Derek Dunaway has been our director since June 16, 2011 and our President and Chief Executive Officer since December 19, 2008. He was a consultant to us from May 2007 until he became the President and Chief Executive Officer of CTI in February 2008. Mr. Dunaway came to us from WNL Associates, where he was a digital media industry consultant involved in due diligence, strategic consulting and fund raising, from 2006 to 2008. Prior to that, from 2000 to 2006, he was the CEO and President of Techonline, a provider of online education and online media services to the electronics industry. Mr. Dunaway holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania and received his B.A. from Southern Methodist University.
Winston Churchill has been our Chairman of the Board since May 31, 2006 and was our Secretary from June 22, 2007 through December 19, 2008. Mr. Churchill has been a member of SCP Private Equity Management Company, LLC since 2000. From 1993 to the present he has been the President of CIP Capital Management, Inc., a management company, and Chairman of CIP Capital, Inc., an investment company and a director of both. He is currently a Director of Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISSC), a company engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of flight information computers, flat panel displays, and monitoring systems; Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR), a supplier of semiconductor packaging and test services, Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group (NASDAQ: RODM), a full-service investment bank providing corporate finance, strategic advisory and related services and Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRIF), a real estate and landscape nursery business. Mr. Churchill is a past director (2000-2007) of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUXL), a company that develops and commercializes pharmaceutical products for urologic and sexual health disorders. Mr. Churchill holds a B.S. in Physics, Summa Cum Laude, from Fordham University, an MA in Economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a JD law degree from Yale Law School.
Yaron Eitan has been our Vice Chairman of the Board since December 19, 2008 and was our Chief Executive Officer and President from May 31, 2006 through December 19, 2008. In 1998, Mr. Eitan founded Selway Partners LLC, a holding company focused on technology investments, and has been its President and Chief Executive Officer since that time. From July 2002 to the present, Mr. Eitan has been a member of SCP Private Equity Management Company, LLC, a private equity and venture capital management company. Mr. Eitan is the Chairman and/or board member of several privately-held technology companies. Mr. Eitan holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania.
Jason Epstein has been our director since December 19, 2008. Mr. Epstein has been a Senior Partner of Columbus Nova since 2002. He is currently a director of Deerfield Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: DFR), a company engaged in investment management and other investing activities. Mr. Epstein received his B.A. from Tufts University in 1996 and currently serves on the Tufts Board of Overseers.
Andrew Intrater has been our director since September 1, 2009. Mr. Intrater is the CEO and Senior Managing Partner of Columbus Nova and serves on the Executive and Investment Committees for Columbus Nova. Mr. Intrater also serves on the board of directors for Deerfield Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: DFR), a company engaged in investment management and other investing activities. Mr. Intrater served on the board of directors (2007 – 2011) for HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. (AMEX: HQS), an integrated aquaculture and aquatic product processing company, with operations based in China's South Sea. Mr. Intrater completed his B.S. in Chemical Engineering at the Rutgers University College of Engineering and graduate studies in Materials Science at the Columbia University School of Mines.
John G. Meyer, Jr. has been a director of Cyalume since June 16, 2011. Mr. Meyer is a director of The Allied Defense Group, Inc. (OTCQB: ADGI), a multinational defense business, which prior to the sale of substantially all its assets, was focused on the manufacture and sale of ammunition and ammunition related products for use by the U.S. and foreign governments. He was also the Chief Executive Officer of Heckler & Koch, a German small arms manufacturing company, from June 2005 to August 2007; and the Chief Executive Officer of The Allied Defense Group, Inc. from June 2003 to June 2005. Prior to his business career, Mr. Meyer served in the United States Army as its most senior Public Affairs Officer and retiring as a Major General. Mr. Meyer received a Bachelor's degree from Florida State University and a Masters Degree from Sam Houston State University.
Thomas G. Rebar has served as our Director since August 6, 2007. Mr. Rebar has been a Partner of SCP Private Equity Management, LLC since 1996. Mr. Rebar is currently a director of several privately-held companies. Mr. Rebar has served as the chair of our audit committee since January 2009. Mr. Rebar received his B.S. summa cum laude from the University of Scranton and an M.B.A. from New York University Graduate School of Business Administration.
Yair Shamir has been our Director since December 19, 2008. Mr. Shamir is the Chairman and Managing Partner of Catalyst Investments and the Chairman of IAI, Israeli Aerospace Industries. Mr. Shamir served in the Israeli Air Force as a pilot and commander from 1963 to 1988. During his term in the Air Force, Mr. Shamir attained the rank of colonel and served as head of the electronics department, the highest professional electronics position within the Air Force. He currently serves as a director of several publicly traded companies such as DSP Group Corporation (NASDAQ: DSGP) since October 1996, Orckit Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ORCT) since July 2008 and Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTCH) since March 2008 and also serves as Director of a few private hi-tech companies. Mr. Shamir holds a B.Sc. Electronics Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
Mr. Shamir also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Mercury Interactive, LLC from 1997 to 2005. In September 2008, Mr. Shamir settled a complaint filed by the SEC which alleged that certain independent Directors of Mercury (including Mr. Shamir) recklessly approved backdated stock option grants and reviewed and signed public filings that contained materially false and misleading disclosures about Mercury's stock option grants and company expenses. Without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC's complaint, in order to settle the charges against them, each of the independent Directors implicated (including Mr. Shamir) agreed to permanent injunctions against violating certain provisions of the securities laws, paid a financial penalty, and retained the ability to serve as a Director or officer of U.S. public companies.
Mr. Valentine, age 65, is the President and Chairman of Valentine & Company. His particular expertise involves the organization, governance and financing of emerging growth companies involved in technology infrastructure and services. He has served in a variety of key management positions as well as a financier and investor. His previous experience has included being the Chief Executive Officer of QoS Networks LTD, a company providing IP services on a global basis, being the Chief Executive Officer of North American Wireless Inc, a company engaged in the design, construction and operation of nationwide wireless infrastructure services. Mr. Valentine was a General Partner of Montgomery Securities, serving as Managing Director of the Corporate Finance Technology Group. Mr. Valentine serves on the boards of directors of Hi Tech Services, Inc., NextGen Technology Services, LLC, Tri Alpha Energy Inc. and Wireless Project Development Corporation. He serves on the Advisory Boards of Kline Hawkes California, LP; Kline Hawkes California SBIC, LP, and Kline Hawkes Pacific, LP. Mr. Valentine practiced law in San Francisco specializing in financial transactions. Mr. Valentine received his B.A. with High Honors from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
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