Jack B. Blount was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer, President, and a Director on May 27, 2020. Blount had an extensive career in technology as a visionary in the personal computer, local area networking, ERP, mobile computing, big data, cybersecurity, and AI. Most recently, Blount founded a strategic consultancy for enterprise, startup and federal government organizations. Prior to that, he served as CIO in the federal government where he was responsible for designing a new, 10-layer cyber security architecture that protected more than 100,000 employees and billions of dollars. Blount began his career as an engineer at IBM and was then recruited from IBM for the role of SVP of Business Development at Novell in the 1980’s where he helped expand its business from $50M to $2B in just six years. He has served as the CTO, COO, and CEO of eight technology, turnaround companies and has served on twelve technology company Board of Directors, five of which were public companies, and he held the role of Chairman of five of those companies. Blount has conducted business in more than 40 countries and has been a speaker at many public conferences in China, France, Germany, Norway, Russia, and the United States. He graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Mathematics and did his graduate MBA studies while working at IBM. Mr. Blount’s leadership skills combined with his extensive experience in the technology/cybersecurity industry makes him uniquely qualified to lead the Company as it seeks to expand its solution offerings and widen its customer base.
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Michael L. Paxton was appointed by the Board to serve as Interim President and Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Chairman of the Board on November 1, 2019, after the unexpected death of G. Ward Paxton on October 24, 2019. Mr. Paxton acted as Interim President and Interim Chief Executive Officer until May 27, 2020 when Mr. Blount was appointed our Chief Executive Officer and President and as Chairman until Mr. LeVecchio’s appointment to that role on August 20, 2020. Mr. Paxton joined the Company on August 13, 2002 as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. He was also employed by the Company from 1986 until May 1998. Mr. Paxton previously held positions with the Company as Vice President and Secretary from 1995 to 1998, Controller of Finance and Accounting from 1987 to 1995 and Accounting Manager from 1986 to 1987. From 1998 to August 2002, Mr. Paxton served as General Partner for Paxton Ventures, L.P. Mr. Paxton holds a B.B.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma. As our CFO, Mr. Paxton has demonstrated dedication and leadership, and possesses a unique insight and understanding of our operations and business strategy. Mr. Paxton’s extensive business, senior management and administrative experience, as well as his intimate familiarity with the day to day management of the Company make him particularly qualified for service as Chairman of our Board.
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