MIKE DOLAN

CHAIRMAN

Mike Dolan is a successful entrepreneur, political strategist and venture capitalist. Mr. Dolan began his career in the early 2000’s working in Pennsylvania politics where he led many successful campaigns - ranging from local Pennsylvania state races to President Bush’s western Pennsylvania campaign. He also led political, governmental and business fundraising ventures across the Commonwealth. In 2006, Mr. Dolan began his entrepreneurial experience with start-ups in the entertainment industry. Those ventures included strategic investments the commercial, film and television production sectors and consulting on major theatrical motion pictures. As part of these ventures, Mike was instrumental in the passage of the film tax credit in Pennsylvania and his company was the first recipient of the credit program. As an active investor in those businesses, he maintained the responsibility for: building partnerships; consulting with organizations on tax incentives policy and government outreach; arranging multi-million-dollar financing and distribution for productions; and managing of the daily operations of the companies.

As one of the grandsons of Federated Investors (NYSE:FII) founder John F. Donahue, Mike has always maintained his entrepreneurial and financial family background. Mr. Dolan over his career has invested and owned a Registered Investment Advisory firm, a professional athlete and entertainer lifestyle management company and small private equity fund. Mr. Dolan personally has participated in deals across multiple sectors – including emerging markets, venture capital, and later stage buy-outs.

Mr. Dolan is also a Limited Partner in Voyager Holdings, a family-owned private-equity company, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mike previously served as the Vice President of Voyager Jet Center, a Voyager Holdings subsidiary company, from 2005 to 2010. He was responsible for business development, government relations and all capital projects at Voyager Jet – including the ten-year west ramp development of the Allegheny County airport that involved the strategic collaboration of the federal, state, local and airport authorities. He continues to consult and handle government relations for all the various the family organizations in the portfolio on a national and international level. Mike has built an extensive network of relationships in both the United States House & Senate as well as past and current bureaucratic Administrations.

Most recently, Mike and his father, Jim Dolan, launched a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) in January - raising $129 Million. A SPAC is a publicly traded company listed on an exchange (NASDAQ) that holds cash in order to merge with an active business (or businesses) - normally in the private market looking to be public. The sponsor company, Gordon Pointe Management, which Mike oversees, manages the opportunities & deal flow and will recommend to the public board a target company to acquire/merger with.

Mike was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but currently resides in Naples, Florida. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, with a degree in Marketing and a Minor in Business Law.

ROBERT WILSON

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FOUNDER

30 years in technology and marketing. Rob received a degree in Accounting and Business Management from the University of Nevada. He spent many years in New York City working with top marketing firms including BBDO, WPP, and Ogilvy, among others. He developed technology for Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Citibank and professional sport teams.

Rob pioneered technology for use on 192 American military bases and worked with the Department of Defense to launch the first computer crime task force. Rob Wilson and David Fritsche founded Argus Holdings, a business incubation company with investments in technology and sustainability.

TJ KENNEDY

VICE CHAIRMAN

TJ Kennedy is the Vice Chairman of the Board for Secured Communications and one of the co-founders and principals of The Public Safety Network.

TJ Kennedy is one of the co-founders and principals of the Public Safety Network. TJ has had a 25-year career in wireless technology and public safety. Prior to the Public Safety Network, TJ was the President of the First Responder Network Authority, known as FirstNet, an independent government authority charged with creating the first ever financially self-sustaining broadband nationwide network for public safety.

TJ led FirstNet from a start-up inside the United States government to become a $40 billion public-private partnership (PPP) that is deploying a mission critical 4G LTE network in all 50 US states, 5 territories, and the District of Columbia. This PPP is the largest ever in the United States and is now providing priority public safety communications to law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services personnel. Prior to FirstNet, TJ was the President of Raytheon JPS Communications and led the Public Safety business at Raytheon.

TJ received his MBA from Johns Hopkins University.

JASON KARP

BOARD MEMBER

Jason Karp is a Board member and Chief Legal Counsel for Secured Communications and is one of the co-founders and principals of The Public Safety Network.

Jason brings more than 25 years of legal and business executive experience in the telecom, technology, media/advertising, and public safety environments, having managed within large corporations, start-ups and the federal government.

Prior to The Public Safety Network, Jason was the General Counsel and senior executive with FirstNet. In this capacity, Jason was responsible for interpreting the complex law that created FirstNet, and developing and implementing the critical legal strategy and framework for successful deployment of the nationwide public safety broadband network.

Jason received a B.S.E. with honors in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

JOHN PARKINSON

CHIEF OPERATIONS U.K.

​​​John is a former UK Chief Constable with experience of leading investigations into major and serious crime and counter terrorism including the 7/7 London Bombings inquiry in Leeds. He was head of the NE Counter Terrorism Unit and as UK Senior National Coordinator Counter Terrorism oversaw many national and international counter terrorism operations. He holds a Master’s Degree from Cambridge University, is a past President of the Leadership in Counter Terrorism Alumni Association and member of their Executive Advisory Board continuing to develop counter terrorism capabilities and strategies. He has since provided consultancy for Leadership and CT development programs across the world. John is the Chair of CENTRIC (Centre of Excellence for research into Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence & Organized Crime) and actively supports the development of new technologies to support public safety and security.

NICK KALDAS A.P.M.

CHIEF OPERATIONS AUSTRALIA

Nick Kaldas held two of the most senior roles in the NSW Police Force executive for well over a decade, serving as Deputy Commissioner and prior to that, Assistant Commissioner.

He relieved extensively as Commissioner. While Nick was Deputy Commissioner NSW Police Force from 2007 to 2016, he commanded up to 14,000 staff, and a budget of more than $2 billion.

His career has spanned major crime investigations and operations, including counter terrorism, protection operations, armed robbery, major drug investigations, covert operations, emergency management, community policing and over a decade in homicide investigations. He was a member of the Australian National Counter Terrorism Committee, the peak policy body dealing with Counter Terrorism in Australia, for eight years. He held the statutory position of State Emergency Operations Controller.

Nick also played a key leadership role in protection and related operations in significant national events such as the Sydney Olympics, APEC 2007 and World Youth Day, Sydney 2008. Nick previously held the position of Director of Internal Oversight Services in the United Nations Relief Works Agency based in Jordan, leading investigations, audits, evaluation programs and an ethics division. He directed all oversight activities and a reporting regime for more than 30,000 staff with a budget of over US$2 billion, in five fields: Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank, and Jordan. He travelled extensively in all five fields.

Internationally, Nick was Chief of Investigations in the UN/OPCW Joint Investigative Mechanism, leading the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict; he was also Chief of Investigations, U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, led the investigations into the assassinations of the Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 21 others, and Deputy Chief Police Adviser with Coalition Forces in Iraq - rebuilding the Iraqi National Police.

He is currently a member of Operation Kenova’s Independent Steering Committee, the Scotland Yard investigation into numerous murders allegedly committed by the IRA during the ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland. Nick is a graduate of the FBI’s Hostage Negotiation Program, Leadership in Counter Terrorism Program, and the FBI National Executive Institute. He has received numerous awards, including the Australian Police Medal, the National Medal, and the Overseas Humanitarian Service medal.

DAVID FRITSCHE

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, FOUNDER

30 years in technology and business. David worked for NASA in the 80’s on Voyager II, Galileo and IRAS projects. He received several awards from NASA including NASA’s Award of Excellence and co-authored books for Que, Microsoft and New Riders press. David was CEO of GCN which sold to a public company in 2000.

David consulted for Microsoft, Intel, Daimler Chrysler, AT&T, Boeing and hundreds of other companies. Microsoft asked David to transition SQL Server for use on the Internet. 15 years ago, David founded Argus Holdings with Rob Wilson which incubates technology and marketing businesses.

CHRIS PERRY

CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

31 years in Public Safety. Former Director of Public Safety for the State of Nevada, Chief of the Nevada Highway Patrol, Oversaw Homeland Security for the State.

Degrees from UNLV and advanced certifications from Northwestern University, the U.S. Department of Justice, and Nevada POST. Managed nearly 1,500 personnel with a mission to ensure the safety and protection of all citizens in the state. Perry has received both Senatorial and Congressional Recognition for his efforts in helping to secure the community.

MIKE HALEY

CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

34 years in Public Safety, Former Sheriff of Washoe County, Nevada. A seasoned, continuous improvement management professional. U.S. Army First Sergeant.

Attended: FBI National Executive Institute, FBI National Academy, LinCT Pacific Counter-terrorism, Drug Enforcement and Secret Service, Southwest Command College, and Senior Management Institute Harvard University.

JANET SEWELL

SVP FINANCE

Born, raised and educated in the heart of Silicon Valley, Janet received her degree in accounting from Menlo College.  Practicing as a Certified Public Accountant for the past 27 years, she has used her diverse experience in financial reporting and taxation to assist a wide variety of companies from small startups to national multi-million dollar organizations.  She has proudly served on numerous non-profit boards which have benefited from her accounting expertise.

ERICKA KELLY

SR. ADVISOR U.S. MILITARY

E. Kelly was also the 17th Command Chief Master Sergeant for the Air Force Reserve Command and the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve.

Under her role as a Command Chief, E. Kelly represented the highest enlisted executive level of leadership in the military. She advised the Commander on all issues regarding the readiness, training, welfare, morale, and proper utilization and progress of more than 74,000 civilians/enlisted/officer active duty and Reserve Citizen Airmen serving at more than 60 military bases worldwide. She also provided direction to the Reserve Forces and represented their interests at all levels of government, other military branches and in joint strategic and operational war-fighting environments.

In addition to her executive consulting and military service, E. Kelly has more than 20 years of government management and law enforcement experience. She serves as a Criminal Investigator for the Department of Homeland/Customs and Border Protection in the Office of Professional Responsibility.

BRENDAN SCHWARTZ

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

Brendan Schwartz has 15+ years of experience in Investment Banking, Capital Markets and Business Enablement. He received a degree in Finance and Marketing from the University of South Carolina.

He spent most of his career on Wall Street working with institutional investors, family offices and hedge funds investing in the private placement markets, and more recently as a financial consultant advising Board Members and CEOs on best-practices and structuring transaction in early-stage funding rounds.

He has helped developed processes to support private companies looking to go public through reverse merger transaction or self-listing, and currently provides both IPO and post-merger marketing services to disruptive companies with earth-shattering technologies and world-class staff and advisors.

Brendan and his family reside in Pittsburgh, PA and are actively involved in several community development and enrichment projects.

ROBERT ABOUMITRI

INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS

Robert Aboumitri is an Intelligence Analysis Manager with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, he is in charge of two analytical units in the Greater Toronto Area. One of his units is a unique team within law enforcement specializing in communications data analysis.

During the last eighteen years, Robert has supported numerous investigations and is regularly consulted as a subject matter expert in the field of communications data analysis.

In 2007, in recognition of his expertise, he was deployed to the United Nations in Lebanon to assist in the investigation into the assassination of Mr. Rafik Hariri, the ex-Prime Minister of Lebanon. At the end of his assignment, he took a position with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (based in The Hague) as the head of an analytical team specializing in communications data analysis.

In 2014, Robert was declared an expert in "the analysis and interpretation of cellular communications and data, and the analysis and interpretation of cellular telephone records as it relates to the location and movement of cellular devices in conjunction with cellular communication transmission towers" by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.

Robert is currently managing a multi-million-dollar project on behalf of the RCMP and in collaboration with a private sector Toronto-based software company to develop and test a solution to allow analysts to make the leap to a new machine augmented era of data-driven criminal investigations. An era where new work-flows are needed where machines and humans work interactively together to extract narratives.

Robert is the recipient of several medals and awards including; an Operational Service Medal, a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, and a Commissioner's Commendation for Outstanding Service.

VICTORIA LEE

VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Victoria Lee is Vice President of the Public Safety Network. Her 25+ year career in public safety includes serving as a volunteer firefighter and working with the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the First Responder Network Authority. She joined FirstNet in 2013, shortly after its inception.

While there, Ms. Lee played a key role in helping to establish the framework for operations and coordination with the public safety community and was instrumental in establishing strong communication with all public safety disciplines across the United States. Her work included close coordination with the Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC), a committee of public safety leaders around the country appointed to help advise on the FirstNet project, and public safety associations from all disciplines. Ms. Lee focused her efforts on ensuring the ultimate communications solution aligned with the needs of public safety as communicated through multiple meetings and interactions. Once the public-private partnership with the nationwide telecom provider was established, she helped to draft and finalize the network deployment plans in each of the 56 states and territories.

Ms. Lee’s most recent work with the IAFC included a portfolio of programs which focused on collaborative work with other national fire and emergency service organizations such as the International Association of Fire Fighters, the National Fire Protection Association and the Congressional Fire Services Institute. She led several projects that brought together representatives from these organizations and others to develop training programs, reports and assessments, and other resources for the fire and emergency services. Ms. Lee is seen as a true through leader and champion for the fire service within the U.S. and brings to the Public Safety Network both practical and strategic business experience in the communications needs of public safety.