Executive Management
Reneé Bacherman
President and CEO
As President and CEO, Ms. Bacherman oversees Fischer International Identity's global operations with a strong emphasis on product development and expansion, business development and strategic third party alliances. Throughout her career, Ms. Bacherman has been a catalyst of change, ensuring that vendors deliver strategic, client-focused services. This client-focus has enabled Ms. Bacherman to manage organizations to exponential growth, and transform organizations in response to changing and emerging market requirements.
Prior to joining Fischer, Ms. Bacherman worked in public and privately held companies of all sizes including: New England Nuclear, Digital Equipment Corporation, Rational Software, Oracle Corporation and BMC. At Oracle, Ms. Bacherman led the $350M Federal Consulting organization that experienced unprecedented revenue and margin growth during her tenure. At BMC, Ms. Bacherman was asked to take on a variety of roles including Vice President and General Manager, and Vice President of North American Field Operations. She helped BMC divest itself of non-core technology and drove major consolidation and change within the American Field Operations organization. Ms. Bacherman was also one of the pioneers in multisourcing, being one of the key executives in the landmark Kodak/IBM/Digital Equipment Corporation "mega outsourcing" contract.
Steve Tillery
CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Tillery joined Fischer International Systems Corporation in 1983 as a developer and architect. During his 23 year tenure, Mr. Tillery has been actively involved in guiding the technological and architectural direction for Fischer International. Over the years, he has taken on roles of increasing responsibility and scope, such as Director of Development, and Vice President of Development.
Mr. Tillery has brought a unique combination of business acumen, market awareness and engineering best practices to every assignment and role he has undertaken. As CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering, Mr. Tillery's leadership and vision have been instrumental in creating the Fischer International "Customer First" Engineering approach. He is responsible for developing strategic initiatives for future products and ensuring that these products are released successfully. He also promotes the company's expertise in the areas of identity management and security by interacting with customers and industry analysts, and by actively representing Fischer International in several industry associations.
Prior to joining Fischer, Steve held various engineering and engineering management positions at Booz Allen Hamilton, Midwest Stock Exchange and Mobil.
Anil Saraswathy
Director, Fischer India
Mr. Saraswathy, is the Director of Fischer Systems India Pvt. Ltd. (Fischer India), a center for Fischer's advanced research and development efforts, and an integral component of Fisher's software development organization.
Mr. Saraswathy has over 19 years of experience in the field of Research and Development within the software industry. Prior to joining Fischer, Mr. Saraswathy held leadership positions at HCL (Hindustan Computers Ltd), IESL (now India Satcom Ltd), and Verifone (now part of HP).
Fischer International Board of Directors
Addison Fischer
Chairman
Addison M. Fischer founded Fischer International Corporation and serves as its Chairman. Mr. Fischer has been a computer entrepreneur since creating his first high-tech startup company in 1973, and has been involved in seed venture capital investing since the early 1980s.
He was a founder of VeriSign and a long-time board member of RSA Data Security, Inc., a world leader in cryptographic software, until its merger in 1996 with Security Dynamics, Inc. He is Chairman of the Board of SmartDisk Corporation as well as serving on a number of private companies' board of directors. Mr. Fischer holds more than 100 patents and has made an indelible mark on the enterprise security landscape by creating a history of products and innovations that have been ahead of their time.
Mr. Fischer was a member of the committees that set U.S. standards for computer security and electronic commerce. He has addressed the U.S. Congress, by invitation, on several topics, including digital signature standards, proposed FBI digital telephony legislation, and global U.S. competitiveness. Addison holds numerous U.S. and international patents, is author of the seminal document security paper, Electronic Document Authorization for which he won "The Outstanding Paper of the Year" award at the National Computer Security Conference and is a lifetime member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. He holds Mathematics degrees from West Virginia University.
In addition to his business interests, Mr. Fischer is actively involved in preserving for future generations our environment, our resources, our health, and our freedom. For example, he was a principal founder of the Community School of Naples (FL), and is presently a board member of the Amazon Conservation Team.
Michael S. Battaglia
Board Member
Michael S. Battaglia is the President and CEO of SmartDisk, a provider of network and multimedia storage products and technologies. Mr. Battaglia also serves on SmartDisk’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining SmartDisk, Mr. Battaglia was President and CEO of Fischer International Corporation from 1995 to 1998.
From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Battaglia was President of Mosler, Inc., a provider of electronic security systems and security equipment. For the 25-year-period prior to his Mosler tenure, Mr. Battaglia held various senior management positions in the computer and information systems industry. Mr. Battaglia also serves on the board of directors of Surety Systems which is privately held.
Brian O'Higgins
Board Member
Mr. O’Higgins is the CTO of Third Brigade, a leader in the emerging IT security field of Host Intrusion Prevention (HIP). Prior to joining Third Brigade, Brian O’Higgins was one of the co-founders of Entrust, a leading Internet security company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer. As security visionary, Mr. O’Higgins is best known in the security community for introducing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology and products.
Mr. O’Higgins has been involved in the telecom and IT industry for over 25 years. He started his career with Bell Northern Research in 1979 after graduating from Carleton University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1993 he moved to Nortel to establish the Secure Networks group, which spun off in 1997 to become Entrust. He also serves on the boards and advisory boards of several industry associations and private companies, and is a recognized speaker on IT and Internet security. |
