Office of the Chairman

 

 

Mark D. Ein Co-Chairman of Kastle Systems since January 2007. Mr. Ein is the majority owner and managing member of the Kastle Systems group, acquired through Leland Investment Co, his personal investment holding company.

 

Mr. Ein is the founder of Venturehouse Group, LLC, a technology holding company that creates, invests in and builds technology and telecommunications companies, and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since 1999. He is also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Capitol Acquisition Corporation (AMEX: CLA.U), a special purpose acquisition vehicle (SPAC) formed for the purpose of making an acquisition of a growth company, which completed a $250 million initial public offering in November 2007. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ein worked for The Carlyle Group, Brentwood Associates and Goldman Sachs.

 

A native of the Washington area, he actively supports many community, charitable and cultural organizations. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), The Economic Club of Washington D.C., The Washington Tennis & Education Foundation, The Tennis Center at College Park and The Potomac Officers Club. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Federal City Council, the Steering Committee for the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) DC, the Advisory Board of the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund, the Donor Advisory Group for the FasterCures Philanthropy Advisory Service, the Selection Committee for the George J. Mitchell Scholarship program, and the Leadership Committee of Fight for Children. He was previously on the Trustees Council of The National Gallery of Art, The Board of Directors of the SEED Foundation and on the Board of The Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts.

 

In July, 2000, Mr. Ein was named one of Washington Business Forward’s “Forward 40” – a list of the top 40 business people in Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia region – after being named one of its “Next Network” of 40 “rising stars” in October, 1999. He received his BS in Economics with a concentration in finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from The Harvard Business School.

 

 

Piyush Sodha is Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kastle Systems International has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cibernet Corporation, which merged into MACH in April 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Sodha had served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Matrics, Inc., which was a leading provider of RFID technology solutions and infrastructure products.

 

Earlier in his career, Mr. Sodha had served as Chief Executive Officers of WirelessHome, NextLinx Corp and LCC International, a Nasdaq listed provider of integrated network design, implementation and optimization solutions for wireless voice and data communication networks which went public under his leadership in 199 5 . Mr. Sodha is currently, on the Board of Directors of Capital Acquisition Group, MACH and Vision Chain.

 

Mr. Sodha received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from India Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and an M.B.A. from Wharton Business School.

 

 

Gene Samburg, Founder of Kastle Systems began the company in 1972 to provide electronic security systems for commercial office buildings, as well as operate and manage the systems on an ongoing basis. He serves as a member of the company’s Executive Committee. Prior to Kastle, he served as the District General Manager for Westinghouse Security Systems in the Washington, D.C. area, where he worked with the U.S. Secret Service to provide systems and solutions for The White House, Camp David and four presidential residences.

 

Gene received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed the Owner/President Management Program at Harvard Business School.

 

Gene received Ernst & Young’s “Master Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 1999, and was named one of Security Sales & Integration’s Top Entrepreneurs of the Year 2005. He is a regular guest lecturer on Entrepreneurship at Georgetown University and taught an extension course at American University entitled “The Successful Entrepreneur.” Gene is a member of the Cornell Society of Engineers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Society for Industrial Security, and he is the holder of a U.S. patent on a security control and alarm system.