AuthenTec Board of Directors

 

Bill Washecka

William “Bill” Washecka has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2008 and was elected as Chairman of our Board of Directors on June 28, 2010. Mr. Washecka also serves as a director on the board of Online Resources and in the past served as a director on the board of Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Washecka served as Chief Financial Officer of Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, which specializes in therapies for central nervous system disorders. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Washecka served as Chief Financial Officer for USinternetworking, Inc., an enterprise and e-commerce software service provider.  Previously, Mr. Washecka was a senior audit partner with Ernst & Young LLP, which he joined in 1972 and was responsible for the High Technology and emerging business practice in the Mid Atlantic area. He has a BS in accounting from Bernard Baruch College of New York and completed the Kellogg Executive Management Program. Mr. Washecka’s extensive financial and accounting experience gained as a CFO of multiple companies and as a partner at Ernst & Young is a great asset to our board and our Audit Committee in particular.

 

Chris Fedde

SafeNet President & Chief Operating Officer Chris Fedde was elected to AuthenTec's Board in January 2008.  SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in information security, has achieved continuous profitability and successive record-setting quarterly sales since Fedde's appointment as President and COO in October 2006. Mr. Fedde – a 25-year veteran of the information security industry – joined SafeNet in February of 2001 as Director of Corporate Product Management and Business Development, and has been a key contributor to SafeNet's security presence in the financial community and the federal government. Sales at SafeNet have grown from $16 million in 2001 to more than $300 million in 2007. Mr. Fedde started his career at Motorola where he was a wireless product engineering manager  before joining Harris as the director of secure products at Harris RF Communications Division, where he started the security business and led its growth into a successful business unit. He holds several patents related to wireless technologies, and received a BSEE degree from the University of Iowa. 

 

Gustav H. Koven

Gustav H. Koven serves as a Board member and is the Managing Director of Knickerbocker LLC. Mr. Koven brings a combination of investment and operating experience to AuthenTec, including over 15 years as a venture capitalist. Mr. Koven came to Knickerbocker from Edison Ventures where he was a partner since 1990. Previously, Mr. Koven was President of Chase Manhattan Capital Corp. where he made equity investments in growth companies and management buyouts. Prior to starting Chase's equity business in 1985, Mr. Koven was their Vice President in Corporate Development and Planning. Before joining Chase in 1980, Mr. Koven held marketing and corporate development positions at Union Carbide. Mr. Koven received a BE from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

 

F. Scott Moody

F. Scott Moody is the company's co-founder and CEO. Since founding AuthenTec, Mr. Moody has been responsible for its overall strategic direction, fund raising, business development, management of daily operations and led the company's successful IPO in June of 2007. The company has assembled a highly qualified team; introduced new products at a rapid pace; quickly ramped to production and developed strong relationships with industry partners. Prior to founding AuthenTec, Mr. Moody was the Vice President of a $200 million division of Harris' Semiconductor Sector (now Intersil). During his tenure at Harris, Mr. Moody led the very successful turnaround of several diverse operations including the repositioning of the commodity logic business business which was later successfully sold, the acquisition and repositioning of GE Microelectronics and the highly profitable turn around of the Group's Mil/Aero business. Mr. Moody began his career at Harris in 1980 where he gained experience in both the Semiconductor and Electronic Systems Sectors, including functional experience in engineering, manufacturing, program management, marketing and general management. Mr. Moody received a BS in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State in 1980 and an executive MBA from the University of Florida in 1987.

 

Matthew P. Crugnale

Matthew P. Crugnale, a member of the Board, is the President of Crugnale Associates, a Silicon Valley based high technology consulting firm specializing in new technology business start-ups in both corporate and venture funded communities. Consulting clients have included AT&T Worldwide, InTalk (spin out of Symbionics), Anasazi (BOD of this TA Associates Venture), Brittan Lee/Share Base (BOD, sold to NCR), ChenOptics (Kleiner Perkins funded, sold to HP), GE, Brooktree, Western Digital, and Siemens. He was also a cofounder and owner of Gnostics Concepts, which was sold to McGraw-Hill in 1984. Mr. Crugnale was Vice President of Marketing at Beckman Instruments from 1977-1982 and, prior to that, was a Marketing and European Director for GE for 20 years. Mr. Crugnale received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Case Institute, and attended the Sloan School for graduate business, where he has also been a guest lecturer.