Aristotle Balogh serves VeriSign as Chief Technology Officer and head of Global Product Development. In this role, Balogh leads all areas of product development and technology deployment, driving an overall product strategy based on innovative solutions to large scale infrastructure problems for the Internet and telecommunications networks. Balogh also retains leadership for external production services, networks and security, along with all internal VeriSign technology.
Before assuming the Global Product Development role, Balogh was executive vice president of Operations and Infrastructure, responsible for delivering VeriSign production services for the Internet, wireless, and next-generation voice-over-IP (VoIP) networks, such as the Domain Name System (DNS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates. Balogh also lead the product development of network services for the Internet and telecommunications networks. In addition, Balogh managed VeriSign's global IP networks, security and infrastructure engineering; development and operations of all internal VeriSign technology; and global facilities and physical security.
Prior to his Operations and Infrastructure role, Balogh served VeriSign as the vice president of Engineering for the VeriSign Global Registry Service, responsible for all aspects of product development for the various registry and DNS services, including those in support of the root, .com, .org, and .net. He guided the technology and operations strategy through the explosive growth of Internet and DNS usage from 1999 until 2002, leading the invention of the ATLAS (Advanced Transaction Look-up and Signaling System) platform that provides VeriSign's highly reliable and scalable directory services, such as DNS, LNP, OCSP and others.
Before joining VeriSign, Balogh held a variety of management and engineering roles at SRA Corporation, UPS's Roadnet Technologies, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Balogh holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as an M.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, both from the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. |