James (Jim) Johnson, President and CEO
Mr. Johnson co-founded uControl in 2005 and serves as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board. Most recently, he was the Vice President and General Manager of the Service Provider Business Unit of TippingPoint, which was acquired by 3Com in February 2005.
Prior to TippingPoint, Mr. Johnson was Vice President of Sales at BroadJump, which was acquired by Motive Communications in February 2003. Prior to BroadJump, he served as National Sales Manager for Cisco Systems' ADSL portfolio. Before Cisco's acquisition of NetSpeed, he served as the Director of North American Telco Sales for NetSpeed. Prior to NetSpeed, Mr. Johnson held both domestic and international assignments with Alcatel Telecom in sales, product planning, product management and research and development.
Mr. Johnson also serves on the Board of Directors for Boundless Network and holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University.
M. Brian McCarthy, Board of Directors
Mr. McCarthy brings 30 years of domestic and international experience in the electronic security services and alarm monitoring industry to uControl. Mr. McCarthy was most recently President of the Enterprise Systems Division of General Electric which was created by the acquisition of Interlogix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILXI) where Mr. McCarthy had previously held a number of senior positions including CEO America. Mr. McCarthy played a pivotal role in positioning, taking public and growing Interlogix, Inc to a highly profitable $750 million enterprise which grew to $2.5 billion after its acquisition by GE in 2002.
Prior to GE Interlogix, Mr. McCarthy was Senior Executive Vice President for ADT Security Systems, the world leader in commercial and residential security monitoring, where for over 15 years he held progressively senior positions including Senior Vice President of Marketing and Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. McCarthy is widely credited with pioneering and implementing the mass market residential alarm monitoring program for ADT, and its subsequent brand development, successfully complimenting what was at that time almost exclusively a commercial offering. The program remains ADT/Tyco's most successful and profitable offering having captured close to 50% of the residential alarm monitoring market. The residential subscriber acquisition programs that Mr. McCarthy pioneered remain relatively unchanged today and have set the standard for performance and execution within the security industry for the past 15 years.
In addition to serving on the Board of Directors at uControl, Mr. McCarthy is currently engaged as the Executive Chairman of 180 Connect, Inc., which is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is an active partner in several technology start up ventures, and is an advisor to the National Crime Prevention Council in Washington DC.
Mr. McCarthy holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree from Queen's University and a Master of Science degree in Systems Design Engineering from the graduate school of engineering at the University of Waterloo, both in Ontario, Canada.
Kip McClanahan, Board of Directors
Kip McClanahan’s career spans nearly twenty years across the security, networking, communications and software industries. Kip has served as both CEO and board member to public and private companies leading all functional areas including strategy, operations, product, sales and marketing, as well as M&A deal structuring.
Working in the networking, security and software industries, he has demonstrated a consistent pattern of creating shareholder value: each of the past three Austin-based companies he has led has experienced a successful IPO or M&A transaction, returning nearly $800 million in gains to shareholders.
Most recently, Mr. McClanahan has started ON Networks, an Austin, Texas-based new media company optimized around the current disruption in the media and advertising industries.
Prior to that, Mr. McClanahan ran 3Com’s Security Division after 3Com’s acquisition of TippingPoint Technologies, which was purchased by 3Com in early 2005 for approximately $430 million dollars. Prior to joining TippingPoint Technologies as CEO, Kip was at Motive, Inc., where he served as President and oversaw a broad range of business operations including product strategy after Motive acquired BroadJump. Mr. McClanahan was Founder, President and CEO of BroadJump, Inc., a privately held broadband software company based in Austin, Texas. Prior to founding BroadJump, Mr. McClanahan was a part of management at NetSpeed, a DSL broadband equipment company which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 1998. Mr. McClanahan's career also includes engineering and managerial roles at Motorola, Thomas-Conrad, BMC Software and Dell Computer.
Mr. McClanahan graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelors degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is married to Jill, fellow Longhorn graduate; they have two children. He is a supporter of the Austin Film Society and The University of Texas, Longhorn Athletics and has been a member of the Engineering Foundation Advisory Council since 2002.
