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 James
M. Bass is the Chief Financial Officer and directs the Finance Division
of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). As a member of
administration, he is responsible for management and control of the Finance
Division, programming and scheduling of all transportation projects and letting
management activities associated with project delivery. Bass began his TxDOT
career in 1985 working summers in the Fort Worth District, where he maintained
records and audited field measurements, among other duties. While earning his
bachelor's degree in accounting at the University of Texas at Austin, he also
worked part time as an engineering aide in the Austin District's South
Travis/Hays County Area Office. There he audited field measurements and
processed monthly payments to highway contractors. After graduation in 1991,
Bass began full time as an accounting clerk in the Finance Division's Revenue
Accounting Section in 1992, and a year later was promoted to budget analyst in
the Budget and Forecasting Section. Becoming a manager in the Budget and
Forecasting Branch in 1997, Bass worked on preparation of TxDOT's Legislative
Appropriations Request and Operating Budget, and corresponded with the
Legislative Budget Board, State Auditor's Office, and the Office of the Texas
Comptroller. He also worked on TxDOT's Cash Forecasting System for the State
Highway Fund, which details revenue and expenditures on a monthly basis. Bass
was selected as division director effective November 1999, and his title was
changed to Chief Financial Officer in 2005.
Bass and his wife, Patty, have a son and a daughter. |
