Len L. Mizrah, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Len Mizrah brings several decades of senior management, scientific, and engineering experience and expertise in software, microelectronics, and physics. Prior to Authernative, Dr. Mizrah led engineering teams at MIPS Technologies, Hitachi Micro Systems, Sun Microsystems, and Fujitsu Microelectronics in developing microprocessor design infrastructure including CAD methodologies, EDA software tools, Internet, intranet & extranet security, database management, physical design verification, device modeling and characterization. Before that, he served as a physicist with the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics. He worked in several fields of physics and microelectronics on numerous projects and obtained fundamental results in research of radiation effects in semiconductors.

Dr. Mizrah has published a number of articles in various silicon electronics and physics magazines, developed and commercialized EDA software tools. He is the sole author of granted and pending U.S. and International patents in the areas of authentication technology, encryption key management protocols, and security and privacy of financial transaction processing systems. Dr. Mizrah is a member of IEEE and APS, and Adjunct Research Professor in the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at California State University in Chico. He was a VLSI design and technology lecturer at the California Cogswell Polytechnical College in Sunnyvale. He has also been named in the Marquise “Who’s Who in America” (Science and Engineering, Second edition, 1994) and in several publications of the American Bibliographical Institute.

Len Mizrah is a graduate of Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (M.S. in Electronics and Engineering Physics), and Kiev Institute of Physics (Ph.D. in Semiconductor Physics). He studied two years of business administration at Moscow State University of Management.

Rear Admiral Robert L. Toney, USN (Ret)
Chairman of the Board
Admiral Toney retired in 1994 from the Navy after 34 years of distinguished service. While in the Navy, Admiral Toney was Commander of four organizations: Naval Surface Group, Naval Base, Logistics Group One, and Maritime Defense Command. Prior to that, he was Director of Logistics and Security Assistance, U.S. Pacific Command.

From 1991 to 1996, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. Admiral Toney was also the Executive Vice President of Business Development of F.E. Jordan and Associates. His business and community affiliations include: Past Interim President, Bay Area Urban League; Director, Bank of the West; Director, Levine-Fricke-Recon Advisory Board; Director, Junior Achievement of the San Francisco Bay Area; and Member, President’s Advisory Board, Chico State University.

Admiral Toney holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humane Letters from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA, and an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humane Letters from National University, San Diego, CA, and a B.A. Social Sciences (Pre-law) Chico State University, Chico, CA. He is also a Graduate, of the National and International Security Course, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Mario Rosati, Board Member
General Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Mr. Rosati is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, which is elected by the Members of the firm to manage the firm. He has specialized in Corporate Law, especially as it relates to high-technology companies since 1971. Mr. Rosati is also the managing partner of WS Investments, an investment partnership, composed of the Members of the firm and a trust for certain associates of the firm. WS Investments has invested in a number of emerging corporations over the years.

Mr. Rosati is a director of Aehr Test Systems, Mountain View, California; Genus, Inc., Mountain View, California; Ross Systems, Atlanta, Georgia; Sanmina Corporation, San Jose, California and Vivus, Inc., Mountain View, California; all publicly traded companies, and several privately-held companies.

Mr. Rosati is on the UC Berkeley Foundation Board of Trustees, serves on the Board of Advisors for the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and an advisor to the Technology Commercialization Office at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has also participated in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Task Force to the office of the President Elect, Ronald Reagan.

He received his Law degree from Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley.

Peggy Taylor, Board Member
Peggy was formerly the President of PeopleSoft Investments, Inc. She is an advisor to and an investor of numerous start-ups and was honored by the Forum of Women Entrepreneurs with their FWE Entrepreneurial Achievement Award in 1999.

Prior to managing investments and advising start-ups, Peggy served from 1989 to 1999 as a Senior Vice President and member of the Management Team at PeopleSoft, Inc. In this role, she has managed all corporate operations, including product development, customer services, professional services, and administration. She also managed the PeopleSoft Business Network and PeopleSoft’s e-commerce products.

Prior to joining PeopleSoft, Peggy was Vice President of Trust and Investment Management at the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco, CA. During her three-year tenure, assets increased from $300 to $500 million. Previously, Peggy worked at the Bank of California, in San Francisco, as Vice President and Director of Organization, Planning, and Development, where she was in charge of all personnel related operations. Peggy is on the board of directors at several companies, including Fair Isaac (FIC), RightNow Technologies (RNOW), Aravo Solutions, and HireRight (HIRE). Peggy graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lone Mountain College in San Francisco with a B.A. in Communications and Psychology.

Dr. Glen O. Toney, Board Member
Dr Glen Toney serves on the Board of Trustees of the California State University System. Before that, Dr. Toney held the position of Group Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Applied Materials. In a prior role, he served as the Group Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Affairs. Dr. Toney has worked at Applied Materials since 1979. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Applied Materials Foundation and represents the company on the Board of Directors of the Applied Materials-Shanghai Research and Development Fund. He formed and served as President of Applied Global University.

Prior to employment with Applied Materials, Dr. Toney held several positions in education and business industries. He worked as the Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the Palo Alto Unified School District, Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the Ravenswood City School District, and a Mathematician and Systems Analyst for Lockheed Missile and Space.

Dr. Toney also served as Chairman of the Board of the 21st Century Education Initiative, part of the Joint Venture: Silicon Valley (JVSV) Network. He is on the Board of Trustees of the Robert Noyce Foundation, an educational foundation established by the Noyce Family in honor of Robert Noyce, the co-founder of Intel Corporation. In addition, he serves on the Advisory Board of School of Engineering and Science at California State University, Chico, and is also on the board of directors at Andrew Corporation (ANDW).

Dr. Toney has two undergraduate degrees, a B.A. in Philosophy from California State University at Chico, and a B.S. with honors in Mathematics from San Jose State University. He received his M.A. in Instructional Technology from San Jose State University, and earned his Doctorate in Organizational Behavior from the University of Southern California.