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Board of Advisors

 

Richard Gordon
Managing Director / Civitas Group LLC
Rick Gordon is an expert on security technology, business strategy and early-stage finance. Rick will lend his blended knowledge of the homeland security landscape and his expertise in business strategy to Lookingglass in efforts to expand their customer base.

Prior to joining Civitas, Mr. Gordon was a senior consultant with The O'Gara Company, a strategic consulting firm that advised large systems integrators and emerging technology companies on the homeland security market. In this role, he managed several large company accounts and developed a comprehensive investment strategy for the homeland security market. Previously, he served as CEO of Tovaris, a specialized encryption software development company, where he was responsible for raising the company's initial investment capital and developing critical relationships with key strategic partners in the information security industry. Mr. Gordon was also a technology investment banker at Bear, Stearns & Co., serving many emerging technology companies and participating in several technology initial public offerings.

Mr. Gordon has also served as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy. He received his MBA from The Darden School at the University of Virginia and his BS in Engineering with Merit from the U.S. Naval Academy.

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Donald A. (Andy) Purdy, Jr.
Chief Cybersecurity Strategist / CSC
Andy Purdy was recently named chief cybersecurity strategist for CSC, a global leader in technology-enabled solutions and services that provides full lifecycle cyber solutions in support of government-wide cyberspace security initiatives. Purdy will leverage his government knowledge and cyber expertise to guide Lookingglass in strategic matters and relationships. Purdy also serves as co-director of George Mason University’s International Cyber Center (ICC), which helps lead efforts to better identify and address global cyber issues.

Most recently, Purdy was president of DRA Enterprises, Inc., a firm providing information technology and business development consulting services in the areas of cyber risk assessment and mitigation. Purdy served as the nation’s “cyber security czar” in his role as Acting Director of the National Cyber Security Division/US-CERT for the Department of Homeland Security (2004 – 2006). Andy was also a member of the White House staff team that helped draft the U.S. National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (2003). Shortly after its release by President Bush in February 2003, Andy worked on the Department of Homeland Security’s tiger team that helped form the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and eventually led both.

Prior to his work at DHS, he served as the U.S. Sentencing Commission Acting General Counsel and long-time Chief Deputy General Counsel beginning his tenure at the commission in 1987. Purdy is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and served as Special Counsel to the Ethics Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was Counsel to the U.S. Senate Impeachment Trial Committee and Senior Staff Counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations. In addition to holding general and special counsel positions with various federal entities, Purdy served as a network television news producer with NBC and CBS News in Washington.

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Terry Dolce
VP of Sales / Archer Technology
Dolce is Vice President of Sales for Archer Technologies, the leader in enterprise risk and compliance management, and oversees the company’s direct sales and sales engineering efforts globally. Dolce’s focus is to grow the demand for enterprise risk and compliance management solutions by increasing sales and driving business strategy for the Archer SmartSuite Framework and related Archer solutions. His knowledge of commercial product sales is beneficial to Lookingglass’ product strategy.

Prior to joining Archer, Dolce held several management positions, including Vice President of Sales for iDEFENSE, Senior Director of Sales at NowDocs, Vice President of Industrial Sales for The Stanley Works and Global Sales Manager for FedEx. In addition to holding positions in sales and business development, Dolce has worked with MIT to develop and deliver sales training programs to thousands of sales professionals globally. He has over 15 years of leadership experience, including commercial and government sales management, training, marketing, operations and general management.

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Newt Fowler
Partner / Rosenberg, Martin, Greenberg LLP
Newt Fowler leads his law firm’s business transactions and technology practices. He has an excellent reputation as a business advisor and negotiator for entrepreneurs and mid-market businesses, and provides our clients with practical knowledge and experience on the many business and legal issues they face.

He has extensive experience in general business planning, and in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital investments, and financing transactions. He also advises many of the region’s technology companies on technology and intellectual property issues, including licensing and other IP transactions. In fact, he most recently was the CEO of a regional technology company.

Fowler is a graduate of Centre College of Kentucky (with high distinction, Phi Beta Kappa), and of the University of Kentucky Law School. He is a frequent speaker and writer on business and technology 
issues and is the immediate past chairman of the Greater Baltimore Technology Council.

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