Global Watch Technologies
Management Team

K. David Boyer, Jr. - Chief Executive Officer

K. David Boyer, Jr. was appointed by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Henrietta H. Fore as Director of Global Development Alliance (GDA) and Senior Advisor to the Administrator on Public- Private Partnerships. In this capacity, Mr. Boyer directs GDA public private alliance strategy and oversees its major corporate partner relationships.  Mr. Boyer also leads USAID’s efforts to build strategic alliances more efficiently in its 80+ field offices around the world.

Business Experience:

Prior to his appointment, K. David Boyer, Jr. led GlobalWatch Technologies, Inc., a leading information security consulting and software engineering firm.  As founder and chief executive officer, he has 25 years of experience building companies and expertise in information management, information assurance and anti-terrorism services.

Active in the banking community since 1994, Mr. Boyer serves on the Board of Directors, BB&T Bank, Washington Metro Region, one of the top financial holding companies in the country.  He was recognized in April 2008 as one of five national directors of BB&T for his outstanding contributions to this banking institution.

International and National Involvement:

In 2006, Mr. Boyer was elected to the Board of Directors for the Chief Executive Organization (CEO), an organization of 2000 global leaders who are distinguished leaders in their businesses or industries, governments or local communities. This “by invitation only” organization provides opportunities for international networking, educational and enrichment experiences. Mr. Boyer was the Chairman for a CEO seminar on the Seven Revolutions that was held in October 2007.

During his thirteen year tenure on the Board of Directors for the National Legal Center for the Public Interest, Mr. Boyer was tapped by Fred F. Fielding, Chairman of the Center and White House Counsel, to chair the Center’s Development Committee.   He was also the organization’s Treasurer for three years.

Mr. Boyer was recruited in 1992 by Ambassador David M. Abshire, co-founder and President of Center of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), one of the leading non-partisan global think tanks advancing the understanding of emerging world issues in many areas.  He served on the CSIS’ “20/20 Committee”, a group of young and upcoming leaders in industry, government and academia to study to the political and economic issues.  Mr. Boyer later became an Advisory Council Member of the CSIS’ Global Strategy Institute.

Community Involvement:

On the state level, Mr. Boyer was appointed by Governor Mark Warner in 2002 to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Treasury Board.  His appointment was renewed by Governor Tim Kaine in 2006.  The Treasury Board supervises the investments of state funds, the financing of state buildings and approves the terms, issuing and sales of certain bonds.

From 1994 to 2003, Mr. Boyer served on the Board of Trustees for the George Mason University (GMU) Foundation as that Board’s Chairman, Vice Chairman and Treasurer.  He was a founding member of the GMU Minority Advisory Board.  He also served on the Board of Trustees for WETA since 2001, and served as Chairman of the Board of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts from 1998 to 2000.

Alumni Contributions and Awards:

A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Mr. Boyer was recognized in 2000 as a Distinguished Alumni, the highest honor the University bestows on its graduates.  Mr. Boyer was a member of the Executive Council for the Pennsylvania State University Alumni Council, elected to the Council in 2001 and again in 2004.  In April 2007, he was recognized as the Alumni of the Year and in July assumed the position of president of the Society of Distinguished Alumni for PSU, an organization of the Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.

Howard "Skip" Chapman, CISSP, NSA-IAM - President

Howard “Skip” Chapman, President, is responsible for the day to day operations of GlobalWatch Technologies and the overall Enterprise Security Strategy. He brings over 21 years of IT business and technical experience and 14 years of Information Security business and technical expertise to GlobalWatch, including experience building organizations, creating strategic partnerships, and architecting substantial revenue increases and new revenue models. Skip has been part of a number of advanced information technology and leading edge information security start-ups including Entrust Technologies, Certicom, Conclusive Logic, Holontech, and Systech Computer Corporation.

He is also founder and past president of the Information Systems Security Association’s Northern Virginia (ISSA-NOVA) chapter and currently resides in an advisory role and acts as the Director of Industry liaison. Under his leadership, ISSA-NOVA grew to the second largest ISSA chapter in the world and ISSA-NOVA was awarded both the Chapter of the Year Award and the Communications Program of the Year award. It was the first time in ISSA history that both awards were given to a single chapter. In addition, Mr. Chapman is very active in the Information Security community and works with the Northern Virginia Technology Counsel (NVTC) Security Committee, the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) Information Assurance Shared Interest Group, and the FBI InfraGard. He is a frequent speaker at security forums and has written several articles on security and compliance.

Mr. Chapman is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and is certified under the NSA’s InfoSec Assessment Methodology (NSA-IAM). Mr. Chapman is a graduate of Old Dominion University.

Cris Purnell, NSA-IAM - Chief Technology Officer

Cris Purnell , CTO, is responsible for GlobalWatch Technologies technical direction and vision. Mr. Purnell brings over 19 years of experience managing, designing, building, securing and evaluating technologies and products in a multitude of markets. He has held progressively responsible positions in large, small enterprises as well as doing private consulting for five years.

Mr. Purnell has been involved with assessing network security for large scale enterprise applications and systems. He has also worked on reducing application attack surface at the software development life cycle stage by implementing a security component into the standard life cycle methodologies. He brings to GlobalWatch Technologies a strong understanding of the management of large-scale secure software and system environments. He has hands on and management experience in securing existing and legacy systems as well.

Mr. Purnell currently holds or is pursuing industry certifications such as the National Security Agency-InfoSec Assessment Methodology (NSA-IAM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).

Mr. Purnell is currently a member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), FBI Infragard, and the Information Systems Security Association's Northern Virginia Chapter (ISSA-NOVA) and is currently serving on the education committee.