Summary:

John Sebes provides independent consulting services related to information security and IT operations assurance, ranging from technology strategy for technology vendors, to analysis and review for technology buyers and investors. He has acted as architect, designer, advisor, reviewer, and analyst for a variety of organizations ranging from technology start-up companies and venture capital firms to major government agencies and established financial services firms. He has created and led several funded technology innovation efforts, most recently for the Department of Homeland Security, USAF, and DARPA.

History:

2007: Integral Consulting, Principal
Independent consulting services related to information security, technology strategy, and IT operations assurance.

2003-6: Solidcore Systems, Inc. Chief Technology Officer
Led the strategic technical direction for the company, including technology and market strategy for Solidcore’s enterprise change control solutions to commercial and government enterprises, and to vendors of embedded systems products. Technology strategy and strategic sales support for embedded OEM unit, and for U.S. Federal Operations unit. Development and management of government-funded R&D program and grants, and of Solidcore’s Critical Infrastructure Protection and Control initiative.

2000-2: Integral Consulting, Principal
Consulting architect, designer, advisor, reviewer, analyst for a variety of organization ranging from technology start-up companies and venture capital firms to major government agencies and established financial services firms. Projects range from planning national-level infrastructure protection to providing security architecture and product design support for vendors of software with security and/or cryptographic features. Areas of activity included: security for wireless enterprise computing; digital rights management and content protection; network and security design for Internet consumer financial reporting aggregation; network and security design for Internet-based electronic medical records; PKI design for guaranteed-delivery B2B messaging.

2000-2: Securify, Inc., Vice President of Consulting Strategy
Defined Securify's product line of consulting services, including specification, pricing, direction of product marketing and marketing communications activities, definition of direct and indirect sales strategies, support of channel sales management. Defined strategy for product line migration from a pure professional services company to an on-line managed security services company with both bundled professional services products and unbundled packaged and custom professional services products. Earlier, as Director of Program Management, duties included: business development, lead bid and proposal efforts, manage recruiting program, serve on consulting teams as technical resource in various areas including network security, firewalls, authentication and authorization, security policy. Served as Securify's representative in industry groups focused on healthcare and HIPPA security.

1998-2000: Network Associates, Inc., Technology Officer, NAI Labs
Strategy and technical direction for NAI Labs, a business unit that was formed of Trusted Information System's R&D group after Network Associates' acquisition of TIS in March 1998, and which included over 80 technical staff engaged in funded and internal research in computer security. Responsibilities included: oversight of technical content and direction of TIS Lab's research program; steering of internal R&D; definition of goals and strategy for new technical areas to pursue; business development for new funded research; liaison and oversight of technology transfer to NAI product divisions; technical advice and evaluation for NAI partner and OEM development staff; internal security architect/design consultant for NAI product divisions.

1989-1998: Trusted Information Systems, Inc., Senior Scientist/Consultant
Consulting responsibilities included: lead generation, business development, bid and proposal, customer interviewing, analysis, presentation, deliverable document preparation, oversight of team members. Research responsibilities included: system/software architecture, design, implementation; software development team management, project management, customer relations, business development, bid and proposal. Prior to 1995, as Computer Scientist and Consultant, performed similar functions with lesser degree of responsibility.

1987-1998: Odyssey Research Associates, Inc., Computer Scientist
Research in computer security, high assurance operating systems, distributed system security, formal assurance methods, and program verification.

1984 – 1987: Intermetrics, Inc., Software Developer i
Designed and implemented software development tools and products for several programming languages, as well as tools for internal development support.

Specialties:

• Commercialization of innovative information technology for enterprise-scale use.
• Security strategy for incumbent technology vendors in expanding markets.
• Government funded R&D program development and management.
• U.S. Federal government market development.
• Analysis, design, and review of uses of network and application infrastructure technology, and of several disciplines of information security.
• Expertise in network and application infrastructure as well as security, spanning wireless application infrastructure, datacenter operations management, and security-critical systems including banking, payments, digital voting, healthcare informatics, electronic medical records, national-scale public-key infrastructure, digital control systems, and national critical infrastructure protection.