- Successfully turning ideas into high tech products, from definition and development to delivery
- Adapting and utilizing the Military Standard (490) system/product development process to successfully manage global
engineering teams and radically reduce cost and time-to-market - Establishing an embedded software and electronics design & implementation core competency in India

System Engineering and Security Solutions for Public Safety



Founder and CEO
Bhopi Dhall, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cyber Group, Inc. USA, is a respected and well-known technology leader in the high tech industry with more than 30 years of industry experience, including working at Texas Instruments (TI). His experience in successfully leading high tech product engineering efforts coupled with his understanding of the technology marketplace enable him to guide Cyber Group Inc. as the company provides engineering solutions for a range of companies in an array of industries.
Bhopi founded Cyber Group Inc. in 1998 to provide comprehensive engineering services, including design, development, implementation and integration for software and electronic products.
Bhopi honed his engineering and management skills at TI, where he managed large teams which engineered secure communications, GPS and multi-sensor weapon systems for the Department of Defense, as well as DLP-based desktop printers for consumers and small offices. Bhopi successfully translated his leadership experience along with his access to a large, diverse talent pool of senior ex-Texas Instruments employees into creating and managing a private-sector engineering firm that has enjoyed profitable year-to-year growth.
He has also led Cyber Group to opening a successful new facility in India. While at TI‚ “we had set up a software product engineering Offshore Development Center (ODC) at TI’s Bangalore facility in India. This ODC was successfully set-up and was consistently delivering software running on multiple processors controlling complex equipment. That multi-million dollar experience is what I drew on when I set up Cyber Group's operation in Delhi, India, in 2000.”
The specialties and accomplishments of which Bhopi is most proud include:
Bhopi has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Bombay, India, as well as a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech University. He has completed coursework for a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Texas at Austin.

Director of Field Operations
He recently led the implementation of a comprehensive facility-wide surveillance system at a major Casino. Tom has also led the definition of video surveillance solutions for large automobile dealerships that require license plate recognition, job tags and loss prevention monitoring.
Prior to Cyber Group‚ Tom built a technology solutions company that developed and implemented intelligent, real-time security and surveillance solutions for commercial as well as local and federal government, public safety agencies, military and education applications. He also served as Assistant Vice President of Computer Operations at Bank of America, and he directed strategic enterprise-wide sales at a technology solutions company acquired by IBM.
Tom has authored several published papers, including:

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Waxahachie Texas Police Department
Global Gaming Solutions
Tom has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee. He also has his CSE designation through SMEI. This professional designation certifies that Tom has met and surpassed high standards for education, experience, knowledge, and abides by the loftiest ethics and principals.

CTO- Vice President of Engineering Services
Dr. Hugh Plumlee serves as Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Cyber Group Inc. With more than 30 years of industry experience, Dr. Plumlee provides technical project leadership and strategy for all of Cyber Group’s engineering projects.
He is an internationally recognized expert in the development and use of computer modeling for simulation of new concepts, system operations and system performances. Prior to joining Cyber Group, Dr. Plumlee was a Senior Fellow at Texas Instruments (TI), where he gained extensive leadership experience in product development and implementation for:
- Commercial products – such as thermal printers and PC speech products
- The semiconductor industry – such as advanced design integrated circuits, modern integrated circuits and solid-state and micro machined sensors
- Military applications – such as a laser-based 3D imaging system and infrared imaging technology
He also has ten years experience as an independent engineering consultant. Dr. Plumlee has authored industry white papers and other publications, and he holds several patents in areas including:
- Micro-machine accelerometers
- Silicon-based thermal printing technology
And Patent Pending:
- Embedded Video and Sound Surveillance System

CFO
Julianne Churches serves as Chief Financial Officer for Cyber Group, Inc. In this position she oversees all facets of the Company’s operations. Julianne is responsible for overall financial management of the company, financial reporting and for multiple corporate functions including Controller‚ customer relations, new business pursuit and strategic development. She directs all administrative‚ financial‚ HR‚ compliance and management functions. Her experience and expertise enable her to work closely with all departments to optimize efficiencies across the organization.
Julianne’s fifteen-year career combines extensive experience overseeing business performance and strategic growth initiatives‚ financial‚ business process improvement and customer service management‚ with overall global operations management. Prior to Cyber Group, she served in similar positions of increasing responsibility to include corporate controller‚ manager of accounting and HR Director.
Before joining Cyber Group, Julianne expanded her knowledge and experience in senior executive positions with Desert Fire Protection‚ Serrot International‚ Electra Sport International and Synchronous Communications (now part of Motorola). As a result‚ she has experience in managing multi-shore operations for U.S.-based companies with operations in Asia and Europe.

