Gregg Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Gregg Smith was named CEO of KoolSpan in September 2011, bringing more than 25 years of technology and business leadership experience to the growing provider of mobile security solutions. As CEO, Smith leads the company’s overall strategic direction with an emphasis on sales, organizational development, and worldwide partnerships, with a goal to make KoolSpan’s TrustChip the No. 1 choice for mobile security and encryption.
The KoolSpan Board selected Smith to lead the company due to his outstanding track record for delivering successful outcomes for several technology businesses large and small. Prior to KoolSpan, Smith served as CEO of Acuity Mobile, where he built the mobile marketing firm from a start-up to an industry leader. At Acuity, Smith negotiated agreements with brands including Harrah’s Entertainment, Urban Outfitters, and Acxiom, before negotiating the sale of Acuity to NAVTEQ, a billion dollar division of Nokia.
As President of Aether’s Enterprise Division, Gregg grew revenues from $3 million to $100 million, creating and launching products that won market share around the world, before negotiating a sale of the division to TeleCommunication Systems (TCS). After the sale, Gregg ran the division for TCS from 2005 to 2007. Previously, as Corporate Vice President and Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Division of Aether Systems (NASDAQ: AETH), Gregg was instrumental in building the wireless software solutions provider into a global leader with a $9 billion market capitalization in less than two years.
In prior roles, Gregg served as President and COO of Karch International, a software provider; and as Vice President of Nurad Technologies, a wireless hardware and product manufacturer leading both to successful exits. Throughout his career, Smith has also created and invested in several technology start-ups, including a mobile messaging and storage platform. A graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Gregg serves as a board member of a number of private companies, and speaks frequently at mobile and wireless industry events, as well as investment conferences.
Bill Supernor
Chief Technology Officer
Bill Supernor brings to KoolSpan a robust track record of performance and innovation based on more than 20 years of combined engineering and management experience. Supernor joins KoolSpan from McLean, Va.-based Trust Digital, a leading provider of smartphone security management. Prior to Trust Digital, Supernor served in senior-level positions at Cognio, Symantec, and McAfee/Network Associates. Supernor also served as a Lieutenant and Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy. Supernor graduated with honors from National University with a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering, and with distinction from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Francis Knott
Senior Vice President
Francis Knott has over 17 years of mobility, technology, interactive media, software and healthcare experience building companies, growing revenue and launching and marketing new products. Mr. Knott was recently SVP Business Development at Inflection Point Systems, a software and product development firm. Prior to joining Inflection Point, Francis served as Senior Vice President of Gloto Corporation, a mobile social media company where he developed and implemented its go to market strategy. Mr. Knott served as Vice President for Aether Systems, a mobile applications company where he was responsible for merger and acquisitions, corporate development and managing the P&L for its Mobile Office division that he sold to Telecommunication Systems and continued to serve as Vice President. Mr. Knott has held business development positions with Alta Vista and Metropolitan Health Networks. While at Alta Vista his responsibilities included equity investments, content licensing and developing strategic partnerships for the new media product. He was a key contributor to the acquisition strategy and initial public offering for Metropolitan Health Networks.
Francis received a B.A. in History from Syracuse University.
Gina Smith
Vice President Finance
Gina Smith has over 12 years of finance & accounting, financial reporting, human resources, budgeting and financial analysis experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining Koolspan in 2006, Ms. Smith served as the Controller and Finance manager for Infotech Enterprises, the US subsidiary of a mutli national corporation where she was responsible for all finance and accounting. Prior to Infotech Enterprises, Gina was a Financial Analyst at ComScore Networks in Reston, Virginia reporting to the Controller. Ms. Smith has held various finance positions at Facility Engineering Associates and RipTech, Inc. While at RipTech, Inc., Ms. Smith was responsible for all accounting and human resources and was a key contributor to its acquisition by Symantec Corporation in 2002.
Gina received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Virginia.
Gerry Murphy
Vice President International
Gerald Murphy brings over 20 years Engineering, Management and Business Development experience in the field of innovative communications. Previously Gerald held a Specialist Advisor role involving Business Teaming and Solution Architecture at Fujitsu U.K. ensuring success in winning complex Defence contracts. Prior to that Mr Murphy held International Engineering, Programme Management and Lead International Sales roles at Harris RF Communications Division. This included successful Bid and Programme Management on flagship network encryption programmes and the management of the International Dealer network. Gerald gained Project and Business responsibilities in the Financial Sector on the successful Euro Conversion with a financial outlook of 2.3 Billion Euros for Ernst & Young in the Netherlands. Gerald started his career in the British Army ending an exemplary career with U.K. Special Forces as a signals and communications specialist.
Gerald gained a Bachelor of Science Degree from the Open University in the U.K.
Jamie McGann
Vice President Federal Sales
Jamie McGann has over 20 years of leadership experience managing both business and technical programs with an emphasis in Federal programs and information security. Prior to joining KoolSpan Mr. McGann lead business development efforts for Integrated Communication Solutions (ICS) and served as project manager for long-term diplomatic services contracts. Mr. McGann also supported business development for the Internet Security Systems (ISS) Federal team and helped GTSI launch and run their Federal Information Security team. Prior to GTSI, Mr. McGann played a critical role in the initial growth of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). Supporting a small business subcontractor, Jamie held technical roles with the Navy Legacy Application Database Task Force (NADTF) in Washington DC, the NMCI Security Operations Center (SOC) and NMCI Red Team at the Fleet Information Warfare Center (FIWC) in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Mr. McGann began his corporate journey as a security consultant with the Global Services Information Security Practice at IBM.
Mr. McGann has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and has been awarded numerous military meritorious and service medals including the Navy Commendation Medal two Navy Achievement Medals.
