2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards

Tell us about some of the recent additions
to your team.
SG: We made a number of important additions to our
team and our advisory board in 2014 to prepare us for
growth in 2015.
We added Mark Sauter as our Head of M&A. Mark
was a co-founder of America’s first business accelerator for
national security technology and manager of its contract
with the NSA. Just prior to joining SSG, Mark was a principal
in the Spectrum Group, one of the country’s leading
M&A due diligence firms. He served as an Army office
in Special Forces and infantry units and is a graduate of
Harvard University and the Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism. He is also co-author of McGraw
Hill’s leading university textbook, “Homeland Security: A
Complete Guide.”
We added Tom DiNanno as our Head of Government
Affairs. Tom served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Critical Infrastructure Protection at the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, served as Special Assistant to the Chief
of Staff in the Department of Homeland Security, and in
the White House Office of Homeland Security as Director
of Corporate Relations. He received his MS in Business
and Urban Planning from MIT, and an MA in Government
Administration from the University of Pennsylvania.
We added Brian Tuskan to our advisory board late
last year. Brian serves as Senior Director of Microsoft Global
Security, where he oversees global strategic development,
integration and growth for Technology, Showcase,
Investigations, and Communications for the Microsoft
Global Security team. He joined Microsoft in 2000, after
serving more than 12 years in law enforcement with the
City of Redmond Police (Washington) and the Honolulu
Police Department. During his distinguished law enforcement
career he served as a metropolitan police officer,
patrol, SWAT tactical team member, undercover narcotics
detective, major crimes detective, and officer-in-charge.
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