Mark Hinton, Chief Executive officer

The impetus for FC Background stems from Mark Hinton’s 34 year business career, including five years as a Special Investigator with the U.S. General Accounting Office followed by nine years of detailed experience in the commercial insurance and risk management fields.  For the past 20 years Mr. Hinton has devoted his full attention to the workforce screening business. 

Mr. Hinton holds a BBA in Finance and a BS in Economics from Stephen F. Austin State University and is a licensed Private Investigator in Texas.  Prior to college Mr. Hinton served two combat tours with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.

Mr. Hinton and his wife of 39 years reside in Dallas.

Mark Hughes, Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Hughes began his career in the workforce screening business with BTi Employee Screening Services in 1989.  He is responsible for the FC Background’s operations and information technologies.

Mr. Hughes holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master of Music from Southern Methodist University.  In his spare time, Mr. Hughes is a 20-year member of the Garland, Las Colinas and Arlington Symphony orchestras.

Mr. Hughes and his wife of 25 years and three children reside in Dallas.

I.D. Walker, Vice President – Sales, Marketing and Finance

I.D. Walker joined FC Background in January 2008.   Prior to joining FC Background, his business experience included 10 years as a marketing executive with an international imaging company, 20 years as the founder and CEO of regional retail chain and 10 years as a consultant with Accenture.

Mr. Walker holds a BBA in Accounting and Marketing from Texas Tech University and is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas, a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Walker and his wife of 19 years reside in Dallas Texas.

Keith Hinton, Vice President – Facility Operations

Keith Hinton joined FC Background as an operations manager at it’s inception in February 2001.  His primary responsibility has been the design, site selection, build out, staffing and corporate oversight of FC Background’s storefront locations.  In February, 2006 Mr. Hinton was promoted to his current position with additional responsibilities for company wide operating policy and procedures.

Prior to joining FC Background, he spent ten years as a Flight Officer in the U.S. Navy and holds the rank of Lieutenant Commander.  Mr. Hinton accumulated over 2,000 total F-14 Tomcat flight hours and participated in operations throughout the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf, including Bosnia and Iraq.

Mr. Hinton holds a BS in Economics from the University of Texas, Austin.  He and his wife of 15 years reside in Plano, Texas.

Melanie Laird, Vice President – Construction Services

Melanie Laird joined FC Background in 2001.  She came to FCB from BTi where she was responsible for the management of multiple national accounts including American Airlines and McDonalds.

While at FCB, she has been the leader in developing our construction services program.  She has been instrumental in the development of new construction focused screening and badging products delivered to  many projects that include the Dallas Cowboy Stadium project, the Dallas ISD 2002 and 2008 Bond Projects, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Bond Program, the Houston Rapid Transit Light Rail Expansion and Turner Construction’s National Workforce Drug Test and Badge program..

Ms Laird is active in many local and national construction related associations. Melanie, her husband and their two children reside in Plano, Texas.

Gary Page, Vice President – AIDC Business Development

As the demand for job site access control of construction projects expanded, FCB initiated a new business unit FCB id to focus solely on the delivery of Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) solutions for both our construction and non-construction clients.  Gary Page recently joined FCB with his primary responsibility being business developement for FCB id.

Mr. Page comes to FCB from Bartronics America, where he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for North America.  Mr. Page’s was responsible for the delivery of  direct end user and partner sales of Bartronics manufactured products, software, hardware, solutions and services.  In addition to his sales responsibilities, he supervised key development and installation projects utilizing SAP, Oracle, Microsoft operating systems and provided supply chain warehouse management, middleware and software components.

Mr. Page received his BA from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.

Jon Hinton, Vice President – Information Technology

Jon Hinton joined FC Background in October 2007.  Prior to joining FC Background, his business and technology experience included 7 years as Manager of Information Technology for BTi Employee Screening Services followed by 4 years as Director of Field Technology and 2 years as Business Systems Analyst for ChoicePoint.

Mr. Hinton holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas, and resides in Allen, TX with his wife of 15 years.