Vice President, Government Affairs
Stephen D. Vermillion is Vice President of Government Affairs for ObjectVideo, overseeing interaction with the Congress, the White House, government agencies and cabinet departments. Mr. Vermillion has 20 years of experience working on national security issues, including 15 years in civil service and the past decade as Chief of Staff to a Member of Congress.

Prior to joining ObjectVideo, Mr. Vermillion served as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Majority Whip, a senior member of both the influential Rules Committee and House Select Committee on Homeland Security. His ex perience on Capitol Hill also includes work as a Legislative Director and Press Secretary, and for both the current House Judiciary Committee Chairman and former Appropriations Committee Chairman. His core policy experience includes national security, defense, foreign policy, trade and technology transfer.

A native Washingtonian, Mr. Vermillion received his B.A. from Loyola College in Maryland, an M.A. from the University of Miami Graduate School of International Studies, and a post-graduate diploma in national security studies from the U.S. Naval War College, College of Naval Command & Staff, in Newport, RI. Mr. Vermillion is also a Senior Fellow at the Stennis Center for Public Policy at the University of Mississippi.

Mr. Vermillion is fluent in Spanish, having lived and attended school in Latin America for 6 years.