Top National Security Advisor Bill Crowell Chairs BroadWare Board; Finance Director Kerry Sorenson Promoted to VP
BroadWare Makes Strategic Appointments to Leverage Growing Market Position in Video Surveillance
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – October 12, 2005, – BroadWare Technologies, Inc., the leader in distributed video surveillance, has announced the appointment of William (Bill) Crowell as chairman of the board of directors. Crowell has a four decades-long career in security, including the top civilian position at the National Security Agency (NSA) and as chief executive officer of Cylink Corporation, a developer of public-key security systems.
Crowell is recognized as a pioneer and leading expert on the implementation of information security for both the federal government and private industry. He held several senior positions at NSA prior to being named Deputy Director in 1994, serving in that position through 1997. After leaving government, he served on the President's Export Council (PEC) under President Bill Clinton and was actively involved in working with the administration, Congress and private industry to loosen restrictions on the export of encryption products. He has also held leadership roles on many other defense-related panels, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Task Force on Terrorism and Deterrence, the National Research Council Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism and the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.
"Bill Crowell's experience, knowledge of security, and reputation at the highest levels of government and industry will be invaluable to BroadWare as we increase our lead as the industry's foremost provider of IP-based video surveillance systems and drive the company to the next level of growth and global recognition,” said BroadWare CEO Bill Stuntz.
Crowell's experience in the private high tech industry includes the role of vice president at Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corporation, followed by a series of senior positions at Cylink. He became president and CEO of Cylink in 1998 and continued to serve as a security advisor to the company after it was acquired by SafeNet in February 2003. In 2002 Crowell was appointed to the Silicon Valley Blue Ribbon Task Force on Aviation Security and Technology, which identified and evaluated technology-driven solutions to improve the security and efficiency of national and local aviation.
"It is critical for users of legacy surveillance systems to migrate to digital technology in order to efficiently and effectively deal with the security challenges of today's world ," said Crowell. "BroadWare's proven expertise in fulfilling the networked video needs of government agencies and large corporations has given them a significant technical advantage towards this goal. I am honored to serve as the board's chairman and look forward to delivering the BroadWare vision to its federal, state and industry customers."
In his present role as an independent consultant specializing in information technology and intelligence systems, Crowell is widely sought by the media. He has been interviewed by major news and business media, including The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today, CIO Magazine, CBS MarketWatch, CNBC and CNET News.
Kerry Sorenson, Vice President of Finance
In a separate announcement, BroadWare recognized the accomplishments of Kerry Sorenson by promoting him to Vice President of Finance. Sorenson has led BroadWare's finance and administration initiatives for four years, during which time the company has become the market leader in server-based technologies for management, distribution and storage of video surveillance data in network environments.
"Kerry has performed an outstanding job as BroadWare's Director of Finance and Administration," said BroadWare CEO Bill Stuntz. "Under his leadership, our finance, accounting, human resources, and facilities operations achieved an unparalleled degree of efficiency, accuracy and responsiveness."
Prior to BroadWare, Sorenson headed finance operations for a variety of Silicon Valley high tech companies including Cadence Design Systems' IC Division, SmartMachines, Xulu Entertainment and Mshift. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard and holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
About BroadWare Technologies, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, BroadWare Technologies is the industry pioneer in enabling distribution, viewing, storage and management of real-time video in a networked environment. The BroadWare Media Server provides a highly scalable server platform for deploying distributed video surveillance systems for defense, homeland security, transportation and law enforcement applications.
For more information, please visit www.broadware.com.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – October 12, 2005, – BroadWare Technologies, Inc., the leader in distributed video surveillance, has announced the appointment of William (Bill) Crowell as chairman of the board of directors. Crowell has a four decades-long career in security, including the top civilian position at the National Security Agency (NSA) and as chief executive officer of Cylink Corporation, a developer of public-key security systems.
Crowell is recognized as a pioneer and leading expert on the implementation of information security for both the federal government and private industry. He held several senior positions at NSA prior to being named Deputy Director in 1994, serving in that position through 1997. After leaving government, he served on the President's Export Council (PEC) under President Bill Clinton and was actively involved in working with the administration, Congress and private industry to loosen restrictions on the export of encryption products. He has also held leadership roles on many other defense-related panels, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Task Force on Terrorism and Deterrence, the National Research Council Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism and the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.
"Bill Crowell's experience, knowledge of security, and reputation at the highest levels of government and industry will be invaluable to BroadWare as we increase our lead as the industry's foremost provider of IP-based video surveillance systems and drive the company to the next level of growth and global recognition,” said BroadWare CEO Bill Stuntz.
Crowell's experience in the private high tech industry includes the role of vice president at Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corporation, followed by a series of senior positions at Cylink. He became president and CEO of Cylink in 1998 and continued to serve as a security advisor to the company after it was acquired by SafeNet in February 2003. In 2002 Crowell was appointed to the Silicon Valley Blue Ribbon Task Force on Aviation Security and Technology, which identified and evaluated technology-driven solutions to improve the security and efficiency of national and local aviation.
"It is critical for users of legacy surveillance systems to migrate to digital technology in order to efficiently and effectively deal with the security challenges of today's world ," said Crowell. "BroadWare's proven expertise in fulfilling the networked video needs of government agencies and large corporations has given them a significant technical advantage towards this goal. I am honored to serve as the board's chairman and look forward to delivering the BroadWare vision to its federal, state and industry customers."
In his present role as an independent consultant specializing in information technology and intelligence systems, Crowell is widely sought by the media. He has been interviewed by major news and business media, including The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today, CIO Magazine, CBS MarketWatch, CNBC and CNET News.
Kerry Sorenson, Vice President of Finance
In a separate announcement, BroadWare recognized the accomplishments of Kerry Sorenson by promoting him to Vice President of Finance. Sorenson has led BroadWare's finance and administration initiatives for four years, during which time the company has become the market leader in server-based technologies for management, distribution and storage of video surveillance data in network environments.
"Kerry has performed an outstanding job as BroadWare's Director of Finance and Administration," said BroadWare CEO Bill Stuntz. "Under his leadership, our finance, accounting, human resources, and facilities operations achieved an unparalleled degree of efficiency, accuracy and responsiveness."
Prior to BroadWare, Sorenson headed finance operations for a variety of Silicon Valley high tech companies including Cadence Design Systems' IC Division, SmartMachines, Xulu Entertainment and Mshift. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard and holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
About BroadWare Technologies, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, BroadWare Technologies is the industry pioneer in enabling distribution, viewing, storage and management of real-time video in a networked environment. The BroadWare Media Server provides a highly scalable server platform for deploying distributed video surveillance systems for defense, homeland security, transportation and law enforcement applications.
For more information, please visit www.broadware.com.