SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- TASER (NASDAQ:
TASR) today announced the addition of Dr. Matthew R. McBrady to its Board of Directors.
McBrady was previously a member of the TASER Board before
temporarily stepping down in 2014 to serve as the Chief Investment
Officer for BlackRock's flagship Multi-Strategy hedge fund (MuSt).
In that capacity he was responsible for all investment and
business-related decisions for the fund. Given this experience, as
well as Dr. McBrady's prior work as an investor, academic, and
economic policy advisor, he brings considerable expertise to his
new post at TASER.
"I'm extremely happy to welcome Dr. McBrady back to TASER's
Board of Directors," said TASER CEO and co-founder Rick Smith. "McBrady's financial acumen is
unparalleled, and at a time when our company continues to grow,
expand and evolve, the value of such expertise can hardly be
overstated. I can think of few people who boast such impressive
qualifications in this realm. He was a great help to us in years
past and I'm thrilled to be working alongside him again."
"What an exciting time to rejoin TASER," said Dr.
McBrady. "While it's only been two years since I left the
Board, in some regards I seem to barely recognize the firm. TASER
has always been an innovator, leveraging the power of technology to
support the life saving efforts of police and other public safety
officers. But, in the last two years the rate of innovation has
truly exploded. When I stepped down from the Board I left behind a
world-class manufacturing firm with a profound commitment to its
life-saving mission. Now, I have the honor of rejoining a truly
world-class technology company that is offering cutting edge
software and services as well. I'm extremely proud to resume my
work with TASER, and I can think of nothing more gratifying than to
use my own unique insights and expertise to advance its
mission."
Dr. McBrady began his career in 1998 as an international
economist with President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers and
the U.S. Treasury Department. He subsequently served as an
award-winning professor at the Wharton School of Business at the
University of Pennsylvania and the
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the
University of Virginia. Dr. McBrady
left academia in 2006 to become a private equity investor at Bain
Capital where he remained until joining Silver Creek Capital
Management as Managing Director and Head of Investment Strategy and
Risk Management in 2009. In January
2014, Dr. McBrady left Silver Creek to build and run
BlackRock's Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund Platform as Managing Director
and Chief Investment Officer. In October of 2016, Dr. McBrady
left BlackRock to rejoin the Board of TASER International and focus
on investing in and advising rapidly growing companies. Dr. McBrady
holds an A.B. degree in Economics from Harvard University, a M.Sc. degree in International
Economics from Oxford University (U.K.)
where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a Masters and Ph.D. degree in
Business Economics from Harvard
University. He has published a significant body of work in
various academic finance journals and has co-authored case studies
for the Harvard Business School.
About TASER International, Inc.
TASER International makes communities safer with innovative
public safety technologies. Founded in 1993, TASER first
transformed law enforcement with its electrical weapons. TASER
continues to define smarter policing with its Axon brand which
includes a growing suite of connected products and services from
body cameras and digital evidence management tools to mobile apps.
More than 172,000 lives have been saved from death or serious
injury with TASER's products and services. Learn more
at www.TASER.com and www.axon.io or by calling
(800) 978-2737.
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