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Executive Team
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Douglas E. Klint
President and General Counsel
Doug Klint serves as TASER’s President and General Counsel and has been with the Company since December, 2002. As President, Klint oversees TASER’s Hardware Group including Operations, Research & Development, Human Capital, Advance Research, MarCom, Medical & Technical Services, and Government & Public Affairs. As General Counsel, Klint oversees TASER’s robust legal department, managing risk management, litigation, corporate governance, securities compliance, intellectual property, employment law, and patent law. Klint joined TASER from Aspec Technology in Sunnyvale, California, where he served as CEO and previously as Vice President and General Counsel. Klint was Vice President and General Counsel for Gatefield Corporation and Zycad Corporation, as well as a partner in the law firm of Talle, Klint, and Trimble. Mr. Klint holds a B.A. degree from Gustavus Adolphus College and a J.D. degree, Cum Laude, from William Mitchell College of Law.
A native of Minnesota, Klint and his wife reside in Arizona but enjoy a retreat in Minnesota where they can enjoy the four seasons and their three children who live there.
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Daniel M. Behrendt
Chief Financial Officer
Dan Behrendt serves as TASER’s Chief Financial Officer. In his capacity as CFO, Behrendt oversees all aspects of corporate finance, information technology, and investor relations.
Mr. Behrendt joined TASER in May 2004 from Imperial Home Décor, after serving in a number of financial management positions for the Imperial Home Décor Group, including Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, Vice President and Corporate Controller and finally Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1995 to 1998, he served as the Manager of Business Planning and Analysis for Teledyne Fluid Systems, a division of Allegheny Teledyne. From 1991 to 1995, he served as Manager, Business Planning and Analysis for PCC Airfoils, Inc. From 1988 to 1991, Mr. Behrendt was a Financial Analyst for the Power Generation Group of Babcock and Wilcox, and from 1986 to 1988, he worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen and Co. in their Cleveland, Ohio office.
Mr. Behrendt holds a B.S. degree in Accounting, Cum Laude, from Mount Union College and a Masters of Business Administration degree from The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
Raised in New Jersey with twenty years in Ohio under his belt, Dan has settled in sunny in Arizona and enjoys the weather upgrade by cycling year-round.
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Jas Dhillon
Chief Strategy Officer
Jas Dhillon joined TASER in August, 2008 as Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager of TASER Virtual Systems. As Chief Strategy Officer, Dhillon manages the expansion and progress of the company's strategic plans to enhance growth while overseeing all new product and business development.
Dhillon joins TASER International with 11 years of CEO experience and 12 years of Fortune 100 operational leadership, management consulting and venture capital experience.
Most recently, Dhillon was a Senior Executive at Microsoft(r), leading the team responsible for Business Development, Strategy, Product Innovation, and Mergers/Acquisitions for Microsoft Office Live, one of Microsoft's four strategic initiatives that spearhead Microsoft's transition to a "Software plus Service" business model. He was responsible for the Business Social Networking, Sales and Marketing Offers, and Unmanaged Communications Services platforms.
Prior to Microsoft, Dhillon was the CEO and Founder of "ZeroDegrees Inc.," a leading social networking company for business users, which was acquired by IAC InterActiveCorp. Dhillon served as CEO for two years post acquisition and continued driving the growth of the company. Before ZeroDegrees, Mr. Dhillon was CEO and Founder of Blueline Online Inc., now CTSPACE Inc., a market leader in secure inter-enterprise project collaboration and one of the early innovators in delivering project supply chain collaboration solutions via "Software as a Service" to Fortune 100 multinational customers.
Dhillon resides with his wife and twin boys in Santa Barbara, California.
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Steven T. Mercier
Executive Vice President of Operations
Steve Mercier joined TASER in February, 2008 as Executive Vice President of Operations. Mercier comes to TASER with more than 20 years of experience in operations. In his role, Mercier oversees all aspects of operations, including manufacturing, new product introductions, quality assurance and research and development.
Mercier began his 20 year career at Intel Corporation in Chandler, AZ in 1984 and held a variety of positions with Intel through 2006, culminating in the position of Global Operations Senior Manager for Corporate Strategic Operations.
After leaving Intel Corporation, Mercier formed his own firm, Mercier International Consulting in Scottsdale, AZ, and from 2006-2008 provided client organizations with operational assessments, identifying gaps, analyzing root cause, developing corrective actions and directing global implementation of new sites.
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Last Updated:
2/8/2010 3:50 PM
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