Joe Ordia
Chief Executive Officer & President

Joe E. Ordia is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ordia Solutions , a company he co-founded in 2005 for the singular purpose of equipping public safety agencies and their front line personnel with next generation interoperable technologies to effectively communicate, collaborate, coordinate, command and control (5Cs of Interoperability) during critical incident and disaster response, major event security, multi-jurisdictional/multidisciplinary exercises, for infrastructure and border protection, as well as routine law enforcement and rescue operations.  After witnessing the operational benefits that collaborative command & control technology brought warfighters and their commanders in Iraq, and seeing the difficult public agency responses to the Asian Tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and London bombing, Mr. Ordia co-founded Ordia Solutions in 2005 to develop similar robust capabilities for public safety and homeland security.

Prior to founding Ordia Solutions, Mr. Ordia served as one of the original developers for the US Army's Command Post of the Future (CPOF) program from 2001-2003.  He later served as project manager for the DARPA CPOF Pattern Discovery program where he led a team of machine learning experts in developing solutions to automate the flow of information between operators in the Army’s CPOF environment.  Mr Ordia was dispatched to Iraq for most of 2004 to execute the successful deployment of CPOF with the US Army's 1st Cavalry Division, 3rd Infantry Division, and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, providing tactical system support during the first fielding of CPOF to operational units.  This mission-critical, real-world experience gave Mr. Ordia a high degree of practical understanding of tactical operations that enables him to guide technology development efforts in such a way as to focus on capabilities that are most valuable to the operators at the edge (common operating picture that is dynamic, real-time enhanced situational awareness), yet technically feasible.

While in college, Mr Ordia's passion for designing intelligent user-interfaces and complex collaborative software led him to found Ordia Corp, a developer of real-time enterprise collaboration software for instant messaging, document collaboration, group conferencing, online presentations, brainstorming, and more.  Mr Ordia did his undergraduate studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional.  He is active in professional and philanthropic circles, a member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council and TIE-DC , he recently accepted an appointment as a Citizen member of the Wireless Broadband Advisory Council of the Virginia General Assembly's Joint Commission on Technology and Science in Richmond.  An avid golfer and runner, Mr Ordia is training for the 2007 Chicago Marathon where he hopes to raise sizable funding for the St Jude's Children Research Hospital in Memphis .  He resides in Northern Virginia.


Pedro Martinez
Senior Vice-President, Chief Technology Officer

Pedro Martinez is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Ordia Solutions, Inc, the leading provider of interoperable, collaborative, and mobile command and control solutions for public safety and emergency management.  From the beginning of their business relationship, Pedro shared Joe Ordia's vision of multiple solutions that would enable public safety agencies and law enforcement field personnel to successfully and effectively communicate, collaborate, coordinate, command and control (5Cs of Interoperability) during critical incident and disaster response as well as routine law enforcement and rescue operations.

Pedro is an experienced leader in Information Technology with over 13 years of overall professional, progressive, responsible experience including Project Management, Telecommunications and Information Technology applications.  He is also a veteran of the United States Army, where he began his technical and leadership development, and discovered then, his passion for pushing the limits of computers in creative ways.

Besides Ordia Solutions, Pedro has co-founded other companies in the technology and services sector.  He has made himself available for consulting in different aspects of corporate and business development such as business start-ups and coaching, board of advisors and IT consulting for roles such as project manager, IT enterprise designer, CIO/CTO/COO executive and IT auditor.

Pedro honed his technical and leadership background in the Fort Bragg's distinct airborne elite divisions.  His extensive background in using innovative technology resulted in the successful deployments of clustered data storage, enterprise network management, Building Information Modeling, Integrated Practices, computer lab design across government, legal, telecom and architectural service agencies and other private organizations.

He supported multiple government programs including Sandias' Lab fiber optic network, National Disaster Relief (NDR), DARPA’s Command Post of the Future (CPOF) , COORDINATORs , and other classified programs.

Board of Directors

Dendy Young
Chief Executive Officer, McLean Capital, LLC

Dendy Young is the CEO of McLean Capital, LLC, a private equity firm based in McLean, VA. From January 1996 to February 2006, Mr. Young was Chief Executive Officer of GTSI Corp . and performed as Chairman of the Board from 1998 until May 2007. GTSI Corp. is a publicly traded (NASDAQ) systems integrator that provides complex computer solutions to government.

An award-winning executive with more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry, Mr. Young serves on the Executive Committee of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, as Chairman of the TechPAC, and on the Board of Directors of AFCEA, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. He serves on the Board of the National Capital Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Active in community affairs, Mr. Young serves on the Board of Trustees of the Landon School, a private boys school in Maryland.

In recognition of his leadership and contributions, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from VARBusiness magazine at the 2003 VAR500 awards ceremony. He also received the Federal CIO Council's Azimuth award for 2000 which is bestowed upon one industry leader each year. He was named three times to the "Fed 100," a prestigious group nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions to government and industry and won the coveted FOSE Industry Award. He received the Federation of Government Information Processing Council (FGIPC) President's Award for his efforts in widening communications between government and industry.

Prior to GTSI, Mr. Young served as Chief Executive Officer of Falcon Microsystems, Inc ., the second of two companies he founded and sold between 1981 and 1994. In less than 10 years, Falcon Microsystems grew to be a nationally recognized, multi-platform federal reseller and integrator before being sold to GTSI in August 1994.

Mr. Young holds a S.B. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Dr. Mac McNichols

Dr. McNichols is a private angel investor and philanthropist with over 40 years experience in management and consulting (including financial management and use of  metrics and performance management techniques). He has been a CEO and acted as an Advisor to the CEO and/or COO of several middle-market companies.

Dr. McNichols has founded several companies, built more than a half dozen, acquired two, sold two, and has served on the Executive Committee of the NextGen Fund II (Venture Capital);  Corporate Advisory Board of The Institute for the Integration of Management and Engineering (TIIME) of Case Western Reserve University;Visiting Committee of Case School of Engineering; President of the Rondelay Civic Association; President of the Institute of Cost Analysis; President of the Association of Small, Research & Technology Companies; President of Realty Media, Inc.; Vice President-Administration, and Treasurer of the Military Operations Research Society; Council Member of INFORMS (ORSA); Director, International Society of Parametric Analysts; President, Washington Operations Research Council; Vice-President, GENTECH, Inc.; Special Assistant to the Deputy  Assistant Secretary of Defense (Resource Analysis); Member of Sigma Xi. MCR was honored as an Inc. 500, Washington Fast 50, National 500, and Virginia Fantastic 50 Company.

Dr. McNichols has been an adjunct professor at George Mason University and The George Washington University as well as a guest lecturer at University of Maryland and American University. He holds an Sc.D. in Engineering, an MS in Operations Research, and a BS (Honors) in Management Science.

Advisory Board

Thomas C. Frazier, Chairman
Executive Director, Major Cities Police Chiefs Association
Baltimore Police Commissioner (retired)

Thomas C. Frazier is CEO of Frazier Group, LLC , a private consulting firm specializing in organizational assessment, best practices, and civil rights compliance. He currently serves on the Independent Monitor Team overseeing the Department of Justice Los Angeles and Detroit Consent Decrees. He is Executive Director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association , a national professional association representing the largest law enforcement agencies in the United States and Canada.

Prior to establishing Frazier Group, Tom served as Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) of the Department of Justice, having been appointed by the President of the United States. In this capacity, he directed programs including the funding and hiring of 100,000 police officers, an $8.8 billion program, and the establishment of a national network of regional community policing institutes.

Before his appointment to the COPS office, Tom served as Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, an agency of over 4,000 employees. Baltimore is one of the 20 largest police departments in the nation. He restructured the BPD, focusing on strengthening the future of the City of Baltimore. As part of this effort, he established the second largest Police Athletic League in the nation, involving more then 10,000 young people.

Prior to his appointment as Commissioner in Baltimore, Tom retired as Deputy Chief of Police of the San Jose Police Department in California. He served the San Jose PD for 27 years. He served as commander in each of the agency's bureaus and led the agency's transition to community oriented policing.

Tom served as President of the Board of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) . He is currently a member of Homeland Security Task Force, Intelligence and Local Law Enforcement Committee, The Heritage Foundation. He is a Senior Fellow, Police Assessment Resource Center, Vera Institute of Justice. Tom holds a Master of Science degree from San Jose State University and is a graduate of the FBI National Executive Institute. 

Geoff Locke
Chief Superintendent (retired), London Metropolitan Police Service

Geoff Locke born in 1958 in Banbury Oxfordshire, he lives in Shropshire with his partner Rosie and his daughters Louise and Helena.  He was educated at Magdalene College School and the Open University.  Geoff joined the UK police in February 1976, retiring as Chief Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police in London in June 2006 after 30 years exemplary service.

Geoff's roles in the police brought him a range of skills and experience ranging from the Millennium planning for Thames Valley Police , planning for the funeral of Diana Princess of Wales through to being in charge of scenes of the 2005 Al Qaeda bombing attacks in London in 2005. As a firearms commander he was in charge of many high risk firearms operations in London.

His role in London's public order Cadre gave him roles in major sporting events including football command at Chelsea and Arsenal football clubs. It also gave him responsibilities for command in the Government Security Zone (GSZ) in Central London and events with her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, such as Trooping the Colour and Remembrance Sunday.

Geoff is also a successful entrepreneur running successful coaching and mentoring courses for police officers seeking promotion. And recently as EU integrator for ShotSpotter the world leader in gun fire detection systems.  His roles include the lead on security related matters for the QCDA a part of the UK government education department ensuring the safety and security of the UK's educational qualifications.

Geoff has recently been appointed to the Advisory Board at Ordia Solutions, where he leads the Company’s UK business development initiative.

Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan
CEO, The Kiernan Group 

 Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan is a 29-year veteran of Federal Law Enforcement and is the CEO of Kiernan Group, an international consulting firm which supports federal and civil clients. She is currently the Chairman of the National Board of Directors of the InfraGard National Members Alliance. InfraGard is an FBI-affiliated public-private partnership with over 26,000 volunteer members across the country working toward infrastructure protection. She previously served as the Assistant Director for the Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) where she was responsible for the design and implementation of an intelligence-led organizational strategy to mine and disseminate data related to explosives, firearms and illegal tobacco diversion, the traditional and non-traditional tools of terrorism.

Dr. Kiernan has a Doctorate in Education from Northern Illinois University (with highest honors) and a Master's of Science degree in Strategic Intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College in Washington, D.C. She also holds a Master's of Arts degree in International Transactions from George Mason University in Virginia. In 2001, Dr. Kiernan was recognized as an outstanding scholar by Northern Illinois University and as an outstanding alumnus in 2005. She is a Senior Fellow for the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute, and the Director of Intelligence Analysis Programs at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Kiernan is a member of the Army Science Board where she led a panel exploring the transition of law enforcement training and technology to the warfighter.

Dr. Kiernan has been involved with the Intelligence Community for over a decade, and served as the ATF representative to the Counterterrorism Center (CTC) at CIA during 1993-1995. She is a Council Vice President for ASIS, International, with oversight of 5 Councils to include Global Terrorism, Defense Intelligence, Military Liaison, Economic Crime and Crisis Management. She Chairs the Domestic Intelligence Council for the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) and she is the former Chair of the DCI’s Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG), an initiative designed to bridge the communities of intelligence and law enforcement. Dr. Kiernan is a senior member on the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Terrorism subcommittee, an Intelligence Fellow (2001), and graduate of the FBI’s National Executive Institute (Class 26), and DNI’s SHARP Program (2007). She has presented training on Critical Incident Management and Explosives response protocol on a worldwide basis, and serves as an adjunct professor at several academic institutions.

Dr. Kiernan led a nationwide Intelligence Community project involving the active interdiction of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) throughout the law enforcement and public safety communities, and led a team in the Quadrennial Intelligence Community Review. Currently, Dr. Kiernan is a special advisor to the Director of the Combating Terrorism Task Force in the Department of Defense. 

Chief Jack Ewatski
Former President, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
Winnipeg Police Chief (retired)

Chief Ewatski began his career in 1973 at the Winnipeg Police Service, where he rose through the ranks and served as Chief of Police from 1998 through his retirement in 2007.  During his leadership of Winnipeg Police, Chief Ewatski also served as the President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Major Cities Chiefs Organization. He sits on many Boards including the Canadian Police College Advisory Board and the Canadian Police Sector Council.  Chief Ewatski is a graduate of the Canadian Police College, holds certificates from Harvard University and the University of Virginia, and has attended the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy and National Executive Institute. He has extensive expertise in the areas of emergency management and response, has lectured in those subjects in Canada and Europe, and is a recipient of the Police Exemplary Service Medal and the Queen’s Jubilee Medal.

Col. W. Gerald Massengill (Retired)
Former State Police Superintendent, Virginia State Police

Col. Gerald Massengill was appointed Chairman of the panel that investigates the shooting incident at Virginia Tech.  He served with Virginia State Police for 35 years, including a role as Superintendent. During his tenure, his primary interest was traffic safety and enforcement. Nationally known for his efforts, Col. Massengill was an integral part in the planning and implementation of traffic safety campaigns. A relationship builder, he worked to preserve high quality professional ties between state and local law enforcement agencies. Because of his many contributions, Massengill is credited for helping shape public policies that have made Virginia's roads safer.

Beginning as a trooper trainee in October 1966, members of his Academy class saw him as a leader and elected him president of the 45th Basic Session. He graduated from the Academy in 1967 and was assigned to Isle of Wight County. After patrolling for eight years, he was promoted to sergeant, Claypool Hill. Thus began his climb through the ranks, which unbeknownst to him would lead him to the top.

In July 1979, Massengill was promoted to first sergeant at the Petersburg office, responsible for Dinwiddie, Nottoway and Amelia counties. It is no small coincidence that the Massengills still live in Dinwiddie, as this was one of his favorite assignments, both by location and rank.

Massengill was promoted to field lieutenant in 1987, responsible for state police activities in twenty counties and four cities. Six years later, he was named captain, division commander of the Safety Division. He was responsible for the Motor Vehicle Inspection Program statewide.

In June 1994, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, Director of Bureau of Field Operations (BFO), responsible for all uniform troopers. He maintained these responsibilities while he served as acting superintendent beginning January 2000. On June 22, 2000, the official announcement came through from Governor Gilmore’s office that Colonel Massengill would be superintendent.

Col. Massengill is a graduate of the University of Louisville's Advanced Administrative Officers Course at the university's Southern Police Institute. He also is a graduate of the FBI's Tactical Weapons Course, the U.S. Department of Justice's Anti-Terrorism/Hostage Course and the Virginia Executive Institute.