Board of Directors
Kenneth Boyda
Ken brings extensive domestic and international security industry experience to the VidSys Board of Directors. He currently is the Managing Director of KLB Associates LLC, a consulting firm providing strategic management services for the security industry. Prior to this position, he served as President and CEO of GE Security, Inc., a global company focused on communication technologies and information services for security, safety and lifestyle enhancement needs of consumers, businesses and governments. Prior to that, Ken served as president, CEO and director at Interlogix, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company until it was acquired by General Electric Company to form GE Security in 2002. He also served as president and CEO of the predecessor company SLC Technologies, Inc., a technology and manufacturing leader in the electronic security industry that merged with ITI Technologies, Inc. to form Interlogix, Inc. in 2000. In addition, he has held numerous senior executive positions at companies including Colotran, Inc. and American Can Company.
Ken has previously served as a director for the Security Industry Association and is on the Boards of several technology companies in the security and safety industry including VideoIQ Inc., GVI Security Inc., and Ahura Scientific, Inc. until it’s acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2010. He also sits on the Board of Coaxis, Inc. a software company serving the construction industry. In 2006, he was inducted into the SSI (Security Sales & Integration) Hall of Fame, a lifetime achievement award that recognizes those individuals whose distinguished careers have helped shape the electronic security industry.
David P. Crosland
David is a co-managing partner at Atlanta Equity Investors, with 24 years of private equity and banking experience. Before co-founding Atlanta Equity, he was a founding partner of Arcapita Inc., one of the largest private equity firms in the Southeast. Under his leadership, Arcapita invested over $850 million in 13 private equity transactions over eight years. David began his private equity career with Investcorp International, Inc., where he spent five years. Prior to Investcorp, he worked at Morgan Stanley & Co. in the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions department and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company in the Energy Division. David earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Terry Drabant
Terry is CEO and President of the JVax Investment Group, LLC, which is a private investment partnership. In addition to his board membership of VidSys, he is Chairman of the Board of Azul Systems Inc. and Vice-Chairman of the Board of the USAFA Endowment. Prior to the formation of JVax IG, LLC, he was a Lockheed Martin Corporate Vice President and President, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems. This was a $1B systems integration company within Lockheed Martin that is responsible for contracts and proposals relating to information superiority, network centric warfare, command and control, and combat support. Mr. Drabant holds a B.S. degree in Engineering Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy, and is also a Distinguished Graduate of the Department of Defense Management School Program Management Course, a graduate of the UCLA Modern Engineering Program and Fellow of the MIT Seminar XXI (Foreign Policies and the National Interest). He is a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy Association of Graduates, the Air Force Association, the U.S. Space Foundation, and the University of Maryland College of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics Board of Visitors.
Michael A. Greeley
Michael is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners focused on information technology, healthcare and medical technology investments. Among a range of general investment themes, Michael is currently focused on opportunities involving the convergence of healthcare and IT, technology-enabled business services, and technologies that address the physical security and homeland defense markets. Michael founded IDG Ventures Atlantic in 2001 before it transitioned to Flybridge Capital Partners in 2008. He served on the board of International Data Group, the flagship Limited Partner for the IDG Ventures global network of funds. In previous positions, Michael has served on the Boards of a number of public and private companies including Global TeleSystems Group (NASDAQ: GTSG), El Sitio International (NASDAQ: LCTO), MotherNature.com (NASDAQ: MTHR), Crescent Communications (acquired by Clear Channel), Fleetcor Technologies and American Capital Access. Michael received a BA in Chemistry from Williams College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Michael P. Jackson, Chairman and CEO, VidSys
Andrew Wartell
Andrew has over 35 years in the Intelligence and Security Community. With a strong focus on technology and reengineering to accomplish work efficiencies while increasing mission effectiveness, he has managed both defensive and positive operations activities with concentration on protecting assets in the overseas environment. Andrew spent the last four years as Vice President of Global Security and Director of Special Projects at Goldman Sachs where he provided facility physical and technical security design including the new $2.1 billion Goldman Sachs headquarters building in NYC; data centers in the US, Hong Kong, India and UK; and site selection and risk assessments for facilities, worldwide. He was liaison to the World Trade Center Master Security Plan design committee and Goldman representative to the NYPD Lower Manhattan Security Initiative. He led efforts in selecting and testing curtain walls for blast resistance and is currently the private industry representative to the DOD/TSWG/Blast Effects Working Group. Andrew retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 2002. His final assignment was as Associate Director of the DCI/Center for Security Evaluation where he managed the DCI’s physical, technical and counterintelligence security oversight of diplomatic construction, worldwide – to include the US embassies in Moscow and Beijing.