About Us
   
 

Tylex, Inc. was founded in 1983, the same year in which it started selling natural gas in Illinois. The company has grown from its initial four customers to over two hundred customers by providing gas services to schools, hospitals, and industrial plants of all sizes.

H.T. Hyde - President

H. T. Hyde graduated in 1964 with BA from SMU's business school. He graduated with a double major-accounting & finance.While he was at SMU, H.T. served as president & treasurer of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. After graduation, H.T. became part owner and chief financial officer of Ideal Baking Company, where he stayed till 1981. Today, H.T. is the president and principal owner of Tylex, Tnc. which he founded in 1983.

ht@tylex.com
   

Laura Hyde

Graduate of Midland High School, Midland, Texas
Graduate of Southern Methodist University, BA, Dallas, Texas
Resident of Tyler, Texas since 1976
Active Community Volunteer:
Past President of Women's Symphony League of Tyler
Past Presidnet of Texas Association for Symphony Orchestras
Past President of Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club
Past President of Criterion Literary Club of Tyler
Past President of the Tyler Garder Club
Chair of 2007 TASO Conference in Dallas
Board of Directors for East Texas Symphony Orchestra Foundation

Mother of 2 boys
Grandmother of 3 boys

   

Todd Hyde

Todd graduated from Baylor University with a BBA in Accounting. He worked for KPMG Peat Marwick as a tax Specialist and earned his CPA license in 1994. He move back to Tyler to work for a regional accounting firm as a tax manager. He was hired by Tylex as a Vice President in 2004.

Todd is married to Kimberly Taylor-Hyde and has a son named Hudson. On weekends he can be found cooking gourmet dinners and/or riding his Harley-Davidson

todd@tylex.com

   

Robyn Eitel

Robyn graduated from University of Texas at Tyler in 2000 with a bachelors in accounting. She has worked for Tylex since 1996, and became the Vice president in 2001. Robyn earned her CPA license in 2006.

Robyn is married to Eric Eitel and has two boys, Carson and Carter.

robyn@tylex.com
   
 

Lawrence "Larry" Talken

Larry has worked for Tylex, Inc. for ten years. Prior to this, he was an industrial Engineer for a large utility company.

Larry is married to his wife Mary. They have three grown children and six grandchildren.
   
 

James E. Fitzpatrick

James recieved his associates degree from Canal Zone Jr. College in 1958. Later he also attended Southern Illinois University, where he stayed until late 1959. Beginning in 1960, James bcame involved in the retail gasoline business, where he stayed for seven years. He went on to become a supervisor at Freeman United Coal Co. until 1982 when he went to work for Energy West. James began his work at Tylex in 1983, and operates gas plants in southern Illinois.
   

 

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