Elite Interactive Expands Team to Target Innovation and Strategic Growth

  • Oct 21, 2025

Elite Interactive Solutions, the industry pioneer in remote video guarding and real-time crime prevention, announces the appointment of three key executive roles. The staffing additions come in the wake of the recent private equity investment from CIVC Partners and promotion of Michael Zatulov to CEO. Joining Elite are Jonathan Schwan as CFO, Thomas Stone III as Chief Security Officer, and Eran Yaniv as Vice President of Engineering.

Schwan brings nearly two decades of financial leadership and deep industry expertise to Elite. He previously spent more than 16 years as Managing Director at CIBC Bank USA, where he led the Security Industry Group as its Group Portfolio Manager and advised a wide range of companies in the security and life safety services sectors. He holds a B.S. in Business and Economics from North Park University and an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

“I am thrilled to join Elite Interactive Solutions at such a pivotal time in the company’s growth,” says Schwan. “Elite’s innovative approach to crime prevention is transforming the remote guarding industry, and I look forward to helping scale its impact through strategic financial leadership and operational excellence.”

Stone comes to Elite following 27 years with the Los Angeles Police Department and nearly 30 years in law enforcement, concluding his LAPD career as Sergeant II for the LAPD’s Metropolitan Division Armory. He also served almost 25 years in the U.S. Army with eight years’ active, decorated service that included Operation Desert Storm and leadership roles in deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Stone has also acted as an instructor for the National Tactical Officers Association and LAPD Leadership Academy.

As CSO, Stone’s responsibilities include overseeing the Security Operations Command Center, the crown jewel of Elite’s remote video monitoring services, and other security-related issues. In addition, he leads the company’s Law Enforcement Executive Board, which is comprised of former police chiefs who liaison with agencies nationwide to build and strengthen Elite’s crime-fighting partnership with police.

Yaniv is a Computer Science graduate from Bar-Ilan University in Israel, working as an armed security detail to finance his degree. His career includes five years at PayPal leading the product team for the AI platform, seven years at eBay leading the product team for the search platform, and various leadership, product, architecture, and engineering roles at HP, Mercury Interactive, and several startups. Yaniv is based in Idaho, where he lives with his wife and three daughters.

“Having worked in both onsite and personal security and spending more than a quarter-century in technology, I am excited to join Elite Interactive Solutions’ mission to help customers feel safer, make better use of their security resources, and significantly reduce the costs of on-site guard services,” says Yaniv.

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