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Matt Kopel is the Co-CEO, President, and Co-Founder of SwiftConnect, a company revolutionizing access control for commercial spaces. He began his journey in access innovation with Waltz, a startup he founded during law school, which WeWork acquired in 2019. In 2020, Kopel co-founded SwiftConnect with Chip Kruger, addressing the growing need for flexible, on-demand access control systems. SwiftConnect connects access control and property technology platforms, streamlining credential management for companies and building managers. Under Kopel’s leadership, SwiftConnect’s technology is now used in over 80 million square feet of commercial real estate and by nearly 50 clients, including Silverstein Properties and Hines Global Real Estate. The company is recognized for deploying employee badges in Apple Wallet, allowing seamless building access via iPhone or Apple Watch. Kopel’s focus on user experience and scalability has positioned SwiftConnect as a leader in modern access solutions.

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Jason Hart is a seasoned technology leader with over 30 years of industry experience, including 25+ years heading security companies. He founded Safetrust in 2018, specializing in secure identity solutions. Previously, he co-founded idOnDemand, a pioneer in cloud-based smart card identity solutions, acquired by Identiv in 2011. Before that, Hart served as CEO of ActivIdentity, a leader in identity assurance and strong authentication, acquired by HID Global in 2010. He joined ActivIdentity after the acquisition of Protocom, an identity management software company he founded. Recognized as the 2002 Ernst and Young Australian Young Entrepreneur, Hart holds multiple U.S. and international patents.

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Chris Gulati currents leads the business organization for Digital Ids and Access at Samsung Electronics America located in Mountain View, California. He previously also led the global product organization in payments for Samsung Pay and led the commercialization in over 21 countries.  His journey also includes running product at PayPal on their consumer platform and Motorola Solution in developing secure mobile devices for Public Safety private networks.

Saam Parsa

Managing Director, Security and Fund Finance Groups

Capital One Bank, Commercial & Specialty Finance

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Saam is a Managing Director in the Security and Fund Finance Groups at Capital One. Since joining Capital One in 2012, Saam has been involved in all aspects of origination, structuring, underwriting and portfolio management of financing transactions involving a broad spectrum of security companies. The Security Finance group provides financing solutions to the security alarm monitoring, video surveillance, access control, system integrator, fire and life safety sectors. Prior to joining Capital One, Saam held roles at KPMG Corporate Finance and Pacific Media Capital, a joint-venture of DB Zwirn. Saam received a BA from the University of Maryland, an MS from The Johns Hopkins University, and an MBA from Cornell University.

Jeffrey Cimbalista

Vice President, Security Group

Office: (212) 351-9765
jcimbalista@imperialcapital.com

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Mr. Jeff Cimbalista is an Sr. Associate in the New York office, and has been with Imperial Capital for over five years. Mr. Cimbalista has worked on a range of corporate finance transactions across various industries and products, but is primarily focused on the security industry. Mr. Cimbalista graduated with a B.A. from Yale University, is a CFA Level III candidate.

Koby L. Tanzer, CFA

Managing Director, Security Group

Office: +972 (54) 720-0999
ktanzer@imperialcapital.com

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Mr. Koby Tanzer is a Managing Director and has been a member of Imperial Capital’s Security Practice Group since 2008. In addition to spearheading the effort to launch Imperial’s UAV/UAS banking coverage effort, he focuses on a range of corporate finance transactions for companies across the broader security sector. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Tanzer was an Analyst in Lehman Brothers’ Investment Banking Division focusing on business service companies and financial sponsors. While at Lehman Brothers, Mr. Tanzer worked on M&A advisory, leveraged finance and equity underwriting transactions. Mr. Tanzer received his B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He served in the Israel Defense Force’s Combat Engineering Corps as an Infantry Sapper and is an active member of his Regional Search & Rescue Team.

William M. Lynch

Managing Director, Security Group

Office: (310) 246-3789
blynch@imperialcapital.com

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Bill Lynch is a Managing Director focusing on Security M&A and strategic advisory. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Lynch spent over 18 years at ProFinance Associates, Inc., where he spent his tenure working security, maritime technology, and high gross margin and repetitive income service businesses. In security and life-safety, he has managed and completed transactions in software, hardware, sensors, recurring revenue monitoring, and integration service businesses. Prior to ProFinance, Mr. Lynch was in industrial manufacturing, where he led strategic and capital planning, distribution, marketing, and sales with responsibility for the general management of the western United States for the Industrial Gypsum Division of USG Corporation. Mr. Lynch earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Menlo College.

Rick Juarez

Managing Director, Security Group

Office: (415) 615-4002
rjuarez@imperialcapital.com

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Mr. Juarez is Managing Director focusing on the cloud security and infrastructure software and service sectors. Mr. Juarez was previously a Managing Director with Waller Capital. Prior to Waller, he was the Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking at Morgan Joseph TriArtisan where he advised infrastructure companies such as Advanced Data Centers, Media Temple, Digsby, Local.com, GlobalScape and others. Prior to Morgan Joseph, he worked as the Head of Investment Banking at Nollenberger Capital Partners. Mr. Juarez also worked as a Managing Director and Private Placement Investment Committee Member at Robertson Stephens & Co. Mr. Juarez has more than 20 years of combined investment banking, strategy, and operations experience. He has advised on more than 50 public/private financings and merger and acquisition transactions representing more than $8 billion in transaction value. Mr. Juarez earned his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, and received his B.S. in Finance, Magna cum Laude, from California State University, East Bay. He has also been awarded several U.S. Patent Office software patents.

Scott Foley

Senior Analyst, Physical Security

Omdia

John Robuck

Head of Security and Fund Finance, Managing Director

Capital One Bank, Commercial & Specialty Finance