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Dan Ribar
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Dan Ribar is a lifetime technologist – born and raised in Indiana. After graduating from Purdue in 1983 with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Mr. Ribar started his professional career at Dana Corporation in 1983. Working in parallel with the American automotive Industry, Mr. Ribar became a leader in CAD, CAM, CIM, Networking and security for Dana Corporation and then for multiple integration companies in the Detroit area. Mr. Ribar then moved on to Tropicana & PepsiCo, Cellular One, and for the last five years has been with 1st Guard Corporation as their CIO.

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