About Liberty Defense
Protecting communities and preserving peace of mind
Liberty Defense builds HEXWAVE, a walkthrough screening system that uses millimeter wave technology, 3D imaging and AI to detect metallic and non-metallic threats concealed on people.
Technology
Exclusively licensed from MIT
Built in
Wilmington, Massachusetts
In the field
~20 sites in 5 countries
Listed
NASDAQ: DETX · TSXV: SCAN
Our company
Engineered and manufactured in Wilmington, Massachusetts
HEXWAVE’s core detection technology is exclusively licensed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Liberty Defense engineers and manufactures it in Wilmington, Massachusetts, and it is compliant with the Trade Agreements Act and the Buy American Act.
Liberty Defense has also licensed the millimeter wave-based High-Definition Advanced Imaging Technology (HD-AIT) body scanner as part of its portfolio.
Leadership
Management team
The team brings experience from security screening, imaging, sensing and public markets.
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Interim CEO
Keith Teichmann
Keith was Liberty Defense's Chief Operating Officer before leading the company. He was previously Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer at EdgeEnergy and Chief Technology Officer at Delta Energy & Communications, after senior leadership roles at Xylem and ITT.
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CFO
Omar Garcia
Omar brings more than 20 years of progressive international accounting experience in public and private markets, most recently as CFO of a TSX.V-listed company.
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CTO
Jeffrey Gordon
Jeffrey has more than 35 years of experience leading the development of sensing products for military, medical, industrial and commercial markets, including body scanners deployed at most U.S. and EU airport checkpoints. He spent five years at General Electric Global Research and holds a PhD from UC Berkeley.
Governance
Board of Directors
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Chairman
John Percival
John was President of SureScan EDS from 2016 to 2023, taking it from a laboratory-stage organization to a commercial production company. He held senior engineering and management roles at Brooks Automation, Analogic, Fluke Biomedical and Philips Medical Systems, and holds an MBA and two degrees in electrical engineering.
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Independent Director
Steve Karoly
Steve is Executive Vice President of K2 Security Screening Group, with more than 30 years of government, transportation and technology experience, including senior executive roles at the TSA, the DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Independent Director
Linda Jacksta
Linda spent 35 years with U.S. Customs and Border Protection managing threats to border security, and received the Presidential Rank Award, Meritorious Executive. She is President of the J2 Consulting Group.
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Independent Director
Will Hamilton
Will has more than 20 years of experience in equity research and portfolio management focused on small-cap companies. He is a partner and portfolio manager at Kestrel Merchant Partners and a CFA charterholder.
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Independent Director
Arjun Grewal
Arjun is a Program Lead for IBM Cloud and a 19-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, 12 of them with the Canadian Special Operations Forces.
Advisors
Strategic Advisory Board
The Strategic Advisory Board helps guide Liberty Defense as it scales its technology in the United States and globally.
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Strategic Advisory Board
The Honorable Jim Byrne
Former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Vice President, Ethics & Business Conduct, Lockheed Martin.
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Strategic Advisory Board
The Honorable David Kris
Former head of the National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice; co-founder of Culper Partners.
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Strategic Advisory Board
The Honorable Mary Beth Long
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense; former Chair of NATO's Nuclear and Missile Defense High-Level Group.
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Strategic Advisory Board
The Honorable Tom Monheim
Former Inspector General of the U.S. Intelligence Community; leads compliance investigations at GE Aerospace.
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Strategic Advisory Board
Ms. Anjana Rajan
Former Assistant National Cyber Director for Technology Security; former CTO of the Polaris Project.
Advisors
Advisory
Virginia Buckingham
Former CEO, Massachusetts Port Authority
Law Enforcement
Rick Stanley
Former police chief
Law Enforcement
John Frain
FBI; Security, NFL
Work with us
We’re growing our engineering and manufacturing team in Wilmington, Massachusetts.