Advisory Board
Euan Scott MA (Hons), Dip BA
Strategic Business Development & Advisory Board Member (Nordics)
A specialist in business communications and market analyses, with a background in sector-specialist journalism and media production, Euan has held several senior positions focusing on technology-intensive industries.
As the first director of the Business Information Centre, BIC, at the prestigious Stockholm School of Economics he created and developed a research service that boasted all major management consultancies in Sweden, as well as MNEs in multiple sectors, as clients.
For many years Euan served as Trade Commissioner for Canada in ICT, transportation, and automotive in Sweden, and latterly in Finland, providing business intelligence and consultation to both major enterprises and SMEs.
Earlier in his career, Scott brought creative drive and enterprise to the office of Information Director at United States Information Service, USIS, in Stockholm. He transformed services based on a proactive policy of closely-defined objectives, leading to advisory assignments at USIS offices in other European locations.
Dave Lyon, MSc.
President ELi Technology US, Inc.
Dave currently leads ELi’s operations in the United States and also serves as an Advisory Board Member. He brings a strong global security and intelligence background to ELi with in-depth experience in risk management, business intelligence, geopolitical advisory, cybersecurity, client and investor relations, and account management.
Before ELi, Dave served as a CIA operative and as an intelligence officer with the US Navy. Dave earned a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice and also briefly worked as an auxiliary police officer with the NYPD. He is a dedicated leader and team manager with unique abilities in people assessment and relationship building/management.
Mark Seifert
With over 30 years in the national security arena, Mark has worked as an executive in the area of counterintelligence and counter terrorism both domestically and abroad. As a senior leader, Mark is a recognized global expert in the area of risk mitigation and in managing the linkages between intelligence and operations. Mark now works closely with private, commercial and government clients to identify opportunities and capabilities to bridge intelligence gaps, enabling evidenced-based decisions to turn risk and uncertainty into opportunity.