Tom Wilkinson
Chairman of the Board, Executive Committee Member
Tom Wilkinson brings a background in public accountancy and C-level executive experience for a Nasdaq listed company to Cipherloc. He presently owns and operates Wilkinson & Company, a financial and business consulting firm focused on emerging growth pre-IPO and public companies. Mr. Wilkinson previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Xplore Technologies until the sale of the company to Zebra Technologies in 2018. Xplore was a NASDAQ listed public company and the sale resulted in a superior return to the investors. Prior to becoming the CEO, Mr. Wilkinson served as the company's Chief Financial Officer and led a successful operational turnaround driving the business to profitability. He is also an experienced audit partner at a public accountancy firm he founded and grew to seven offices and served as CFO of Amherst Holdings, a privately held corporation. Mr. Wilkinson currently serves on the board of Astrotech (ASTC) and is a CPA in the State of Texas.
Anthony Ambrose
Lead Independent Director, Executive Committee Member
Anthony Ambrose has served for the past six years as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Data I/O, the leading global provider of advanced data and security programming solutions, and a Nasdaq listed company (DAIO). Prior to Data I/O, Mr. Ambrose was Owner and Principal of Cedar Mill Partners, LLC, a strategy consulting firm since 2011. From 2007 to 2011, he was Vice President and General Manager at RadiSys Corporation, a leading provider of embedded wireless infrastructure solutions, where he established the telecom platform business and grew it to over $125M in annual revenues. He was previously general manager and held several other progressively responsible positions at Intel Corporation, where he led development and marketing of standards-based communications platforms and grew the industry standard server business to over $1B in revenues. Mr. Ambrose has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Princeton University.
Debbie MacConnel
Independent Director
Ms. MacConnel has been involved in the computer industry for 34 years, retiring recently from the IBM Corporation after 28 years. Prior to her retirement, Ms. MacConnel was instrumental in transforming information technology for IBM's human resources function, which supported up to 450,000 employees. Ms. MacConnel's team at IBM was also responsible for transforming the succession planning process for executive selection and promotion, along with enhancing the processes for mergers and acquisition management and talent acquisition. Ms. MacConnel qualifies as an independent member of the Company's Board of Directors.
Kevin Powers
Independent Director
Mr. Powers is the founder and director of the Master of Science in Cybersecurity Policy and Governance Programs at Boston College and is an Assistant Professor of the Practice at Boston College Law School and in Boston College's Carroll School of Management's Business Law and Society Department. Mr. Powers is also a Cybersecurity Research Affiliate at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and he has taught courses at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was also the Deputy General Counsel to the Superintendent. Mr. Powers qualifies as an independent member of the Company's Board of Directors.
Hugh Regan
Independent Director
Mr. Regan recently retired from his role as Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of inTEST Corporation, a publicly traded manufacturer of capital equipment used in the semiconductor industry and other markets, and currently works as a private consultant to businesses, assisting them with various strategic issues. Mr. Regan served in his roles at inTEST for just over 25 years, from April 1996 until June 2021. From 1985 to April 1996, Mr. Regan served in various financial capacities for Value Property Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, including Vice President of Finance from 1989 to September 1995 and Chief Financial Officer from September 1995 until April 1996. Mr. Regan qualifies as an independent member of the Company's Board of Directors and will serve as the Chairperson of the Company's Audit Committee.
Brian Haugli
Inside Director and Chief Executive Officer
Brian has been driving security programs for two decades and brings a true practitioner’s approach to the industry. He creates a more realistic way to address information security and data protection issues for organizations. He has led programs for the DoD, Pentagon, Intelligence Community, Fortune 500, and many others. Brian is a renowned speaker and expert on NIST guidance, threat intelligence implementations, and strategic organizational initiatives.Brian is the contributing author for the latest book from Wiley, “Cybersecurity Risk Management: Mastering the Fundamentals Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework“.Lastly, he is a professor at Boston College, in the Woods College of Advancing Studies, Master’s Program in Cybersecurity.
