Corporate Officers

KAREN JAFFE, CEO
Karen Jaffe became CEO of StarChase in January 2010. She oversees all aspects of the company’s financial performance, engineering, manufacturing, and product and business development.
Background:
Jaffe brings to her position broad senior management experience. After a career in banking as a Real Estate Finance Officer, she joined JCF, a real estate development and investment firm in 1989. She also brings important leadership qualities, developed from many years of serving on non-profit advisory boards, and establishing a family-service organization in Budapest, Hungary.
As an active participant in shaping the face of local politics, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine appointed Jaffe in 2007 to serve on the Virginia-Israel Advisory Board. Jaffe has been and is currently an influential member of several boards, including the National Board of the American Jewish Joint Distribution committee and the Advisory Board of Heritage Bank, and has served on the boards of numerous local and national Jewish non-profit organizations.
Jaffe received a B.S. in Business Administration from Ithaca College.

AMANDA (MANDY) MCCALL, COO
Mandy has been acting as chief operating officer (COO) for StarChase since 2001. Her duties include participating in the creation of a joint patent for StarChase, co-authoring/updating the business plan and supporting financial projections. She has also been actively involved in raising capital, developing a board, recruiting advisors and sourcing contracts/negotiations. Amanda has also worked collaboratively on technological development and the public relations/marketing launch of the system in core public safety and government markets. Most recently, she has been working with the management team on day-to-day operations as the company initiates their beta field trials and moves into commercialization.
Background:
Master of Business Administration, The College of William & Mary, 1998; Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Old Dominion University, 1990. Mandy is a management professional with more than 15 years of experience in strategic planning, organizational development, team leadership and executive management. She worked extensively in the cable industry with TeleCable, Inc. and International Family Entertainment, Inc. (IFE). Those companies are now owned by AT&T and ABC. Mandy has five years of marketing and public relations experience for new brand and product launches and 10 years in development and operations; five of those were in the entertainment and non-profit sectors for IFE and Operation Smile, Inc. (OS) respectively. Her duties as head of international development at OS included overseeing all aspects of development for each mission country including: board/volunteer development, hiring and managing regional and in-country staff, establishing infrastructure for each foundation, working collaboratively to develop the annual budget and monitoring grants and fund-raising goals. Her overseas development experience includes work in Latin America, Europe and some exposure in Asia.

TREVOR A. FISCHBACH, Vice President, Business Development and Sales
Trevor invented and patented a “Method and System for Tracking a Vehicle” (1998-2001). He then joined forces and transferred the patent to StarChase to further assist in the successful phase one (POC) development of the StarChase Tagging and Tracking Pursuit Management System. He is currently acting as vice president of business development and sales for StarChase. Trevor works closely with the StarChase team and advisors to identify, negotiate and build strategic partnerships and technology-provider relationships. His duties include all aspects of business development including the identification, qualification and positioning for new business opportunities across key markets (law enforcement and government). Trevor’s areas of focus include market development, contract sourcing and negotiation, teaming arrangements and overall management of customer relationships. His additional responsibilities include worldwide market development initiatives. Trevor’s overall efforts focus on extensive technology and market research to aid in the successful transition of StarChase from concept to a commercially viable solution.
Background:
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, California State University, Long Beach, 1992. Trevor’s professional career spans 12 years with companies such as AT&T and MCI. He has an extensive sales and network design background focusing on the areas of sales management, team building, contract sourcing and negotiations, and project implementation. Trevor’s professional accomplishments include building and selling long-term network solutions for domestic and global Fortune 500 companies.