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Management Team

eEye Digital Security is proud of its team, including the executives that guide the company toward meeting its client, partner and business objectives. Below are a few highlights of the amazing talent and experience that eEye has attracted to manage the business.

Kamal Arafeh, CEO

Mr. Arafeh joined eEye Digital Security in 2006 as Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales & Marketing and now serves as the company's CEO. Mr. Arafeh brings more than 18 years of success in developing markets, building partnerships and growing sales revenue. Mr. Arafeh was most recently Vice President of Sales and Marketing of the Americas and Asia Pacific at Astaro, a fast growing Internet Security developer where he was responsible for over 100% annual revenue growth in both regions. Mr. Arafeh has a proven track record in executive sales management at a number of technology organizations including, Vice President of WW Sales at Vernier Networks, General Manager of Enterprise Products at Roxio where he successfully led the digital media software provider into the enterprise space resulting in Roxio's GoBack product acquisition by Symantec in 2003. During his 4 year tenure at McAfee/Network Associates, he grew McAfee's channel sales operations by 200% annually.

Kate Kawalek, VP, Development and Operations

Kate Kawalek joined the eEye Digital Security team in March 2006 as Director of Engineering Operations. Ms. Kawalek has been instrumental in establishing new processes for the various Engineering, Customer Support and Quality Assurance teams. She has been the catalyst for launching and implementing the Agile Software Development Process across all development teams. Ms. Kawalek is known by her proven track record of building a strong environment of process and methodology for product creation and on time product release. Prior to joining eEye Digital Security, Ms. Kawalek was R&D Manager for QSC Audio Products, a world leader in professional audio manufacturing located In Costa Mesa CA. During her 12 year tenure with QSC, Ms. Kawalek held various roles, cumulating with the ultimate responsibility of leading a team of 20+ hardware, firmware and software engineers. She has 10+ highly successful years directing both hardware and software based product life cycles. Ms. Kawalek graduated from the California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. Most recently in 2007 she was certified as an Agile Software Process Scrum Master.

Chris Silva, Chief Architect and VP, Products

Mr. Silva serves as eEye's Vice President of Products and Chief Architect. In this role, he is responsible for the development strategy and vision of the eEye portfolio which includes the award-winning Retina and Blink product families. Mr. Silva has over 15 years of experience in building and leading successful engineering teams. Since joining eEye in 2001, he has held a variety of engineering leadership positions, including product development lead, product manager and software architect. In doing so, he has helped transform eEye's research & development department and product line into industry leaders. Prior to eEye, Mr. Silva worked on and led engineering teams at Berkeley Systems, Inc. where he contributed to the acclaimed titles After Dark and You Don't Know Jack. Mr. Silva is an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley's College of Engineering.

Kim Macfee, VP, Finance

Kim Macfee joined eEye in February 2008 as Controller and today serves as the company’s VP Finance and Secretary of the Board of Directors. Mr. Macfee has over 15 years of public and private company experience across the software, hardware, transportation, and financial services industries, where he has held multiple Finance, Accounting, & Sales Operations positions. Since he joined eEye Digital Security, he has been responsible for driving improved accounting processes, while creating a finance team focused on business partnering and decision support. Mr. Macfee graduated from the University of Oregon, with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Finance.

Sam Rodd, General Counsel

As General Counsel, Mr. Rodd oversees all legal matters, including corporate governance, intellectual property, contracts, and corporate transactions. He is a former Vice President and General Counsel at Computer Associates and for over 18 years has been practicing law specializing in computer technology contracts and issues. He has provided legal consulting services to numerous clients, among them Citibank, Colgate Palmolive, Sterling Commerce and Chemical Bank, as well as several software portfolio companies of Insight Venture Partners, a large venture capital firm based in New York City. Mr. Rodd is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia University Law School.