Management

Ralph Armijo, Director and Chief Executive Officer

Ralph Armijo brings over twenty years of experience in the technology industry to AegisUSA. Prior to establishing AegisUSA, Ralph served as the Chairman of the Board of Navidec and the President of Navidec Technology. which he founded in 1993. At Navidec he raised in excess of 65 million in capital through several public offerings and private placements. Ralph was also the creator of the wholly owned subsidiary, DriveOff.com, which was ultimately sold to Microsoft. Ralph has served as a Director on multiple corporate boards including: Navidec, Inc.; DriveOff.Com; YourAutoChoice.Com,(an Avis Europe/Navidec joint venture) and VSI Holding Inc.

Ralph brings a wealth of knowledge to AegisUSA from previous employers, such as Tektronix, Inc. where he served in various management roles for twelve years and at IBM Corporation in executive sales and marketing positions.

Ralph received his BA in Economics from Colorado College, an MBA from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Colorado College. In 2001, Ralph was recognized by Ernst and Young as the Rocky Mountain Region Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Technology Services. He has also been named as one of The Top 100 Most Influential Hispanic Leaders by The Hispanic Magazine. 

Robert Grizzle, Director and Chief Financial Officer

Bob Grizzle serves as the Chief Financial Officer and is a Member of the Board of Directors for AegisUSA. His prior position was President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Navidec Financial Services, Inc. He has over 23 years of finance, accounting, and top-level management experience. In 1986 Bob joined Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). During his tenure there he served nationally as an analyst and project manager. His activities were primarily centered on the development and implementation of partnership tax allocations and investor relations software systems. In 1994, Bob began work as an independent consultant. He worked in that capacity until joining Navidec, Inc. in early 2004. Bob received a B.S.B.A. degree in Finance from the University of Northern Colorado. 

Dana Reed, Chief Identity Management Architect

As AegisUSA’s Chief Identity Management Architect, Dana Reed provides technical and strategic oversight for all AegisUSA projects from an architecture perspective. He is responsible for the design and implementation of many identity management solutions for AegisUSA’s clients in the higher education, government and commercial business sectors.

Dana’s identity management designs and implementations have focused on consolidating identities from disparate systems and provisioning these identities to target systems. He has also designed and implemented role-based access workflows for the U.S. government.

Prior to joining AegisUSA, Dana worked as a Senior Consultant in the security services division with Deloitte & Touché LLP and was a Consultant for Accenture, Ltd. where he provided security and systems integration consulting services. Dana graduated from the University of Michigan where he earned a BSBA degree in Finance. 
 

Janet Yarbrough, Director of Business Development and Channel Strategy

Mrs. Yarbrough has held several positions with AegisUSA since its inception in 2004 and is currently the Director of Business Development and Channel Management.  Prior to joining AegisUSA, Mrs. Yarbrough served in executive sales, sales management and sales program development roles for organizations such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Sequent Computer Systems and American Management Systems.  Mrs. Yarbrough has a BS in Biology from Colorado State University and a MA in Management and Organization Development from the University of Phoenix.

 Edward Vieira, Director of Sales

Mr. Vieira has served as the Director of Sales for AegisUSA since January 2008.  From 2002 until 2008, he was an independent consultant providing business planning and executive coaching for entrepreneurial companies. From 1993 to 2002, Mr. Vieira worked as Executive VP/COO for The Hibbert Group, a business outsourcing services organization, serving Fortune 500 companies’ integrated marketing requirements.  Mr. Vieira received a B.S. Degree in Accounting from California State University, Long Beach.

Chad Rabideau, Principal Consultant and Product Manager

Mr. Rabideau is the Principal Consultant and Product Manager for AegisUSA. Prior to joining AegisUSA, he was a consultant, systems engineer, systems architect, and project manager while working at Burton Group, Lockheed Martin, and Georgia Pacific.  Mr. Rabideau received a Master of Science degree in Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute