Richard is Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Whitewood Encryption Systems and is responsible for all product, development and go-to-market activities. Richard has more than 15 years experience in the commercial security market and specializes in various applications for cryptography spanning mobile, payments, cloud, internet of things and corporate data protection.
Prior to Whitewood, Richard was an early member of the executive team at nCipher, a UK based start-up focused on internet security, and as head of marketing contributed to a successful IPO and subsequent acquisition by Thales. Richard has also held executive marketing and product management roles in the video communications industry. Richard has a BSc in Electronics Engineering and an MBA from Warwick Business School in the UK. Richard is a widely regarded commentator on cybersecurity, privacy the use of cryptography and is the author of Key Management for Dummies and PCI Cardholder Data Protection for Dummies.