Executive Management
Robert B. Dillon, a 1971 graduate of the University of Texas and a 1974 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, is a practicing attorney and seasoned executive with thirty (30) years of litigation and transactional experience. Mr. Dillon has served as CEO, President and Chairman of the Board since April 2004. Prior thereto, Mr. Dillon was engaged in the private practice of law.
Scott R. Copeland, a co-founder of Exobox and co-inventor of its technology, is an expert programmer with worldwide experience in Internet security gained during his employment with Compaq, Gateway, Matrix and Axis Host. Mr. Copeland has served as vice president and director since 2002. Prior to that time, Mr. Copeland was a self-employed computer consultant.
Marcos B. Pernia has served as Chief Product Development administrator and Director since July 2003. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Pernia was a Senior Unix Systems Administrator with Electronic Arts. Mr. Pernia is a Senior Unix Systems Administrator who received an A.S. degree in Computer Science from Foothill College in 1994. He also has completed computer science studies at Stanford University and has extensive computer systems program development and administrative experience in the industry over the last 10 years for such Silicon Valley entities as Electronic Arts, Mind Source, the SETI Institute and the NASA Ames Research Center. He also has considerable experience in the configuration and maintenance of such software applications as Veritas, Weblogic, Netscape, iPlanet, Marimba, LDAP and *SQL, Tomcat, Apache and WebX.
Theodore “Ted” R. Ernst recently joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to Exobox, he spent 20 years at BMC Software where he was one of the most prolific patent holders in BMC history. During his tenure at BMC, Ted led development efforts across multiple areas of BMC's landscape, including distributed and mainframe systems. Most recently, he served as Senior Architect for the Transaction Management line where his focus was on high value solutions for corporate IT departments relating to BMC's BSM strategy. He also served as a member of the CTO board, which evaluated new trends and participated in ongoing goal setting for the entire BMC product line. While at BMC, Mr. Ernst became the holder of 4 patents for technology innovation -- the most of anyone at BMC -- with 2 more patents currently pending. He was a 6 time recipient of the R&D Recognition Award and recipient of the Bronze Inventor Award -- given to honor technical innovation in his career.
Michael G. Wirtz has served as Vice president and Chief Financial Officer since 2005. He was appointed Secretary and Treasurer on April 8, 2008. Prior to working with the company, Mr. Wirtz was self employed. Mr. Wirtz is a 1984 MBA graduate of Texas Tech University who also earned a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Mary. He is a financial professional with experience as a corporate comptroller for a group of marine companies and previously managed another public corporation.