Dennis Shepard has 30 years of in-depth experience in all facets of business operations. Previously he was EVP of Operations for Talyst, Inc a provider of software and hardware solutions to healthcare providers; he was also President and Chief Operating Officer of Activate.net Corp., a provider of webcasting and digital media solutions. He served on the Board of Directors and as Chief Operating Officer for Mercata, Inc., a venture backed e-commerce startup. He was an early employee of Wang Laboratories, Inc., where he spent 20 years, and gained broad experience in a wide variety of senior executive roles including technical operations, manufacturing, international operations, corporate information services and worldwide logistics. He studied at Lowell Technological Institute, Electrical Engineering and attended the Harvard Business School executive Management Program.