Mr. Dittberner began his career at IBM in technical marketing of large-scale computer systems. Mr. Dittberner was the Director of Market Planning for the IBM Federal Systems Development and later joined the Diebold Group, an EDP consulting group, as head of the Washington Office and of the Diebold research program. Mr. Dittberner was Chief Executive Officer of Dittberner Associates Inc. from 1966-2003.