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Patrick Hamblin

Mr. Hamblin has over twenty-nine years experience in the electronic security industry and is co-founder and President of Forge Technology Inc. He is an expert on all aspects of electronic security, with particular interest in the integration of diverse information sources and other advanced technologies.

His considerable experience includes designing and implementing security and specialized networks for organizations as diverse as airports, seaports, major corporations, hospitals, financial institutions, cultural facilities and the U.S. military.

He was the founder and Chairperson of the City and County of Denver Ad-Hoc Access Control Committee. This Committee created Denver’s Access Control Policy, the associated Security Permit and Access Control Supervisor license processes. This permit is used for all access control installations in the City and County of Denver. Numerous municipalities throughout the United States have adopted the code changes created in this committee.

He was the co-founder and President of Hamblin Manweller and RevolutionDesign, security consulting firms doing business nationally and internationally with major corporations and cultural facilities. He was a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Securus, Inc., a nationally recognized systems integration company. He was Vice President of Business Development for AllWest Systems, a national special systems contractor.

Donald Larson

Mr. Larson is co-founder, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Forge Technology Inc. He brings over 24 years of software, systems engineering and management experience to Forge Technology.

He started in medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital, Denver where he began working in heart, lung and renal transplants while studying bioengineering, artificial intelligence and cardiac simulation. In 1990, his focus changed to flight simulation in research and development at United Airlines. At United Airlines Flight Training Services, he designed numerous highly sophisticated systems including:

• Campus Information Systems, an architecture with an on-line maintenance system for communications via kiosks located throughout the campus.
• An automation and process flow architecture for Flight Training which was later adopted by all business units of UAL Services as the core template of customer business flow.
• A communications architecture and process for the interface of security access control, flight simulators, scheduling systems and financial transaction data
• He also managed implementation and integration of all of the above into remote access, providing total campus control for the corporate Information Services Division.
• Mr. Larson received the Award of Merit for his accomplishments in the creation, design, management and implementation of the world’s first artificially intelligent real-time multimedia Air Traffic Control system.

As part of United Airlines corporate IT, he participated in the design of communication architectures and processes for the integration of content management, curriculum design, qualifications management, educational training delivery, federal guideline adherence, project management and financial transaction services based on proven management models. He is also one of the principle business architects for IT governance--the management of IT resources as they relate to business objectives, requirements, progress, skills, project management and successful product delivery.

Mr. Larson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Control Systems and Microprocessor Systems Design and Architecture) and in Computer Science (Software Engineering).

Richard Russon

Mr. Russon joined the Forge Technology team as an advisor and consultant in 2007. He has worked with members of the Forge Technology team many times over the past fifteen years.

Mr. Russon is an experienced professional with a diverse background in business analysis/planning, client development, and project management. His career path has evolved from software and hardware development through project management, operations, and overall company building. He is accomplished in bridging the communication gap that often develops between management and technical teams.
Rick’s experiences include:

• Worked with eight Divisions of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources to develop a department-wide IT security program.
• Set up a six-person company to test over 5000 software routines for an aircraft navigation system. Completed testing by the original deadline that the client’s internal testing organization said could not be achieved.
• Rewrote the entire software product for a Unix-based card access security system in four months. This eliminated the majority of customer problems, provided a reliable baseline for additional product development, and allowed sales to resume.
• Rewrote many routines of a Space Shuttle flight simulation to reduce the duty cycle from 98% to 55%. This allowed the implementation of additional software that simulated the Remote Manipulator System. Received a commendation from NASA and Lockheed. Also, was required by NASA to be one of two people present at all times in the lab during the flight of the first Space Shuttle – STS-1.
• Set-up a six-person company to test over 5000 software routines for a commercial aircraft navigation system with results sent to the aircraft manufacturer, airlines, and FAA.
• Wrote the backup navigation routines for the Air Force One (747) aircraft.
• Managed the 36 person Engineering, Manufacturing, and Customer Service departments of a company that produced access control security systems for General Motors, Chase Manhattan Bank, Rockefeller Center, etc. Wrote the real-time controller routines for this product in C on an ATT-3B2 Unix platform.
• Managed an 18-person effort for Litton to develop a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation receiver for use on commercial aircraft. Traveled to other Litton divisions in Germany to coordinate the integration of GPS into their products.
• Responsible for programming, operating, and troubleshooting a multi-computer NASA flight simulation as Shift Leader of 15 people. Wrote FORTRAN programs to test avionics for the first five Space Shuttle missions at Johnson Space Center.

Mr. Russon holds a B.S with honors in Physical Oceanography (Fluid Physics) from the Florida Institute of Technology.

Rick holds a private pilot’s license, is an accomplished chef and a trainer for Team USA cycling team. Rick resides in Littleton with his family.

Stephen Barber

Mr. Barber joined the Forge Technology team as an advisor and consultant in 2005. He is the former co-founder and Vice President of Access Logic Inc. one of the nation's premier audio and video system integrators. Mr. Barber is highly experienced and skilled in the management, design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and of complex audio-video systems. He has been heavily involved in the design, engineering, and installation of each project in the company's history.

Prior to forming Access Logic, Mr. Barber was president and founder of a major telecommunications systems design and engineering company, Network System Solutions, Inc. The company specialized in the installation of audio/video, broadband, fiber-optic, audio-visual systems, cable TV systems, voice switching systems and other types of communication systems. Mr. Barber was responsible for the overall technical management, sales and financial welfare of the company.

He has been associated with the communications industry for over twenty-six years. He began his career with the BBC in England as an Audio Technician. Over a five-year period he became responsible for the operations of the National Radio Network.

Mr. Barber is a Certified Audio Engineer.