Wayne McDilda joined the Texas Department of Information Resources in June 1986. While there, he spearheaded efforts that lead to all state agencies creating websites. As a result, the State of Texas' website system became a model for the other forty-nine states. Since leaving Texas DIR in late 1995, Wayne has been involved with a number of private sector web projects, including Elecomm Corp., ClearData, Aperian, Mirage Networks, and Extreme Networks.