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MANAGEMENT TEAM
Dr. Eric P. Wenaas
Chairman
Dr. Wenaas has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of PepperBall Technologies, Inc. (PBAL) since its inception and spin off from Jaycor in 2000, and acts as the company's President and CEO. Dr. Wenaas was CEO and Chairman of the Board of Jaycor from 1991 to March of 2002, at which time the company merged with Titan Corporation. Dr. Wenaas has also served as the Chairman of the Board of JNI Corporation since its organization in February 1997 and until September 2002. For his contributions to Jaycor, JNI and PTI, Dr. Wenaas received both the Director of the Year award from the Corporate Directors Forum for Companies in Transition, and the Entrepreneur of the Year award from Ernst and Young for high technology companies in 2001.
Dr. Wenaas received BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering at Purdue University in 1963 and 1964, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo in 1969.
John Stiska
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Stiska, 66, has been a director of the Company since September 2008 and in April 2009 was appointed as the Company's Chief Executive Officer. He was a director of PepperBall prior to its merger with Security With Advanced Technology, Inc., in September 2008, from November 2001 through September 2008. Mr. Stiska is currently a Principal of Regent Partners, LLC, a merchant bank. From 2000 to 2007 Mr. Stiska was Chairman of Commercial Bridge Capital, LLC, a secured bridge loan fund. He was Of Counsel to the law firm of Latham & Watkins from 1998 to June 2000. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Stiska served as Senior Vice President-Corporate of Qualcomm Incorporated and as General Manager of Qualcomm's Technology Applications Group. From 1990 to 1996 he was President of Intermark, Inc. and then CEO of its successor, Triton Group Ltd. Prior to 1990 he practiced corporate and securities law. Mr. Stiska was a director of JNI Corporation and its Interim CEO in 2002, and served for many years as a director of Jaycor, Inc. He has served on numerous public and private company boards and is a past chairman of the Corporate Directors Forum, a San Diego business organization focusing on corporate governance and director education. Mr. Stiska earned a BBA in accounting and a JD in Law from the University of Wisconsin. .
Jeffrey G. McGonegal
Chief Financial Officer
Jeff McGonegal became Security With Advanced Technology's Chief Executive Officer in late 2007, previously holding the position of Chief Financial Officer since 2003. McGonegal also serves as Chief Financial Officer of AspenBio Pharma, Inc. and Cambridge Holdings, Ltd. Since 1997, he has served as Managing Director of McGonegal and Co., a company engaged in providing accounting and business consulting services. From 1974 to 1997, McGonegal was an accountant with BDO Seidman LLP. While at BDO Seidman LLP, he served as managing partner of the Denver, Colorado office. McGonegal was elected in 2005 to serve on the board of Imagenetix, Inc., a publicly-held company in the nutritional supplements industry and he is also a member of the board of directors of Applied Medical Devices, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from Florida State University and is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in the state of Colorado.
Corey Holland
Director of the Technology Division
Corey Holland is the Director of Security With Advanced Technology's Vizer Technology Group. In his role, Holland is responsible for all operational and product development activities within the Vizer Technology Group. Prior to joining SWAT, Holland spent eight years in various management positions at TimeCentre, Inc., a software development company, including director of operations, business development manager and senior sales representative. During that time Holland formed an efficient new implementations and operations group, developed and maintained a successful nationwide channel of partners, mentored the sales team, managed key accounts and grew sales by $6 million. Holland has additional experience at software and service organizations where he sold, installed and trained customers on new HR, payroll and time attendance software while building and maintaining a sales pipeline of more than $250,000 per month. Holland has a bachelor's of science degree in electronics engineering from Denver Technical College and is completing his master's degree in business administration from Colorado State University.
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