Dennis Barsema

Who is 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.