MACH37 CEO and leadership

David has over 30 years experience in the fields of satellite and terrestrial communication, computing, and information science. He has been a principal in five startup companies in industries ranging from Nuclear Power to Digital Broadcast to analytic software for the Intelligence Community. As CTO for both CIT and the MACH37 Cybersecurity Accelerator, he has extensive experience envisioning the future of technology and building solutions to hasten that vision. As part of this activity he helps shape the innovation plans of numerous small companies spanning a wide range of technologies and industries. Mr. Ihrie has an M.S. in Business from MIT, specializing in the Management of Technological Innovation, and a B.S. from MIT in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science.

Jennifer Quarrie is a CEO at Quantum Transcend LLC, COO at VentureScope, and COO & Strategy Director at MACH37.

Tom Weithman is Managing Director of CIT GAP Funds, a family of early stage investment funds with a 10-year+ track record generating both exceptional returns and socio-economic impact.

Weithman is a proven operator, investor, director, executive and advisor with experience spanning federal, commercial and non-profit sectors. As architect and leader of CIT GAP Funds, Weithman has established himself as one of the nation's foremost experts on quasi-public fund formation, early stage investment, accelerator development and the contribution of \'catalytic capital\' to innovation, commercialization and economic development.

Through his work at CIT GAP Funds and role as founder and Chief Investment Officer for MACH37, Weithman has gained recognition as a leading capital provider for cybersecurity start-ups with direct investment experience in more than 75 such companies. Among the companies in which Weithman has been an investor or served as board observer are NS8, Normshield, Syncurity, Huntress Labs, Ostendio, Adlumin and DivvyCloud.

In 2018, Weithman formed the Virginia Founder's Fund, an impact fund providing first-time capital to female and veteran founders, founder of color and start-ups in traditionally underserved geographies within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Under Weithman's leadership, CIT GAP Funds has placed more than 200 equity investments in emerging tech, life science and clean tech companies, leveraging more a billion of private capital onto CIT GAP Funds portfolio company balance sheets and propelling several companies to exit. CIT GAP Funds has been acknowledged by Entrepreneur Magazine, CB Insights and the Association for Corporate Growth as one of the nation's leading early stage venture funds.

Weithman serves as Director of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) and the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council's Executive Circle and the Fairfax County Economic Advisory Commission.

Specialties: New Company Formation

Technology Transfer

Venture Capital Investment

SBIR and Other Federal Funding Program

Board Formation

Sales and Business Development

Business Operations

Accelerator Formation and Leadership

Non-Profit Management

Cross-Functional Team Leadership