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Bradley N. Rotter
Executive Chairman
Bradley Rotter has been an investor since 1982. His first focus for personal investments was with hedge funds in the early eighties concurrent with his speculating on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Brad traded government bonds on Wall Street at E.F. Hutton before returning to Chicago to become a member of the Board of Trade. He pioneered the practice of investing in the equity of startup fund managers and even now, Brad's portfolio is comprised solely of a wide array of alternative investments. Investors Dealer's Digest awarded Rotter the “Private Deal of the Year” award for an innovative structured finance transaction related to the life insurance industry.
Rotter has had extensive public company experience, which includes his having served as Chairman of Point West Capital Corporation. He also serves on numerous private and public boards. Brad completed his undergraduate education at West Point and received his MBA from the University of Chicago. Rotter was elected to the San Francisco County Republican Central Committee. He has since resigned from the Party to dedicate his activities to Homeland Security.
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Ozzie Diaz
Director
Ozzie Diaz was previously the Chief Technology Officer for Wireless and Mobility at Hewlett Packard, and is a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years experience in management, marketing, business development and leadership.
Mr. Diaz brings to AirPatrol an impressive professional history in the wired and wireless networking, security, and mobile/cellular technology industries. His work in Systems Engineering, Marketing and Business Development for companies such as HP, Firetide, AirFlow Networks and Bivio Networks, as well as his telecom architecture work for companies such as Motorola and Cisco all testify to his experience in both Fortune 100 enterprises and early stage, venture-backed companies.
His commitment to homeland security and public safety is evident in the published paper titled “Utility of Broadband Wireless: A Technology Roadmap for Disaster Response”, created for a broadband wireless and emergency preparedness strategy in cooperation with the Worldwide Consortium for the Grid (W2COG).
He also writes regularly at his blog, www.ozziediaz.com.
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Richard A. Clarke
Director
Richard A. Clarke is an internationally recognized expert on security, including homeland security, national security, cyber security, and counter terrorism. He is currently an on-air consultant for ABC News.
Clarke served the last three Presidents as a senior White House Advisor. Over the course of an unprecedented 11 consecutive years of White House service, he held the titles of:
- Special Assistant to the President for Global Affairs
- National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism
- Special Advisor to the President for Cyber Security
Prior to his White House years, Clarke served for 19 years in the Pentagon, the Intelligence Community, and State Department. During the Reagan Administration, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence. During the Bush (41) Administration, he was Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and coordinated diplomatic efforts to support the 1990-1991 Gulf War and the subsequent security arrangements.
As Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, LLC, Clarke advises clients on a range of issues including:
- Corporate security risk management
- Information security technology
- Dealing with the Federal Government on security and IT issues
- Counterterrorism
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William P. Crowell
Director
William P. Crowell is an Independent Consultant specializing in Information Technology and Intelligence Systems. He also is Chairman of the Board of ActivCard, Inc., a Freemont, CA based identity management & authentication software company, a director of Broadware Technologies, an Internet streaming-video company, and a director of ArcSight, Inc., an enterprise security management software company and a director of Narus, a software company specializing in IP telecommunications Infrastructure products. In July 2003 he was appointed to the Unisys Corporate Security Advisory Board to address emerging security issues and best practices. In September 2003 he joined the Advisory Board at ChoicePoint, a data aggregation company.
William P. Crowell served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Santa Clara, California-based Cylink Corporation, a leading provider of e-business security solutions from November 1998 to February 2003, when Cylink was acquired by SafeNet, Inc., a Baltimore based VPN technology and product company.
Crowell came to Cylink from the National Security Agency, where he held a series of senior positions, including Deputy Director of Operations and the Deputy Director of the Agency. From 1989 to 1990, Crowell served as a vice president at Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corporation, now a subsidiary of Titan Systems, leading business development in space technology, signal processing and intelligence systems.
In April 1999, Crowell was appointed to the President's Export Council (PEC), which advised the administration on trade and export policy. He served as chairman of the PEC Subcommittee on Encryption, which worked with the Administration, Congress and private industry to substantially loosen restrictions on the export of encryption products and technology. He continues to
serve on PEC subcommittee for export administration. In March 2001, the Secretary of Defense appointed Crowell to a federal advisory committee that conducted a comprehensive review of the U. S. Nuclear Command and Control System.
Since 9/11 he has served on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Task Force on Terrorism and Deterrence, the National Research Council Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism: Panel on Information Technology, the Silicon Valley Blue Ribbon Task Force on Aviation Security and Technology, and the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, which published two landmark studies on Homeland Security.
Crowell is an expert on network and information security issues. He has been quoted in many trade and business publications including the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, USA Today, Information Week, Network World, Computer World, Federal Computer Week, CIO Magazine and the San Jose Mercury News. Crowell has also appeared on CBS MarketWatch, CNET News, CNBC and KNTV's Silicon Valley Business. He was the technical advisor to the TV series, "Threat Matrix" during its run on ABC during the 2003 season.
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Nolan K. Bushnell
Director
Mr. Bushnell founded and was CEO of Atari Corporation, a manufacturer of video games, from 1971 to 1978. He grew the Company to more than $800 million in sales before his departure. He founded and served as CEO of Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater, a restaurant chain featuring electronic entertainment, from 1977 to 1983, and grew that company to more than $350 million in sales. From 1978 to 1996, Mr. Bushnell served as the sole proprietor of Catalyst Technologies, a source of technical advice and venture capital for Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. He served as Chairman for several Catalyst companies such as ETAK, Androbot, ByVideo, Magnum Microwave, Axlon and Octus.
Mr. Bushnell is the Founder and CEO of uWink, Inc. (OTCBB: UWNK), a digital entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California that develops interactive entertainment software and platforms for restaurants, bars, and mobile devices. uWink is currently building a new entertainment dining experience called uWink Bistro which leverages uWink’s proprietary network and entertainment software, including the uWink Game Library.
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Brian Nugent
Director
Brian Nugent is a seasoned networking and security executive and board director, with a proven record of driving pre-revenue companies to market leadership positions. Brian brings 18 years of technology industry experience spanning executive leadership posts in general management (CEO), sales, marketing, business development and customer service across the security, communications and networking industries.
Most recently Brian has been President & CEO of Applied Identity, a policy-driven I&AM solutions provider for the enterprise, government and MSP sectors. As a recipient of the prestigious Red Herring 100 Award and the Gartner Cool Vendor Award, Applied Identity built a best-in-class containment and compliance solution that was awarded patents for its unique technology and amassed a distribution and customer network on four continents. Prior to Applied Identity, he was Senior Vice President of WW Sales and Field Operations for Teros, the leader in Application Firewalls, which was acquired by Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS). Prior to that he was Senior Vice President of Sales, Support and Global Alliances at Atrica, the leader in 10G Ethernet networking for carriers. Atrica was acquired by Nokia Siemens Networks (NYSE:NOK). Before Atrica, Mr. Nugent was Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Support & Business Development for LuxN, a leader in metro DWDM that penetrated over 50 service providers. LuxN was acquired by Sorrento Networks (NASDAQ:SNTO).
Mr. Nugent's experience also includes sales management positions at Cisco and 3Com. In addition to Applied Identity, Brian is on the Board of Directors for BRIGHTCLOUD, a provider of next-gen, in-the-cloud Security Services. Brian is a member of the 'Alliance of CEOs'; the San Diego Venture Group; and is a frequent lecturer to CEO consortiums such as the Total Access Series.
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