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Idalis Software, Inc.
42020 Village Center Plaza
Suite 120 #185
Stone Ridge, VA 20105
Direct: 240-593-9257
Email: site@idalissoftware.com
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Idalis Software was founded in 2006 by experienced technology professionals who, through their research, innovation and leadership have created the next generation of e-mail, forensic analysis, anti-espionage, and anti-botnet network security products/services. Additional niche specific cyber-security Idalis products are on the horizon in 2010 and beyond to remedy and manage the internets greatest risks. Idalis' internal management, external management partners, forensic experts, senior software engineers, and general advisors have a diversified background covering all areas of technological innovation, Federal Government contracting, enterprise development, large scale deployment, and corporate administration.  Thomas 'Tom' Caldwell, President, CEO, and Head of Technology Design Tom Caldwell is the inventor, entrepreneur, technologist, and manager behind all of Idalis' innovations. Briefly in 2002, Tom spent time inside a spam ring operation while also managing the IT infrastructure for a multi-city dial-up and wireless ISP. Tom used this insider opportunity to study the methods of defeating legacy anti-spam technologies and obtaining a behind-the-scenes look at spam e-mail and botnet virus operations. As an Information and E-mail Systems Manager, Tom also learned what specific actions would be necessary to change the economics, losses, and approach associated with malicious e-mail, botnet infections, cyber criminals, and US cyber-security infrastructure, targeting these problems at their source rather than fighting the growing symptoms. Tom later worked in internet marketing and sales by building and managing a web-based nationwide commercial insurance lead-generation system, gaining property and casualty leads ranging from $10,000 to $100,000,000 in insurable assets across all types of business property or liability risks. Tom later focused on technology and purchasing consulting combining ten years of technology, sales, marketing, and customer management experience into his plans for Idalis. Tom studied Psychology, Political Science and Economics at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, and later completed a technology certification tract which included Visual Basic 6/.Net, Java, web development, A+ hardware certification as well as the Microsoft Certified Professional Curriculum. Mr. Caldwell is an active member of the English Speaking Union as well as several other Civic and Fraternal organizations. Larry Caldwell, Team Lead Idalis Forensic Analysis Larry Caldwell is the Lead Idalis Forensic Data Analyst and has over 30 years of Enterprise Production, Engineering, and IT Administration experience. Larry spent most of his career with a Fortune 500 Medical device manufacturer. In the early 1980's Larry was a design / manufacturing engineer used to manufacture intravenous medical devices. Larry supervised the installation, testing, ISO and FDA validation of this equipment for multiple manufacturing facilities worldwide. Larry worked in Information Technology managing multiple platforms used to monitor production metrics. These included IBM AS/400, Novell Netware, Microsoft, Apple, SAP, and Allen Bradley Software. He also managed Lotus Domino e-mail users at production plant facilities. Larry holds certifications and schooling from Microsoft, Allen-Bradley, Nortel, A+ Hardware, Cisco, and Lucent Systems, utilizing both fiber and copper gigabit technologies. He also managed a long list of Enterprise Level Software including Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino/Notes, Icewarp Merak, Controlview and RSVIEW, and several other proprietary software technologies. Larry was a founding member of the Industrial Computing Society, later becoming the part of ISA and many other standard defining based organizations. Larry was also a Supply Sergeant MOS 76Y, CBR NCO, and Armorer in the United States Army and National Guard serving at Fort Polk, LA and later United States Army National Guard.
Idalis Software Advisory Board Dr. David McWhorter - Advisor (Federal Government Business, Marketing and Compliance) Dr. David McWhorter spent over seven years at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). Most recently he served as the deputy project leader for IDA on the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) SAFETY Act (the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002). In this position he led the technical evaluations of anti-terrorism products and services across a broad spectrum of countermeasures for chemical, biological, explosive, nuclear, cyber and human threats, including services. He was also instrumental in the implementation of the SAFETY Act including orchestrating the creation of the evaluation process, the drafting of the application kits, and the coordination of several government procurements, and the identification of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). Dr. McWhorter received personal recognition from Admiral Jay M. Cohen, DHS’s Under Secretary for Science and Technology, for....outstanding...high-quality technical... support.. when IDA was awarded the Under Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Contractor Support in November 2007, shortly before joining Catalyst Group. Dr. McWhorter has also supported several Department of Defense programs for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), including the Army’s Chemical Demilitarization, the Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles and the Navy’s Tomahawk. His work for the Army’s Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA) earned him several personal recognitions from the AMSAA Director (2005-7). As a Principal of Catalyst Partners http://www.catalystdc.com, Dr. McWhorter brings over 15 years of academic and business experience to one of D.C.’s most respected Homeland Security government relations and business development firms. His work will focus on helping clients navigate DHS (especially the SAFETY Act) and helping DHS navigate his clients. In 2007, Dr. McWhorter became a member of the US Chamber of Commerce’s SAFETY Act committee, and in 2008 he was appointed to the Executive Board of NDIA’s Homeland Security Division. Dr. McWhorter earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Chemistry from Washington and Lee University. He resides in Maryland with his wife and two children.
Paul Gernhardt - Advisor and Investor (Management and Technology)Paul Gernhardt has held a variety of roles within America Online starting in 1986 until his retirement from the organization in 1999. His last position was as Director of International Technology with responsibility for starting and managing the original organization responsible for the technology and services launch of over a dozen online services around the world. This included coordinating and managing technology projects across AOL divisions, departments, joint ventures, cultures, and diverse corporations. Prior positions included technology transition consulting services support for AOL's technology for Apple Computer's eWorld services, as well as building and managing over half of AOL's original online service departments including feature design and implementation. Paul currently sits on the Board of Directors at several companies in the start-up and growth stages of development.
Chris Madsen - Strategic Advisor (Marketing and Deployment)Chris Madsen is a technology and business development veteran. Chris co-founded Brightmail, where he led product management and business development. There he successfully built business relationships with companies including Microsoft, AT&T, Comcast and Symantec. Brightmail was sold to Symantec in 2004. Chris was a former partner at Milestone Equity Partners, and previously held management and sales positions with Trusted Information Systems, IDS (VRML company), Thinking Machines Corp, and Symbolics. Chris is currently the CEO of Trufina, a Maryland based online identity verification system company.
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