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Michael J. Durnack
President and CEO
Michael is an expert in the field of identity theft and fraud and has conducted extensive research in a wide range of tactical methods used by identity thieves relating to victim social behavior. His research has been conducted throughout the US and to areas that economically thrive on theft around the globe.
A seasoned entrepreneur, he has recognized the need for identity theft countermeasures beyond the traditional methods that have also been the prevalent limited resources.
Michael is a graduate of State University of New York Institute of Technology. His career includes 19 years with three Fortune 500 companies. In those organizations he held a number of management positions and worked on designs and development of products in the aerospace and automotive industries.
Dr. Barbara W. Mihalas
Chief Technical Officer
Dr. Barbara W. Mihalas brings to the company an extensive scientific and mathematical background, having earned her undergraduate degree in physics and her PhD in theoretical astrophysics from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Barbara combines her education with many years of experience in software engineering and management, and conceptualizing and directing data management projects.
After several years of research in computational stellar hydrodynamics, Barbara became interested in the challenges of obtaining meaningful information from the data and metadata of large research efforts. Former projects include collaborations with research teams at University of Illinois in Astronomy, Social Science and Biology. She served on a number of National Research Council panels on data and information issues and obtained several research grants from the National Science Foundation for projects she directed.
Barbara came to Syracuse as Associate Director of a high-performance computing institute at Syracuse University and later went into business as the technical partner in a small, start-up company in the Case Center of Syracuse University. Currently she is a private consultant, designing and implementing complex, data-intensive Internet applications for Fortune 500 companies.
Barbara's role with ID Risk Management is to provide technical oversight and to design and implement the necessary website and data collection tools. She also works with University affiliates on analysis of identity and fraud risk data.
Terry Zarnowski
Chief Operating Officer
Terry is a seasoned technology business entrepreneur with a wide array of experience in operations, information technology, and marketing.
A graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Terry started his first business in his senior year of college providing PC hardware / software solutions, service and repair. This business grew rapidly over the next several years into a successful system integration business, providing novel manufacturing solutions to various global industries. Customers have included General Electric, RCA, Thomson in industries from aircraft engines to electronics.
In 1997, Terry sold his stake in his systems integration company and in 1999 joined as the fourth employee a startup hi-tech semiconductor company. He helped to grow the company into a multi-site international company employing 35 people in 3 sites, instrumental in raising a $10M international investment to fuel further growth.
Terry was responsible for overall management and qualification of the company's international outsourced supply chain; designed and managed construction of company's new headquarters, and ultimately setup and managed global sales and marketing programs. Today, that company has become Panavision SVI, a wholly owned division of Panavision International (the movie and television camera company). Panavision SVI provides digital imaging solutions for a global market covering many industries from cinematography to barcode scanners.
J. Sean Branagan
Vice President Sales and Marketing
Sean is a recognized expert in interactive marketing and has made a career of developing innovative marketing and interactive marketing plan for technology and business-to-business companies
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A graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, much of Sean’s career experience has been in marketing and communications with firms selling technical products and services. Most recently, he has served as Senior Director of Marketing for a $125 million national IT and Internet Services Company headquartered in Boston’s Route 128 technology sector.
Sean’s experience with the Internet and World Wide Web began in 1993 at a national super computing center. Since then, he has engaged in online strategy, interactive marketing and major website producing for organizations nationwide, including most-notably the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Cutco Cutlery, the DuPont Registry, Federal Business Council, Indium Corporation of America, Lighthouse International, MariSafe, NaviSite, Rack Room Shoes, Time-Warner/Road Runner, Welch-Allyn and Wilton-Armetale.
For five years, Sean has taught a graduate-level course in interactive marketing and advertising at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. He has lectured at other universities and has presented to business groups at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Caterpillar, NYS’s Dept of State, and Carrier Corp. He has also presented at seminars, conferences and trade shows in New York, San Francisco, Raleigh, Tampa, Charlotte, Maui, Austin, Buffalo, Denver, and Washington, DC. In 2003, Sean was invited to present at Internet World in San Jose, CA.
Darren Sanefski
Director Brand Management
Darren comes to ID Risk Management with a news design and marketing background. He received his degree from Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts with a degree in Illustration and went to work as a staff artist at a regional newspaper. He is the Assistant Art Director for The Post-Standard in Syracuse. Darren also works as an Adjunct Instructor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and teaches graduate and undergraduate students information design.
Darren also runs a successful freelance graphic arts business, DMS Design Studio, where he designs for local and national companies on a variety of visual projects. His current and past clients include, Boeing, Pacificare, Syracuse University, LeMoyne College, and the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce. Darren has won numerous national and international awards for his artwork and designs.
Stephen J. Suhowatsky
Chairman of the Advisory Board
Steve is a seasoned executive with Fortune 500 and mid-market company management experience.
With an MBA from the Wharton School of Business (University of Pennsylvania), Steve recently served as President and CEO of Panthus Corporation a $150 million mini-conglomerate company with major business holdings in construction equipment (Caterpillar), computer leasing and financing, industrial supplies and home healthcare services. He helped guide the company when it was public company (then known as Syracuse Supply Company) as it divested itself from holdings in shrinking markets (industrial supplies) and invest in new growth areas (home health services and computer leasing).
In the course of his leadership with the company, Steve was personally championed and started the home healthcare business (in Durable Medical Equipment, Oxygen, and Infusion) de novo by making five acquisitions and then starting up eight more companies that were combined into an eight-state northeast organization. Steve also started a medical equipment leasing company to complement the home healthcare business, and ended up sell the home healthcare business in two transactions to national companies.
Prior to Syracuse Supply, Steve held management positions with increasing levels of responsibility at Eagle Picher, a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturing company. There he worked on acquisition of five companies in the bronze bearing industry; four distribution companies and one manufacturing company. All were turnaround situations and were rolled up into one organization. His final position of the company was as Group Vice President in charge of five operating divisions.
Active throughout his career in the business community, Steve has served on numerous not-for-profit boards, as well as boards of statewide and national organizations. Notably, Steve is a member of the Board of Directors of Excellus, Inc. (former Blue Cross/ Blue Shield) and has been involved in guiding the firm through several mergers and acquisitions. Today the organization is part of a $4 billion family of companies that finances and delivers health care services and the largest of its type in New York State.
Susan L. Dawson
Consultant and Advisory Board Member
Susan Dawson has been a key executive contributing to growth and strategy in a number of software companies, including Oracle, Siebel Systems, Financial Engines, and KXEN. Her primary areas of expertise are in sales and marketing strategy and management.
Most recently she has been Vice President of Channels and Alliances and Vice President for North America of KXEN, where she helped establish the company in a new market with funding, positioning, processes, sustainable revenue, and key partnerships.
In her previous position as Vice President of Sales at Saratoga Systems, she developed and implemented a major account retention program that halted customer attrition and retained all major accounts, while she led a successful effort acquiring major new accounts.
Susan will be involved with strategic planning, and will consult on predictive analytics, marketing and sales.
Dr. Jeffrey Stanton
Consultant and Advisory Board Member
Dr. Stanton's research focuses on the many intersections between behavioral science and information technology. His publications appear in a number of journals, such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Human Performance, Human Resource Management, Journal of Information Systems Education, Organizational Research Methods, Computers in Human Behavior, Behaviour and Information Technology, and Computers and Security. He has also presented research papers at various scholarly conferences, such as the Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Society, AMCIS, the Security Conference, IEEE, and the International Congress of Applied Psychology. His research has received financial support from the National Science Foundation, the CASE Center, the SIOP Foundation and others.
Dr. Stanton's background also includes some years of experience in business. In 1995, he worked as a human resources analyst for Applied Psychological Techniques, a human resources consulting firm based in Darien, Connecticut. His work at this firm included the development, implementation, and assessment of selection and appraisal systems as well as employment litigation support. Between 1983 and 1995, he also worked for HRStrategies, Inc. as a human resources consultant, the Connecticut department of Mental Health as a statistical consultant, and for Inpho Inc., AKG Acoustics Inc., and the Texet Corporation in management and engineering positions.
Professor Stanton is currently responsible for IST195, the first course in the IST undergraduate major, IST629, a course on Organizational Information Security, and IST777 (the Ph.D. level statistics course). He has previously taught social science research methods,organizational behavior, industrial-organizational psychology, and psychometrics. He has given talks and workshops on Behavioral information Security, Internet-based data collection, Structural Equation Modeling, and other topics.
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