About us

Lane is a seasoned executive with 30+ years’ experience across all aspects of business, with considerable strength in manufacturing, supply chain, program/project management, and performance improvement processes.   Over the course of his career, he has been dedicated to bringing organizations to the next phase of growth and development, and he is an energetic results-focused management professional with progressive leadership experience while being successful at defining compelling operational strategies, gaining organizational commitment, and developing the capabilities to achieve the vision.  He is an effective analyst, communicator, visionary and creative problem-solver with a “big picture” mentality who effectively adapts to new challenges.

His most recent experience was holding the role of CEO & President for an industrial engineering and manufacturing holding company that consisted of 3 companies.  During his tenure over a +7-year period, he led the company to achieve top-line Revenue and bottom line EBITDA improvements of 300% and +500% respectively.  Lane then prepared and led the company through a sale process that resulted in a successful transaction with a PE firm.

Lane has considerable general management, manufacturing, and operations leadership experience across the globe.  In his last assignment prior to joining Shaw, he served as the Site Operations Leader for a Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems facility; a $500 million operation with approximately 700 employees.

Prior to Raytheon, Lane was with General Motors Corporation for 15 years, spending a three-year assignment in China overseeing a large $100M capital investment.  After returning to the United States, he spent another two years working at a Toyota/GM joint venture (NUMMI), in both manufacturing and engineering leadership roles.  Lane is a highly skilled lean expert having trained with Toyota Lean Sensei while on assignment at NUMMI.  Upon completing this assignment, he was assigned to the Global Manufacturing System group, where he led the implementation of Global Lean Manufacturing strategies and initiatives across manufacturing and engineering organizations at GM.

Lane spent the early part of his career with Ford Motor Company and Boeing (Space and Defense) in a variety of engineering, manufacturing and management roles.

Lane has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and minors in Physics and Mathematics, with additional training in Engineering Management, Business Administration, and Executive Strategy & Merger/Acquisitions.