Dr. Kent D. Boklan focuses on extending Razorpoint's capabilities in the research and analysis of security vulnerabilities. His work directly enhances Razorpoint's ability to ascertain vulnerability levels and develop specialized and effective initiatives for securing business environments. Dr. Boklan is, by trade, a cryptologist and a mathematician. He designed his first public key cryptosystem in 1988 and worked for the National Security Agency (1996-1999) where he was professionalized as a Cryptologic Mathematician. Dr. Boklan received his SB from MIT and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He has published more than twenty research papers in cryptography and cryptanalysis (most CLASSIFIED), on mining large data sets and in analytic number theory. Dr. Boklan lived in Iceland for 3 years where he spent much of his time correcting errors and identifying inversions in the sequencing of the human genome. He has taught at several schools including Vanderbilt University, MIT, the University of Michigan, the University of Iceland, NYU, and presently at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Dr. Boklan has provided cryptographic consulting services to several New York City agencies including the NYC Police Department, the Mayor's Office of Contract Services, the Department of Environmental Protection and DoITT. |