BFTP/CNP Announces Bob Bales as New Board Member

Adding to its talented and highly experienced board of directors, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central/Northern PA announced the appointment of Bob Bales,a serial entrepreneur with more than 35 years of business and IT experience.

After a variety of technical and managerial positions, Bob co-founded the National Computer Security Association in 1989. As president and CEO of NCSA, he managed the growth of the organization to 100+ employees. TruSecure evolved into CyberTrust, which was acquired by Verizon in 2007. In July 2000, Bob co-founded PestPatrol, the first commercial anti-spyware company. Bob managed the growth of PestPatrol to 72 employees, with a revenue run rate of $16 million, and oversaw the sale of PestPatrol to Computer Associates in August 2004.

In February 2006, Bob co-founded Exploit Prevention Labs and became the company’s CEO and president. Bob oversaw the sale of XPL to AVG in December 2007. Bob is presently CEO of two technology companies, CyberPatrol and DataMotion.