Richard Balfour, President

Richard has been a leader in both commercial and military applications of real-time simulation and visualization technology for over 20 years, including high-fidelity aircraft flight and full-mission simulators, electronic systems and maintenance trainers, and operational simulators for advanced transportation systems. He was responsible for the technical design and development of Grumman Corporation’s $50 million state-of-the-art real-time simulation facility (the Simulation Systems Development Laboratory), and more recently has applied his skills to create a world-class Intermodal Transportation Simulation System (ITSS) at The National Aviation and Transportation Center at Dowling College (Shirley, NY). As a founder and president of BALFOUR Technologies, Richard has successfully applied fourDscape® technology to several major development and construction projects, and will continue to assume overall responsibilities to ensure the quality of the company’s products and services. Richard has given numerous presentations in various professional conferences. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Math and Computer Science from Hofstra University, 1977.

Dr. Robert Balfour, Chief Technology Officer

Bob’s successful academic career enabled him to become a Software/Systems Consultant. At Grumman Corp., he excelled at designing, developing and managing complex software systems, including operating systems, compilers, real-time executive and graphical displays. He has also been a technical consultant on numerous projects at Eaton Corp., A.I.L. Division and Grumman Corp., designing and developing real-time man-in-the-loop control systems, replay systems, software development tools and on-board mission software. For eight years at Grumman Corp., Bob was primarily responsible for the design, development and integration of Grumman's Simulation/Systems Development Lab, a multi-station, real-time manned simulation environment providing realistic graphic representations of numerous high-fidelity platform simulators, subsystems, terrain, weapons and navigation systems. Other consulting work has involved the design and development of numerous real-time control and management systems, and a Windows-based graphical user interface for interactive database management, which is currently being marketed in the U.S. and internationally. Bob worked closely with Dowling College's National Aviation Transportation Center to design and develop the world's first Intermodal Transportation Simulation System, under a multi-million dollar federal grant, and is also leading research into emerging 4D visualization techniques and computer-generated holographic display technology. Most recently, he has been the principal designer and developer of Balfour Technologies’ patented fourDscape® software system. Dr. Balfour received a Bachelor’s degree in Math and Computer Science from Hofstra University, 1977, an M.S. in Computer Science, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, 1980 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Barrington University in 1999.

Scott Meyers, Chief Operating Officer

Scott is a veteran in the technology industry with over 25 years of software experience in the field of disaster recovery, business continuity and business protection. He has a strong background in operations, finance, business development, partner and channel relationships, and HR and has lead companies from startup, through tremendous growth to industry leadership and IPO. Scott joined Balfour Technologies in July of 2007. Prior to joining Balfour Scott provided consulting services to several startup and small companies. He was also a co-founder of NSI Software and served in several different capacities during his 13-year tenure including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Meyers was instrumental in the Company’s continual growth and move into the forefront of the industry. Prior to founding NSI Software, Scott was employed by Digital Metacom, Inc., a voice and data telecommunications company, where he spent 11 years from inception through IPO. He held various senior management positions in the company’s finance department. Mr. Meyers received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Dowling College of New York in 1983.