Management/Board of Directors
Senior Management
The following senior management team is responsible for operating the Company business.
Lisabeth (Liz) Haidinger
LKH Bookkeeping, Inc. – Chief Financial Officer
Lisabeth (Liz) Haidinger holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business as well as a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Taxation. She has over seventeen years of accounting experience and worked as a Controller with two major Northern California Staffing agencies. LKH Bookkeeping, Inc. was founded in 2001 to provide customized bookkeeping services to individuals and small businesses. Ms. Haidinger has a consulting agreement with the Company providing CFO services.
Victor Malespina
Vice President Business Development
Mr. Malespina has significant career experience in sales and sale support with particular emphasis in engineering data management and document management technology solutions. At the Company, he is responsible for business development and sales. He is a twenty-eight-year Company employee. He has a BS in Architecture from the University of Maryland.
Dennis M. Scanlon
President and Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
Mr. Scanlon’s experience and leadership are derived from a career in the software industry with an emphasis in enterprise software technology solutions and engineering data management. He has worked for organizations including Impell Corporation, Combustion Engineering, and Lockheed Martin. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Company and has been Chief Executive Officer since 2016. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Industrial Arts Technology. As a Board Member and Shareholder, Mr. Scanlon serves as the Company’s President and CEO.
Dick Weisinger
Senior Vice President and Chief Technologist
Mr. Weisinger’ career as a software technologist spans many projects and organizations where he has contributed to software solutions used for health care, finance, engineering, discrete manufacturing, aerospace, defense, government, and research applications. He earned a Masters of Engineering Science in Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley, a Masters of Engineering Science in Materials Science from the Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelors of Engineering Science in Electrical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Weisinger authored a book titled “Alfresco 3 Records Management” published in January 2011 and today writes the daily Formtek Blog.
Board of Directors
The Company Board of Directors currently is structured as follows:
Fred Whitridge Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Fred Whitridge Jr. has been a Formtek board member since 2002. Mr. Whitridge is also currently the Chairman and CEO of the Evergreen Slate Co. Inc., one of the largest slate roofing products companies in the United States. Evergreen Slate sources from company-owned quarries and select other domestic and international quarries. He is the president and founder of Archipelago Corporation, which has been in the business of investing in other companies and providing merger and acquisition services since 1993. He is also the Chairman of Harding Energy, a rechargeable battery company. From October 1993 to June 1995, Mr. Whitridge raised capital, formed a partnership, and served as General Partner of Orcas LP, which acquired a 21% stake in NYSE-listed Amdura Corporation. He served as Chairman of Amdura from December 1, 1994, until sale of the company to FKI plc in May 1995. He also worked for the Wallenberg holding company, Investor AB, and for Timothy Mellon’s railroad holding company, Guilford Transportation.
Brett B. Lambert
Board Member
Brett B. Lambert is the Managing Director of The Densmore Group, LLC, a national security and intelligence consultancy. From 2015-2019, he served as Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Northrop Grumman, where his duties for the CEO included development and execution of issues relating to overall corporate strategy, organization, M&A, strategic partnerships, and new market expansion. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Mr. Lambert was an Executive-in-Residence with Renaissance Strategic Advisors, a Senior Fellow at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), and served on several corporate and SSA boards involved in national security and intelligence. He also was appointed by the Secretary of Defense to serve on the Department’s Reserve Forces Policy Board from 2016-2020.
Mr. Lambert is currently a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a Senior Associate (non-resident) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Chairman of the Board of the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute (ARM) led by Carnegie Mellon University, and is a board member and co-chairman of the Japan / US Technology Forum of the Henry L. Stimson Center. He is Advisory Board member of Enlightenment Capital and Managing Partner of Sapient Machines. Mr. Lambert also serves on the board of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and co-chairs their effort to examine demands for future supply chain security for advanced systems. He also serves on Dean’s Advisory Council for Kansas State University Polytechnic. In 2019 he was appointed to the Board of Advisors of Ginkgo Bioworks, a leading firm in synthetic biology located in Boston and in 2020 was appointed to the Board of Directors of British Telcom Federal and MBDA USA. In 2021 he was elected to the Proxy Board of Sparton, an Elbit USA company and the Advisory Board of Fairbanks Morse Defense. In 2022 he was appointed to the SCA Board of Robotic Research, a Softbank UK invested company. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Edgyees US.
In 2009 Mr. Lambert was appointed by President Obama as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy, a position he held through 2013. In 2011 he was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service and in 2013 he was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest award from the Secretary available to a non-career civilian.
Barry M. Blechman
Board Member
Dr. Blechman is co-founder and a Distinguished Fellow of the Stimson Center. He served as chairman of Stimson’s Board from 1989 to 2007 and returned to the Board in 2014. Dr. Blechman also founded DFI International Inc., a research consultancy, in 1984, and served as its CEO until the company’s sale in 2007.
Dr. Blechman has more than fifty years of distinguished service in national security in both the public and private sectors. Blechman has worked in the Departments of State and Defense, and at the Office of Management and Budget. During the Carter Administration, he was appointed by the President and confirmed by the Congress as assistant director of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. At various times during his career, he has been associated with the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Center for Naval Analyses, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Dr. Blechman holds a PhD in international relations from Georgetown University, has taught at several universities, and has written or edited more than 20 books and nearly 200 articles, op-eds, and blog posts on national security issues. His latest book, “Military Coercion and US Foreign Policy,” co-authored with Melanie Sisson and James Siebens, published by Routledge in May 2020.
Dennis M. Scanlon
President and Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
Mr. Dennis M. Scanlon is an employee of Formtek, Inc. and responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company. He has been a board member since 2009 and Chief Executive Officer since 2016. He is also the company’s President. Mr. Scanlon’s experience and leadership are derived from a forty-year career in the engineering and computer software industry with an emphasis in enterprise software technology solutions and engineering data management. He has worked for organizations including Impell Corporation, Combustion Engineering, and Lockheed Martin.
Gary P. Mann
Chairman Emeritus
Gary P. Mann served as Chairman of Formtek’s Board from 2002 to 2022. During his career, Mr. Mann’s experience and leadership have been focused within the information technology sector. He has served in an executive capacity within several industry leading organizations including CSC, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and SAIC. Mr. Mann has been responsible for creating shareholder value through profitability and growth of Formtek’s business and was the company’s CEO from 2002 to 2016. As a continuing shareholder, Mr. Mann serves as the company’s Chairman Emeritus and provide consulting support to the executive officers.
General Counsel
Richard Manso
Mr. Manso has been advising technology companies, their Boards of Directors, and their investors on legal and business matters for over 35 years. Mr. Manso is currently a sole practitioner with a variety of clients in a range of industries. He previously was an adjunct professor at the Santa Clara University, where he taught Technology Licensing. He previously was VP, General Counsel and Secretary of Zoove Corp, VP, General Counsel and Secretary of Bytemobile, Inc., Associate General Counsel at VeriFone, Inc., an associate at Baker & McKenzie, the Senior Counsel at Sony Corporation in Tokyo Japan, and an associate at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. He holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Francisco, where he was on Law Review, and a Bachelor of Science-Civil Engineering degree from the University of Notre Dame, where he was in the engineering honor societies, Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon. He is licensed as a practicing attorney by The State Bar of California.