About

Tom Munro, Chief Executive Officer

Tom Munro has served as CEO of Verimatrix since April 2005. Earlier, he was President of Wireless Facilities, Inc. (WFI) a global leader in the design, deployment, and management of wireless mobility and broadband wireless networks. He served WFI as CFO from 1997 to 2000, through the company’s successful IPO, and as President from September of 2000 until his retirement in January, 2003. Prior to joining WFI, Tom was founder and CEO of @Market, an online sporting goods retailer. Earlier, he was CFO of Precision Digital Images, an image processing technology firm in Redmond, Washington, after leaving MetLife Capital Corporation, a leading commercial finance company. At MCC from 1981 to 1994, Tom held a series of analytical, financial, and sales responsibilities including CFO of the company. Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and an MBA from the University of Washington. Tom sits on the boards of Airgain Technologies, CommNexus, the Digital Watermarking Alliance, and Kineticom.

Steve Oetegenn, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

Steve Oetegenn’s career in the Information Technology industry spans 25 years. He has a wide range of experience in international business, having launched numerous high tech products to the global marketplace. He began his career with Burroughs Corporation (now UNISYS) as a specialist for Optical Character Recognition Systems. He has specialized in Digital Security and Anti-Piracy since 1998, working with Government agencies, Fortune 500 companies and Major Hollywood studios. Prior to joining Verimatrix, he was COO of MediaSec Technologies LLC, a pioneer and leader in the field of digital watermarking, COO of Argus Systems Group, a leading provider of Internet server security software, and CEO of DCE Communication Ltd, a world-wide provider of business messaging systems. Mr. Oetegenn has spoken at numerous global digital security conferences and he also speaks fluent German.

Steve Christian, Vice President of Marketing

Steve Christian is a seasoned marketing executive with a wealth of experience in the digital media and Internet technology spaces. Prior to joining Verimatrix Mr. Christian was VP, Marketing at Nine Systems, Inc – a world class provider of streaming media services. He has also run his own technology marketing consultancy, contributing “virtual VP” expertise to a variety of software, wireless and security organizations that successfully sharpened their marketing strategy, positioning and go to market programs. He lead the marketing team at Wind River Services (initially Doctor Design, Inc.) where he helped shape a premium value strategy and the growth of the professional services organization to a peak of $40m annually. His extensive marketing experience also includes driving technology development and international product management at ST Microelectronics, Raytheon and Scicon in the UK. Mr. Christian has a 1st class degree in Physics from the University of Bristol and an MBA from the Open University in the UK.