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Management TeamLarry Hurtado - President & CEO
Larry introduced EtherLoop-based products to the market in 1999 as the company's VP of Research & Development. EtherLoop is an Ethernet-based digital subscriber line (DSL) technology. Larry was VP of Manufacturing Operations in 2000 where he was responsible for ensuring that the company's business growth was effectively supported through the efficient manufacture of EtherLoop-based products. Prior to Elastic Networks, Larry held senior management positions at Nortel Networks. His last assignment was VP of Business Line Management in Nortel Networks. Access Networks Division. He has held international assignments in Hong Kong and Tokyo to lead organizations in the establishment or growth of their Asia Pacific businesses. Larry holds a BSEE degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Dave Hargraves - EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining DDI, Dave served as CFO of DataFoundry.net, Inc., a managed hosting provider; CFO of AssetWorks, Inc., a facilities management software developer; and CFO/COO for PC Wholesale Corporation of San Antonio. Prior to that, he spent 13 years with Datapoint Corporation serving as a regional and group Controller, Director of Distributor Operations for Europe, the middle East and Africa, and finally as CFO and acting VP of Pacific operations. Dave began his career at NCR Corporation where he served for 9 years in a variety of positions in corporate finance and accounting. Dave holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration from Ohio University. Tom DeSot, IAM, EVP, Chief Compliance Officer
Prior to joining Digital Defense, Tom was Vice President of Information Systems for generations Federal Credit Union, a $240 million financial institution. While there, Tom was responsible for managing numerous institution-wide projects ranging from information security initiatives, the Y2K program and the installation and implementation of both home banking and bill pay products. Tom also managed the institution's ATM/debit card program as well as all ATM network activities. Before joining mygenFCU, Tom served as an Assistant Vice President for Bank of America, Texas N.A. where he was responsible for operations at two local offices. Throughout his career, Tom has held positions in virtually every financial institution business line and remains well versed in financial institution regulations as they pertain to information security and financial institution operations. Tom holds a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Arts and Sciences from Texas State University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He is heavily involved in San Antonio's network security community and formerly served on the board of directors for the Alamo Chapter of Information Systems Security Association. He is currently a member of ISSA, ASIS and ISACA. He also serves on both the Supervisory/Audit Committee and Technology Committee for San Antonio City Employees FCU. In addition, Tom holds the National Security Agency's INFOSEC Assessment Methodology Certification and is formally trained in the OCTAVE Risk Assessment Methodology. Mark Bell, CISSP, CISA, Vice President, Security & Compliance Operations Mark rejoined Digital Defense after a 3 ˝-year absence working for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where he served as a Senior Systems Engineer and Deputy Lead Technical Architect for the Air Force-wide Vulnerability Lifecycle Management System (VLMS) Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) effort. While at SAIC, Mark co-invented and served as the lead technical architect for the patent-pending Computer Network Defense Exercise (CNDX) and Team Defend network defense training systems. Prior to SAIC, Mark worked in his initial capacity with Digital Defense. Mark served as Digital Defense’s Director of Security Operations and successfully led a team of security analysts in providing penetration testing services to the Company’s client base at the time. Prior to joining Digital Defense, Mark served as a Senior Information Security Engineer for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) on the Air Force Information Warfare Center's (AFIWC) Computer Security Engineering Team. Mr. Bell is also currently serving in the United States Air Force Reserve as a Senior Network Security Engineer with the 92nd Information Operations Squadron, Air Force Information Operations Center. Mr. Bell holds a Master of Science degree in Information Assurance from Norwich University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Hawaii Pacific University Ross Esposito, Vice President, Support Services
Before joining Digital Defense, Ross served as an SQA Engineer for McAfee/Foundstone on their flagship vulnerability assessment product. Ross was instrumental in delivering robust, automated processes and tools, which expedited product delivery. Ross also worked for Symantec Corporation, providing quality assurance on several enterprise level products, such as host and network based IDS, firewall and vulnerability assessment products. Brian Gibson, Vice President, SMB & Mid-market Sales
Before coming to DDI, Brian was employed by Aetna, Inc. to expand and develop national sales call centers in both San Antonio, TX and Spokane, WA. His experience running high volume call centers and developing sales professionals proved to be a tremendous asset for Aetna by generating over 10,000 new accounts in six weeks. Prior to Aetna, Brian was the VP of Sales for Insure.com and the Director of Sales and Service for USAA (United States Automobile Association). While at USAA he was credited with developing hundreds of sales representatives and managers over his 13 year tenure. Brian’s teams have earned many awards over the years, the most notable being the JD Powers Chairman’s Award for Service Excellence. Brian holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from Angelo State University with concentrated studies in Management of the Sales Force and Product Development. He also holds two advanced designations from the American College (ChFC) Chartered Financial Consultant, and (CLU) Chartered Life Underwriter. Gordon MacKay, Vice President of Platform Development & Vulnerability Research
Gordon started his career in 1991 as a systems engineer at Nortel Networks in Ottawa Canada where he designed Interactive Voice Response systems. In 1993, he joined the Switching division and contributed towards platform features within the ISDN Connections group. Prior to joining Digital Defense, he held several research and development leadership positions at Alcatel USA in Dallas Texas. In his last assignment at Alcatel, he led the Call Server Database Team with the inception and design of a real time in-memory database that is used in the Alcatel Softswitch. During his tenure at Alcatel, Gordon designed numerous telecommunications features inclusive of call processing as well as platform features. Gordon holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering from McGill University, Montreal Canada. He has received several academic scholarships during his studies. Pat Shannon, Vice President, Large Enterprise Sales Before joining Digital Defense, Pat served as branch manager for Equant, a recognized industry leader in global communications services for multinational businesses. While there, he managed sales efforts for an array of global data networking solutions and contributed to the development of a conservative sales pipeline of $25 million in revenues. Previously, Pat served as vice president of sales and marketing for AccelerNet, a high-speed wireless services provider. Under Pat's leadership, revenues grew nearly 700 percent over an 18-month period. Prior to AccelerNet, Pat served as a major account sales manager for MCI. In that role, Pat built and managed a mid-market-focused sales team that consistently exceeded sales quotas. Before MCI, he spent 10 years in sales for the Network Services Division of CompuServe Incorporated, which provided wide-area networking capabilities to corporate clients. Pat holds a B.B.A. in finance from the University of Houston. |
Larry joined Digital Defense in August of 2002. Prior to joining Digital Defense, Larry was Co-Founder and President of International Operations for Elastic Networks, Incorporated. During his tenure at Elastic Networks, Larry held several key leadership positions in support of the company's business growth objectives, three financial events-two private rounds of financing and an initial public offering, and the successful acquisition of the company by Paradyne Corporation in March 2002.
Dave is responsible for all financial management functions at DDI and brings more than 30 years of financial management, marketing, sales and general management experience in the high-technology field to the company.
As the Chief Compliance Officer of Digital Defense, Tom De Sot is charged with developing and maintaining relationships with key industry and market regulators; functioning as the “face of DDI” through public speaking initiatives, and serving as the prime regulatory compliance resource for external and internal contacts. Tom also serves as the company's internal auditor on security-related matters. Tom gained much of his controls experience during his 16 years in the financial industry.
Mark is responsible for fulfillment of the Company’s information security and risk management services. These services include, but are not limited to vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, policy, and risk assessments. 
Ross joined Digital Defense in November 2004. He brings a rich portfolio of experience that includes quality assurance, configuration, and network lab management. Much of his knowledge comes from working with large-enterprise software development companies on a variety of both enterprise and consumer level products. 
Brian joined Digital Defense in July of 2007. He leads the DDI sales team that is focused on addressing the information security and risk management service needs of organizations in the small-to-medium sized business (SMB) marketplace. He also heads-up the Company’s Mid-market sales efforts. He brings 18 years of extensive sales management experience, with the last 14 years focused on direct-to-consumer and direct-to-small business sales. Brian has managed highly specialized teams across all levels of various organizations and led seven startup operations, which included several reorganizations and revitalizations. 
Gordon joined Digital Defense in November 2002. He is responsible for strategic design, planning, and establishment of platform road maps, new platform development initiatives, and maintenance of the Company’s security information event management platforms and proprietary assessment solutions. Gordon also oversees the Platform Development architecture as well as manages the Platform Development and Vulnerability Research organizations. He led the development team in the architecture, design and implementation of the Frontline 3.0 security information portal and its underlying Service Oriented Architecture platform - the Digital Defense Network Security Awareness System.
Pat joined Digital Defense in September 2004. He brings more than 20 years experience in technology services sales to his role at Digital Defense. Throughout his career Pat has addressed data and network security in his management of sales efforts for value-added, fully managed data communications services. Through his work with companies like MCI, CompuServe and Equant, Pat has led sales programs directed at multi-national corporations as well as mid-market and small organizations.