AffirmTrust

Management Team

Neal Creighton – Executive Chairman

Neal has more than a decade of experience in information security, identity verification, web authentication and certification markets. As Co-founder, President and CEO of GeoTrust, Neal was responsible for providing the leadership, strategic direction and management for the company. Neal spearheaded GeoTrust strategically and positioned the company for rapid growth. Neal led the efforts to raise $24 million in venture financing and sold GeoTrust to VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for $125 million in September 2006. In addition, Neal led the spin-off of ChosenSecurity from GeoTrust which was acquired by PGP, Inc. He is a noted expert in the identity verification / information security field and has been invited to speak at industry conferences to provide input to industry-related articles and reports. Neal is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and holds a JD/MBA from Northwestern University. He is also the co-inventor of the domain control authentication patent granted in 2006 and was a Massachusetts High Tech All Star 2010, 40 Under 40 award in New England, three-time Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist and 2007 Sale Side Deal of the Year Winner for New England from Mass High Tech.

Chris Bailey – President & CEO

Prior to AffirmTrust, Chris was formerly a co-founder and chief technology officer of GeoTrust. At GeoTrust, Chris was responsible for the company's technology vision and product development activities with strategic partners, evaluating security technologies and market opportunities, and also managing the Company's advanced technology engineering group. Chris co-founded the company after acquiring technology from Equifax Secure, where Chris was AVP of digital certificate services. While at Equifax, he helped set the company's strategic direction and manage Equifax Secure's digital certificate services. Chris is a co-inventor of the domain control authentication patent granted in 2006 and was instrumental in developing the current extended validation guidelines. Chris holds an M.B.A. in marketing and strategy from Emory University and a B.S. in finance and economics from the University of South Carolina.

Kirk Hall – Chief Operating Officer

Prior to AffirmTrust, Kirk was chief legal officer and the initial VP of Operations at GeoTrust. He has also served as a managing director at SKB Securities and business manager for Miller Family Holdings, an Oregon family investment firm. Kirk was CEO for 13 years of a professional liability insurance company, served as general counsel for a major regional beer and wine distributor, and was an attorney with the Pacific Northwest’s largest law firm. While at GeoTrust, Kirk and Chris jointly proposed and drafted the Extended Validation authentication standards that were later adopted by the CA-Browser Forum and are now used worldwide for issuing Extended Validation digital certificates. Kirk was instrumental in GeoTrust’s positioning in the market and represented the company at the CAB Forum and other standards groups.

Kefeng Chen – Chief Technology Officer

With more than 20 years Internet application development experiences, Kefeng was formerly a co-founder and a member of Advanced Technology and Engineering group at GeoTrust. Prior to GeoTrust, Kefeng was a Senior Member of Technical Staff of Equifax Secure Inc. Mr. Chen has also held positions as a senior consultant of emergence technology group of Equifax Inc and was a senior programmer with National Decision Systems. Kefeng is an early pioneer in SSL and created the first Equifax Secure/ GeoTrust Root Keys. Formerly, Kefeng was the Co-Founder and VP of R&D at RatePoint, Inc. which was named the MITX Social Media Company of the Year in 2010 and Product/Service of the year in 2009. Kefeng holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Florida.