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Bradley Rotter - Chairman
In 1982 Bradley Rotter became a pioneer in the now burgeoning asset class called Hedge Funds and was the first investor in scores of money management boutiques. Rotter has been a pathfinder in a plethora of alternative asset classes around the globe, which span from oil tankers to satellites. He was awarded the Private Deal of the Year Award by Investors Dealer's Digest for an innovative structured finance transaction. Rotter focuses his energy and capital where he can make an impact and he is focused on Homeland Security. He currently serves as Chairman of AirPatrol Corporation which is a wireless security "skunk" works. He serves on numerous private and public company Boards of Directors. Rotter received his MBA from University of Chicago.
John Shephard - Director
John Shephard is Vice President for strategy, business development, international sales and congressional relations at ITT Defense, one of the top ten defense contractors in the United States. Prior to joining ITT, he was CEO of Pallas-Athena Group, and provided strategic consulting services for businesses ranging from start-ups to Global Fortune 500 corporations. He has been President of Newport News Industrial Company and Senior Vice President of Operations for Northrop Grumman-Newport News, producer of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines for the U. S. Navy. Prior to this he held senior executive positions at Newport News Shipbuilding Inc., Tenneco and NASA. A 1977 distinguished graduate of West Point, he served more than twenty years of active and reserve service in the U.S. Army, held progressive command and staff positions from platoon to division level, and is a Gulf War veteran. Mr. Shephard holds an M.S. degree in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a White House Fellow. The American Society of Engineering Management honored Mr. Shephard as “Engineering Manager of the Year” at its national convention in 1999, citing his innovations at Newport News Shipbuilding. He serves as a board member and advisor for several companies and non-profit organizations. He and his family reside in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Nick Lewin - Director
Nicholas S. Lewin has been a private investor since 2000 operating in both the public and private markets. Mr. Lewin has invested across many industries, and throughout the capital structure. Mr. Lewin invests in special situations and in companies with innovative technologies and strong intellectual property. Generally, these are activist situations working with management. Representative industries include, Biotechnology, Healthcare, Telecom, and Media. Along with Elemental Innovation, Mr. Lewin sits on the board of Duramedic, a Durable Medical Equipment provider. Mr. Lewin holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University.
P. Jesse Walcott - Director
Mr. Walcott currently serves as Vice President, Strategic Planning for Freedom Group, Inc. Freedom Group is the world's leading innovator, designer, manufacturer, and marketer of firearms, ammunition, and related products for the hunting, shooting sports, law enforcement, and military markets. Prior to Freedom Group, Mr. Walcott served in the Private Equity Group of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., a leading private investment firm with approximately $25 billion under management in funds and accounts. Prior to Cerberus, Mr. Walcott served as the Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., a provider of services to the U.S. Department of Defense, including base camp support, procurement and logistics, food services, and disaster relief. Prior to this, Mr. Walcott served in various positions at Legacy Securities, Inc., a middle-market investment bank, and at J.P. Morgan in the Financial Sponsors Group. Mr. Walcott is a graduate of the University of Virginia where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Economics.
Steven Nelson - Director
Steven Nelson has extensive experience in building successful companies. He began his career in health care in 1983 with Republic Service Bureau, Inc, a nationwide hospital auditing company. Under his leadership, the company expanded into several other areas of health care cost containment before being sold to a Washington D.C. investment group in 1989. In 1990, Mr. Nelson founded two new health care cost containment companies, Medical Bill Review, Inc. (MBR), and Preferred Payment Systems, Inc. (PPS), serving in President and CEO positions. In 1997, PPS was sold to Concentra, Inc. and became known as Concentra Preferred Systems, Inc (CPS), a Concentra, Inc. subsidiary of which Mr. Nelson served as president until January 2000. In 1999, Mr. Nelson founded HealthNetwork Systems LLC (HNS), a private provider of network management services to the payer and PPO industries and served as President and CEO until it was sold to CPS in 2001. Mr. Nelson serves on the Board of Directors of several companies Viant, Inc. and IntelliClaim, Inc. He is currently a private investor. He has a founding role in ClariCon, Inc., a network services management company specializing in providing services to the provider community. Mr. Nelson is a graduate of Western Illinois University with a bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration.
Paul Jensen - CEO
Paul C. Jensen has over 20 years experience in the plastics industry, serving in senior management positions at Nypro, a billion dollar global plastics contract manufacturer, and helping start Nypro University. Previously, he helped launch CSP Technologies, an innovative pharmaceutical packaging business, and was Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Synventive Molding Solutions, an injection molding equipment manufacturer. He began his plastics career in marketing management positions at Eastman and GE Plastics and was a graduate of the GE Sales Development Management Training Program in 1986. A 1977 distinguished graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Paul served a total of nine years active duty in the United States Army, commanding a company and airborne platoon at Ft. Bragg and serving as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at West Point. He holds an M.S. in Chemistry from M.I.T., an M.B.A. with honors from Golden Gate University and was a Hertz Fellow.
Justin Bishop - CTO
Bishop, the inventor of HALO™ line of products, previously served as President and CEO of Elemental Innovation, Inc., a New Jersey (USA) based engineering firm dedicated to the design and implementation of environmentally friendly products. As the founder of Elemental Innovation, Inc. his goal was to produce an affordable, practical wave attenuator for beaches, harbors, and maritime security. As president of the company, Justin has been involved in all aspects of its development, from product conception to model testing and full-size production. He is responsible for the creation of the HALO™ suite of security products and the invention of the Pile Rider universal dock mount. Bishop graduated from Caldwell College in 1993 with BA in History. While attending college Justin became involved in his family’s research and development company. Bishop’s experience covers many disciplines and extends from highway safety barriers to ocean-wave energy converters. He is the inventor of the WhisprWave® and several other devices. The WhisprWave® has been deployed successfully for 8 years in many locations in the US including several security installations.
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