AuthenTec Board of Directors

 

Robert Grady

Robert Grady is Chairman of the Board for AuthenTec. He is former Managing Partner and Chairman of Carlyle Venture Partners as well as a member of The Carlyle Group’s Management Committee. He also served as the Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association having joined its board in 2002. Since retiring from Carlyle in 2009, Mr. Grady has become a partner at Cheyenne Capital Fund, a private equity firm with $363 million in assets under management, and was also recently appointed as Chairman of New Jersey’s Council of Economic Advisors by newly elected Governor Chris Christie. He also serves on the boards of Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) a successful mixed signal semiconductor supplier, and Thomas Weisel Partners Group (NASDAQ: TWPG), a leading investment banking firm, and privately held companies E-Screen, Viator, and Symbio LLC. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Grady was a Managing Director and member of the Management Committee at Robertson Stephens.  At Robertson Stephens, he served as lead investment banker on over 150 public market financings and M&A transactions, and was an active venture capital investor. He served in the White House from 1989-1993, as Deputy Assistant to President George H.W. Bush and as Executive Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1991-1993) and as Associate Director of OMB for Natural Resources, Energy and Science (1989-1991). He previously served as Chief Speechwriter and Senior Advisor for the successful 1988 Bush/Quayle Presidential Campaign (1988); Director of Communications for New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean (1983-1986); and Legislative Assistant and then Chief of Staff to U.S. Congresswoman Millicent Fenwick (1979-1983).  Mr. Grady is an honors graduate of Harvard College and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

 

Chris Fedde

SafeNet President & Chief Operating Officer Chris Fedde was elected to AuthenTec's Board in January 2008.  SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in information security, has achieved continuous profitability and successive record-setting quarterly sales since Fedde's appointment as President and COO in October 2006. Mr. Fedde – a 25-year veteran of the information security industry – joined SafeNet in February of 2001 as Director of Corporate Product Management and Business Development, and has been a key contributor to SafeNet's security presence in the financial community and the federal government. Sales at SafeNet have grown from $16 million in 2001 to more than $300 million in 2007. Mr. Fedde started his career at Motorola where he was a wireless product engineering manager  before joining Harris as the director of secure products at Harris RF Communications Division, where he started the security business and led its growth into a successful business unit. He holds several patents related to wireless technologies, and received a BSEE degree from the University of Iowa. 

 

Bill Washecka

William “Bill” Washecka serves as a Board Member and is Chair of the Company’s audit committee.   Mr. Washecka was a Senior Partner and Director of High Technology at Ernst & Young LLP until 2001.  During nearly 30 years at Ernst & Young, he assisted over 300 companies through various stages of growth, primarily in the areas of telecommunications, software and systems integration.  His responsibilities included business and strategic planning, financing strategies and assistance with mergers and acquisitions.  Some of the high technology companies with which he worked include Apple Computer, America Online (AOL), Human Genome Sciences, and Mobil Oil.   After leaving Ernst & Young, he held positions as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of USinternetworking, Inc. (acquired by AT&T), and as Chief Financial Officer of Prestwick Pharmaceuticals.  Mr. Washecka is a certified public accountant who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York.

 

Gustav H. Koven

Gustav H. Koven serves as a Board member and is the Managing Director of Knickerbocker LLC. Mr. Koven brings a combination of investment and operating experience to AuthenTec, including over 15 years as a venture capitalist. Mr. Koven came to Knickerbocker from Edison Ventures where he was a partner since 1990. Previously, Mr. Koven was President of Chase Manhattan Capital Corp. where he made equity investments in growth companies and management buyouts. Prior to starting Chase's equity business in 1985, Mr. Koven was their Vice President in Corporate Development and Planning. Before joining Chase in 1980, Mr. Koven held marketing and corporate development positions at Union Carbide. Mr. Koven received a BE from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

 

F. Scott Moody

F. Scott Moody is the company's co-founder and CEO. Since founding AuthenTec, Mr. Moody has been responsible for its overall strategic direction, fund raising, business development, management of daily operations and led the company's successful IPO in June of 2007. The company has assembled a highly qualified team; introduced new products at a rapid pace; quickly ramped to production and developed strong relationships with industry partners. Prior to founding AuthenTec, Mr. Moody was the Vice President of a $200 million division of Harris' Semiconductor Sector (now Intersil). During his tenure at Harris, Mr. Moody led the very successful turnaround of several diverse operations including the repositioning of the commodity logic business business which was later successfully sold, the acquisition and repositioning of GE Microelectronics and the highly profitable turn around of the Group's Mil/Aero business. Mr. Moody began his career at Harris in 1980 where he gained experience in both the Semiconductor and Electronic Systems Sectors, including functional experience in engineering, manufacturing, program management, marketing and general management. Mr. Moody received a BS in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State in 1980 and an executive MBA from the University of Florida in 1987.

 

Matthew P. Crugnale

Matthew P. Crugnale, a member of the Board, is the President of Crugnale Associates, a Silicon Valley based high technology consulting firm specializing in new technology business start-ups in both corporate and venture funded communities. Consulting clients have included AT&T Worldwide, InTalk (spin out of Symbionics), Anasazi (BOD of this TA Associates Venture), Brittan Lee/Share Base (BOD, sold to NCR), ChenOptics (Kleiner Perkins funded, sold to HP), GE, Brooktree, Western Digital, and Siemens. He was also a cofounder and owner of Gnostics Concepts, which was sold to McGraw-Hill in 1984. Mr. Crugnale was Vice President of Marketing at Beckman Instruments from 1977-1982 and, prior to that, was a Marketing and European Director for GE for 20 years. Mr. Crugnale received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Case Institute, and attended the Sloan School for graduate business, where he has also been a guest lecturer.