B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1993
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Operations PNC Financial Services Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
After graduating from Oregon State, Lane Inman began his information technology career at Sequent Computer Systems while earning a master’s in engineering management from Portland State University. In 1998, he became a consultant for VERITAS Software and completed a Ph.D. in systems science.As a business leader with more than 20 years of experience in information technology, Inman has had roles in operations, customer support, consulting, and product management. He was principal architect at VMware and then founded Aisle Five Consulting, where he focused on private cloud and technical architecture.After selling Aisle Five to spend more time with his family, he went to work for Visa, where he was responsible for adopting and propagating converged infrastructures, and affecting organizational change. He joined PNC Financial Services in 2014 and is now responsible for transforming the operating model toward a cloud-based infrastructure.Inman believes that his mechanical engineering degree established a strong problem-solving mindset that continues to serve him well.“It stressed a lot of skills that more traditional computer science didn’t cover,” he said. Had robotics been offered while he was at Oregon State, he would have been interested in taking that path. “Some of my favorite classes were control and design.”He is particularly proud of initiating numerous best practices in many of the companies he has worked for, and of mentoring others who have directly influenced the industry.“I’m most proud of being able to help people transform the way they’ve done business,” he said.