TRI-D Systems, Inc. increases the security of digital assets and the trust in online marketplaces, reputations, and information with strong ID authentication solutions. In order to realize the greatest flexibility in anywhere authentication from any device, all of TRI-D’s solutions are based on a One-Time Passcode (OTP) platform. TRI-D was first-to-market with deployments of OTP cards that met ISO credit-card size and flexibility standards. Again, TRI-D was first to market with a corporate ID card that had OTP for secure network access and RFID for contactless physical access. In addition, TRI-D has patented biometric technology that ensures people are exactly who they claim to be when requesting digital or physical access. Established in 2003, TRI-D is a privately held company headquartered in Pasadena, California.

MANAGEMENT

Debra Shatford, CEO and Co-Founder, has a successful record serving as Chief Executive for high-tech start-ups. Prior to co-founding TRI-D Systems, Debra was a co-founder and CEO for ComFind, an online search service that pioneered "pay-for-placement" and "local" search in 1995. That company was profitable in two years and, in 1999, was acquired by NBC Internet, the 7th most popular web site at that time. At NBC Internet, Debra launched the Business-to-Business Division where she served as General Manager. In this capacity, Debra built a team of business development, product development, customer service and sales people. She also negotiated strategic alliances with distribution partners and spearheaded the acquisition of AllBusiness.com. Overall, her 20+ year career has included executive positions in marketing, sales, operations and finance. Prior to the "dot-com days", she co-founded a mortgage brokerage firm and also worked as Managing Director for a boutique investment-banking firm. Debra holds a B.A. degree from UCLA.

Will Shatford, CTO and Co-Founder, has 20+ years of technology development and engineering team management experience. Prior to co-founding TRI-D Systems, Will served as CTO for smallbusiness.com and CIO for AllBusiness.com. In 1995, he co-founded ComFind and, as CTO, built one of the first "pay-for-placement" and "local" online search engines ever available. When ComFind was acquired in 1999, Will became VP Engineering for NBC Internet, one of the largest Portals and eCommerce companies at that time. An experienced inventor, Will was granted his first patent in 1985 and currently has 2 issued patents and 17 patents pending. Will was also a manufacturing engineer in the aerospace industry where he specialized in laser guided weapons and smart munition electronics and gained further experience in micro controller and printed circuit board designs when he designed custom thermostats and voice controlled activation systems. Will has built engineering organizations from scratch to over 100 people and has a B.S. in Materials Science from UCLA.

Frank Cusack, Vice President Software Engineering, develops TRI-D's OTP authentication software. He has significant experience with network and system security design, implementation and management. Frank has an extensive background in developing, implementing, and managing a wide variety of authentication and authorization systems including Kerberos5, OTP, NIS(+), LDAP, TACACS+, and RADIUS. Prior to joining TRI-D, Frank was a Senior System Programmer for Google where, among many other significant achievements, he founded their IT and Application Security Groups. Before Google, Frank held senior engineering positions with Qwest Communications and Voicenet. Frank is an active participant and contributor to the open source community and is the author of RFC 4256, "Generic Message Exchange Authentication for the Secure Shell Protocol (SSH)." He majored in Mathematics at Penn State.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Clyde Johnston, Chairman, is formerly the President and CEO of Innosoft International which was a leading developer of Internet standards-based messaging and directory solutions that was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2000. Prior to Innosoft, Clyde was president and chairman of the board for the leasing subsidiary at Memorex and the founder and executive vice president of Leasing Solutions. He serves on the Board of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and also served on the Board of Sleepycat Software prior to its recent acquisition by Oracle. He holds a BS in Engineering from the University of Colorado and an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard University.

Debra Shatford, CEO, has a successful record serving as Chief Executive for high-tech start-ups. Prior to co-founding TRI-D Systems, Debra was a co-founder and CEO for ComFind, an online search service founded in 1995. At NBC Internet, Debra launched the Business-to-Business Division and served as its General Manager. She also co-founded a mortgage brokerage firm in 1991 and worked as Managing Director for a boutique investment-banking firm from 1988-1991. Debra holds a B.A. degree from UCLA.

John Isaacson served as an institutional investment manager in New York and Los Angeles and managed both equity and fixed income portfolios. He was Chief Investment Officer of Payden & Rygel, where he was responsible for setting the firm's overall investment strategy as well as for developing and managing high-yield and emerging market investment teams. Currently, John teaches courses at Cal State Los Angeles, serves as a Director of the Pasadena Angels, and also serves on the Board of Bluebeam Software. He has a degree in Economics from MIT and graduate degrees in Economics from Yale University.

DuWayne Peterson was Chief Information Officer for Merrill Lynch. He also served as EVP of Security Pacific Bank Corporation and as Chairman of Security Pacific Automation Company. DuWayne's career also included senior IT management positions for RCA Corporation, Citibank and Ford Motor Company. He sits on a number of Boards including that of Community Bank, MIT and Claremont University and is a founder and Chairman of the Pasadena Angels. DuWayne holds a B.S. from MIT and a MBA from UCLA.

Will Shatford, CTO, has 20+ years of technology development and engineering team management experience. He has served as CTO for smallbusiness.com, CIO for AllBusiness.com, and VP Engineering for NBC Internet. In 1995, he co-founded ComFind and, as CTO, built one of the first ever "pay-for-placement" and "local" online search engines. Will also has a background in manufacturing engineering and holds a BS in Materials Science from UCLA.

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ADVISORY BOARD

Chris Louden is the Chief Technology Officer for Enspier and is the chief architect of the Architecture Working Group (AWG) for the government E-Authentication initiative. Chris was recently named by Federal Computer Week as one of the "Top Federal 100" for his leadership of the AWG. Previously he was with FedWorld where he led the design of the IRS.gov web site, several innovative PKI pilots, and numerous e-commerce systems. He has a BS in Economics from Mary Washington University and a MS in Information Systems from George Mason University.

Michael Olson is the former CEO of Sleepycat Software, the makers of Berkeley DB which is the most widely-used open source developer database software in the world. In February, 2006, Sleepycat was acquired by Oracle where Michael now serves as VP of Embedded Software. Prior to Sleepycat, Olson served in technical and business management positions at database vendors Britton Lee, Illustra and Informix. He holds BA and MA degrees in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Scott Southron is the CFO of Lyon Capital Ventures, Lyon Management Group, Inc. and Lyon Realty Advisors, Inc and has extensive experience in financial management and the investment business. Prior to joining the company, he was the CFO for NWP Services Corporation, co-head of investment banking at Roth Capital Partners, and has held senior financial and operational roles at MCI, The Walt Disney Company and Price Waterhouse. Scott is a graduate of USC and is a certified public accountant.

Derek Brink was most recently with RSA Security where he served as VP Corporate Strategy and VP Corporate Development. Previously, he served as product line manager for RSA SecureID. Derek's experience also includes work for the CIA, HP, and Sun. He is co-author of the book PKI: Implementing and Managing E-Security and is a frequent industry speaker offering unique insights on enterprise and security related technology topics from a solid business perspective. He has a BS in Applied Mathematics from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA with Honors from Harvard Business School.

Zareh Baghdasarian is a Venture Director with California Technology Ventures, LLC. He was one of the founders of Monterey Networks which pioneered the industry's first wavelength router. Cisco acquired Monterey in 1999 and Zareh went on to be founder and CEO of the Iris Group, creating engineering teams to develop optical products from the network core to the edge. He holds a Masters in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University, an Executive Management degree from UCLA Graduate School of Management and a BSEE from Villanova University.

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