Preston Futrell serves as president and CEO of Reflex Systems. He was previously the Vice President of Sales and Business Development for the company, leading all revenue generating activity and playing an instrumental role in Reflex's revenue growth over the past several years. Preston brings significant business experience in the software and network security industries to his role. Prior to joining Reflex Systems, he was a sales executive for IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS), Americas Group, where his responsibilities included managing Strategic Outsourcing Services and Professional Services business for North and Latin America. Futrell was influential in the growth of ISS in the last decade and played a key role in the integration of the ISS Sales organization into IBM after their acquisition in 2006. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University.
Aaron Bawcom is the Chief Technology Officer at Reflex Systems. Aaron has more than 20 years of experience in bringing technical innovation to market. In his role, Aaron is responsible for shaping the company's technology strategy and defining the roadmap for future design and development as well as managing the engineering teams building the future of enterprise computing.
Prior to joining Reflex Systems, he was the Chief Technology Officer of Intrusion Inc. and the Chief Architect for the Network Associates (McAfee) network security products division. Throughout his career Aaron has designed distributed management & storage systems, configuration management database systems (CMDB), data visualization, host & network virus detection, stateful firewalls, e-mail encryption, application firewalls, security information management systems, vulnerability assessment, network & host intrusion detection/prevention, enterprise spyware prevention, behavioral anomaly, distributed denial of service prevention, network processors, and data leak Prevention systems.
Aaron is also a co-author of Virtualization for Security. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University.
Laura Armistead has led Marketing for Reflex since 2007. Her track record of taking innovative companies to market made her a natural fit for VP of Marketing for the company. Prior to joining Reflex she was Director of Marketing for Securiant, an integrated network security solutions provider. With more than 14 years of marketing management experience, she launched her career in the technology hot bed area of Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. She has led key accounts for well-known PR firms and Ad agencies including AdMark and Brodeur Worldwide. Her experience also includes product marketing manager for SouthPeak Interactive, a computer game company, and PR Manager for HiddenMind Technology, a mobile middleware solutions company. Armistead holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mike Wronski brings more than 15 years of industry experience to his role as VP of Product Management for Reflex Systems. Prior to joining Reflex he held a senior datacenter architect role at GE Healthcare. His primary role at GE was designing IT security into medical devices and data centers hosting medical records and images. In addition, he led a global team in designing and deploying patient privacy protections as part of a $500M IT project for the modernization of the UK National Healthcare System(NPfIT). Mike's broad IT experience, ranging from large carrier data networking to virtualization, stems from previously held senior roles at Starent Networks(now part of Cisco), Cambia Networks, 3Com and USRobotics. Wronski holds a CISSP and Certified Ethical Hacker certifications, as well as an MBA, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Florida International University.
Jamie Wakelin brings more than 18 years of technology experience to the Reflex team. He is responsible for managing all aspects of sales, business development and revenue generating activities for the company. He has a strong record of over-delivering on aggressive enterprise sales goals. Prior to Reflex, Jamie was Vice President of Regional Sales for Cloudmark, where he helped the company achieve record revenue numbers. Previously he held sales and business development leadership positions at Bytemobile, Openwave, and EarthLink. Wakelin received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University, and an MBA from Emory University.
Lori Cooper is the VP of Finance for Reflex Systems. She is responsible for accounting, human resources, and investor relations and brings more than 15 years of experience with 10 years being specifically in the software industry. Her knowledge and understanding of accounting for software companies has been an invaluable asset to Reflex. Prior to joining Reflex Systems, Lori spent 3 years leading the accounting team at Ciphertrust, Inc. and was responsible for coordinating all external audits while maintaining timely month-end financial reporting. Her diligence and knowledge of the industry helped lead to the smooth and timely acquisition of Ciphertrust by Secure Computing, Inc. Prior to Ciphertrust she spent 5 years as International Accounting Manager at MAPICS, Inc concentrating her efforts on international accounting and consolidations. Lori holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Elon University.