Need help to wipe clean my new-old Mac Pro

My boss just gave me one of the Mac Pro that the company doesn't need anymore.
It's a late 2010 model with Lion (10.7.5) installed.
Took it home give it a nice bath (Metal Polish) and start setting it up for myself.
For some reason even when I got it unbinded from my company's domain it still show all of the disclaimer and warning from my company.
I said to myself, no problem let's just start over fresh. So I rebooted to OSX recovery mode and choose the reinstall option.
After accepting the term and condition it asked me to sign in with the AppleID that was used to "buy" the computer.
I put in the appleID that our company uses for all of our licensing purposes (I work in IT) but the validator does not find any OSX Lion tied to that ID.
The guy that setup this particular Mac was fired over a year ago and I don't know how to find him.
Am I SOL on this? I just want this Mac to go back to the original image so I don't have to feel like I am at work when using it.
ANy suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ryan

For Lion and Mountain Lion, how to create a bootable DVD, USB flash memory installer.
Create an OS X Lion Install disc
How to create an OS X Lion installation disc MacFixIt
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20080989-263/how-to-create-an-os-x-lion-ins tallation-disc
http://www.coolestguyplanettech.com/how-to-make-a-bootable-osx-10-8-mountain-lio n-disc-or-drive-from-the-downloaded-mountain-lion-app/
Apple Recovery Mode:
http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/
OS X Lion Install to Different Drive

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