Daniel W. Latham is a Mason City native who recently moved back to North Iowa with his family. The successful businessman graduated from Mason City High School then spent three years in the military before attending North Iowa Area Community College. He played football for the College and earned his Associate of Arts degree in 1972. He also has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and finance from the University of Northern Iowa.
His wife, Debi, is also a NIACC graduate. They live in Mason City with their daughters, Jillian and Mackenzie. Currently, Mr. Latham is chairman of the board for the LXI Corporation, a Texas-based company which recently opened an operation in Mason City.
Latham has a reputation for turning around declining businesses and positioning them for growth in new markets. Prior to returning to Mason City, he was president of the enterprise division for a Boca Raton start-up known as Seisint Inc. There, he targeted a new innovative technology to the federal government’s intelligence community, accomplishing many firsts…first time technology sold, first time sold to federal government, first time sold to state government, first time sold to commercial customers, and first time sold to law enforcement. Seisint was sold to LexisNexis in September 2004 for $775,000,000.
His success stories also include Imagelinks in Melbourne, FL, where as CEO he turned around the unprofitable company in one year, growing their revenue 250% and placing them in the top 10 of the Fast 50 growth companies in Florida. As President of Coyote Network Systems, he grew revenues from $5 million to $32 million, acquired four strategic companies while selling non-strategic assets, and secured listing on NASDAQ national markets.
Latham also handled large account sales for IBM; served as VP of marketing and service for Ameritech (growing the operation from $40 million to $280 million in annual revenue); was VP of worldwide telecom marketing for Digital Equipment Corporation (growing the business from $450 million to $1.2 billion in sales); led the worldwide sales effort for Racal-Datacom; and grew Frontier Communications International to three times the industry average as president of their long distance services.
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