Board of Directors

Jay Kear – Chairman
 Jay Kear is Chairman of the Board for Confident Technologies. Mr. Kear brings to the role more than 40 years experience in the high technology industry, including service on 35 boards.  Mr. Kear’s career began as a sales engineer at General Electric and progressed through increasing levels of responsibility with roles include Senior Vice President of General Automation and President at Gradco, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer at CIE Systems. Kear’s impressive resume includes a wide range of experience and knowledge in all stages of public and private companies. Since 1993, he has led Kear Enterprises to provide investment and board-level services for emerging growth companies in the high technology sector. Kear was Director of the Year in Orange County in 1998. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Curtis H. Staker – Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Curtis Staker is President and Chief Executive Officer at Confident Technologies, Inc. He has more than 25 years of experience in the high technology sector with 17 years leadership roles at high profile public companies, including serving in the roles of Executive Vice President and President at Websense from February 2001 through September 2005. During this time period, Websense sales increased from $30M to almost $200M, market cap expanded from $200M to $1.4B and cash increased from $81M to $244M. Additional experience and successes include positions as Chairman and CEO at GFI Software and Vice President/General Manager (Asia/Pacific for three years and Americas for two years) at SDRC (now owned by Siemens). Staker has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bradley University.

Douglas A. Siedenburg – Board Member and Investor
Douglas Siedenburg is President of The Siedenburg Group, a commercial real estate consulting, development, and brokerage firm located in Des Moines, Iowa.  Mr. Siedenburg entered the real estate business in 1976 and managed Iowa’s largest commercial real estate brokerage company, Iowa Realty, for nine years from 1985 until 1994.  In 1995, Mr. Siedenburg became Executive Vice President of the MidAmerica Group, a regional real estate development corporation.  The Siedenburg Group was founded in 1998.  The firm offers consulting real estate services, including strategic planning, development consulting and site selection.  Mr. Siedenburg is a member of The Counselors of Real Estate and the Certified Commercial Investment Members.  Mr. Siedenburg is actively involved in community and philanthropic activities in the greater Des Moines area. Mr. Siedenburg has a Bachelor’s degree in Personnel Management from Drake University.