Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> October 4, 2004

TREVOR BROWN – LASON INC

TREVOR G. BROWN was appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Lason, Inc., in November 2003. Mr. Brown joined the company in 1998 as Vice President of Sales for the Southeast Region. Prior to joining Lason, Mr. Brown served in numerous senior international sales and marketing management roles with Danka from 1996 to 1997, Eastman Kodak between 1995 and 1987 and Olivetti-FileNet between 1987 and 1986 and has over 20 years' experience in the information technology industry. Mr. Brown, a native of England, holds a BSC Honors in Management Sciences from The University of Manchester Institute of Technology and is a member of The Institute of Marketing. Profile
DOUGLAS S. KEARNEY was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Lason, Inc., in July 2002. Mr. Kearney served as the company's interim Chief Financial Officer from May 2001. From May 2000 to July 2002, Mr. Kearney was employed by Conway, MacKenzie & Dunleavy (CMD), a leading Michigan- based crisis management and turnaround consulting firm. From January 1999 to May 2000, Mr. Kearney worked in the Corporate Financial Analysis and Activities department of DaimlerChrysler Corporation, the US subsidiary of one of the world's leading automotive companies. Prior to 1999, Mr. Kearney was a senior manager in the Business Advisory Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Kearney has over 10 years' experience, including his tenure with CMD, providing financial, operational and strategic assistance as senior management of Fortune 500 and middle market businesses, either as an outside consultant or as part of the internal management team. Mr. Kearney is a graduate of the University of Michigan, is a Certified Public Accountant and received his MBA from Yale University. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief history of your company and an overview of your

operations.

Mr. Brown: LASON was founded in 1985. Initially, we were focusing on the

service bureau market, scanning