Dean Lane joined VariTRAK and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since May 2004. Prior to joining us, he served as Senior Director Information Technology at Symantec, a software security company from May 2002 to September 2004. During the 2001 to 2002 timeframe, Mr. Lane served as the EVP and CIO for Masters Institute of Technology. Between November 1996 and February 2002, Mr. Lane served at Plantronics, the telephone headset company, as their VP and CIO. Mr. Lane was the Corporate Office CIO and Strategic Planner for the Thiokol Corporation who built the Space Shuttle solid rocket motors from 1991 to 1995. Additionally, from 1979 to 1990 he served as Allied Signal's Corporate Materials Manager.

Mr. Lane has also been a consultant for Ernst & Young, AT&T and the Gartner Group. Mr. Lane obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of California (UCLA) and his MBA from National University. He serves on the advisory boards for Bridgestream, Inc. and SFSU's Center for Electronic Business, is an active member of Executive World, the Project Management Institute, APICS, the CIO Collective, Silicon Valley's Community of Practice and is Vice President of SIM's Silicon Valley Chapter. His book CIO Wisdom was published this year. Mr. Lane speaks internationally, and is a highly decorated US Naval Officer.