– USA, CO – Keyavi Data Corp., a cybersecurity innovator whose breakthrough technology is transforming the very nature of the data security industry, today announced the formation of its board of directors composed of Elliot Lewis (Chairman), Todd Demko, Jim McDonnell, and heather Callender-Potters.
These leaders are all highly experienced executives at major technology, healthcare, financial services, investment management, and national security firms who recognize Keyavi’s growth trajectory and prominence as a category-creating leader in self-protecting data security.
About Elliot Lewis
Mr. Lewis is an internationally renowned cybersecurity expert with nearly 30 years of leadership protecting some of the world’s most valuable intellectual property. Before launching Keyavi in 2020, he served as chief security architect at Dell, director of security and identity at Cisco, the chief information security officer at Merrill Lynch, and senior security architect at Microsoft’s Security Center of Excellence. He was also an industry advisor helping hundreds of customers solve their most challenging data security problems, including federal agencies and military defense and civilian contractors.
Mr. Lewis studied computer science at Northeastern University and holds five network security patents for Microsoft and Dell.
About Todd Demko
Mr. Demko is the founder of Vonzos Partners, an investment group focused on growth-oriented private companies with disruptive innovations. He is a proven revenue generator, successfully growing small- to mid-market companies and expanding their revenue operations. With more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Demko has worked with a wide variety of technologies at firms ranging from small startups to major enterprises, including Samsung, HP, IBM, and Qualcomm.
He holds a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.) from Clarkson University.
About Jim McDonnell
Mr. McDonnell serves as the global security strategic advisor at Mission Support and Test Services, LLC, a firm selected by the National Nuclear Security Administration to manage and operate the Nevada National Security Site. Mr. McDonnell is a renowned expert in international security, counterterrorism, business operations, and risk management, having held senior executive positions in the federal government and private sector. Previously, he was appointed by the President as the Assistant Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office to foil attempts by terrorists or other threat actors to attack the U.S. using a weapon of mass destruction. Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Mr. McDonnell became the founding director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Assurance, which is responsible for protecting America’s energy infrastructure. He retired from the Navy as a commissioned officer after 20 years of service in special operations and counterterrorism. He then founded the National Security Programs business unit at Oak Ridge Associated Universities and managed several terrorism-related national security activities, including restructuring the technical response by the U.S. to nuclear terrorism threats.
Mr. McDonnell earned a B.A. from Regents College, University of the State of New York, and a Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University.
About Heather Callender-Potters
Ms. Potters is the vice-chairman, co-founder, chief advocate, and shareholder relations officer at PharmaJet, Inc., a technology company whose innovative, needle-free injection devices are being used to deliver multiple vaccines worldwide, including COVID-19 vaccines. The company is also advancing more than 100 novel vaccine and therapeutic development programs globally. Ms. Potters has over 25 years of active investment experience, including private equity fund management and international investment (BCEE; Enterprise Investors) across multiple jurisdictions. She has managed individual investments and financial investor consortiums, ranging from $1 million to more than $100 million.
Ms. Potters earned a B.A. in international management from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from Wharton, the University of Pennsylvania.
About Keyavi Data Corp.
Headquartered in Denver, Keyavi Data’s transformative cybersecurity technology makes any type of data self-protecting by infusing multi-layered protections into the actual data itself. This innovative technology – now available as an API, client software product, mobile apps, and web client – makes data intelligent and self-aware of where it is, who has it, and what device it is on to determine whether it is authorized by its owner at that time to allow access.
Launched in 2020, Keyavi already has multiple families of patents. For companies and the public sector that need to control confidential and intellectual property from accidental loss or a cyberattack, Keyavi’s easy-to-use yet robust security delivers the ultimate peace of mind. In today’s growing locations of disparate workforces and partner ecosystems, Keyavi plays a critical role in making data leaks and breaches irrelevant.
For more information: https://keyavidata.com/
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