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Jarod Booth, Sales Director, Initsys Telemetry and Telematics Ltd

Jarod Booth is Sales Director for Initsys, a European manufacturer and supplier of network video and data transmission solutions. Initsys is leading the market with its Innovative Technology.

He has developed extensive knowledge of the Security Industry from ground level to Directorship. His experience of electronic security began as an Apprentice Engineer for Chubb Security, continuing in engineering up to CCTV Support Manager at ADT. After gaining extensive experience in installation and maintenance of systems he sought new challenges becoming Technical Support and Area Sales Manager for Panasonic UK. Jarod has 20 years experience of electronic security.

Heading up a new venture in 2002 specialising in the design, installation and maintenance of Turnkey Security Solutions embracing network video, IP Transmission and access control solutions led to a merger in 2006 with Initsys.

Jarod is responsible for development of Partner and End User sales and support, working with other manufacturers to enable integration to Initsys VerifiedAlarms Network, and developing new and innovative solutions both in-house and with external partners.

Jarod is married and resides in Central England.

Immervision, an event sponsor manufacture panomorph lenses that enable 360° panoramic surveillance for both analogue and IP CCTV systems invited Jarod to represent them at Security 500 to discuss how Panoramic Video Surveillance has been used in Europe, in what applications and the success of the solution.

Bud Broomhead, CEO, Intransa

Bud Broomhead brings to Intransa two decades of executive experience in the technology sector, leading innovative teams with privately-held startups, mid-range, and large enterprises.

Mr. Broomhead most recently was Senior Vice President of Business Development at Topio, Inc. through the acquisition by Network Appliance. Earlier, Mr. Broomhead served as CEO and co-founder of startup IRL Networks after successfully leading New Business Ventures, Network Storage at Sun Microsystems where he targeted new lines of business through mergers & acquisitions. He also was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of HighGround Systems, a pioneer in Storage Resource Management software, and had been General Manager of Auspex Systems Inc. for EMEA, and held management and leadership roles for HSM vendor Epoch Systems, acquired by EMC.

Mr. Broomhead is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, with a degree in Earth Sciences.

Brent Conran, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, The United States House of Representatives

Currently Mr. Conran is the Deputy CISO of the US House of Representatives since early 2004. In this capacity Mr. Conran is responsible for overall security technology efforts, including developing the Information Security strategic plan and maintaining oversight of the technical architecture. Previous to the House Mr. Conran was the Information Security Principal working for the Presidio Corporation responsible for the security practice division for Consulting and Managed Security services. Mr. Conran has worked for more than 15 years as a consultant for the Banking and Broker industry.

Dan Dunkel, President, New Ear Associates

Dan Dunkel brings over 22 years of successful sales, management, and executive experience in the information technology industry to a consulting practice focused on the emerging field of security convergence. His background includes domestic and international responsibilities for direct sales organizations, value added reseller channels, and OEM contracts. His product knowledge spans enterprise software, server architectures, and networking technologies. Dan’s employment history includes senior roles in pre-IPO ventures, mid cap IT manufacturers, and Fortune 50 organizations.

His firm, New Era Associates, is a privately held consultancy specializing in sales strategy and business partner development between IT and physical security vendors and integrators. NEA client’s range from Fortune 500 enterprises to privately funded and venture backed start-ups. All share a common interest in collaborating on integrated security solutions deployed within the framework of an enterprise policy. The goal is to accelerate security deployments to defend organizations against both traditional business risk and new global threats.

Mr. Dunkel is a frequent speaker at security trade shows and to industry groups worldwide. He writes a twice-monthly column for Today’s System Integrator, (TSI) an online publication of Security Magazine and BNP Publishing. He is also co-author of “Physical & Logical Security Convergence” (Syngress Publishing) an O’Reilly book title for release in Spring 2007.

Michael Engle, Vice President, Lehman Brothers

Michael Engle is Vice President of Corporate Security at Lehman Brothers. He has over 12 years experience designing and managing secure enterprise systems. Prior to joining Corporate Security in 2005, he was responsible for the firm’s IT Security strategy and engineering. His technical experience includes creating enterprise processes for Information Security issues including policy, privacy, compliance, and security awareness. He has managed teams of security professionals tasked with all aspects of Information Security. Recent accomplishments include building an enterprise identity management solution, an event correlation/collection system and several logical access control systems.

Prior to joining the Firm in 1996, Mr. Engle worked for Merrill Lynch and Air Products and Chemicals.

Steve Hartman, Director of Security, Director of Security-Penn Plaza, Vornado Office Management LLC

Steve Hartman served 20 years in the Military, 7 years in the U.S. Marines and 13 years in the U.S. Navy. He was also a founding member of the U.S. Navy SEAL Counter-Terrorism "RED CELL" Team. Since retirement from the military Steve has trained over a thousand law enforcement officers across the country in counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, tactics, marksmanship, deployment and use of technology. He has also provided security and logistical consulting services to multi-national companies overseas. Steve moved back to New York after 9/11 and was hired as the Director of Security for Vornado Realty (Penn Plaza Area) since January 2004.

James E. Henry, CEO, Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc.

James E. Henry, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and co-founded Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc. (HBE) in 1989. Mr. Henry worked for Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc., a family business, as a technician from 1968 to 1978, servicing and installing CCTV, audio and radio communications system, and then as a systems engineer from 1978 through 1989. When Henry Bros. was sold to Communications Group, Inc., in 1985, he remained with the company and designed, integrated and installed extensive and sophisticated communication and control systems in microwave, laser, fiber optic and infrared technologies for larger corporations, utilities and government agencies in the New York City metropolitan area. Mr. Henry and co-founder Irv Witcosky arranged for the repurchase in 1989 of Henry Bros. Electronics in 1989. Mr. Henry has expanded the footprint of HBE nationally and took HBE public in 2001. Mr. Henry holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Steve Hunt, President & CEO, 4A International

For 24 years, Steve Hunt's career has spanned the breadth of the security industry: physical, homeland, corporate, and data security.

Mr. Hunt has been called the world's most influential security analyst, winning CSO Magazine's prestigious Compass Award in 2006. He has spent his career identifying trends and best practices while working with hundreds of end-user organizations to solve practical and strategic problems related to security. Mr. Hunt has served on the board of the Open Security Exchange, and advises the board of ASIS International through its Convergence Commission, and is a valued consultant to many of the world's largest corporations.

Today, Mr. Hunt heads a team of researchers and business development consultants who assist technology companies in promoting innovations in physical and logical security.

From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Hunt led the security research teams of Forrester Research and Giga Information Group. Before joining Giga, he served as technical director to an Israeli security company's 20 worldwide channels and resellers. Previously, Steve worked as a consultant to Chicago's financial community. Throughout the 1980s, he implemented and designed security for facilities, including physical access control systems, disaster recovery, alarms, and surveillance.

He appears as a security analyst on CNBC, Fox News, CNN, and other news networks. His analysis appears frequently in the Financial Times, The New York Times, Business Week, and other global publications and trade magazines. He also gives roughly 20 keynote speeches annually on emerging trends for ASIS International, ITAA, ISSA, and business and security conferences around the world.

Mr. Hunt's diverse background in security lends a fresh perspective on the industry and gives him special insight into the convergence needs of the market.

Christina S. Kite, Vice President, Cisco Systems

Chris is currently the Vice President, Global Work Place Resources and Risk Management, within the Finance organization. In this capacity, she is responsible for the identification, categorization, mitigation and transfer of risk for the Corporation. She is also responsible for the acquisition and disposition of real estate, management of workplace related services, global safety and security, business resiliency, environmental and social responsibility, construction of buildings and projects, and the strategy and planning activities associated with these functions.

Prior to her rotation within Finance, Chris held various positions including support for Engineering, Technical Services, and Finance and Corporate Systems. During these various rotations, Chris was responsible for innovatively exploiting technology to accelerate implementation of corporate strategies and new business opportunities.

Prior to joining Cisco, Chris was Director, Strategy, Planning and Control with Franklin Resources, one of the largest mutual fund organizations in the world. She has also held senior management positions with Coopers & Lybrand and the Northrop Grumman Corporation.

Chris graduated cum laude with a Bachelors of Science in Management Science and has a graduate in Systems Management from the University of Southern California (USC). Chris excels in long distance sporting events including triathlons, biathlons, marathons and long distance cycling and open water swimming events. Chris is married to Mr. Harold W. Kite and resides in San Mateo, CA. Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 W Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134.

Ray Mauritsson, CEO, Axis Communications

Axis is an IT company offering network video solutions for professional installations. The company is the global market leader in network video, driving the ongoing shift from analog to digital video surveillance. Axis products and solutions focus on security surveillance and remote monitoring, and are based on innovative, open technology platforms.

Axis is a Swedish-based company, operating worldwide with offices in 18 countries and cooperating with partners in more than 70 countries. Founded in 1984, Axis is listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange, Large Cap and Information Technology.

Prior to joining Axis in 1995 Mr Mauritsson held various management position at TAC a company active in the building management sector today part of the Schneider Group.

Mr Mauritsson holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering Physics and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Lund University.

Dan Moceri, CEO, Convergint Technologies

Dan Moceri has 25 plus years in the electronic security, fire alarm & life safety, and building management systems industry. He is currently chairman & chief executive officer for Convergint Technologies, a North American systems integrator. Convergint Technologies provides service and solutions for electronic security systems, fire alarm systems and HVAC control systems. Prior to starting Convergint Technologies, he was the president of Siemens Building Technologies Security Division for North America. During the span of his career, Dan has held positions in marketing, engineering, and executive management focused on integrated building management systems throughout the United States and Canada. He is a graduate engineer from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and has a Masters in Management from Northwestern University.

Mark C. Peterson, Director iTDR, HID Global

A former security design consultant, Mark C. Peterson has more than 29 years of experience in the design, specification, deployment, and project management of large-scale integrated security solutions including: intrusion detection, physical access control, video surveillance, and communications systems. Most recently, Peterson serves as director of HID Corporation's "Intelligent Technology Design Resource" (iTDR) group, which provides technology and design counsel to specifiers, consultants, engineers, and designers as they work with their clients to migrate to new secure access control and identification technologies.

Maureen Rush, Vice President for Public Safety, University of Pennsylvania

Maureen S. Rush, Vice President for Public Safety, University of Pennsylvania, directs the tactical and strategic direction of the Division of Public Safety, managing a budget of over $21 million dollars and encompassing seven departments totaling 175 staff members. The departments include: The Office of the Vice President, the University of Pennsylvania Police Department, Security & Technical Services, Fire & Emergency Services, Special Services, the PennComm Operations Center and Finance & Administration. The Division of Public Safety also employs approximately 450 contract security officers to secure buildings, student residences and supplement the Penn Police Department on street patrol within the Penn Police patrol jurisdiction.

Prior to holding the position of Vice President for Public Safety, Ms. Rush served as the Chief of the Penn Police Department from 1996 through 2000, and the Director of Victim Support & Special Services from 1994 through 1996, both within the Division of Public Safety.

During her tenure as Chief of Police, Penn’s Police Department evolved into a model campus law enforcement agency, continually meeting the challenges faced by an urban university, while at the same time strengthening its relationships with the community and with the City of Philadelphia. With 116 police officers, the Penn Police Department is the largest private police department in the state of Pennsylvania and the fourth largest private police department nationally. In March 2001, the Penn Police Department was awarded national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), thereby, becoming the first nationally accredited campus police agency within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Prior to coming to the University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Rush had a distinguished eighteen-year law enforcement career with the Philadelphia Police Department from 1976 through 1994. Ms. Rush served in various positions, namely: the Patrol Division, the Anti-Crime Unit, the Traffic Division, the Narcotics Unit, and the Training Bureau. In 1976, Ms. Rush was one of the first 100 women police officers hired to serve the City of Philadelphia on “street patrol” in a pilot program directed by the United States Department of Justice. Women now comprise twenty-five percent of the Philadelphia Police Department, with approximately 1,650 officers, as a result of that successful pilot program.

Ms. Rush holds a M.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Organizational Dynamics. She has also completed the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Northwestern School of Staff & Command and the FBI’s Law Enforcement Executive Development Program. In 2004, Ms. Rush completed a year-long program with Philadelphia Leadership, Inc. a regional leadership think tank and during the same year, earned a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) certification from the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International Professional Certification Board.

Marshall Sanders, Managing Director, IRMG

Marshall is Managing Director, IRMG, an international risk management consultancy and security solutions group. Prior to joining IRMG he was Vice President and founding Chief Security Officer, Level3 Communications, a Fortune 500 international communications and information services company.

At Level3 he was responsible for strategic direction, management and oversight of Level3’s commercial and government security programs to include logical, physical, and information security, data privacy, business continuity and emergency management. He pioneered the development and implementation of a converged security architecture successfully integrating network and physical security operations, architecture and engineering.

From 1985 to 1989 he served as the founding Director of Security for President Regan's Strategic Defense Initiative Program. In 1989 he joined the private sector accepting a position with The Analytic Science Corporation in Reston, Virginia. In 1997 he was recruited by TRW to serve as Chief Security Officer for a large National Security software development program. In February 1999 he joined Level3 as Vice President Global Security.

He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, the United States Armed Forces Staff College, has a Masters Degree from Wayne State University and is an ASIS International Board Certified Protection Professional and member of ISSA.Pelco Senior Vice President, Marketing and North America Sales.

Scott Schafer, Senior Vice President, Marketing and North America Sales, Pelco

Scott Schafer joined Pelco in 2004 as Senior Vice President, Marketing and North America Sales. In his current role, Mr. Schafer is responsible for the marketing and sales of Pelco products, systems and solutions and through Pelco’s global, national and regional sellers.

Through his work at Pelco, Mr. Schafer said he has come to realize that video security is not only important in protecting people and business, as well as reducing fraud and theft—video security can be a strategic weapon for customers in providing important new enabling technologies to improve business operations and deliver important value.

Before coming Pelco, Mr. Schafer was the Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Services for the Reynolds and Reynolds Company. Reynolds and Reynolds is the leading computer systems and software provider to the automotive retail and OEM market. Scott Schafer held a number of senior management positions at NCR Corporation in general management, marketing management and field sales management in NCR’s computer systems, software, networking and services business. Mr. Schafer said that working in these positions has helped him to gain an understanding of what it means to be truly customer focused and the importance of that component in succeeding in today’s global business environment.

Scott Schafer earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from The Ohio State University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Capital University.

Rodnie Williams, President, R. Williams Consulting

Rodnie Williams is a seasoned, strategic leader in the areas of safety and security, as well as a highly regarded corporate management and marketing consultant. His successful background spans the areas of strategic business planning, change management, and organizational design and capability as well as a nationally recognized specialty in enterprise risk management.

In addition to his general corporate management and marketing experience with public and privately held entities, Rodnie has held security management positions with several Fortune 500 companies. He spent a number of years in Washington D.C. where he served as a consultant and operations leader, dealing directly with threats of violence, executive protection, crisis management and response, security risk assessment and workplace violence prevention. He has developed and delivered self-defense and personal safety training programs throughout the United States, working with people of all ages.

He is highly regarded by both his peers and clients as a change agent with superior skills in quickly identifying and creatively solving strategic and organizational problems through team-building and collaboration.

Rodnie is the President of R. Williams Consulting, a professional services firm that uses its understanding of its clients' business strategies as a basis to define and merge its security and business.

Rob Zivney, Vice President of Marketing, Hirsch Electronics

Mr. Zivney directs Hirsch Electronics' marketing group with responsibility for strategic planning, alliances, marketing communications, pricing, the Learning Center, and vertical market programs including Hirsch's flagship Government Programs Group. His career in the security and building controls industries spans 30 years, and his expertise covers access control and intelligent building systems including the integration of environmental, lighting, fire and security systems. Prior to joining Hirsch, Mr. Zivney held positions with CSI Control Systems International, MCC Powers (now Siemens), and Honeywell.

Mr. Zivney is on the Board of Directors of the Security Industry Association (SIA), and serves as SIA's chair of the Personal Identity Verification Working Group and represents SIA to the Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board Physical Access Committee. Further, he is active in standards activities with SIA, ASHRAE/BACnet, and OASIS/oBIX. A sought-after industry speaker, his opinions and market outlook are often quoted in the industry trade. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.