The Bradford Board of Directors consists of these professionals:
Gregg Bjork
Gregg Bjork is the Chief Executive Officer of Bradford Networks and provides the strategic direction and senior leadership to grow the company's revenue and market share and establish Bradford as a leader in the network security marketplace. Gregg’s focus is to help Bradford take full advantage of the growth opportunities in the network security market, scale the organization, and position the company for success.
Previously, Gregg was the CEO at WebLayers, Inc., where he grew the SOA governance start-up into the leading independent policy management company. Before joining WebLayers, Gregg was Senior Vice President of Products and Services at Systinet Corp., where he tripled revenues by expanding worldwide reseller channels, striking strategic alliances, and scaling the development organization.
John Bullock
John is a founder and the Managing Partner of Windspeed Ventures, a Boston-area based early stage venture firm that actively helps build high technology companies in the communications, security, media and internet services industries. Prior to Windspeed, John held Senior Management and Engineering Positions in Bay Networks, Wellfleet Communications, and Motorola/Codex. The Windspeed team consists of former entrepreneurs whose goal is to share their relevant operating experience in building value in early stage businesses.
Carter Griffin
Carter Griffin is a Partner at Updata Partners in the Reston, Virginia office and joined the firm in early 2005.
Prior to joining Updata Partners, Mr. Griffin co-founded Brivo Systems in 1999 and served as Chairman and CEO until selling the company to a unit of Duchossois Enterprises Group in December 2004. Brivo Systems pioneered the software-as-a-service model in the physical security market by introducing the first-ever on-demand system for facility access control. During his tenure at Brivo, Mr. Griffin raised over $30 million in multiple rounds of equity and debt financing from venture capitalists, strategic partners and angel investors.
Before starting Brivo Systems, Mr. Griffin spent four years as a Senior Vice President at Kaiser Associates, where he advised Fortune 500 clients on competitive positioning and new-market entry strategies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Griffin worked in London for the Coca-Cola Company and held positions at American Management Systems and Arthur Andersen.
Mr. Griffin holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. in finance and marketing from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Harry Ruda
Mr. Ruda's career spans over thirty years in the information and communications technology marketplace. Mr. Ruda co-founded Softricity as its CEO in June, 1999 and has continued in that role until March, 2006, when he assumed the role of Chairman. In April, Softricity agreed to be acquired by Microsoft and the transaction completed in July.
Prior to Softricity, Mr. Ruda was President and CEO of ITS, a manufacturer of video access equipment for IP and ATM networks. Mr. Ruda also co-founded and was VP Sales and Marketing for a VC-backed start-up, Network Switching Systems, a manufacturer of integrated voice and data switching equipment which was later acquired by BBN Communications.
Mr. Ruda serves on several private company boards as an Independent Director and also sits on several Advisory Boards for early stage companies.
Rob Scott
A 30-year industry veteran who was named by Ernst & Young as its Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002, Scott is currently Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at HP ProCurve Networking, the world’s fastest growing networking company.
Scott joined HP through its 2008 acquisition of Colubris Networks, where he had served as president and CEO, helping the company ascend to a prominent position in the wireless LAN industry. During his career, Scott has steered the helm of several technology companies as president and CEO, including Xelor Software, an IP telephony company, and IPeria, a provider of network-based voice messaging applications.
In addition to the Colubris Networks sale, as President of ONET Networks and MultiLink and as CEO and founder of Octave Communications, Scott managed the sale of these companies to Siemens, PictureTel and Voyant Technologies, respectively.
