Gene served as the Chief Executive Officer at MiTek Inc. (alternate name Mitek International Holdings, Inc.) since January 1, 1993 and has been its Chairman since 1999. His prior business experience includes three years with Sonoco Products Company as a Vice President, and President of a joint venture company, and fifteen years at Boise Cascade Corporation, where he held a variety of general management positions. Mr. Toombs has been a Director of TALX Corporation since 1994 and HiBeam Internet & Voice since September 2010. He serves as a Director of Jaros Technologies Corporation. He serves as a Director of MiTek Inc., Tarlton Corporation, AAA (The Automobile Club of Missouri), Boys Hope/Girls Hope, Junior Achievement, and the Metropolitan YMCA. He serves as Director of Auto Club Enterprises of California, Design Label Manufacturing, Inc. and Magic House. He is a Member of the Bogey Club, St. Louis Club, Greenbriar Hills Country Club, and the Longboat Key Country Club in Florida. Mr. Toombs holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an Executive Education Degree from Harvard Business School.