Bruce W. Nash, Chief Executive Officer & Board Chairman
Mr. Nash is an experienced senior level executive and Business Professional with more than 20 years of
experience in Management, Sales, Strategic Planning and Contract Negotiations. He has been responsible
for Business Development, Project Implementation Management, and consulting projects with many top
fortune 500 companies and start-up companies, including IBM, Raychem/Tyco, Kaiser, Syntex, Tivo, Sprint,
Hewlett Packard, Excite@Home, Visa, and Sony.
Prior to NextWire Systems Mr. Nash served as President of Quality Apex, a software development and testing
company. He also served as President of BES and Vice President of Sales and Operations for Software
Advanced Technologies, a company specializing in test plan engineering, automated and manual software
testing, and software security analysis. Mr. Nash worked closely with the management team as an executive
and board member to drive the company's strategic direction and to ensure that product and service
offerings continued to be aligned with current and future customer needs. Outside of the business
community Mr. Nash was President and co-founder of Hayman Preparatory School where he developed a
systematic approach to assisting students in their academic pursuit of higher education. Mr. Nash holds a
Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Morgan State University, Maryland and is pursuing his
MBA from Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA.
Roy L. Clay, Sr.
Roy L. Clay, Sr. was a key figure in the development of Silicon Valley. Mr. Clay was inducted into the Silicon
Valley Engineering Council's Hall of Fame in 2003. As a Hall of Fame inductee, Mr. Clay joins such notables
as Bill Hewlett and David Packard, founders of Hewlett-Packard Company; Robert Noyce, inventor of the
8080 microchip and founder of Intel Corporation; and John L. Hennessy, President of Stanford University.
In the early 1970's, at the outset of Silicon Valley as we know it today, the premier venture capital firm of
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers selected Mr. Clay as the computer consultant for prospective investments
in start up companies such as Tandem Computers, Compaq and Intel Corporation.
Mr. Clay was a key figure in the development of Hewlett-Packard's computer divisions. Mr. Clay led the team
that engineered HP's entrance into the computer market with the development of the 2116A computer in
1966. Not only was Mr. Clay the Director for the first HP Research and Development Computer Group, he
also developed the software for the 2116A computer. Mr. Clay was General Manager of the computer
divisions following Tom Perkins, co-founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Today, Mr. Clay is CEO of ROD-L Electronics, the world leader in electrical safety testing equipment, which
he founded in 1977. ROD-L set the industry standard in electrical product safety testing by producing the
world's first Safety Certified (i.e. Underwriters Laboratories Listed) Dielectric Withstand (Hipot) and Ground
Continuity Testers. ROD-L has received the Consumer Product Safety Award for developing the safest
product of its kind and its products are used by the leading manufacturers of electrical and electronics
equipment worldwide. Mr. Clay has a B.S. in Mathematics from St. Louis University.
Craig A. Robinson, Chief Operating Officer & Founder
During his 20-year career, Mr. Robinson has established himself as a visionary, strategist, and leader in
operations, information technology and R&D. His broad range of experience includes business startup and
acquisition, corporate and division P&L leadership, advanced technology integration, and marketing.
Prior to NextWire Systems, Mr. Robinson sequentially held several vice president positions at Symantec
Corporation, including Vice President of Managed Security Services, Vice President of Solution Delivery, and
Vice President of Product Marketing. Previously, he was COO and CTO of META Security Group, and co-
founder and COO of Secure Network Consulting, Incorporated (acquired during his tenure as a subsidiary of
AXENT Technologies and, subsequently, the professional services arm of Symantec). Mr. Robinson also
has held senior-level executive positions as President of Commercial Operations and, previously, CIO of
Trident Data Systems (since acquired by General Dynamics). In addition to these senior executive roles he
has over five years of experience as a military systems analyst responsible for defining, developing, and
evaluating concepts for advanced high-technology systems, including delivery of prototypes. He is co-author
of the reference Secure Internet Practices (Auerbach Publications). Mr. Robinson earned a Master’s degree
in Engineering Mechanics from Stanford University. He also has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
from Stanford.
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