What Happened?
Lee, MA-based Wave Systems has Appointed John Fitzgerald as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Wave Systems Corp. reduces the complexity, cost and uncertainty of data protection by starting inside the device. Unlike other vendors who try to secure information by adding layers of software for security, Wave leverages the security capabilities built directly into endpoint computing platforms themselves. Wave has been a foremost expert on this growing trend, leading the way with first-to-market solutions and helping shape standards through its work as a board member for the Trusted Computing Group. Our approach to data protection starts with the device, or endpoint. So it gives organizations—especially in security-sensitive sectors such as health care, government, finance, and higher education—unprecedented yet straightforward control over exactly who has access to their data, with what devices, over what networks. It’s the simple, cost-effective solution to an increasingly mobile workforce, ever more sophisticated cyber threats, and a growing set of compliance issues.
About the Person
John Fitzgerald was most recently Defense CTO and Federal Cloud Strategist for Dell, where he was instrumental in shaping Dell's strategy around Cloud Computing in the Federal space. Prior to his most recent role at Dell, he served as a Director of Dell's Advanced Systems Group, responsible for the Army and Air Force Systems technical team supporting Dell's enterprise product line. From 2003 to 2011, he served as an IT executive at several pharmaceutical Contract Research Organizations, which help pharmaceutical and medical device developers bring their products from clinical development to market. Most recently, he was Vice President, Global Corporate Services as well as Vice President Global Information Technology of London-based Premier Research Group. Previously, he was Vice President, Operations, of Data Capture International, and Vice President, Information Technology at PharmData Inc. Before joining the private sector, Mr. Fitzgerald served in the Pentagon, working directly for the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the United States Army and interning for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Nuclear Arms Control Division and the Central and Eastern Europe Division. He served in the U.S. Army from 1989 to 2007. He holds a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Davidson College.
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