Dennis Barsema

Mr. Barsema is Chairman of Blue Lane Technologies. He was previously the CEO and Chairman of Onetta, Inc., and led the company through the early stages of development and growth. Onetta was recently acquired by Bookham Technologies of London, England. Before joining Onetta, Mr. Barsema was the president and CEO of Redback Networks, where he led the company through rapid growth and one of the most successful IPO's in Wall Street history.

Mr. Barsema has more than twenty years of executive experience in telecommunications, software, and optical networking. Prior to joining Redback in 1997, he held senior executive positions at Centigram Corporation (acquired by ADC), Softswitch (acquired by Lotus Development Corporation), Primary Access (acquired by 3Com), and Paradyne Corporation (acquired by Zhone).

Mr. Barsema serves on the board of directors of several venture capital funded, Silicon Valley based companies, including Blue Lane Technologies and Stoke. He also serves as a director on several non-profit boards including Northern Illinois University Foundation, and Carpenters Place of Rockford, Illinois. He is also an advisor to the non-profit micro-finance organization, Opportunity International, as well as the Schools of Business at Northern Illinois University and Santa Clara University.

Mr. Barsema earned a Bachelors of Science in Business Management from Northern Illinois University.