The Board

Frank J. Grimmelmann , President

He previously served as Phoenix Infragard’s Vice President and its designated Board Liaison for both the Critical Sector Council and the FBI Citizen’s Academy’s Board of Directors. In this former capacity, he was charged with the establishment and execution of the CSC’s strategic direction and development. He was elected to the Infragard Board in January 2008, having previously acted as an Advisor to the Phoenix Infragard Board of Directors for the previous 3 years. He is also a designated Life Member of the FBI Citizen’s Academy Alumni Association.

Previously, while Treasurer of the Board of the Anthem Community Council, Mr. Grimmelmann was designated as the Board’s designated representative to Chair development of the Community’s “Anthem Security and Emergency Response Plan” (“ASERP”). He worked directly with the Anthem Community’s Senior Management Team, assembling representation from the US Department of Homeland Security, the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (“ACTIC”), and local law enforcement and fire to collaboratively support the ASERP’s development. Mr. Grimmelmann serves on the Board of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office General Investigations Division Cold Case Posse, and as an active affiliate member in the North Valley Posse, serving as a first line responder in various enforcement operations and local patrol throughout Maricopa County.

Mr. Grimmelmann is presently the Chairman of TGG Holdings, providing an ‘umbrella’ over his investments in emerging and established organizations generally in the healthcare, technology and financial services industries. Mr. Grimmelmann personally takes an active senior management or Board role in these portfolio companies, along with selective capital investments, and is active in the Arizona Angels and the Valley Advisory Group.

Professionally, Mr. Grimmelmann has previously served as a senior executive, with proven experience in leading, managing and advising enterprises, including healthcare, financial, investment banking, information technology, and general services companies, in positions including CEO, COO, CFO, and CIO. He has broad operations and capital markets background, having owned, managed or served in corporations ranging from start-up organizations to companies with annual revenues in excess of $1.4 billion. He also headed healthcare investment banking nationally for two major Wall Street firms over the course of his career. He has served operationally on a variety of boards and as a consultant in diverse organizational settings. He has been a guest lecturer on capital formation and entrepreneurship in the graduate schools of major universities both in the United States and Japan.

Mr. Grimmelmann presently serves on the Executive Boards of SF Works through the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and Chair’s the North Country Conservancy / Daisy Mountain Preservation Effort for the past seven years. He previously served as the Chairman of the West Valley Child Crisis Center for 5 years, served as a Board Member and Treasurer of the Anthem Community Council and served as the Chairman of the Anthem Country Club Finance Committee. He remains active in supporting a number of Charities.

He holds a BA from the University of South Florida (Operations Management with a minor in Business Law), and a MBA from the University of California at Berkeley (International Business & Finance).

Kristy Westphal, Vice President

Kristy Westphal is a versatile information technology professional of 16 years with specific experience in the area of information security.
Kristy is currently employed as the CISO of the Arizona Department of Economic Security. Skilled in troubleshooting and process analysis, specific expertise in security areas includes: forensics, operating system and network security, intrusion detection, incident handling, vulnerability analysis and policy development. Kristy has also been a CISSP since 2001, and a CISA since 2008.

Michael Kirby II, Secretary, Director of Security Services, Security Officer

Michael’s present role involves leading the Managed Security Solution (MSS) for ProNet Solutions, as well as the Information Security Officer for ProNet. This involves 7x24 protection of ProNet's network resources as well as ProNet’s MSS customer network infrastructure base. It involves management of ProNet’s Security Operations Center staffed with Security Analysts charged with monitoring and maintaining security services for ProNet and its customers. Michael’s team provides active protection round-the-clock for its customers.

Michael has earned a Bachelors of Science in Information Technology specializing in Network and Telecommunications.

In addition to his duties at ProNet, Michael is an active member of the Phoenix InfraGard and ISACA chapter. He is a frequent speaker at seminars on topics related to information security awareness. Michael holds the following professional certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Master Certified Novell Engineer (MCNE), Novell Certified Linux Engineer (CLE), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and Certified Novell Engineer (CNE).

Mike O'Shaugnesy, Treasurer

Steve Simpson, Owner, Ethos Solutions

Steve Simpson is the owner and founder of Ethos Solutions, specializing in technical web application development. He served as a Technical Director of an international professional services firm. Steve worked on projects in many of the major metropolitan cities in the United States and also worked for two years in various European cities. Steve has worked on projects in many industries with various Fortune 500 companies such as Merrill Lynch, Renault, BMW, Toyota, Wellpoint, Kaiser, Genentech, Amgen, Pacific Bell, and 20th Century Fox. His projects include IT infrastructure, disaster planning, technical security, application development, and system failover. Additionally, he has been a presenter and speaker at multiple technical conferences.

Robert Parrish, Director of Security APS

Robert’s duties as the Director of Security include the responsibility for all Physical Security (except Palo Verde), and all investigations to include power diversions, site assessments, threat assessments response plans, security installations, security monitoring, work place violence. .His past experience includes over 21 years of Law Enforcement experience with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) where he participated in Palo Verde drills and Table Top exercises for 16 years, was an MCSO liaison with Maricopa County Emergency Operations Center and an MCSO liaison for L.E.P.C. (Local Emergency Planning Committee).

Jerry Crow,

Roy Regalado,

Tom Liffiton, Board Advisor

Tom Liffiton is the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of PGI Solutions, LLC, which provides real-time network monitoring and correlation for performance management, security, compliance, and network forensics. In addition, Tom is an adjunct professor at the University of Advancing Technology, where he teaches a course on legal issues of technology and a course on digital evidence. Through his own company, Corporate Counterintelligence and Security, he frequently gives presentations to audiences on a variety of security topics and works directly with companies to prepare for security incidents.

Tom is a former Supervisory Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with twenty-three years experience in criminal investigation, counterintelligence, computer crimes, and working with the private sector on security issues. Tom’s FBI career included fourteen years of counterintelligence and economic espionage investigations in New York City, and seven years of work in Phoenix in the computer crime area. In Phoenix he served as the FBI’s National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) Coordinator and subsequently the InfraGard Coordinator, positions focused on bolstering the security posture of industries in Arizona’s critical infrastructure sectors. A significant element of his work in Arizona addressed the sharing of threat and vulnerability information with private and public sector entities through the FBI’s InfraGard Program.