction of meaningful metrics for executive decision support.

Prior to Animato, Mr. Worley held positions of increasing responsibility at Ensco International, leading diverse, multi-year projects for global clients. Before that, he served in function and technical roles at Universal Computer Systems.

Mr. Worley is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS).

He holds a BBA from Stephen F. Austin University.

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