Management and Directors
Management Biographies
John B. Wood
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
John B. Wood joined the Company in 1992 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and in 1994 was named President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). In March 2000 he was appointed to the newly created position of Executive Chairman of the Board, which he held until he became Chairman of the Board subsequent to a restructuring of the Board of Directors in 2002. In January 2003, Mr. Wood resumed the positions of President and CEO. Mr. Wood has also served as Chairman of Enterworks, Inc., a Company affiliate, since January 1996; and as CEO of Enterworks, Inc. from January 1996 to November 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wood worked on Wall Street for Dean Witter Reynolds, UBS Securities, and his own boutique investment bank. Mr. Wood graduated from Georgetown University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in finance and computer science. Mr. Wood also serves on several advisory boards and one foundation board.
Michael P. Flaherty
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
Michael P. Flaherty joined the Company in January 2001 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Flaherty was “of counsel” with the law firm of O’Donnell & Shaeffer, LLC and principal shareholder and CEO of First Continental Group, Inc. Mr. Flaherty has extensive experience in all aspects of civil litigation, serving as lead trial counsel for major corporations. Mr. Flaherty has also served as General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs and Counsel to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Additionally, Mr. Flaherty is the past chairman of the Executive Committee of the Federal Bar Association’s Banking Law Committee. Mr. Flaherty holds a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University and a Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law of Catholic University of America.
Edward L. Williams
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Edward L. Williams joined the Company in 1993 as a Senior Vice President responsible for finance, pricing, purchasing, and Defense Contract Audit Agency (“DCAA”) compliance. In 1994, his responsibilities were expanded to include accounting and business development. In 1996, Mr. Williams was appointed to manage the Company’s networking business unit. In 2000, his responsibilities were expanded to include management of the Company’s operations. Mr. Williams was named Executive Vice President and COO in 2003 and Interim CFO in October 2003. He stepped down as Interim CFO of the Company in January 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Williams was the CFO for Centel Federal Systems and M/A.com Information Systems, both of which are U.S. Government contractors. Mr. Williams has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Maryland.
Robert J. Marino
Executive Vice President for Special Projects, Director
Robert J. Marino joined the Company in 1988 as senior vice president of sales and marketing. In 1990, his responsibilities were expanded to include program management in addition to sales and marketing. In January 1994, Marino was appointed to president of Telos Systems Integration, and in January 1998, he was appointed chief sales and marketing officer. He was elected to the Board of Directors in June 2004 at which time he was also appointed executive vice president special projects and stepped down as executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer. Prior to joining the company in February 1988, Mr. Marino held the position of senior vice president of sales and marketing with Centel Federal Systems and M/A.com Information Systems, both of which are U.S. government contractors.
Richard P. Tracy
Senior Vice President, Chief Security Officer, Chief Technology Officer
Richard P. Tracy joined the Company in October 1986 and held a number of management positions within the Company’s New Jersey operation. In February 1996, he was promoted to vice president of the Telos information security group and in this capacity established a formidable information security consulting practice. In February 2000, Mr. Tracy was promoted to senior vice president for operations and helped launch the Xacta business lines, the Company’s segment focusing on information security. Since that time, Mr. Tracy has pioneered the development of innovative and highly scaleable enterprise risk management technologies that have become industry-leading solutions within the federal government and the financial services verticals. He is the principal inventor listed on four patents and seven patents pending for Xacta software. Mr. Tracy assumed the role of chief security officer for Telos and Xacta in 2004 and chief technology officer in 2005 and president of the Company’s subsidiary, Teloworks, Inc. in 2008.
Ralph M. Buona
Vice President, Business Development
Ralph M. Buona joined the Company in September 1994 and was promoted to vice president of business development in September 1995, cultivating new business in the areas of information operations/assurance, enterprise management, enterprise integration, wireless networking, advanced messaging, and traditional systems integration. During the year 2007, he oversaw the Company’s managed solutions division and in 2008 he returned to lead the Company’s business development.Prior to joining the Company, he served with Contel Information Systems, Federal Information Technologies, and Cincinnati Bell Information Systems. Mr. Buona began his career as an Air Force officer and concluded with the Air Force Space Command and NORAD where he was responsible for managing software development and IA activities associated with the advanced early warning missile defense systems. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from the United States Air Force Academy and a Masters of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California.
Michele Nakazawa
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Michele Nakazawa joined the Company in March 2004 as Vice President and Controller. In January 2005, Ms. Nakazawa was promoted to Senior Vice President and appointed to serve as CFO. Ms. Nakazawa has over 20 years experience in finance and accounting. Prior to joining the Company, she held various positions, including CFO of Ubizen, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of a publicly-held Belgian company, from 1999 to 2003; Controller and Treasurer of National Security Analysts, Inc. from 1991 to 1997, and financial analyst for Federal Systems Division of IBM, Inc. from 1983 to 1990. Ms. Nakazawa is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Masters of Science in Accounting from American University and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Goucher College.
Warren Jones
Vice President, Marketing
Warren Jones joined Telos affiliate Enterworks Inc. in February 1997 as vice president for corporate communications and was promoted to his current position with Telos in September 2004. He is responsible for brand management, marketing communications, sponsorships and events, media and analyst relations, employee communications, and corporate community relations. Jones worked previously for Relay Technology and Systems Center (formerly VM Software, later a division of Sterling Software). He has also held marketing and legal positions in the entertainment industry, including several years with American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Jones holds a Bachelor of Science in public communications from Syracuse University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Richmond School of Law.
Brendan D. Malloy
Senior Vice President, General Manager, Secure Networks Division
Brendan D. Malloy joined the Company in 1996, serving initially as a senior account executive before being promoted to director of DoD Sales, and later to vice president of DoD Sales. In January 2005 he was appointed senior vice president of sales. He currently leads the Secure Networking Solutions organization in support of opportunities in DoD, federal agencies, and the intelligence community, as well as channel relationships through the Telos Partner Program. He held previous sales positions with QMS Federal and Printer Plus. Mr. Malloy is a 1988 graduate of Curry College.
Alvin F. (Frank) Whitehead
Senior Vice President, General Manager, Secure Solutions Division
Frank Whitehead joined Telos in 1999 as Vice President of New Business Opportunities, focusing on emerging business areas including Information Security, Secure Messaging and Data Integration. In 2000, he became Vice President, Program Management. Prior to Telos, Mr. Whitehead spent 28 years in the Army, retiring as Chief of Staff of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). During his four years as Chief of Staff, he was responsible for coordinating the Agency’s 8000-person staff and its $4.0 billion budget. He was instrumental in establishing the DoD’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and integrating it into the Global Network Operations Center. Mr. Whitehead has a Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a Master of Public Administration from George Washington University.
Ronald J. Dorman
Vice President, Information Assurance
Ronald J. Dorman joined the Company in July 2004 as program director for messaging and information security. He was promoted to Vice President of Information Assurance in November 2005 and presently provides oversight and program management for information assurance (IA) solutions including Xacta IA Manager and IA services engagements for DoD and federal customers. From August 1999 to July 2004, Mr. Dorman served with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), becoming Deputy Director of the C4I Program Integration, then Principal Director for Interoperability, where he was responsible for end-to-end interoperability between systems within the Global Information Grid. Mr. Dorman led the DoD PKI Program’s design, implementation, and operations, and successfully partnered with other agencies and services to field Common Access Cards (CACs) globally at military bases and other sites. He served earlier with NATO, the Department of the Navy, and with McLaughlin Research Corporation. Mr. Dorman has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Mike Masters
Vice President, Secure Messaging Solutions
Mike Masters is vice president, Secure Messaging Solutions, a position he has held since October 2005. Masters joined the company in 1999 and served as an Automated Message Handling System (AMHS) engineer, AMHS project engineer and AMHS program manager. Before joining the Telos team, Masters served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years as an air intelligence officer, targeting officer and signals intelligence officer. He also has extensive experience as a systems architect, system engineer, project engineer, program manager, and served as vice president of communications systems at California Microwave Inc., now the California Microwave Systems division of Northrop Grumman, before coming to Xacta. Masters earned a B.A. in government and economics from the University of North Texas and attended the Law School at the University of Houston. Additionally, he is a graduate of the School of Crypotologic Sciences and the U.S. Air Force’s Squadron Officer School and Air Command and Staff College. He is a member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), past president of the Parent, Teacher and Student Association and served on the science text book selection committee for Texas middle schools.
Mark Griffin
President and General Manager, Telos Identity Management Solutions, LLC
Mark Griffin joined the Company in 1984 as program manager. He was promoted to vice president for the Company’s Traditional Business Division in January 2004 and to vice president, Identity Management, effective January 2007. He was appointed in April 2007 to head the newly formed Telos Identity Management Solutions, LLC (doing business as Xacta Identity Management Solutions). Mr. Griffin has over 20 years experience in government IT contracting, materials management and systems integration projects in the electronics and communications fields. He has been involved in day-to-day operations of and has had overall management responsibility for many of Telos’ most critical programs for the Army, Navy, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), General Services Administration (GSA) and Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS). Mr. Griffin holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Director Biographies
The following is certain biographical information concerning the board of directors of the Company. The term of each of the directors to be elected at the Annual Meeting continues until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and qualified, except that the directorships held by the Class D Directors will terminate whenever all accumulated dividends on the Public Preferred Stock have been paid.
John B. Wood
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
John B. Wood joined the Company in 1992 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and in 1994 was named President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). In March 2000 he was appointed to the newly created position of Executive Chairman of the Board, which he held until he became Chairman of the Board subsequent to a restructuring of the Board of Directors in 2002. In January 2003, Mr. Wood resumed the positions of President and CEO. Mr. Wood has also served as Chairman of Enterworks, Inc., a Company affiliate, since January 1996; and as CEO of Enterworks, Inc. from January 1996 to November 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wood worked on Wall Street for Dean Witter Reynolds, UBS Securities, and his own boutique investment bank. Mr. Wood graduated from Georgetown University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in finance and computer science. Mr. Wood also serves on several advisory boards and one foundation board.
Bernard C. Bailey
Director
Bernard C. Bailey is President and CEO of Paraquis Solutions LLC, a privately held consulting and IT services firm, since 2006. Mr. Bailey’s career spans over two decades of management experience in the high technology and security industries. He served most recently from August 2002 to September 2006 as the president and CEO of Viisage Technology, Inc., a leading provider of advanced technology identity solutions. Under his four years of leadership, Viisage’s market capitalization grew from $60 million to over $1 billion. During that period the company executed nine acquisitions, eventually culminating in the formation of L1 Identity Solutions, a NYSE listed company. Prior to Viisage, from January 2001 to August 2002, Mr. Bailey served in various executive roles, including COO at Art Technology Group (ATG), a leading provider of e-commerce software. From 1984 to 2001 Mr. Bailey held a variety of finance, sales, marketing, and operations positions at IBM, where he also served in executive roles involved in the growth and development of IBM Global Service’s systems integration and consulting business lines. Mr. Bailey has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since October 2006. In addition to his duties with Telos, Mr. Bailey serves as a director on the board of Lasercard Corporation (NASDAQ: LCRD) and Spectrum Control, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPEC).
David Borland
Director
David Borland is President of the Borland Group, an information technology consulting company, since January 2004. Mr. Borland was elected to the Board of Directors in March 2004 after retiring as Deputy Chief Information Officer (“CIO”) of the U.S. Army with more than 30 years of experience in the U.S. Government. Mr. Borland’s career Army experience also includes serving as Vice Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (“DISC4”); Director of the Information Systems Selection and Acquisition Agency (“ISSAA”); and numerous other positions. From 1966 through 1970, Mr. Borland served in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Borland has received numerous awards, including the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award for Senior Executive Service Members (1996 and 2003), the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award (2000), and the United States Army Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service (1998 and 2003).
William M. Dvoranchik
Director
William M. Dvoranchik is retired President, Electronic Data Systems Federal Government. Mr. Dvoranchik was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors in October 2006. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Dvoranchik was president of Electronic Data Systems Federal Government, where he oversaw all aspects of EDS’ relationship with the US Government. He retired in August 2001 after more than 30 years with EDS. Mr. Dvoranchik joined EDS as a systems engineer in 1971, and later was appointed manager of the National Information Systems account. He next served as vice president for the corporation’s savings and loan business division, and as division manager for banking and thrift institutions. He became vice president of EDS Government Services in 1986 and president in 1989. Mr. Dvoranchik was appointed president of EDS State and Local Government in 1997. He was appointed president of EDS Government Enterprise Solutions in January 1999 and assumed the position of president of EDS Federal Government in September of that year. For over 20 years, Mr. Dvoranchik served as chairman of the board of the EDS Employees Federal Credit Union, which had assets of more than $400 million.
Seth W. Hamot
Director
Seth W. Hamot is Managing Member, Roark, Rearden & Hamot Capital Management, LLC (“RRHCM”), and owner of Roark, Rearden & Hamot, Inc. (“RRHI”), since 1997, and President of Roark, Rearden & Hamot, LLC (“RRH”) since 2002. Mr. Hamot has been a director of the Company since June 18, 2007. Mr. Hamot was nominated for election by Costa Brava Partnership III L.P. (“Costa Brava”), a holder of the Company’s Public Preferred Stock. Since 1997, Mr. Hamot has been the Managing Member of RRHCM and the owner of RRHI, the corporate predecessor of RRHCM. RRHCM is the investment manager to Costa Brava Partnership III LP, an investment fund, whose principal business is to make investments in, buy, sell, hold, pledge and assign securities. Mr. Hamot is also the President of RRH, the general partner of Costa Brava. Prior to 1997, Mr. Hamot was one of the partners of the Actionvest entities. Mr. Hamot is currently the Interim Non-executive Chairman of the Board of Bradley Pharmaceuticals Inc., a NYSE listed specialty pharmaceutical company, and serves as a member of that company’s audit committee. Mr. Hamot is also a Director of CCA Industries, Inc., an AMEX listed manufacturer of health and beauty aids, and serves as a member of the audit and compensation committees.
Lt. Gen. Bruce Harris (USA, Ret.)
Director
Retired US Army Lieutenant General Bruce Harris was elected to the Board in August 2006. He retired from the United States Army in September of 1989 after more than 33 years of continuous active duty. At the time of his retirement General Harris was the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers in the Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C. In that capacity he served as the principal advisor to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Army on all aspects of policy, planning, resourcing and acquisition of communications, automation, information management and command and control systems in the United States Army. Since his retirement, Mr. Harris has worked with many of America's leading corporations as a consultant on matters relating to the development of strategic and business plans, resource planning and budget formulation. Mr. Harris is also a director of Hunter Defense Technologies, a privately held company focused on the development of comprehensive solutions to provide shelter, heat, power generation and chem/bio protection for a wide variety of military and homeland security applications.
Lt. Gen. Charles S. Mahan, Jr. (USA, Ret.)
Director
Retired US Army Lieutenant General Charles S. Mahan, Jr., is Vice President and General Manager of the Law Enforcement and Security strategic business unit of DynCorp International, a company providing technology and professional services solutions to government and commercial clients worldwide, since January 2007. Prior to assuming his current position, from July 2006 to December 2006 he served first as President and Chief Operating Officer of Horne Engineering Services, LLC, an engineering services firm, and then as Chief Operating Officer of Horne International, an affiliate of Horne Engineering Services, LLC. . From July 2005 to July 2006, he was Vice President of Homeland Security and Defense for SAP Public Services, Inc. (a U.S. business unit of the German software giant, SAP AG), where he led both SAP’s Homeland Defense practice and its business development efforts supporting federal, state, and local government organizations. Immediately following his November 2003 retirement from the Army, where he attained the rank of Lieutenant General and served as the Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Mr. Mahan joined The Home Depot, Inc., a $75B home repair materials company, serving as Senior Director of its Government Solutions Group. Mr. Mahan has been a member of the Telos’ Board of Directors since August 2006. He currently serves on the National Board of Directors of The Society of International Logistics, the National Board of Trustees for the Fisher House Foundation, and the National Defense Industrial Association (Washington Chapter).
Robert J. Marino
Director and Executive Vice President Special Projects
Robert J. Marino is Executive Vice President, Special Projects for the Company. Mr. Marino joined the Company in 1988 as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In 1990, his responsibilities were expanded to include Program Management in addition to Sales and Marketing. In January 1994, Mr. Marino was appointed to President of Telos Systems Integration, and in January 1998, he was appointed to Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, a position he held until June 2004 at which time he was appointed Executive Vice President for Special Projects. Prior to joining the Company in February 1988, Mr. Marino held the position of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Centel Federal Systems and M/A.com Information Systems, both of which are U.S. Government contractors. Mr. Marino was elected to the Board of Directors in June 2004.
Andrew R. Siegel
Director
Andrew R. Siegel is Senior Vice President, RRHCM since 2005. Mr. Siegel has been a director of the Company since June 18, 2007. Mr. Siegel was nominated by Costa Brava, a holder of the Company’s Public Preferred Stock. Mr. Siegel is currently a director of TechTeam Global Inc., a NASDAQ company, and serves as a member of that company’s audit committee. Prior to joining RRHCM, from 2003 to 2004, Mr. Siegel was a member of DebtTraders Ltd. Prior to that, from 2000 to 2002, he worked for Deutsche Bank Securities. In addition, in 2002 he was the founding member of White Bay Capital LLC of which he remains a member. Mr. Siegel received a Bachelor’s Degree from American University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.
Vice Adm. Jerry O. Tuttle (USN, Ret.)
Director
Retired United States Navy Vice Admiral Jerry O. Tuttle was elected to the Board of Directors in August 2006. He retired from the United States Navy in 1993 following a 39-year career that included assignments to numerous attack and fighter squadrons as well as leadership of key information technology programs. Mr. Tuttle is widely regarded as an information technology strategist, having created Navy’s 4I Joint Operations Tactical System. In 1989, he became Director, Space and Electronic Warfare, an assignment he held until retirement. Since February 2002 he has been president and CEO of J.O.T. Enterprises, an information systems and command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance consulting company. Previous executive positions were, from June 2000 to February 2002, as president of REL-TEK Systems & Design (now Savantage Financial Services), an employee-owned software development firm; from 1996 to 2000, as president of ManTech International's largest subsidiary, ManTech Systems Engineering; and, from 1993 to 1996, as vice president for business development and chief staff officer with Oracle Government.
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