Engineered by Experts. Built for the Future.
Arion Defense is led by a team of experts in national security, advanced engineering, and enterprise technology. With backgrounds in law enforcement, R&D, and capital markets, we share a mission to modernize physical security and build smarter screening systems for a rapidly changing world.
Developed in Partnership with U.S. National Labs
Our technology traces its roots to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), one of the United States’ premier government research institutions.
Arion Defense holds exclusive rights to key patents behind FSP and has adapted the original prototype into a product-ready platform built for real-world deployment.
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Leadership & Advisors
meet our team
Paul Dadwal
CEO & Founder
- Former RCMP superintendent with 20+ years in law enforcement at the most senior level
- Founder and financier of several public and private technology & security companies including Patriot One Technologies (now Xtract One Technologies Inc.) and Liberty Defense Holdings (TSXV: SCAN).
- Founder and CEO of Ari & Co. Capital, a New York venture capital firm, where he has raised over $200 million for early-stage start-ups.
Geoff Dawe
CTO
- Geoff Dawe has more than 40 years of experience in electronic product development for both the commercial and defense markets.
- His professional career includes 10 years of work in large public companies (SWKS, MTSI, ADI) and 30+ year in pre IPO start-ups.
- He has led teams that have brought over 100 electronic products to market while holding positions of CEO, CSO, CTO, VP Engineering and VP Business Development.
- He has helped his companies to raise over $150M in venture and public market funding.Geoff hold multiple worldwide patents and is the author of over 50 referred journal technical papers.
James J. Cahill
Executive Chairman
- 30+ years in investment banking and management consulting in New York City for private and public companies, from development stage to multi-national corporations.
- Founder of McKim & Company LLC, a financial advisory and management consulting firm.
- Former portfolio manager with TIAA-CREF managing a $1.5 billion portfolio of investments.
- Previously worked in the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Eric Kash
Board Member & Audit Chairman
- Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Callan JMB, working in all facets of the United States securities markets from retail and institutional equity sales to investment banking.
- Served as CEO and CFO for public companies and assisted companies in business development, corporate strategy and capital formation.
- Holds an MBA and CPA.
Peyton Jackson
Board Member
- 40-year veteran of the financial services and sales industry with expertise in brokerage, investment banking, marketing, sales management and training, corporate structure and investor relations.
- Professional affiliations with AG Edwards & Sons, Morgan Stanley and various small boutiques and family offices.
- Sophisticated understanding of executive requirements for publicly traded entities and private to public transitions.
Ross Carmel
US Securities Counsel
- Experienced securities attorney and partner of Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel.
- Extensive experience representing public and private companies, start-ups, investments banks and investors in all aspects of corporate transactions.
- Named a ‘super lawyer rising star’ by Thomson Reuters for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Tony Decicco
IP Counsel
- Tony Decicco is a lawyer focused on mergers and acquisitions, strategic development of patent portfolios, valuing and commercializing intellectual property assets, and licensing and other technology-related transactions.
- Tony’s clients range from individual inventors to Fortune 100 companies and leaders the artificial intelligence practice at his firm.
David M Sheen
Advisor
- Electrical engineer and former Program Manager for PNNL’s Millimetre Wave Technology Development Program.
- Recipient of numerous awards related to screening innovation including the R&D 100 Award (2021) for the Shoe Scanner, FLC Award (2022) for Interagency Collaboration related to the HD-AIT body scanner, Laboratory Director’s Award for Individual Lifetime Achievement (PNNL, 2023).
- MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT.
Greg Swenson
Advisor
- 30-year Wall Street career including Lehman Brothers (fixed income sales and trading), and high-level positions at HSBC, Key Bank Capital Markets, Founder of Brigg Macadam in 2015, a London-based merchant bank.
- Mr. Swenson’s relationships with senior government and business leaders span the UK, Middle East, and Africa enhancing his global influence.
- Established as a major player in the realms of finance and conservative advocacy.
Craig Peters
Advisor
- Vice chairman of CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate service and investment firm.
- Recognized on multiple occasions as the San Fernando Valley Brokery of the Year and the prestigious Colbert Coldwell Circle, top brokers nationally. Mr. Peters became the Executive Vice President of CBRE in 2004.
Foundational Funding & Development
Funding
Licensing & Deployment
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Purpose-Built for Market Expansion
Arion Defense is scaling fast — backed by exclusive patents, government-aligned standards, and a platform built for multi-sector deployment.
For more on our milestones, roadmap, and corporate structure, visit our Investor Relations page.
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