John De Santis has more than 25 years of sales, marketing and general management experience in top management positions in the telecommunications and information technologies fields, including President and CEO of TriCipher, Inc. Prior to joining TriCipher, De Santis was President and CEO of Sygate Technologies (an enterprise security software company) from 2000 to 2005 until its acquisition by Symantec. Prior to Sygate, De Santis served as Senior Vice President for Network Computing Devices, and also was Vice President, European operations for Cincinnati Bell Information Systems (now Convergys Corporation). De Santis is an alumnus of Fairfield University and completed the Stanford University Executive Institute Program for Management of High-Technology Companies.