Management Team
- Derek Gabbard, Chief Executive Officer
- Brian Garmey, President and General Manager
- Jason Lewis, Chief Technology Officer
- Valentine F. Lynch, Partner
- Daniel Reilly, Partner
Derek Gabbard
Chief Executive Officer
Gabbard brings over 12 years of voice and data networking and network security experience to his role as CEO at Lookingglass. He is responsible for delivering products and services to Lookingglass’ customers, across the commercial, federal civilian agency and defense department communities.
Prior to Lookingglass, Gabbard was Chief Technology Officer at Soteria Network Technologies. Gabbard also served as Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the world-renowned CERT® at Carnegie Mellon University. He was responsible for the development and delivery of information assurance and security curriculum. He developed courseware in cryptography, secure remote access methods, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and securing network infrastructure. Gabbard also worked as a manager at Arbor Networks, the industry leader in behavioral analysis and DDoS detection and mitigation, where he was responsible for training development of products and technology aimed at large enterprises and Internet Service Providers.
Gabbard is a 1995 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and is currently an MS candidate in Information Technology at Carnegie Mellon University.
Brian Garmey
President and General Manager
Garmey brings over 17 years of experience in business development to Lookingglass. His strong ability to identify market opportunities and develop strategies to further the sales cycle, will enable Lookingglass further develop in corporate, government and international sectors.
Prior to Lookingglass, Garmey served as CEO of Soteria Network Technologies. Garmey has worked with a multitude of commercial accounts as well as government contracting. He was a key factor in growing Soteria from a start-up to a cash-flow positive company. Garmey has founded several successful, profitable companies ranging from a marketing production firm, to non-profit fundraising association to a real estate investment company. At Avery Dennison, he achieved record growth in revenue and market share.
Garmey was named the SmartCEO 2008 Emerging Growth Company winner, and has held a position on the GBTC Emerging Company Leaders Roundtable. He is a 1989 graduate of John Carroll University with a BSBA in Business Finance, and was a Tie-Smith Fellow at the University of Maryland’s Entrepreneurship Program.
Jason Lewis
Chief Technology Officer
Lewis has worked in network security since 1996 in various roles in the private sector, as a government contractor and as a government employee. Prior to joining Lookingglass, he worked for the National Security Agency (NSA). He is responsible for maintaining a world class development team and an industry leading product set.
As a Global Network Exploitation and Vulnerability Analyst with NSA, Lewis used his experience as a network security engineer to analyze network data, exploit networks of interest and provide actionable reporting for Counter Terrorism and Target Analysts. This work included analysis of BGP, packet dumps and various network protocols. He was responsible for founding and leading a group of subject matter experts in the field of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN). Jason has also worked for Internet Service Providers (ISP), a multicast event management company, a WLAN service and content provider, and as a government contractor with Naval Sea Systems Command.
Lewis is an experienced computer systems engineer holding several Microsoft Certifications in systems engineering and network administration. His background as a network analyst and global network security engineer is unparalleled, and he has established, led and mentored several software development teams.
A financial consultant and investment adviser since 1970, Lynch currently serves as Vice President at IFS Financial Corporation where he provides services and guidance to individuals and small business.
A distinguished and decorated member of the United States Air Force, Lynch served in a variety of investigative, staff and command positions within the Air Force Office of Special Investigations for more than 30 years. At the time of his military retirement in 2001 he was the IMA to the Vice Commander of the AFOSI, a field operating agency with headquarters at Andrews AFB, Maryland.
Lynch entered the Air Force in 1962 as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps, Fordham University. He served eight years of active duty with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, separated from active duty in 1970 and subsequently joined the AFOSI reserve program in 1979.
Lynch holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Fordham University and a Master of Science in Administration from The George Washington University. He is active in a number of professional associations, including the Financial Planning Association and the Maryland Society of Accountants.
Dan Reilly is a Managing Director at Thornburg Investment Management, an employee-owned company with assets under management of over $43 billion. The firm manages equity funds, bond funds and separate portfolios for select institutions and individuals. He is responsible for business development in the mid-atlantic, a region that has seen over 400% increase in sales during his tenure. He holds the angel investor Board of Advisor’s seat and offers his investment expertise to Lookingglass.
Prior to joining Thornburg, he was the Assistant Vice President of Business Development for Wells Real Estate Funds and served as Vice President for Keogler Investment Advisory.
Reilly received his B. A. in Economics Summa Cum Laude from Lynchburg College and an MBA in Corporate Finance from Georgia State University.