Barry S. Watson
CEO & President

Barry Watson is the CEO & President of the Bode Technology Group with overall responsibility for managing and providing strategic direction and oversight for one of the nation’s leading provider of forensic DNA analysis and highly advanced and proprietary DNA collection products.

Mr. Watson joined Bode in February 2008 and brings thirty years of experience in performing, managing, and directing government and commercial technical services and research and development programs. Prior to joining Bode Technology, Mr. Watson founded aBear Solutions, LLC, an executive consulting firm offering expert advice in executive management, strategic planning, bid preparation, and mergers and acquisitions in the Federal Government services arena. Prior to founding aBear, Mr. Watson held management positions of increasing responsibility at Alion Science and Technology Corporation (Alion), formerly IIT Research Institute, including Chief Strategic Officer and Sector Senior Vice President. During his tenure as Sector Senior Vice President and Sector Manager for the Alion’s Systems Technology Sector, he managed Alion’s largest business unit with approximately 1000 employees who were geographically distributed in 37 locations throughout the United States and abroad. Mr. Watson’s management activities included oversight for areas of defense operational support services, IT services, engineering solutions, environmental services, homeland security solutions, and biological, chemical, nuclear and weapons research and development. Mr. Watson’s business operations included the operation of the Riverbank Acoustical Laboratory, an Information Technology Lab, the Rapid Manufacturing Technology Center, a Space Coatings Lab, a Printed Wiring Board Testing Center, a Chemical Surety Lab, an EPA’s Regional Central Research Lab, a Human Exposure & Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, a Life Sciences and Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory, and a Wind Tunnel Laboratory.

Mr. Watson earned a Master of Science degree in numerical science from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Western Maryland College.

Philip Crowther
Controller

Phil Crowther has served as the controller for Bode Technology since joining the company in May 2003 and is responsible for all of the company’s financial operations. With a background in both finance and science, Mr. Crowther brings to the company more than two decades of experience in providing fiscal management to biotechnology and science-based organizations.

Before joining Bode, he spent four years as a vice president and chief financial officer for CropTech Corp. in Blacksburg, Va. He also spent more than 10 years at ViroMed Biosafety Laboratories in Camden, N.J., where he began as director of quality of assurance, rising to become the corporate treasurer and vice president for operations and finances.

Mr. Crowther earned his bachelor’s degree in microbiology at the University of Rhode Island, and later received a master’s degree in microbiology from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va. He began his professional career as a research assistant at The Pawtucket Memorial Hospital in Rhode Island.

Randolph J. Nagy
Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Since 2002, Randy Nagy has served as vice president for sales and marketing of The Bode Technology Group, bringing to the organization more than a dozen years of experience in marketing and sales in the DNA identification field.

Before joining Bode, Mr. Nagy was vice president of biosciences at Whatman Inc. in Clifton, N.J. Previously he had been group leader of genetic identity at Promega Corp. in Madison, Wis. After working at the University of Western Ontario as a cancer researcher, he switched his focus to DNA identification when he joined Life Technologies in 1989. During his tenure at Life Technologies, Mr. Nagy gained international recognition for the introduction of innovative DNA identification products in Europe, Latin America and the United States, with experience in working with forensic laboratories to incorporate chemiluminescent detection for RFLP analysis, STR systems and DNA collection products.

During his tenure at Bode, Mr. Nagy has introduced DNA identification products including the Buccal DNA Collection System and BodeElute^TM. The Buccal DNA Collector has become a market leader in collecting buccal samples from convicted offenders in the United States.

Mr. Nagy earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry with honors standing at the University of Western Ontario. He is a member of and has served on the executive team for the Human Identity Trade Association.

Ed Huffine
Vice President, Humanitarian Services/ International Development

As vice president for international development and humanitarian services at Bode Technology Group, Ed Huffine advises and assists nations in developing or upgrading their forensic DNA systems as well as has overall responsibility for providing identification assistance and mass disaster response for regions that have experienced conflicts or natural disasters. Providing these types of services requires frequent interaction with both domestic and foreign political, scientific, and diplomatic representatives and various non-governmental organizations and potential donors.

Mr. Huffine has more than 20-years of experience in forensic science and human DNA identification. His forensic career began in 1990 when he was hired by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and tasked with developing a DNA laboratory to assist in the identification of fatal air crash victims and to help upgrade the FAA’s existing toxicology capability. From 1994 – 1999, he worked for the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) where he became the Chief of the section responsible for the identification of missing American service members from the Vietnam, Korean, and World War II wars as well as the testing of cases of special interest such as the bullet that allegedly killed John F. Kennedy. Mr. Huffine served as the Director of the Forensic Sciences Program for the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) from 1999 - 2004. From a central base of operations in Bosnia, Mr. Huffine was the architect of the commission’s Forensic Sciences Program including exhumations, DNA testing, mortuary operations, and family reference collections, which grew to a total staff of more than 140 in three nations. The comprehensive forensic system Mr. Huffine developed identified more than 15,000 individuals, and has served as a model for the development of similar systems in multiple nations throughout the world.

Mr. Huffine served as the lead DNA scientist at Bode for the identification of the missing from the World Trade Center and the Katrina Hurricane. In addition, Mr. Huffine assists various NGOs in the identification of the missing in numerous nations and served as the DNA Program Manager for the Thailand Tsunami Identification Center in early 2005. In 2009 Bode’s international development was recognized by being awarded the Virginia Governor’s Award for Excellence in International Trade by Governor Tim Kaine and in 2010 Bode received the President’s “E” Award in recognition of its achievements in supporting export growth in the U.S. business community with special emphasis on Bode’s success in developing international projects with sensitivity and to the political and cultural realities of each nation. The President’s “E” Award is the highest honor the Federal Government can give to a U.S. company or organization for exporting or facilitating export activity.

In September 2001, Mr. Huffine received a lifetime achievement award for his contributions in the field of human identifications. Mr. Huffine holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Cameron University and a master’s in Biochemistry from University of Oklahoma.

Jangbir Sangha
Vice President, Product Development

Jangbir Sangha has been a product development manager for over 28 years in the in vitro diagnostics and forensic identification industries. He has regulatory knowledge, such as cGMP’s, cGLP’s required to set up and manufacture products. Mr. Sangha is experienced in taking a product from concept to manufacture under applicable regulatory environments and is experienced in unique-systems design and development in areas of expertise. Mr. Sangha has developed and launched numerous products for Bode including the Bode Buccal DNA collector and a Bode tray modified BSD 600.

Mr. Sangha has earned a B.S. from Panjab University, India, and an M.A. from the Meerut University, India. He also earned another B.S. from WLU in Waterloo, Canada. Mr. Sangha has over 20 years of experience in the product development market.