Mr. Richard S. Carson – Chief Executive Officer

As CEO, Mr. Carson focuses on long-term issues involving infrastructure and financial considerations. Mr. Carson has over 30 years of corporate experience and has been a visionary in identifying new electronic markets and strategic partners.

Mr. Carson is also a local community leader:

• Rotary International representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) for 2008–2009
• Rotary District Governor for 2007–2008
• Chairman of the Montgomery County, Maryland Health Commission
• Trustee on the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Pension Plan
• President of the Rotary Club (Bethesda–Chevy Chase, MD)
• A major fundraiser for several local non-profit organizations.

Mr. Carson obtained his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Cornell University.

Ms. Donna Ruginski – President and Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Ruginski is responsible for the strategic planning process and the entire operational implementation of SAINT Corporation. Major parts of the strategic planning process include the successful integration of strategic partners, the identification, development, and improvement of security products, and the use of both conventional and electronic commerce marketing techniques. Ms. Ruginski has over 20 years of corporate experience and has been successfully involved in all areas including management, sales, marketing, engineering, and the implementation of large security and systems solutions. Ms. Ruginski earned a M.S. in Computer Science at The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering. She graduated cum laude from Towson University, earning a B.S. degree with a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Mr. Sam Kline, CISSP – Chief Engineer

As Chief Engineer and Architect for the SAINT® suite of tools, Mr. Kline's responsibilities include the design, testing, and implementation of all SAINT® products, the upgrades to all SAINT® products, the interface of SAINT® to other security products, and the management and staffing of our security team. His information security experience includes the supervision of network vulnerability assessments and penetration testing at the Pentagon. Mr. Kline has a B.S., magna cum laude in Electrical and Civil Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and a M.S. in Computer Science and Applications from Virginia Tech.

Mr. Billy Austin – Chief Security Officer

Mr. Austin has held several executive positions for intrusion detection and vulnerability security vendors. Prior to entering the commercial sector, he performed security assessments and intelligence for various United States and Israeli institutions and agencies. Mr. Austin was a contributing author for the SANS Top 10 exploits and also published "Session Hijacking and Active Sniffing." He holds engineering and training certifications in firewalls, VPNs, risk assessment, intrusion detection systems, public key infrastructure and other security tools.

He is a recognized speaker in the security industry and has presented topics including "Cybercrime from the Inside," "Vulnerability and Threats," and "TCP/IP Black Hat Attacks" to audiences at Internet World, Costco, Intrusion.com, Check Point Software, RSA Security, VeriSign, MIS Institute, SANS Institute, ASIS, ITEC, Westcon, ISSA, Information Security Magazine, Hacker LIVE 2000, ISSA and others.