Beth Perlman - Chairman; Chief Information Officer, Constellation Energy. Beth joined Constellation Energy in 2002. As Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Ms. Perlman is responsible for all company-wide information technology initiatives, including the standardization of systems and architecture. Before joining Constellation, Ms. Perlman had been Vice President of Enron Wholesale Trading Technology where she was responsible for 750 technologists and a budget of $180 million. Ms. Perlman, who began her career with Enron in 1995 as Director of Risk Management Administration, was named Senior Director, Strategic Systems Initiatives in 1997, Senior Director and was promoted to her last position in 2000. Ms. Perlman graduated with a bachelor’s degree in management information systems and finance from Syracuse University.

Andy Meister - Co-founder and Vice President of Aether Systems, the wireless and mobile data solutions provider. At Aether Systems, Mr. Meister helped grow the company from a small technology consulting firm to a publicly-traded leader in wireless data applications, with over $100 million in annual revenue and more than 1,000 employees in global offices. Mr. Meister was in charge of the initial engineering efforts at Aether Systems, and then progressed into strategic business development roles as the company expanded into new markets and services. Prior to Aether Systems Mr. Meister was VP of Engineering/Operations with Mobile Solutions, a startup in Wireless Data Communication Software. Mr. Meister has also held positions in operations and technology with UPS/Roadnet and the National Security Agency. Mr. Meister holds a M.S. in Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in Computer Science from Northeastern University. 

Yuval Boger - Co-Chairman; CEO, Sensics Mr. Boger is also CEO, General Manager, and Vice President of four emerging high-tech companies, where he critically impacted the formation, growth, and success of those companies over fifteen years. As CEO of Oblicore, provider of service delivery management software, he transformed the company from a struggling start-up into a market leader, achieving triple-digit revenue growth, raising substantial venture capital and building a strong management infrastructure. As Founder and CEO of Unwired Express, a provider of context-sensitive wireless data applications for the enterprise, he formed important customer, industry and investor partnerships and co-invented the company's patent-pending technology. As General Manager and Vice President at RADCOM, he led the development and marketing of the company's flagship product that generated over $100M in sales and helped grow this 15-person start-up into a $30M public company. As co-founder of Talia Technology, an innovative medical diagnostic company with global presence, Yuval helped bootstrap the company, and led the software development and early sales and marketing activities. Yuval received a Master's of Physics degree at Tel-Aviv University and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Greg Abel - Mr. Abel is an experienced communications professional and does public relations for IT companies. He is the founder and president of Abel Communications and works very closely with Adfero Group’s management team. Additionally, Greg is a former account director with Qorvis Communications in D.C., and also spent more than four years as Director of Corporate Communications for Aether Systems, a publicly traded wireless technology company, where he directed public and analyst relations, interacting frequently with top-tier business and technology media and analysts. Prior to Aether, Abel spent several years in the sports marketing industry as director of corporate and athlete communications for Octagon, one of the word's leading event management and athlete representation agencies. He is a graduate of James Madison University with a degree in English and Journalism.

Joan M. Bondareff - Homeland Security Principal, The SPECTRUM Group. Ms. Bondareff created the Homeland Security Division in 2002 when the Department of Homeland Security was established.  Previously, Ms. Bondareff was the Chief Counsel of the U.S. Maritime Administration, and prior to that position, she served as the Majority Senior Counsel to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the U.S. House of Representatives. Ms. Bondareff concentrates her practice on port and maritime security issues.  She is a well-recognized expert in transportation and homeland security matters.  Ms. Bondareff has written extensively on these issues for such publications as Maritime Executive, the Maritime Reporter, and Benedict’s Maritime Bulletin. Ms. Bondareff is available to assist small to medium-sized Israeli companies penetrate the U.S. Government market. 

Jay Cohen - Partner, Duane Morris LLP, Baltimore, Maryland. He practices in the areas of corporate, finance and securities law. Mr. Cohen represents private and public companies with a focus on venture capital and private equity investments, international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, and startup financing for emerging businesses. His international experience includes representing Korean banks, financial institutions, multinational corporations, governmental entities, and emerging businesses in international corporate and litigation matters, including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, investment and land development. Admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia, Mr. Cohen is a 1986 graduate, with honors, of George Washington University Law School, where he was a member of the George Washington Law Review. He is a magna cum laude graduate of the State University of New York at Albany.

Christopher Cushing - Vice Chairman, WolfBlock Public Strategies, LLC. Mr. Cushing represents clients in transactions and investments in which there is an interaction among political, business, regulatory and legal environments. His clients include multinational corporations, local governments, universities and small U.S. and foreign start-up ventures that seek to differentiate themselves from the competition and win homeland security contracts. A proficient public marketing strategist, Mr. Cushing has lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and the Institute of Management & Administration. He is a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers, the National Fire Protection Association, the National Defense Industrial Association and the Association of the United States Army. He received a B.A. in political science and in economics from Bowdoin College.

Douglas Deleaver - Security consultant; former Chief of Police for the Maryland Transit Administration Police Force. On July 1, 2000, he was appointed to the rank of Colonel as the Chief of Police for the Maryland Transit Administration Police Force, working to protect the State by addressing counter-terrorism throughout Maryland’s public transportation infrastructure. Throughout his diverse law enforcement career, Mr. Deleaver has worked narcotics, contract murders, intelligence, and hostage negotiation.  In 1991, he attended and graduated from the FBI National Academy Session #167. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice. He’s a graduate of the Miami Dade College of Assessors for law enforcement, and also completed a one-year course at the Law Enforcement Institute, University of Maryland, College Park.

Jerry Feigen - President, Jerry Feigen Associates, Inc., a venture capital and entrepreneurship consulting and training organization located in Potomac, Maryland. Mr. Feigen has more than 40 years experience in new enterprise development, venture capital policy, government investment and economic policy, technology development, global private sector entrepreneurship and investment assessment, and university educational development. Mr. Feigen was also the Director of the Macklin Center for Entrepreneurship at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD, where he provided a wide range of business development services to emerging businesses, county economic development groups and students at all levels of education. He received his BA in Economics from Brooklyn College in 1958.

Aron Finkelstein - Assistant Managing Attorney, Murthy Law Firm. He deals primarily in U.S. Immigration Law. He is an active member in the Technology Council of Maryland and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). He joined AILA in 1997, where he has served as a Co-Liaison to the State of Maryland Department of Labor, the Maryland Driver's License Committee, and the Federal Department of Labor Committee for Region II. He is currently Secretary of the AILA DC Chapter Executive Committee. Attorney Finkelstein earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Maryland and completed his law degree at the University of Baltimore. He is a member of the Maryland State Bar, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

William S. Galkin, Esq. Mr. Galkin has more than 20 years experience advising companies on structuring a wide variety of relationships in the areas of information technology, Internet, e-commerce, content, and computer law, including licensing, development, alliance, distribution and outsourcing arrangements. Mr. Galkin represents all types of companies, from new startups to publicly traded multinational enterprises and is admitted to practice in both Maryland and Israel. Mr. Galkin has served as an adjunct professor of Computer Law at the University of Maryland School of Law and as an adjunct professor of Business Law at the Merrick School of Business at the University of Baltimore. He graduated from the New York University School of Law (J.D., 1985) and New York University (B.A., cum laude, 1979, and was admitted in Maryland in 1987 and in Israel in 1998.

Hillel Glazer - CEO, Entinex, Inc., a technology strategy company. Mr. Glazer works with software companies to engineer their business processes and is one of about 300 people in the world authorized by the Software Engineering Institute, a research think-tank sponsored by the DOD, to train in and appraise software business processes using the CMMI, a model created by the SEI that many software companies doing business with government must work with. Mr. Glazer can help a software company specifically demonstrate their implementation of CMMI or developing software for themselves or other clients. He earned his M.S. in Technology Management from UMUC and his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from UM.

Robin Hacke - Founder and Managing Partner, Portview Communications Partners, a $61 million venture firm with investments in Israel and the US. Ms. Hacke is a senior corporate development executive with broad experience in formulating and implementing strategy for high tech companies.  As an executive, venture capitalist, board member and consultant, she has guided the growth of over 110 companies and her  investments have resulted in three Nasdaq IPOs. Ms. Hacke resided in Israel from 1986-2003.  After five years as a marketing and sales manager at an Israeli computer start-up, she established a strategic and financial advisory firm that offered American-style business consulting services to the booming Israeli high tech industry.  With her team of 12 professionals in Israel and North America, Ms. Hacke completed over 200 engagements in the communications, software and electronics sectors. Ms. Hacke currently serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee of Alvarion, a Nasdaq-traded, Israel-based manufacturer of broadband wireless communications equipment with $200 million in annual sales.  She has served on a number of private company boards as well as the board of the Israel Venture Association.  A former investment banker at Shearson Lehman in NY, Ms. Hacke earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1984.  She holds an A.B. from Harvard-Radcliffe College.

Charles Heller - Director of Athlone Global Security, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage companies in the homeland security sector.  He is President of Annapolis Capital Group, an “angel” investment and management consulting firm.  Most recently, he was Managing Director of Beacon Global Venture Capital, part of a merchant bank which invests in early- and late-stage deals and provides M&A services to client companies.  Dr. Heller is Professor of Practice-Entrepreneurship at the University Of Maryland Smith School Of Business, and teaches entrepreneurship at the Clark School of Engineering at UM. He serves on a number of public, private, and nonprofit boards, including those of: FBR Mutual Funds, Walden University, Chesapeake Innovation Center, WebTide Technologies (chair), and Athlone Global Capital. Dr. Heller received his BS and MS degrees in engineering from Oklahoma State University and a Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America. 

Craig Hillman, Ph.D. - President and CEO, DfR Soultions. He supports customers throughout the product lifecycle through an emphasis on design for reliability (DfR) practices. The principle of DfR is in using a fundamental understanding of how electronics fail to address reliability issues as early in the product design process and as far down the supply chain as possible. Dr. Hillman has over 40 publications and has presented on a wide variety of reliability issues to over 200 companies and organizations. His has received a Post-doctoral fellowship at Cambridge University, additionally; he received his PhD in Materials from the University of California Santa Barbara and his B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science from Carnegie Mellon. 

Ira E. Hoffman - Attorney, Hoffman & Associates, and an adjunct professor of law.  In the past, he has served as counsel to the Israeli Ministry of Defense Mission to the United States, and as counsel to the Vice Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission. For the last 20 years he has been practicing law in the private sector, representing large and small foreign and U.S. companies selling or trying to sell goods and services to the U.S. Government, and companies involved in imports and exports. He teaches International Trade Law at the George Mason University School of Law, and advises companies on export controls and the law of imports. Mr. Hoffman received his Juris Doctor degree (cum laude) in 1983 from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was an editor on the Law Review. Before that, he earned an M.Sc in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1975, and a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1973.

Michael Lavine, Ph.D. - Executive Vice-President and Chief Security Officer, Homeland Security Consultants Inc. He is an international expert in the field of IT security and is a sought after consultant in the field with over fifteen years of experience in the security, audit/assessment and consulting industries. He is widely published and has given many presentations in Europe, Asia and the U.S.A. As Managing Director of Business Solutions International, LLC Mike conducted a wide variety of information assurance, computer security and management consulting projects for a diverse group of international clients. These included specialized projects in: IT security design, software development, business strategy analysis, software selection, product implementation and product sourcing as well as developing and delivering professional training courses in the U.S.A. and overseas. He previously worked from PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in the Baltimore Washington area where he provided information technology security reviews, audits and consulting services to a wide variety of clients in the financial services, manufacturing, high technology, government, healthcare, and middle market sectors. Mike is completing his Ph.D. At the Sir John Cass Business School - City University, London, England where he majored in Computer Information Systems. He holds an M.S. in Information and Telecommunication Systems for Business from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, an MSc. from City University Business School in London and a B.S. from Touro College in New York City where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Rajesh (Raj) Rai - Principal and a Co-founder, New Markets Growth Fund. This is an early stage venture capital fund. He brings over 10 years of venture capital, corporate and entrepreneurial experience to his position. Raj serves as a board observer for FortiusOne, Artifact Software, Innovative Biosensors and Arctern. Raj has a BS in mechanical engineering from REC Suratkal, India, a Masters in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Michael Raphael - As a senior engineer in manufacturing metrology from 1985 to 1995 with what became Lockheed Martin Corporation, Mr. Raphael helped develop a revolutionary new high-accuracy portable three-dimensional industrial measurement system. Following several years of industrial application within the aerospace-manufacturing field, he co-founded Direct Dimensions, Inc., an engineering company specializing in the sales and contract services of this new measurement device. Over the past 12 years, Direct Dimensions, Inc. has expanded to specialize and represent a variety of advanced non-contact 3-D measurement systems and computer modeling and analysis software for a wide range of application. Michael graduated from Virginia Tech with BS degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics in 1985, followed by a Masters of Engineering Administration from George Washington University.

Mark Rapson - joined the accounting firm KAWG&F in 1996. Mark is active in the firm's Technology Services and Medical Practice Services Groups. He concentrates on  closely-held companies providing business advisory services, assistance with managing expansion and growth, assistance in obtaining and maintaining financing, and general financial statement and tax services. Mark has spent considerable time assisting overseas organizations on doing business in the US.

Rafi Ron - CEO and president of New Age Security Solutions. He is working on implementing existing and new security-related technologies and methods, including beta site testing and security systems upgrades. He is in charge of directing the daily security activities of Israel’s airport’s operations and of interfacing between the Israel Airports Authority and various governmental bodies involved in aviation and aviation security. Mr. Ron received a BA in civil administration from Haifa University and has taken Intelligence and Counter Terrorism training.

Aviel D. Rubin, Ph.D. - Dr. Rubin is a professor of computer science and is the Technical Director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Rubin directs the NSF-funded ACCURATE center for correct, usable, reliable, auditable and transparent elections. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Rubin was a research scientist at AT&T Labs in the Secure Systems Research Department. He is also a co-founder of Independent Security Evaluators, a security consulting firm. Rubin has a B.S in Computer Science (Honors), ('89), a M.S.E Computer Science and Engineering ('91), and a Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering ('94) all from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Avi Rubinstein - CEO and President of VideoCodes, a developer of digital video broadcasting processing applications. Avi served in various senior leadership roles with ECtel, including Senior VP Marketing and Business Development and General Manager of ECtel North-America. Within ECtel, Avi founded and developed two lines of business that became ECtel's primary revenue source, directly resulting in sales exceeding $200M. Avi was a key player in ECtel's 1999 IPO, and personally managed many multi-million dollars relationships with top-tier global telecom operators and government agencies. Before Joining ECtel, Avi served 6 years in an elite technology unit of the Israeli Army in technical command and R&D positions. Avi holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance & marketing, both from Tel-Aviv University.

Amir Shaked - Serial IT entrepreneur. Mr. Shaked is an executive whose significant experience in sales, product marketing, business development and general management is complemented by a track record for transforming early stage companies into market leaders. He currently serves as the CEO of Disksites, Inc. Amir was recruited to be CEO of Disksites by Tamir Fishman Ventures, a key supporter of Mr. Shaked's previous company, CeLight. Tamir Fishman was part of a Goldman Sachs-led $47.5 million financing round for CeLight, where Mr. Shaked was founder, CEO and Chairman. Prior to CeLight, Mr. Shaked founded the US subsidiary of Accord Video Telecom, Inc. which achieved dramatic market success and was subsequently acquired by Polycom for $350 million. Mr. Shaked holds a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Tel Aviv University. Inc. is a nationally recognized leader in data-capture solutions which helps business and government organizations deploy supply chain technology, including bar code scanners, wireless terminals, mobile computers, RFID systems, and related software.. Mr. Steinmetz was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award Winner in Maryland in the technology category.

Jay Steinmetz - CEO and President, Barcoding Inc. Barcoding Inc. is a nationally recognized leader in data-capture solutions which helps business and government organizations deploy supply chain technology, including bar code scanners, wireless terminals, mobile computers, RFID systems, and related software.. Mr. Steinmetz was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award Winner in Maryland in the technology category.

Ari Tuchman, Ph.D. - Nobska Ventures and Managing Partner at TechnoVentures, LLC. Dr. Tuchman has developed new venture opportunities and provided technical, business and management consulting services to seed and start-up companies in the electronics, photonics, bio-tech and information technology sectors.  A seasoned technologist, entrepreneur and veteran corporate executive, Dr. Tuchman has 15+ years experience in cutting edge research and development of advanced photonic and electronic materials, devices and EO systems, and has 10+ years experience managing in-house and outsourced technology development, in industrial, government and academic settings.  He was appointed a US National Research Council Fellow at the US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC and a Visiting Scientist at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Dr. Tuchman graduated, summa cum laude, from Yeshiva University and received M.A., M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees, in physics, from Columbia University.