Executive Management Team

Kyle Breischaft

Mr. Breischaft is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Emergency Technologies, Inc. where he focuses on the long-term strategic development of the company and manages day-to-day operations. Mr. Breischaft directs and coordinates the operational efforts to meet the strategic goals of the company, which include fueling ETI’s continued growth and increased market presence.

Prior to his appointment as President and CEO, Mr. Breischaft was ETI’s Chief Operating Officer and was the Sales & Marketing Director since he started with ETI in 2003. Mr. Breischaft brings over ten years of public safety experience, working in various capacities including his work as a certified Fire Fighter, licensed EMT, a sworn Police Officer, Detective and as a fully cross-trained Public Safety Officer. During his public safety tenure, Kyle received a departmental award and special recognition from the Salvation Army for his service during an assignment in which he responded to New York City after the September 11th attacks, where he provided critical incident stress debriefing to NYPD officers.

In addition to Mr. Breischaft’s public safety experience, he has a diverse and entrepreneurial background including military service and co-founding another business unrelated to public safety or technology. He holds Associate’s degrees in Fire Science and Fire Fighting, Law Enforcement and a B.S. in Criminal Justice. He also has been awarded the Certificate of Director Professionalism which is issued by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). In addition to serving on ETI’s Board of Directors, Mr. Breischaft also serves on the Board of the Triangle Region Chapter of the American Red Cross and the Board of Directors for Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED).

Peter Scott

Chief Operating Officer

As Chief Operating Officer of ETI, Mr. Scott is the strategic partner of the President and CEO, helping to define and execute the strategic goals of the company. His foremost goal is to deliver and support the products and services of Emergency Technologies, Inc. with a high quality end-customer experience while achieving compliance with technical requirements and business standards. Mr. Scott is responsible for ensuring smooth day-to-day operations of the company with participation throughout the product lifecycle including requirements, design, review, coding, beta, release, and service.

Previously, as VP of Engineering at Geomagic, Inc., Mr. Scott gained extensive experience both with strategic planning and product development as part of the executive team while managing software development, Quality Assurance, and Technical Support including offshore and local teams, contractors, subsidiaries, and merger/acquisitions. Mr. Scott routinely delivered top quality and on-time products to market in a cost-effective manner. Over his 9 years at Geomagic, he consistently envisioned, then successfully implemented, key changes to architecture, product, and engineering practices, critical in sustaining profitability and competing in a global rapidly changing marketplace. 

Mr. Scott received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science at Union College, Schenectady, New York.   His prior work experience of more than 20 years at companies such as Virtus Corporation and Raytheon allows him to bring extensive software product development and strong leadership skills to ETI. 

Tim Pannell

As Director of Software Development, for Emergency Technologies, Inc., Mr. Pannell is responsible for the architecture and engineering of all ETI software applications and technologies.  Mr. Pannell directs his team through the entire engineering process including requirements, design, research & development, testing, support, beta cycle, releases, and service packs.  He is accountable to deliver and support software with the highest quality end customer experience in the industry while achieving compliance to business and technical requirements.  Mr. Pannell stays abreast of latest industry practices and regularly collaborates with the Management Team on strategic planning and business direction.

Duncan Kerr

Mr. Kerr has over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience working within the technology industry, and has experience with all aspects of management including finance, business development, human resources, marketing, and customer relations.  

Mr. Kerr worked with ISG, a computer software company that developed a series of products including benefits administration software and interactive voice response (IVR) applications for healthcare organizations.  In addition, Mr. Kerr has also served as interim controller for a rapidly growing software as a Service (SaaS) company that provides websites and services for medical practices.  

Mr. Kerr is responsible for implementing internal controls and on an on-going basis maintains tax compliance, cash flow planning, budgeting and sales forecasting.  He assists the Executive Management Team and the Board of Directors with strategic planning.

Mr. Kerr has a B.S. in Business from the School of Business and Accountancy at Wake Forest University.

Jason Benjamin

Mr. Benjamin directs the day to day operations of the Technical Support Department at Emergency Technologies, Inc. As Director, Mr. Benjamin works with the ETI Technical Support team to assure that each customer’s system is fully operational and that all reported issues are addressed accurately in a timely fashion. He monitors the internal software tracking system that allows Technical Support staff to document and track all reported Technical support issues. As part of the Executive Management Team Mr. Benjamin, a strong advocate for its customers, meets and collaborates with all departments, including Software Development and Quality Assurance daily to make sure that the customer’s needs are ETI’s primary focus. Mr. Benjamin works closely with ETI’s customers in scheduling and coordinating all efforts necessary to ensure successful software upgrades. This process includes personally testing the upgrade in-house first against a copy of the customer’s database, upgrading their Training system for their review and then performing the Production system upgrade on the mutually agreed upon scheduled date. When ETI’s customers migrate to new servers; which often involves operating system and SQL upgrades, he provides guidance, assistance and documentation as needed to ensure a smooth transition and continued functionality of ETI’s software.   

Yolanda Hyman