Ed Sheidt

Founder & Chief Scientist

Before founding TecSec in 1990, Ed held a variety of positions during his 26-year career at the US Central Intelligence Agency. Stemming from an operational background, Ed recognized the changing nature of communication patterns in America as PCs proliferated and were then formed into networks. In the early 1990's, Ed noted that encryption, which originated for primarily one-to-one communications, now faced new and substantially different key management requirements in large network or virtual network environments. ANSI X9.69 and X9.93 standards reflect this reality.

In forming TecSec and building the company's large Intellectual Property library, he anticipated the flexibility and mobility required of 21st Century communication systems with a key management system that is primarily client-based and much less dependent upon a central server. The relative scalability achieved by this approach, together with encryption at the object level, provides enforced role based access and granularity not otherwise available.

Ed remains deeply involved in the company's product development and expanding application solutions, just as he is in general management.

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Jay Wack

President & CEO

Jay began his career in electronics via the US Army in 1967, spent 18 months in Vietnam, and discharged in 1970. Upon his return he worked for Ampex as a field engineer while attending University of Maryland, studying Computer Science. Jay spent the next 20 years as an application engineer, specializing in microcontrollers and embedded microprocessors, representing Intel, National Semiconductor and serving the Mid-Atlantic Government market. Jay has been involved in the successful custom design of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) as well.

In 1989, while addressing the data integrity issues on the Space Shuttle sensor network, Jay and Ed Scheidt were introduced and the two have been together as TecSec since then.

In 1995, Jay took an 18 month sabbatical from TecSec to work for the US Government as a technical advisor for Smart Card programs.

Jay has been awarded over a dozen US patents in the areas of cryptography and security product design.

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Bruce Brotman

VP Business Development

Bruce joined TecSec in September 2007 after having worked alongside of TecSec's President Jay Wack since 2005. At that time Bruce was Vice President for Strategic Planning at the National Biometric Security Project, a 501(c)(3) biometric testing facility.

Prior to joining NBSP he was a Senior Executive (SES) Federal Security Director at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). There he oversaw the first complete federalization of a Category One airport (Louisville International Airport). In 2003 he was promoted to TSA HQ where he was the founding Director of the Credentialing Program Office.

Prior to his term at TSA, Bruce was the Chief Information Officer at the National White Collar Crime Center. Here he provided a national support network for enforcement agencies, state regulatory bodies, state and local prosecution offices, and other organizations involved in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of high-tech, economic crimes and terrorism.

Bruce retired from the FBI in Oct. 1998, at which time he was the (SES) Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's external automation support to the worldwide law enforcement community. While in that position with the Criminal Justice Information Services Division, he developed and executed the concept for the FBI's new Automated Fingerprint System, known as IAFIS. Bruce, whose early FBI background was related to the investigation of violent crimes, is the author of several publications relating to crisis management and aircraft piracy. He is the recipient of numerous awards from the Director of the FBI; various police agencies; and the FAA. He is the recipient of the "Vice President's Hammer Award" for significant contributions to the President's National performance Review Principles; the "Government Technology Leadership Award;" and the FBI's most coveted award, "The FBI Medal of Valor."

Bruce is also an attorney, commercial pilot and flight instructor. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the "Center for Security Policy", a member of the Advisory Board to Hewlett Packard - Federal, a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, The International Chiefs of Police, the Florida Bar Association and the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity.

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Michael Friedman

VP Finance & Administration

Michael S. Friedman joined TecSec in 2007 as its General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer. Mike has over 30 years experience in senior management including both public and private companies. Beginning with his service in the United States Air Force General Counsel's Office, where he was counsel to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Mike has provided advice and counsel to some of the country's most significant companies concerning risk mitigation and compliance.

Before joining TecSec, Mike was the Chief Operating Officer of Global Defense Solutions, a company advising the UN and the US Security Coordinator on issues related to border crossings from the West Bank and Gaza to Israel and the development of industrial parks in the West Bank. Mike was also selected as one of the six people responsible for the development and implementation of a worldwide integrated compliance program for Siemens AG in the wake of its bribery and corruption disclosures.

Mike has previously served as the Vice President and General Counsel of Abraxas Corporation which supports the US intelligence community. He also served as the Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Safety Act Implementation within the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security, where he was responsible for the development of the risk mitigation program for companies with emerging anti-terrorism technologies. Mike has served as the Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of Valu.net, Inc., a software development firm based in Fairfax, Virginia and as the Vice President-Director, Legal Division at CACI, Inc., a large public government contractor.

Mike is on the Board of Directors of Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, an innovative prototype and design company supporting the Department of Defense and holds TS/ISSA security clearances.

Mike is a graduate of Clark University (A.B. 1975) and Rutgers University Law School (JD 1978) and is a member of the bar in Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. He also holds an FAA airline transport pilot certificate and is an airplane owner and active flight instructor.

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Ron Lang

VP Programs

Ron joined TecSec in 2007. He is a retired naval line officer with 29 years of active service in both operational and systems acquisition management positions. Ron has been the Director of Engineering of the Sparrow missile (AIM/RIM7), the logistics manager (APML) of the F14 fighter aircraft, member of the Operational Test and Development Force (OPTEVFOR), including numerous at sea and command positions in fighter squadrons and aircraft carriers.

Ron was professor of Engineering Management at the Defense Systems Management College (now the Defense Acquisition University) where he chaired the Systems Engineering Management Department including the Systems Engineering Management Course, certifying Department of Defense level 3 engineers. His last assignment in the Navy was on loan to the FBI as program manager of the FBI's national computer network known as NCIC. In that position he managed the technical update of NCIC 2000, incorporating the latest computer technology and biometrics into that important national law enforcement program.

Ron has also held Business Development positions in EER Systems Inc and Northrop Grumman Corporation where he developed business strategy for aircraft support and services as well as homeland security programs. He is a 1967 graduate of Villanova University where he earned his BS in Electrical Engineering and in 1994 earned his MBA from National Lewis University. His role in TecSec as Vice President of Programs is to lead the operational deployment and support of the various TecSec programs.

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Ron Parsons

VP Integrated Solutions & Services

Ron Parsons joined TecSec in 2005, initially assisting in product development and corporate strategy. He now oversees the development, deployment, and support of software solutions; including the integration of CMK technology into existing customer applications as well as focusing attention on new markets.

Ron founded and ran two quick reaction electronic and software design companies over a twenty year period; servicing commercial, civilian, and DoD customers across the country. He also served as an Associate Director at NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology) before assisting in the launch of several organizations focused on electronic commerce, identity management, and information security. Ron launched and served as the Director of the Federal Sector for CommerceNet, was founding co-chairman of FiXS (Federation for Identity and Cross Credentialing Services), and founding co-chairman of FEGC (Federated Electronic Government Coalition).

Ron's vision and creative solutions mindset has been employed over the years in originating projects and standing up pilot programs involving multiple government agencies and numerous commercial entities. He brought to TecSec this visionary insight and solutions experience, as well as demonstrated success in customer relations.

Ron received his Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering (1975) and Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering (1976) from the University of Michigan. He serves on steering committees and advisory panels and actively serves alongside his family at church.

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