Pat Donnellan
CEO
Pat has served as CEO and director of AEP Networks since 2002 having joined the company at the beginning of its startup phase. He has substantial international experience in directing startup companies, mergers, acquisitions and business restructuring. Prior to joining AEP, Pat held several senior positions in ModusLink, a global leader in the technology services sector, from 1994 to 2001 including President – EMEA, President – North America, COO and Group President – International. Pat holds a BA from the National University of Ireland – Galway.

Kathy Kinnamon
CFO
Kathy has over 20 years of experience in accounting operations, treasury, human resource management and corporate finance. Previously, Kathy served as VP Finance/Controller at Netilla Networks (prior to the merger). Before that, she served in the capacities of Acting Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President and Treasurer for KCS Energy, Inc. where she directed corporate accounting, treasury, human resources and bank relations, and raised more than $500 million in the private and public equity and debt markets prior to the company's relocation to Houston, TX. Kathy holds a B.S. degree in Finance from Rider University.

Peter van de Geest
Managing Director, Secure Communications & Networking
Peter has held a number of senior positions in the ICT industry over the past 15 years. As CEO of Vados Systems he was part of the team that led the MBO from Datatec Ltd in 2005. At Datatec he was Director of E-business solutions in the UK and prior to that was Managing Director of Logical Network Solutions in South Africa as well as being a director of Destiny Electronic Commerce, Datatec Open Information Technologies and PWNet (the security practice joint venture between PWC and UUNet). Before that Peter was co-founder and later managing director of VWV Interactive, a pioneer in internet integration in the early 90’s. Peter holds a post graduate degree in the arts.

Paul Spencer
SVP/GM, Secure Application Access
Paul has over 20 years of experience in the field of Software Engineering and Data Communications Technology. He brings with him tremendous experience in bringing products to production from the very early stages of research and prototyping. Prior to joining AEP Networks, Paul was the Vice President of Engineering at NIKSUN Inc. where he was responsible for the company’s portfolio of Network Security and Performance Management products. Paul began his career at Bellcore (now Telcordia) where he worked primarily in the areas of Computer Communications Technology Research, Network Management Software Systems, and Hardware Architectures. He received a BS degree in Computer Science from the City College of New York, and a Masters of Science degree from Polytechnic University of New York.