Chris & Lynn Millar
retired Co-founders of gatekeeper security
Reston, Virginia | PathNorth member since 2020
Chris A. Millar is a retired founder, President and the Chief Executive Officer of Gatekeeper, Inc. Chris has 35 years of professional experience that has taken him around the world, working in numerous countries. Before establishing Gatekeeper, Chris had significant exposure in the area of computer vision, as it applies to the defense and homeland security industries. Building on this experience and his international finance and investment knowledge, Mr. Millar built a team of outstanding professionals to design and develop an exceptional and unique series of intelligent optical inspection and recognition technologies.
In developing Gatekeeper, Chris has travel extensively throughout numerous global security markets establishing a network of highly competent distributors. Chris has spent significant time in the Middle East over the past twelve years including three extended periods of live testing and installation of equipment in critical check points in Baghdad, Iraq. Along with these efforts he has set up vital manufacturing operations and delivery mechanisms throughout North America, UK/Europe, Mexico and the Middle East region. Since gaining the approval from the US DoD and several global security organizations, Gatekeeper has overseen the testing, and installation of the Gatekeeper technology in now 30 countries.
Prior to establishing Gatekeeper Chris had spent 18 years in the banking and international investment banking industry. As such held director and senior management positions with several large financial institutions including, Managing Director of Bankers Trust Company (now Deutsche Bank) in Hong Kong and was also one of 3 heads of the banks Global Structured Finance group. In his role as Managing Director of Bankers Trust, Chris was appointed an advisor to three separate Asian governments (South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand) to advise on recovery measures from the 1997-98 Asian currency crisis.
Since founding Gatekeeper Chris has been granted numerous US and International patents that protect Gatekeeper’s intellectual property in its core technologies. In recognition of his significant experience in opening new global markets, staffing foreign offices and growing Gatekeeper’s revenue to be 95% export derived the US Secretary of Commerce appointed Chris to the Virginia and Washington DC District Export Council (DEC) in January 2016.
Lynn J. Millar cofounded Gatekeeper Security with Chris after many years in mortgage banking and real estate. While at Freddie Mac, she was responsible for all contract negotiations with Wall Street investment bankers, including Freddie’s first billion dollar contract. After Freddie, she went into real estate, becoming one of the top 5% agents nationwide.
Inspired by her own experience as an exchange student to the University of Copenhagen, Lynn has hosted 5 exchange students thru AFS, each for a year at a time, from Japan, Italy,Venezuela, Norway and Portugal, and remains close to all.
While she is still involved in real estate, she also serves on the Board of the Border Patrol Foundation and works with various community based groups such as Neighbors Feeding Neighbors. She loves traveling, gardening, design and art, but especially spending time with her family. Lynn and Chris have 3 daughters and 6 grandchildren, all residing in New Zealand, and a mini schnauzer, Max.
