Zafesoft is the only security solution that protects original and derivative content;
- Wherever it is shared
- Regardless of modification
- For as long as the content exists.
Zafesoft empowers collaborative business with Always On content security that is transparent to users, easy to deploy and quite simply – highly secure.
Zafesoft was founded in 2006 specifically to solve the security challenges surrounding distributed and collaborative content. We developed the Z-Solution and our patent-pending technology, working with enterprise security thought leaders and our technologists.
Leading hospitals, manufacturers, software vendors and government agencies have proven the power of Zafe security in their own operations.
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Sandeep Tiwari, CEO
The two co-founders drive the product and the vision of Zafesoft . They bring expertise in Security, Operating Systems, Workflow, large scale Enterprise Applications and Databases.
Sandeep (co-founder) was VP of Solutions Marketing at Borland Software, where he started and ran Enterprise Solutions Marketing. He was a VP of Sales and Marketing at SpeeDEV (a startup) for 3 years, where he took the company from 3 to 50 customers (now Kovair, after merger). He ran the Enterprise Channel Sales at Symantec and later at JetForm (now Adobe), creating very successful programs for both. As Director of Marketing and Product Management at Fujitsu Software he created and launched i-Flow (a highly successful product, now called Interstage BPM), for which he also owns a patent. Prior to this he worked at Computer Associates, where he was the group product manager for the Relational Database Group (PM, Marketing, QA, Tech Support, customer Base etc.). Sandeep has an MBA, and Bachelors degrees in Computer Science and Physics.
A Shukla, CTO
Mr. Shukla (co-founder) leads the engineering at Zafesoft, as well as working with other aspects of the company and its vision. He brings a rich and innovative technology background and over 18 years of experience in creating and managing products and engineering organizations. He has worked in a variety of different areas of technology, including databases, enterprise software, operating systems, and software applications. He has worked with both large and small teams in both on-shore and off-shore models as a Director and Senior Director of R&D. He has delivered number of products from scratch to large scale deployments, and owns over 20 patents. Mr. Shukla has a MS in Computer Science.
Michael Cunniff, CFO
Mr. Cunniff brings more than 20 years experience in finance including SAAS, strategic operations, and business development. Mr Cunniff provides financial and operations expertise to several early stage and startup ventures. Prior to Zafesoft he led financial operations at Truveo, a video search company (acquired by AOL) and ContentNext Media, a digital media company (acquired by Guardian News and Media) from very early stage through acquisition. Prior to that, Mr. Cunniff was at Inktomi Corporation in various senior leadership roles, the last of which was Vice President and General Manager, Content Networking Solutions before he was retained by Yahoo! as part of Yahoo!’s purchase of Inktomi. Mr. Cunniff held a variety of senior financial/operational positions for Hitachi Data Systems over a ten year span. Mr. Cunniff holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from George Mason University.
David Walling, Vice President Sales
David Walling is the Vice President of Sales at Zafesoft where he is responsible for all sales and channels. He brings over 30 years of expertise to his role at Zafesoft, including IBM and startups. Prior to joining the company, he was IBM’s client executive for a National Healthcare provider. Prior to that, over a 10 year period, he was the Executive of Sales and Marketing for various business units at IBM, including launching a global encryption solution. David is a recognized leader in sales, and leveraged sales and marketing for direct, channel and OEM distribution channels with a strong background in Healthcare and IT industries. He has an MBA from Pepperdine University, outside of work he enjoys running, cross country skiing, following world affairs, reading history, and listening to jazz.
Bill Kasje, Vice President Business Development
Bill Kasje is the Vice President of Business Development at Zafesoft. He is responsible for business development and channel development. Bill brings more than 20 years of expertise to his role at Zafesoft, including startups. Prior to joining the company, he was vice president of Business Development at Abaca Technology, a provider of email protection and messaging security, where he sourced and closed its two largest deals (Yahoo and Terra Networks). Previously he was director of corporate development at Mirapoint Inc, a global leader in the mail server appliance market. He began his career at Hewlett Packard Corporation, Bill has managed engineering, sales, and business development teams, and grown startup companies from early product. Bill holds a BS in Computer Science from California State University, Chico.
Dr. Taher Elgamal, Chief Technical Advisor
Taher Elgamal is a leading expert in computer, network and information security. Taher was the Chief Technology Officer of Tumbleweed Communications until its acquisition by Axway, Inc. He was the Founder/Chair of Securify, and was the former Chief Scientist of Netscape. He is recognized in the industry as the “inventor of SSL”. He wrote the base algorithm used in SSL and helped establish SSL as the Internet Security standard within standard committees and within the industry.
Taher invented several industry and government standards in data security and digital signatures area including the DSS government standard for digital signatures. Several thousand publications have been written in the space referred to as “the Elgamal Cryptography”. He developed security software that was used in commercial products by approximately ten companies as well as in the DSS government standard for digital signatures. Taher has public Board of Director experience with RSA Security, hi/fn, Phoenix Technology and Tumbleweed. He is an advisor to Onset Ventures and several companies in the Internet and security space. He has a PhD and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
John Laing, Advisory Board
Bill Vass, Advisory Board
Jason Hoffman, Advisory Board
Bob Gourley, Advisory Board
Brad Cates, Advisory Board
Harpreet Walia, Advisory Board
