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Press Release: New PGP Business Advisory Board
PGP CORPORATION ANNOUNCES BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD AT GARTNER
SYMPOSIUM/ITxpo 2003
Founding members include Bill Braithwaite, Richard Clarke, Bill
Cleary, Esther Dyson, James Eccleston, Craig Ehrlich, and Howard
Schmidt
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Orlando, FL/20 October, 2003 – PGP Corporation, the recognized leader in secure messaging and information storage, today announced the formation of its Business Advisory Board. The Board is chaired by internationally recognized expert on homeland and national security, cyber security, and counterterrorism, Richard Clarke. Charter members include Mr. Clarke, Bill Braithwaite, Bill Cleary, Esther Dyson, James Eccleston, Craig Ehrlich, and Howard Schmidt. PGP Business Advisory Board members bring specific expertise to help PGP Corporation address executive and technology user requirements in diverse markets and industries.
"It is clear that global enterprises, in fact organizations of every size, need to manage their digital information assets more rigorously than ever before," comments Richard Clarke, Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, LLC. "As chair and member of the PGP Business Advisory Board, I help the company envision the security requirements of global executives and governments and incorporate these needs into new PGP products."
Bill Braithwaite is a physician with a Ph.D. in Medical Informatics currently practicing as an independent health information policy consultant in Washington , DC , having recently left his position as National Director, HIPAA Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. From 1994 to 2001, Dr. Braithwaite spent 7 years as Senior Advisor on Health Information Policy in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. During a 1994 sabbatical from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, he served on the professional health staff of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and wrote the legislative language that became the Administrative Simplification Subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
Richard Clarke is an internationally recognized expert on homeland and national security, cyber security, and counterterrorism. He currently consults on issues ranging from corporate security risk management to information security technology and advises the U.S. government on security, information technology, and counterterrorism. During 11 years of White House service under the past three presidents, Mr. Clarke held the titles of Special Assistant to the President for Global Affairs, National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism, and Special Advisor to the President for Cyber Security.
Bill Cleary is currently involved in strategic marketing and advertising through his firm Cleary & Partners. From 1998 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Matchmaker.com through its sale to Lycos. He founded CKS Group in 1987, where he spent 11 years popularizing the Web and establishing major brands, including Web brands such as Amazon, eBay, Excite, and Yahoo. CKS filed an IPO in 1995, becoming the first marketing company to successfully leverage the emerging Web environment. Mr. Cleary worked at International Solutions in 1985 and 1986 after 4 successful years at Apple Computer. He also serves as an Executive Fellow and member of the Leavey School of Business Advisory Board, and he established the "William T. Cleary" chair held by professor Al Bruno in the Santa Clara University graduate school of business.
Esther Dyson is a widely known commentator and active investor focusing on emerging technologies, business models, markets, and companies. Ms. Dyson is chairman of EDventure Holdings, which publishes the monthly Release 1.0 technology newsletter and sponsors the annual PC Forum conference. She writes a column for The New York Times Syndicate (Release 3.0) and a blog, Release 4.0. She was founding chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) from 1998 to 2000. In 1997, she wrote Release 2.0: A Design for Living in the Digital Age, which looked at the impact of the Net on individuals' lives and identities.
James Eccleston is Senior Principal, Defense Business Solutions at SRA International. He is the Business Program Manager responsible for the Joint Support Systems strategic business unit, including implementation of enterprise management solutions for the company's Department of Defense customers. Before joining SRA, Mr. Eccleston was President, Federal Sector, Advanced Software Design Inc., an application solutions vendor and integrator. Previously, he was Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logistics), Supply Chain Integration, at the Pentagon, where he was responsible for the implementation of supply chain business practices across the Military Services and Defense Logistics Agency. Mr. Eccleston began his civil service career in 1984 as a Presidential Management Intern with Headquarters , United States Air Force in the Directorate of Logistics, the Pentagon. He received an MPA and a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Utah.
Craig Ehrlich is Executive Director of Hong Kong GSM mobile phone company, SUNDAY Communications Limited, a firm he launched in 1996 that was later listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. He is Chairman of the GSM Association, the leading representative body for the world's wireless network operators. Mr. Ehrlich joined Hutchison Cablevision in Hong Kong as Managing Director in October 1987 after 8 years with one of the largest U.S. cable television operators. He was a founding member of the team that launched STAR TV, Asia's first satellite-delivered multi-channel television network. Previously, Mr. Ehrlich was Group Operations Director at Hutchison Telecommunications, responsible for operations in ten countries.
Howard A. Schmidt has recently returned to the private sector after 31 years of public service, including appointment by President Bush as the Vice Chair of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and as the Special Adviser for Cyberspace Security for the White House. Prior to the White House, he was the Chief Security Officer for Microsoft Corp., where he also formed and directed the Trustworthy Computing Security Strategies Group. He is recognized as one of the pioneers in the field of computer forensics and computer evidence collection and has testified as an expert witness in the areas of computer crime, computer forensics, and Internet crime.
"We are extremely pleased to add the insight and experience of this group of individuals, each highly regarded in their respective field," said Phillip Dunkelberger, PGP President and CEO. "They are here to challenge us to think broadly, to help PGP rise beyond mere technology to become a full business partner of our global customers."
About PGP Corporation
The recognized worldwide leader in secure messaging and
information storage, PGP Corporation develops, markets, and
supports products used by a broad installed base of enterprises,
businesses, governments, individuals, and cryptography experts to
secure proprietary and confidential information.
During the past ten years, PGP® technology has built a global reputation for open and trusted security products. The PGP Corporation family of products ranges from automatic, self-managing network-based solutions for enterprises to individual desktop solutions. Venture funding is provided by DCM-Doll Capital Management and Venrock Associates. Contact PGP Corporation at www.pgp.com or +1 650 319 9000.
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