Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board

A seasoned technology-marketing executive, Guseinov founded web development and ecommerce firm Digital Media in 1994, where he served as the chief executive officer. When Digital Media merged with Synergy, Guseinov served as the president and chief technology officer. During his tenure at Synergy he generated over $2 billion in revenues for its clients including GoToMyPC/Citrix, Oracle, Chase, Nortel, HP and Conseco. He holds a BS in Psychology and Business from Cal State Northridge.

Board Member

Mr. Van de Bunt currently serves as Co-CEO of Guthy-Renker LLC, where he is responsible for business affairs and new business development. Since joining Guthy-Renker in 1993, Ben has been responsible for business development, business affairs, legal and administrative matters for the Company. Prior to joining Guthy-Renker, Ben was an attorney at Allen, Matkins. A graduate of Harvard Law School and a member of the California Bar Association, Ben also holds a degree in history from UCLA where he graduated with honors. Ben was also on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA).

Board Member

Harris joined the Company as its CFO on January 1, 2009. Prior to working for CyberDefender, Harris served as the Chief Operating Officer for Statmon Technologies Corp. (OTCBB: STCA). Additionally, Harris has worked as the Senior Vice President of Finance for RKO Pictures, LLC, Finance and Controller for Pop.com, LLC, and Director of Corporate Financial Planning at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. Harris began his career with KPMG and is a licensed CPA in the State of California.

Board Member

Connerty, age 47, formerly held the position of executive vice president of program development and chief marketing officer of NutriSystem. Connerty joined NutriSystem in November 2004 and was instrumental in successfully creating and implementing an innovative direct marketing program, which contributed to NutriSystem's rapid growth. In three short years, NutriSystem’s annual revenues jumped from $38 million to over $775 million. During his tenure, NutriSystem was named by Forbes, Business Week and Fortune as one of the fastest growing companies in America. Prior to his positions at NutriSystem, he was with the Nautilus Group where he was Vice President of Direct Marketing and instrumental in building the Bowflex division into a leader in the home fitness market, growing revenues from $160 million to over $500 million in just four years. Prior to Nautilus, he served as the Vice President of Broadcast for the Home Shopping Network where he managed advertising, programming and operations for two of the company's shopping channels that generated more than $1 billion in annual sales. Over the span of his career he has worked on thousands of direct marketing campaigns and over a thousand commercials and infomercials. 

Board Member

Tom Patterson, age 50, is a security industry veteran, having worked as IBM’s chief strategist for eCommerce from 1996 to 1997, a partner with KPMG from 1999 to 2002, and an international security partner at Deloitte from 2002 to 2004. He is also a successful technology entrepreneur, first heading security at MCC, America’s largest technology R&D consortium which created the first secure web browsers, from 1993 to 1995, then founding an Internet company, Command Information, Inc, in 2005 that grew to over $50 million in revenue in under two years (now controlled by the Carlyle Group), and is the author of Mapping Security, the corporate security sourcebook for today's global economy (Addison-Wesley). Tom currently serves as a Chief Security Officer in the financial sector assisting clients in the growth and security of their organizations. Previously, Tom has served as a board member of two public companies (US Search and Globalink), is a frequent speaker and media expert on security events, and has advised Congress, the FBI, NCIX, and other branches of the Federal Government in the area of critical infrastructure protection. Mr. Patterson received his B.S. from the University of Maryland.

Board Member

Ricardo Salas, age 46, has served in various senior executive capacities and as a director for Liquidmetal Technologies, including the role of President and Chief Executive Officer between December 2005 and October 2006. From January 2000 through June 2005, Mr. Salas served as Chief Executive Officer of iLIANT Corporation, an information technology and outsourcing service firm in the health care industry, and he continues to serve as Director of MED3000 Group, inc. following its acquisition of iLIANT Corporation in May of 2006. Mr. Salas was a founder of Medical Manager Corporation and served as a Vice President between June 1999 and January 2000. In April 1994, he founded National Medical Systems, Inc. and served as its Vice President through its merger into Medical Manager Corporation at the time of its initial public offering in February 1997. From 1987 through 2004, he was Vice President of J. Holdsworth Capital Ltd., a private investment firm. As an officer of J. Holdsworth Capital Ltd., Mr. Salas held positions in various investments. Mr. Salas received his B.A. in Economics in 1986 from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Howard Bain III, age 64, has served as chief financial officer or senior financial executive of five public high technology companies during more than three decades in Silicon Valley. Most recently, he was CFO of Portal Software, a developer of customer revenue management software for communications and content service providers. Prior to joining Portal, Mr. Bain held CFO positions at Vicinity Corporation, Informix, and Symantec Corporation. He has also held senior financial and accounting management positions with Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation and as a consultant with Arthur Andersen LLP, where he was a certified public accountant. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Nanometrics, Inc., Learning Tree International, Force 10 Networks and PGP Corporation. He holds a B.S. in Business from California Polytechnic University, and currently qualifies as an independent director and financial expert under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.