Board of Directors

Scott Anderson
Principal, Cedar Grove Partners, LLC
Scott Anderson has been a Director of Kratos since February 1997. Since 1997, Mr. Anderson has been a principal of Cedar Grove Partners, LLC, an investment and advisory concern. Since 1998, Mr. Anderson has also been a principal of Cedar Grove Investments, LLC, a private seed capital firm.  Mr. Anderson was with McCaw Cellular/AT&T Wireless, most recently as Senior Vice President of the Acquisitions and Development group.  Mr. Anderson serves on the Board of Directors of SunCom Wireless, mInfo, Inc and GotVoice, Inc.. He is also an observer on the board of directors of Telephia, Inc. and Tigerstripe, Inc. Mr. Anderson is a member of the control groups of Von Donop Inlet PCS, LLC and LCW Wireless, LLC, both wireless licensees.  He holds a B.A. in History from the University of Washington, Magna Cum Laude, and a J.D. from the University of Washington Law School, with highest honors.

Bandel Carano
General Partner, Oak Investment Partners, LLC
Bandel Carano was originally a Director of Kratos from August 1998 to June 2001, and re-joined our Board in October 2001.  Since 1987, he has been a general partner of Oak Investment Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm. Mr. Carano also serves on the Investment Advisory Board of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund, the Board of Directors of Airspan Networks, Inc., FiberTower Corporation, the Supervisory Board of Tele Atlas N.V. and the Board of Directors of numerous private companies, including Airgo Networks, nLight Photonics, Tensilica and Visto Corporation.  Mr. Carano holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.  Mr. Carano was nominated and elected as one of our Directors pursuant to the terms of a purchase agreement among the Company and certain of its stockholders in connection with the sale of the Company’s Series A convertible preferred stock in October 2001.

Eric DeMarco
President & CEO, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Eric DeMarco joined Kratos in November 2003 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. DeMarco was appointed a Director and assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2004.  Prior to coming to the Company, Mr. DeMarco most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Titan Corporation (“Titan”), a Delaware corporation.  Prior to his promotion to President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. DeMarco served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Titan.  Prior to joining Titan, Mr. DeMarco served in a variety of public accounting positions, primarily focusing on large multinational corporations and publicly traded companies.  Mr. DeMarco holds a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Finance, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of New Hampshire. A corporate biography for Mr. DeMarco is available here.

William Hoglund
Safeboats International, LLC
William Hoglund has been a Director of Kratos since February 2001.  Mr. Hoglund is also a member of Safeboats International, LLC. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Hoglund served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eagle River, LLC, a private investment company. During his tenure at Eagle River, Mr. Hoglund was also a director of Nextel Communications, Inc. and Nextlink Communications, Inc. Mr. Hoglund holds a B.A. in Management Science and German Literature from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Scot Jarvis
Cedar Grove Partners, LLC
Scot Jarvis joined the Kratos Board in February 1997.  Mr. Jarvis co-founded Cedar Grove Partners, LLC, an investment and consulting/advisory partnership, in 1997, and currently is its managing member.  Prior to co-founding Cedar Grove, Mr. Jarvis served as a senior executive of Eagle River, Inc., a McCaw investment firm.  While at Eagle River he founded Nextlink Communications on behalf of McCaw and served as its president.  He also served as a regional president for Nextel Communications.  From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Jarvis served in several executive capacities at McCaw Cellular Communications up until it was sold to AT&T.  Mr. Jarvis serves on the corporate boards of Cantata Technology, Inc., Wavelink Corporation, Visto Corporation, SkyPipeline, Slingshot Sports and Ultratouch.  Mr. Jarvis holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington.