Dean Lane has nearly 30 years of hands-on experience in the IT industry, and has been CIO for four different companies: Allied-Signal, Morton-Thiokol, Plantronics, and Masters Institute of Technology.  In addition, he held the positions of Senior IT Director at Symantec and Corporate Director of Materials at Allied-Signal.  Dean has also been a consultant for Ernst & Young, AT&T and the Gartner Group.  His experience is global, and he is considered an expert on outsourcing/offshoring.  

Dean obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of California (UCLA) and his MBA from National University.  He serves on the advisory boards for the Society of Information Management and SFSU Center for Electroni  Business.  He is an active member of Executive World, the Project Management Institute, APICS, the CIO Collective, and is Past President of SIM Silicon Valley Chapter.  He has written two books, CIO Wisdom and CIO Perspectives.  Dean speaks internationally, has consulted with Ehud Barak (Israeli Defense Minister), and is a highly decorated US Naval Officer.


Frank Hanning, with a career that spans close to 30 years in the Information Technology Industry, is currently working as an Executive Consultant and Investor.  His key focus is applying his technological, business, and management skills to assist new companies in the formation and early development stages.  Frank was most recently the Vice president and Chief Information Officer for Altera Corporation for over 8 years.  Frank holds a BS degree from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and an MBA degree from the University of Santa Clara.  He also holds a CPIM certification.  Frank is currently on the Board of Trustees for Notre Dame de Namur University and the Sequoia Hospital Foundation. 


Takeo T. Hirai has over 30 years of experience in both consulting and IT management positions.  He has assisted numerous clients in a wide range of industries on issues such as long-range information technology planning, business process transformation, business system assessments, hardware and software selection and implementation, organizational effectiveness, and operational efficiency.  Tak served as the Senior Director of International Information Technology for Lam Research where he was responsible for IT in all international sites and applications development and support globally. He holds a BS degree in Physics from UCLA, an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA, both from UC Berkeley. Tak is Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certified. 


Larry Schork focuses on IT organization consulting, governance, scalable operations, and business process enhancement. Larry was the Vice President of Technology for Rainmaker Systems where he scaled the operation to sustain a 40% increase in revenue, transactions, and two acquisitions to meet the growing demands of Fortune 100 firms such as HP, Dell, and Microsoft. Prior to joining Rainmaker, Larry was VP and GM of IT for Loudcloud, Inc. where he built and deployed the applications and IT infrastructure to support the hosting of large-scale web applications globally for large organizations and governments. Other companies Larry has served include Metricom, Rational Software, Sun Microsystems, and Apple Computer. Larry holds a BA degree from Golden Gate University, Certified Developer credentials from UC Santa Cruz, ITIL Foundations certification, and is a candidate for PMP certification. He is currently pursuing CISSP certification.