Mr. Stenbit is nationally recognized for his expertise in developing crucial defense information systems, leading Defense Transformation initiatives at the Department of Defense (DoD), and applying systems engineering to solve complex problems at large organizations. Mr. Stenbit will stand for election to SI International's Board of Directors at the Company's 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in June. The Company's board now totals eight members, six of whom are non-employee directors.
For the past four years, Mr. Stenbit served as Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I), Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence and Chief Information Officer at the DoD, Pentagon. In this role, he focused on information-centric warfare by creating an information system to support intelligence and operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mr. Stenbit initiated the Counter-Intelligence Field Activity to allow DoD to interface with multiple agencies to share information needed to pursue terrorists in the United States and abroad. Additionally, he developed new Information Assurance architecture to support an Internet system to enhance Net-Centric Warfare. Mr. Stenbit represented the United States at NATO on issues relating to communications and Information Assurance.
For more than three decades, Mr. Stenbit held various management positions at TRW, Inc., a diversified company that provided high technology products to the space, defense, information systems, and automotive markets.
John Stenbit holds a B.S. degree in engineering and a M.S. degree in electrical engineering, both from California Institute of Technology. He is a Fulbright Fellow and recipient of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service.
Deputy Director Retired, National Security Agency
Peter Higgins, founder of The Higgins-Hermansen Group, LLC, has 35 years experience in the information technology field and has been involved with biometrics since the late 1980s. Mr. Higgins is an instructor in Biometrics at the UCLA Extension School. He chaired the International Association for Identification’s AFIS Committee for 5 years and is a well known consultant in the field of large-scale biometric procurement and testing. In 2002 he joined John Woodward and Nick Orlans in authoring the McGraw Hill/Osborne book Biometrics – Identification in the Information Age.
Previously Mr. Higgins served as Deputy Assistant Director – Engineering with the FBI and was the Program Manager for the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). Prior to that he served in technical, operational, and executive positions with the CIA.
Mr. Higgins received a BA in Mathematics from Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY and an MS in Theoretical Math and Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.
At Oracle, Dash saw the rapid growth of the company from $1B to over $10B during his first eight years. He focused on the planning and rollout of Oracle's core server software products. He spent two years as the VP, Advanced Technology for Oracle's consulting group mapping Oracle products to solution themes.
Prior to Oracle, Dash worked for IBM for 16 years and was a key member of the original team developing DB2 for the mainframe in California and DB2 for Unix, NT in Austin, TX. Before leaving IBM, Dash was head of IBM's database architecture, strategy, and technology group at the Silicon Valley Laboratory in San Jose. He is a well-known author and speaks at conferences worldwide. Dash holds a BS in Engineering and an MS in Systems Design from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Michael Blasgen is a private investor and consultant in information technology. Most recently he was vice president and head, Computing Technologies Laboratory, at Sony’s U.S. Research Laboratory and formerly director of IBM’s Austin Research Laboratory that completed the world’s first 1GHz microprocessor.
Prior positions include director of RISC Systems at IBM’s T. J. Watson Laboratory responsible for the 801 project that led to the introduction of the RISC System/6000, and manager of database systems at IBM’s Almaden Laboratory responsible for System R, the first relational database system that led to DB2. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. a B.S. from Harvey Mudd College and an M.S.E.E from California Institute of Technology. Blasgen is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Mike Maples’ impressive background spans over 35 years in the computer industry, including tenure at Microsoft, where he served as Executive Vice President of the Worldwide Products Group, and as a member of the Office of the President, reporting directly to Bill Gates. He is still a Microsoft Ambassador, advising Microsoft on strategic relationships and management initiatives. Prior to joining Microsoft, Maples served as the Director of Software Strategy at IBM. He is currently on the boards of J. D. Edwards & Co., Lexmark Corporation, Mission Critical Software, Motive Communications, Alibre, and Concero.
Mr. Moore Chariman of BOXX Technology in 2000 as chairman. He has more than 30 years experience in the computer, semiconductor, and consumer electronic industries and currently serves as president and CEO of NanoCoolers in Austin, Tex.
Prior to joining NanoCoolers, Mr. Moore was president and CEO at Alchemy Semiconductors, Inc., which was later acquired by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD); Mr. Moore continued with AMD as a specialized consultant. Mr. Moore has also served as chief operating officer and president of Crossroads Systems Inc, and spent more than 15 years in general management positions at Texas Instruments, Analog Devices and Cirrus Logic.
Mr. Moore earned an MBA from Southern Methodist University and a BSEE from Christian Brothers University.
Michael Cope was President, CEO and Chairman of Interphase Corporation, a Dallas based publicly owned computer technology manufacturer, from 1974 through 1994. Following his retirement from Interphase Corporation he served on the board of directors for that company until 1996. Mr. Cope was a member of the board of directors for XLNT, Inc., a San Diego based networking technology supplier from 1996 until the company was bought by Intel in 1999. He is also a member of the board of directors for Liaison, Inc., a Dallas based health care management company, and Hi-Line Electric, Inc., a Dallas based distributor of electronic goods.
Merle has been honored by Software History.org as one of the most influential people in technology. He created UCC's DB4 as well as their COBOL compiler.