Chief Executive Officer    

Dr. Paul Stirpe obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Boston University in 1992 and subsequently joined IBM T.J. Watson Research Centre in Westchester, New York, where he carried-out research in the area of ATM network control, concentrating on multicast connection, group management and control protocol performance. After six years at IBM Research, he commence work at Reuters, in Long Island, New York where he investigated the use of reliable IP multicast protocols for large-scale, real-time, fault tolerant information dissemination, as well as investigated various Internet related technologies including messaging, directory services, Internet security, and content management. In early 2002, he joined the New York Institute of Technology as a tenured track professor where he co-directed the creation of several new programs including a Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Security and the Center for Network and Information Security.

Dr. Paul Stirpe is the author of numerous patents and research papers in areas such as security, reliable multicast, messaging, workflow, and content management. He is the founder of Letse, LLC (www.letse.com), a global Software plus Services corporation with offices in New York and Kolkata, India and over fifteeen years of business in Financial Services. Letse is a technology partner for premier Wall Street and European banks with international presence, and is a thought leader in cloud computing for the financial services industry. Letse, LLC provides business critical, highly available applications to some of the world’s largest and most demanding financial institutions. Dr. Stirpe leads the security consultancy Stratta Group (www.strattagroup.com) focused on providing expert security technology advisement and solutions. Dr. Stirpe is the Chief Technology Officer of GlobeArc Corporation (www.globearc.com), a leading provider of business solutions for investors in alternative investments, such as hedge funds. Dr. Stirpe is a cyber security advisor to the New York Institute of Technology.

Dr. Stirpe has held numerous professional positions over the past twenty five years. He has provided security, infrastructure architecture advisement to many billion dollar corporations including Reuters, Credit Suisse, Wolters Kluwer, and Bunge Corporation to name a few, and frequently appears on television and in print.