Management Team
Senior Management
Lanny Dacus - President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Dacus is well known for his role in the development and growth of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, where he worked for 26 years. Mr. Dacus was instrumental in growing Enterprise-Rent-A-Car from the original five office operation in Missouri, when he joined in 1971. Mr. Dacus' responsibilities at Enterprise were diverse. He launched the company's Florida operations, managing all facets of development from securing site locations to staffing and training. In 1988, he was given the task of introducing Enterprise Rent-A-Car to the New York Metropolitan area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Vermont) where he and his team opened 58 offices within the first year of operations, and grew the territory to 165 locations with 1,700 employees and a fleet of 23,000 rental vehicles, by the time he retired in 1996 as president of Enterprise-Rent-A-Car New York Group. Mr. Dacus' role in the success of Enterprise is captured in the book Exceeding Expectations - The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Story, by Stan Burns, in which a chapter is dedicated to his contribution to the company.
Greg Osborn - Executive Chairman of the Board
Mr. Osborn is the founder and Managing Director of IndiGo Ventures LLC. Previously, Mr. Osborn founded Seed Capital, which provided new business development, strategic partnering and fundraising services for cutting-edge Internet and technology companies. Prior to this, Mr. Osborn worked at the headquarters offices of L.F. Rothschild & Co. and Drexel, Burnham, Lambert, and was Vice President at Smith Barney Harris & Upham, First Vice President at Paine Webber, and Senior Vice President of Axiom Capital Management. His responsibilities included, 144 sales, institutional managed account consulting and services, and middle market sales and services. Greg holds a B.S. in Finance and Economics from Ramapo College Of New Jersey. Greg serves on the Board of Directors of Migo Software, Celsia Technologies and The Children of Bellevue. Greg is a corporate advisor to Ideavillage.com.
Efstathios A. Kouninis - Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Kouninis joined Tasker from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) where he served on the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance. Previously, he was the Director of Finance for Bottomline Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded financial process software and solutions company, and Director of Finance for CMGI, Inc., a publicly traded $1 billion Internet technology incubator. Prior to CMGI, Mr. Kouninis worked in several subsidiaries of Waste Management Inc. assuming roles of increasing responsibility and serving most recently as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer for NSC Corporation. Mr. Kouninis received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts, and an Accounting Post Baccalaureate and a Master of Science degree in Taxation from Bentley College.
Directors
Joseph P. Carfora - Director
Mr. Carfora is a senior litigation and founding partner of the firm of Carfora Klar Gallo Vitucci Pinter & Cogan. Mr. Carfora is admitted to practice law in New York State, New Jersey and Federal Court and he is a member of the American Bar Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Mr. Carfora is a graduate of California Western School of Law and he holds a Juris Doctor Degree in Law and a Bachelors Degree in Business and Finance.
Timothy Lane - Director
Mr. Lane, presently chief executive officer of Everest Advisors, is well known for his accomplishments as chief executive officer of PepsiCo Restaurants International for Asia and the Middle East (KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell), including directing KFC's introduction into China where it holds the lead market position. At PepsiCo, Mr. Lane guided the company from 250 stores generating losses to a 2,500 store network generating $2.5 billion in revenue and over $200 million in profits within six years. He began his tenure at PepsiCo in 1981 as Director of Business Planning, quickly rising through the ranks to become president of KFC International, Asia by 1989 and chief executive officer of the company's restaurants in Asia and the Middle East by 1994. Mr. Lane served as chairman, president and CEO of Holiday Inn Worldwide, a hotel group and division of Bass PLC consisting of 2,300 hotels generating $8 billion in revenue.
He began his career as a management consultant for Touche, Ross and Company before joining Masonite Corporation, where he served as general manager of its West Coast Fabricating Division. He also served as assistant to the chairman at the Consolidated Packaging Company. Mr. Lane received a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Dayton and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Frederick G. Ledlow - Director, Chair of the Governance Committee
Mr. Ledlow is the retired president of Cyanamid of Canada (a subsidiary of American Cyanamid now American Home Products). Prior to serving as president of Cyanamid of Canada, Mr. Ledlow founded Rainbow Chemicals Ltd., an agricultural chemical company that was acquired by American Cyanamid Company. During his 30-year tenure at Cyanamid, he was Vice President for the Americas and the Far East for Cyanamid International and also served as president of American Cyanamid's Fibers Division. Mr. Ledlow was also a principal in Mayfield Johnson Ledlow & Co., a venture investment company specializing in start-up businesses. He currently serves on the board of directors of Orangeville Inn & Suites, Inc. and has served as a board director and Audit Committee Chairman for National Registry Inc.
William P. Miller - Director, Chair of the Audit Committee
Mr. Miller is a private investor. He is a board member and Chairman of the Audit Committee of The A Consulting Team, a NASDAQ listed company. He is a board member of Beth Israel Hospital, the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Lighthouse International, and Theatreworks/USA. He was Executive Vice President of Cantor Fitzgerald, an investment banking firm responsible for corporate finance, retail sales and real estate. Subsequent to that, he was with Telerate, a New York Stock Exchange computer information service company, as a senior officer. He is a certified public accountant and an attorney.
Peter O`Gorman - Chair of the Compensation Committee
Mr. O'Gorman, a senior executive with over 37 years experience in the retail industry, was a former Executive Vice President of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company ("GA&P") which includes A&P, The Food Emporium, Waldbaum's, Farmer Jack and Super Fresh Stores retail chains. At GA&P he was responsible for store and product development and real estate. Prior to that Mr. O'Gorman was the President of Retail Planning Associates, providing strategic planning and store concept development for major retail companies, worldwide. Mr. O'Gorman started his business career with TESCO (UK). When he left TESCO he had reached the level of Company Director responsible for store development and merchandising.
