Dr. Hatton's 30 years of military, federal, and private industry experience spans multiple positions and professional areas. Those include Vice President, Senior Vice President, and Board of Director level experience. Technical, management, and leadership experience includes overall information technology & management, marketing, consulting, system acquisitions, education and training, telecommunications, networks, personnel, recruiting, security, outsourcing, system integration, strategic planning, and customer service and support. He is knowledgeable in a variety of operating systems, platforms, and programming languages. Highly regarded for his shirtsleeves approach to customer service, Dan entered military service right out of high school and served in grades Private through Colonel in the US Army. He is a former Vice President and Director with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and led 54 globally placed IT teams spread out across several countries and 3 million square miles. Yet, his teams consistently averaged 9.8 or higher on customer satisfaction surveys (with 10 being the highest score achievable). Scores of 10 were frequently obtained by his teams. Dan is very highly regarded as a "turnaround" expert that saves his customers substantial money. For example, he and his team recently saved a customer $3 million in a single year through implementation of a $50,000 software product. He is also considered to be a technology assessment expert. He is also a metrics application expert. Dan is a member of Health Information Management & Systems Society, the 1000 x 2000 Federal IM/IT professional group, and the Project Management Institute. Dan has received recognition for the positive results of his work by members of the US Congress, US Senate, General and Flag Officers, a former US President, and considerable recognition within private industry. His travels are frequent and global. He speaks fluent German, business French, and has a working knowledge of Japanese and works collaboratively with diverse cultures. For example, Dan, although not conversant in Spanish, recently memorized and gave an opening speech in Spanish to a Mexican government delegation and received a standing ovation. He was also recently covered in SAIC's Pulse Winter 2001 Magazine issue as the result of recognition he received for his dedication to customer service. Dan earned a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University, FL and an M.S. in Management & Information Systems from The American University, Wash., DC. Dan & his wife Gerda reside in San Diego, CA.