BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$17.5M
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
AirDefense, the innovator and market leader of anywhere, anytime wireless security and monitoring, is trusted by more Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations and high-security government agencies for enterprise wireless protection. Ranked among Red Herring's Top 100 Private Companies in North America, AirDefense provides the most advanced solutions for rogue wireless detection, policy enforcement, performance monitoring, troubleshooting and intrusion prevention, both inside and outside an organization's physical locations and wired networks. AirDefense provides protection for all protocols (802.11 a/b/g and Bluetooth), and enterprises and their mobile users. As a key element of wireless LAN security, AirDefense complements wireless VPNs, encryption and authentication. With Common Criteria certification and FIPS compliant cryptography, AirDefense's enterprise-class products scale to support single offices as well as organizations with hundreds of locations around the globe. Industry-leading companies like IBM and CSC have selected AirDefense for technology integration and marketing partnerships. AirDefense has also won numerous industry awards for innovation and has been recommended by industry analysts as the clear leader for protection against rogue devices and threats. For more information, please visit http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115.
President and CEO
Michael J PottsNumber of Employees 50
Contact Information
4800 Forest Point Pkwy
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022
(770) 663-8115
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal: 562211
Recent Events
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Fluke gets WLAN design, management, security cred with AirMagnet
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Michael J Potts | President and CEO |
| Amit Sinha | Vice President & Chief Technology Officer |
| Jaswir Singh | CFO & Senior Vice President, Operations |
| Richard Rushing | Chief Security Officer |
| Tom Savini | Chief Financial Officer |
| Bob Martin | Vice President |
| Dave Gagne | Vice President, Sales and Business Development |
| David Thomas | Vice President, Product Mgmt, Field Engineering |
| Issam Haddad | Vice President, Customer Care and Quality |
| Neil McNamara | Vice President, Sales |
| Subra Viswanathan | Vice President, Engineering |
| Sujai Hajela | Vice President and General Manager, Motorola Enterprise Wireless |
| Todd Nightingale | Vice President, Engineering |
| W David Thomas | Vice President, Product Strategy |
| Bryan Harkins | The Company's Training and Development Manager |
| Kristin Callaway | Manager |
| Daniel L. Smith | Member |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Jay Chaudhry | Chairman & Founder |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | President and CEO | Current |
| Air Defense, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Clickfox, Inc. | CEO | Former |
| Jacada Ltd. | Former | |
| Aea | Board of Directors | Former |
| American-Israel Chamber of Commerce | Board of Directors | Former |
| American Electronics Association | Board of Directors | Former |
| Commerce Corp. | Board of Directors | Former |
| The University of Georgia | Bba In Marketing | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Vice President & Chief Technology Officer | Current |
| Intel Corporation | Former | |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | Former | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Former |
| Btech, Inc. | Ph.D. Degrees In Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Former |
| Indian Institute of Technology | B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Btech, Inc. | S.M. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | CFO & Senior Vice President, Operations | Current |
| Equant | CFO | Former |
| Equant | vice president of global finance | Former |
| University of Canterbury | Bachelor of Commerce | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Chief Security Officer | Current |
| VeriSign, Inc. | recently Chief Technical Officer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Movaz Networks | Vice President of Finance | Former |
| The University of Georgia | Bba Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Vice President, Sales and Business Development | Current |
| T-Net Works | Vice President of Sales | Former |
| University of Rochester | BS in General Science (majoring in Optical Engineering | Former |
| University of Rochester | Optical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Vice President, Product Mgmt, Field Engineering | Current |
| VeriSign, Inc. | Director of Security Services | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Vice President, Customer Care and Quality | Current |
| American University of Beirut | Bsee | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Vice President, Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Vice President, Engineering | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Vice President and General Manager, Motorola Enterprise Wireless | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Vice President, Engineering | Current |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | S.B. and MEng | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Vice President, Product Strategy | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | The Company's Training and Development Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Air Defense, Inc. | Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cipher Trust, Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Zscaler, Inc. | Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Elaunchpad, Inc | Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Air Defense, Inc. | Chairman & Founder | Current |
| Air2web, Inc. | Co-Founder | Current |
| Cipher Trust, Inc. | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Air2web, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Atlanta CEO High Tech Council | Chairman, Zscaler | Current |
| Wokup | Board of Directors | Current |
| Unisys Corporation | vice president of sales and marketing for Software Products Division | Former |
| VeriSign, Inc. | General Manager | Former |
| Secure-IT, Inc. | Founder | Former |
| Cipher Trust, Inc. | Founder | Former |
| International Business Machines Corporation | Former | |
| Elaunchpad, Inc | Board of Directors | Former |
| University of Cincinnati | Masters In Computer Engineering | Former |
Daniel L. Smith is a Raytheon Company vice president and president of Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business. He was appointed to this position in September 2003. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world.With headquarters inWaltham,Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide. As president of IDS, Smith is responsible for the operational excellence, citizenship and growth of the business. IDS provides global collection, exploitation, and effector capability for international and domestic customers, including: U.S.Missile Defense Agency, Army, Navy,Marine Corps, Air Force, Department of Homeland Security and numerous technology customers. Major locations are Massachusetts, Rhode Island, California, Colorado, Louisiana,Mississippi,Washington, New Mexico, Alabama, Hawaii, Germany, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Japan. Smith retired as a Lieutenant Commander from the U.S. Navy. He is a member of the Ancient Order of Saint Barbara, an honorary military society of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery. He is a recipient of the Rodney D. Chipp Memorial Award from the Society of Women Engineers. He is a trustee of the Association of the U.S. Army. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Naval Submarine League and is a lifetime member of the Surface Navy Association and the Air Defense Artillery Association. He is on the Board of Directors of Raytheon Australia, a member of Australian AirWarfare Destroyer Principals board of directors and is board chairman for Raytheon Solipsys. Smith is also a member of the Northeastern University Board of Overseers and the Massachusetts Business Roundtable. He co-chaired the Blue Ribbon commission for math and science education with the governor of Rhode Island. Smith earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in business administration from Chapman University in Orange, Calif.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Raytheon Company | President, Integrated Defense Systems | Current |
| Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems | President | Current |
| Raytheon Company | Vice President | Current |
| Naval Submarine League | Member, Board of Directors | Current |
| Massachusetts Business Roundtable | Member | Current |
| Air Defense, Inc. | Member | Current |
| U.S. Navy | Lieutenant Commander | Former |
| Raytheon Company | Chairman Solipsys | Former |
| Raytheon Company | Director | Former |
| Chapman University | Master’S Degree In Business Administration | Former |
| Chapman University | Bachelor’S Degree | Former |
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