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CyberPatrol Management Team

 

 

 

CyberPatrol's Management Team is made up of seasoned veterans in the computer security industry. Each is dedicated to making the Internet a safer place for families and businesses.

 

 

CyberPatrol Management Team

Bob Bales Bob Bales, CEO
Bob is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of business and IT experience. After a variety of technical and managerial positions, Bob co-founded the National Computer Security Association with David Stang in 1989. As President and COO of NCSA, he helped grow the organization to 100+ employees. TruSecure evolved into CyberTrust, which was acquired by Verizon in 2007. In July 2000, Bob co-founded PestPatrol, the first commercial anti-Spyware company. Bob managed the growth of PestPatrol to 72 employees, a revenue run rate of $16M, and oversaw the sale of PestPatrol to Computer Associates in August 2004. In February 2006, Bob joined Roger Thompson and Greg Mosher to co-found Exploit Prevention Labs, and become the Company’s CEO and President. Bob oversaw the sale of XPL to AVG in December 2007.
   
John Sancin John Sancin, President and COO
John Sancin has over 30 years of technical expertise and marketing experience, having started his career at Digital Equipment Corporation (now HP) in 1972. He left Digital to join Electronic Engineering Co, later acquired by Norstan, where he served as vice president of marketing. In 1991 John turned to the security arena when he joined Certus International, one of the early anti-virus companies where he served first as vice president of sales and marketing and later as president. The company was purchased by Symantec. John then formed his own company, Market.al, to provide businesses with marketing services ranging from building strategic plans to developing marketing programs and supporting material. Market.Al was sold to Shamrock Companies in January of 2004. John then joined PestPatrol, an anti-spyware company, where he served as the company's chief operating officer. Later john served as president and chief operating officer at Passfaces, an authentication company.
   
Gene Bernhard Gene Bernhard, CFO
Gene has a broad background in high growth businesses, primarily in CFO high-tech industries. He has served as Corporate Vice President of Norstan, a voice and data communications company, and BasiComputer. He served as Certus International’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was responsible for providing the capital structure to finance the rapid growth of this start-up anti-virus company. After Certus, he worked as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Applied Technology Ventures, a privately held computer distributor and Master VAR, a partner and CFO at Market.al, a Cleveland-based marketing and website development company, and CFO of PestPatrol an anti-spyware software company.
   
Chris Overton Chris Overton, VP Research and Development
Chris has 10 years of experience in developing successful commercial software. His work as lead architect for PestPatrol's Anti-Spyware SDK and Version 5.x Consumer products was a key factor in PestPatrol's success. With years of experience in Anti-Malware product development and research, Chris has worked with some of the largest companies in the world to deliver industry leading computer security solutions. More recently, he has served as a software architect at Computer Associates where he led the effort to develop CA's next generation Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus SDKs. He is a graduate of East Tennessee State University, with a Master's Degree in Computer Science.
   
Tori Case Tori Case, VP Product Management
Tori has more than 15 years of information security experience. Tori led worldwide product management for Central Point Software's anti-virus products. Tori held product management positions in Symantec's Encryption and Data Security, Customer Response Team, and International Product Management groups. She later joined PestPatrol where she worked as vice president of product management and led the design and launch of consumer and corporate versions of PestPatrol, as well as the PestPatrol SDK. Most recently Tori served as Director, Product Management at Computer Associates. Tori holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Scripps College.
   
Barb Rose Barb Rose, VP Marketing
Barb has more than 15 years experience in high tech public relations and marketing. At ICSA, later known as TruSecure, the leading Internet Security provider she drove the company's public relations efforts from 1994-2000. Her efforts grew awareness of the organization through top level story placement, press and analyst tours, and by securing high level speaking opportunities for executives and through planning of successful thought leadership programs. Barb has held senior marketing and public relations positions with advertising agencies and later at PestPatrol, an anti-spyware software vendor. Barb’s experience and knowledge was key to the successful growth, and later acquisition of PestPatrol. Having been successful working in start-ups, taking them to the next level, she was employed as a marketing manager for Computer Associates, Int., Inc. She later joined Passfaces, an authentication company as VP of Marketing. She currently is VP of Marketing for CyberPatrol, a parental control software company.
   
Lennie Myers Lennie Myers, VP Business Development
Lennie Myers has over thirty years of business experience in a wide range of industries from computer and telecommunications to reverse supply chain logistics. Most recently Myers held the position of CMO at Image Microsystems where he revamped the corporate vision, mission and marketing strategy resulting in image Microsystems being recognized as one of the top three companies in the industry. Prior to that, he held the Senior Vice President of Operations position at Optimal Telecom where his efforts resulted in $50,000,000 in phone service billings which contributed significantly to an eventual IPO. Myers has worked as an independent consultant and with a variety of both consulting and marketing firms. His executive level experience includes business ownership, operations, customer service, sales, and marketing. Myers has taken several companies to the next level by developing and implementing strategic business plans. Myers is a gifted speaker and is a member of Toastmasters International from which he has received numerous awards.
   
Bob Kessinger Bob Kessinger, VP of Operations
Bob Kessinger has more than 10 years of experience in technology development and business marketing. Bob worked for Corporate Software & Technology, one of the nation’s largest software resellers, as an Electronic Commerce Program Manager where he worked with online development teams to create marketing programs and deliver Web-based products and services. He later joined Dell Computer Corporation as an online product manager working with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and higher-education customers to develop integrated, online procurement systems. He then joined SurfControl overseeing the day-to-day operations of the CyberPatrol unit and managed the development of client-based Internet access management software for consumer and education markets. Bob is a noted resource on child Internet safety issues and speaks frequently to parent groups and educational audiences on how to optimize safe and educational Internet experiences for children while minimizing risks. Bob holds an MBA and a Masters in Communications from Boston University and received his BS in Finance and Investment from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.