O’Connell (Ben) Benjamin
President and Chief Executive Officer
O’Connell (Ben) Benjamin was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Authentidate Holding Corp. on May 5, 2011 in addition to the role of President. Mr. Benjamin has served as the company’s President since November 26, 2007. Prior to that he led our technology team from January 1, 2005 when he joined the company as Senior Vice President-Products and Technology and has been the chief architect of many of our technology initiatives. Mr. Benjamin started his career in 1973 with AT&T Bell Labs where held a number of initiatives in research, product development and manufacturing processes. He was the Vice President of R&D for all AT&T Consumer Products until his transition to Lucent Technologies in 1996, as part of Lucent’s spin-off from AT&T. At Lucent, as Vice President in the wireless business unit, he served in various roles leading product development and customer technical support activities. Mr. Benjamin subsequently joined Lucent Digital Radio as Senior Vice President of Product Management in September 1999. Following Lucent Digital Radio’s merger into Ibiquity Digital Corporation in August 2000, he continued to serve as the Co-Chief Operating Officer until August 2003. Prior to joining us, Mr. Benjamin was actively involved as an advisor and equity investor in software and web-services startups. Mr. Benjamin received a BSEE and an MSEE from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He is also a graduate of The Executive Program from the Darden Graduate School of Business.
William Marshall
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
William A. Marshall joined Authentidate Holding Corp. as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in February 2006. Mr. Marshall brings more than 25 years of experience as a Chief Financial Officer, audit partner and senior management advisor to Authentidate. Most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for NEON Communications, Inc., a former publicly traded provider of optical networking solutions, from 2001 to January 2005, when the company was acquired. As part of a planned reorganization, in June 2002, NEON filed a petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, from which it was discharged in December 2002. From September 1999 to September 2001, he was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Vitts Networks, Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet communications. In connection with the telecom industry downturn, Vitts Networks filed a Chapter 11 petition in December 2000 and was liquidated during 2001. From 1995 to September 1999, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Viisage Technology, Inc., a software technology company where he led the company’s initial public offering in 1996. From 1987 to 1994, Mr. Marshall was a Partner at KPMG LLP where he provided audit, accounting, financial and SEC reporting, business advisory, public offering and merger and acquisition services for a variety of growing middle market companies. Prior to 1987, Mr. Marshall held various positions in audit and business advisory services at KPMG LLP. Mr. Marshall has a B.S. in Accounting from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Gavin Stewart
Vice President Business Development
Gavin Stewart was promoted to Vice President Business Development of Authentidate Holding Corp. on May 01, 2011. Mr. Stewart joined Authentidate Holding Corp. in 2005 as Director of Corporate Development, and has since held leadership roles in product management and business development. Most recently, he led the team that was awarded a telehealth contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to joining the company, he worked for C.P. Baker & Company, an early-stage venture investment firm. At C.P. Baker, he was responsible for due diligence on investment candidates, portfolio company strategy and execution. He also served as Vice President of Products for one of the firm’s portfolio companies. Mr. Stewart started his career in 1994 as an engineer with Hewlett Packard’s Medical Products Group (now Philips Healthcare), where he designed patient monitoring systems that are sold to healthcare institutions worldwide. Mr. Stewart holds a bachelor’s of engineering from SUNY Stony Brook, and a master’s of science and engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.