Management
Glen Ives, President
President at MFSI and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MFSI’s parent company Castellum, Inc., Captain (Retired) Glen Ives is responsible for establishing and growing MFSI’s line of business. Additionally he will identify companies for potential acquisition. In his previous role as President and CEO of Sabre Systems, he brought together a world class team of technology leaders and professionals and transformed the company into a leading technology solutions and services enterprise, providing software and systems engineering solutions for mission critical requirements across the high value domains of Cyber, AI/ML, C5ISR, Data Science and Analytics, Cloud Technologies, and Digital Transformation. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy and United States Army War College, he served as a Naval Officer and Naval Aviator deployed throughout the world and across the United States.
Daniel Clancy, Director Value Engineering Services
Dan is an innovative leader in the architecture and value analysis industries, providing services since 1978. An effective communicator and insightful collaborator, his ability to interface with diverse user groups and regulatory officials eliminates barriers to project success. While at OAC Services, Inc. (1993-2012) Dan managed multiple IDIQ contracts for value analysis and value-based decision making with US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Alaska, Honolulu and Fort Worth Districts that led to OAC’s 2004 Value Engineering Achievement Award from the Department of Defense and the 2006 Design and Environmental Excellence Awards from the USACE Chief of Engineers. Since launching Clancy Value Services, LLC in February 2012, Dan has continued as a value consultant on a variety of projects from Korea to Texas. Through 2013 Dan completed 15 value engineering studies for USACE Seattle District that improved performance and resulted in $12.9M total savings on $174M total project costs. Dan received his Master in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 and holds numerous industry certifications.
Board of Directors
Jay Wright, General Counsel/Secretary & Treasurer
Jay Wright has over twenty years of experience in finance and public markets. As the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of three public companies over the past eleven years, he has structured numerous private and public financing transactions. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for TAMSCO, a privately held government contractor, which he helped sell for $83.5 million in 2003, and was a founding shareholder of Chesapeake Government Technologies, which was acquired by Widepoint Corporation (Amex: WYY) in 2004. He has expertise in all aspects of structuring private placements and in creating exits via mergers and acquisitions and open market sales. Previously, Mr. Wright worked as an investment banker with Merrill Lynch in New York and a mergers and acquisitions lawyer with Foley & Lardner in Chicago and Skadden, Arps in New York. Mr. Wright received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Georgetown University, summa cum laude, where he also serves as an adjunct finance professor. Mr. Wright is a member of the Illinois state bar and is Series 7, 24 and Series 66 qualified. Mr. Wright is the co-author of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers, Sixth Edition (Perseus Books, 2010).
Mark C. Fuller
Mark previously served as MFSI’s Vice President, National Capital Region & Strategic Initiatives from 2014-2020 and currently serves as the CEO for Castellum, Inc (OTC: ONOV). Mark is an accomplished leader and manager with over 35-years of experience as CEO, COO, CRO in both large corporations and start-up ventures with business models that serviced both commercial and government clients. Mark’s history includes companies in various industries; telecommunications, internet ser- vices, software, energy management design and project development solutions, renewable energy and consulting. As the CEO of WidePoint’s government group (NYSE: WYY) Mark served on the Board of Directors and led the entry of the parent company into the government sector. Mark is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York where he received a Bache- lor of Science in Engineering and has earned FINRA (NASD) Series 7 and 66 licenses.
Advisory Board
General (Ret.), John "JC" Campbell
JC is a member of MFSI’s Board of Advisors, having 37 years of distinguished military experience, including multiple combat command deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, serving as the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army and most recently, as the 4-star Commander of all international forces in Afghanistan from 2014-2016. Earlier in his career, JC commanded the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment and deployed his Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, as the initial US force on the ground in that war. He then served as the Deputy Commanding General for Maneuver (DCG-M) for the 1st Cavalry Division and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the DCG-M. In 2009, JC was named Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division and commanded Regional Command East in Afghanistan from June 2010 to May 2011, in the first US division level combat deployment since WWII and then became the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Training (G-3/5/7). JC is a 1979 graduate of the USMA at West Point, NY, holds an MPA from Golden Gate University and is also graduate of the US Army War College and the Army Strategic Leader Development Program.
LTG (Ret.), Bernard "Bernie" Champoux
Bernie is a member of MFSI’s Board of Advisors, with 39 years of exemplary military service, including 14 years in Army/Joint Special Operations assignments including multiple command and staff assignments with the US Army Ranger Regiment. Bernie commanded the 25th Infantry Division as the final combat unit deployed to Iraq and most recently, was the Chief of Staff, United Nations Command and CG of 8th Army in S. Korea, retiring from active duty in March, 2016. Previously, he served as Deputy Chief, Legislative Liaison to the Secretary of the Army and also Deputy CG, Operations for ISAF in Afghanistan. He has literally deployed around the world in multiple operational deployments including three combat tours. Between deployments, Bernie served as Army Chief of Legislative Liaison with Congress for 2 years. He received his BA, Sociology from St Anselm College, MA and is a graduate of the US Army War College and the Army Strategic Leader Development Program.
BG (Ret.), James "Craig" Nixon
Craig is a member of MFSI’s Board of Advisors and a combat decorated, special operations soldier awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart. From 2013 and 2015, as CEO, he led ACADEMI thru a number of mergers and acquisitions ultimately creating Constellis Group - a global leader in security and training, with over 10,000 employees operating in 30 countries, as revenue tripled to over $1 Billion/year and EBITDA increased five-fold. Prior, Craig spent two years as Partner at the McChrystal Group leading consulting engagements with Fortune 500 technology companies. A 29-year Army veteran, Craig served as Director of Operations for JSOC, Commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment, Director of Operations for USSOCOM, Deputy CG for the 25th ID in Iraq, and Deputy J3/Director Joint Security Office, USCENTCOM. He participated in a number of contingency and combat operations including the invasion of Panama, Task Force Ranger Operations in Somalia, and seven deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. Craig graduated from Auburn University with a degree in business and is a graduate of the Air War College, earning his MS, Strategic Studies.