Cryptography Research, Inc. Expands Team to Support Accelerated Business Development of Digital Content Protection Technology.Robert Ross The name Robert Ross is shared by several notable individuals:
SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI CRI constant-rate infusion. ), a world leader in security systems, today announced the hiring of Robert Ross as vice president of business development, content protection. Ross will help lead the company's anti-piracy licensing business and will focus on the BD+ digital anti-piracy solution which is part of the Blu-ray Disc format. "Rob has a strong track record of success, and his expertise in business development and digital media will guide us as we continue to grow and help our clients fight fraud and piracy," said Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist at CRI. Ross, 43, previously helped build several successful digital media, software and security companies. He has forged strategic partnerships with leading internet content providers and technology companies including Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Reuters, Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, Motorola, SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. , DirecTV, Intel, Sun, Cisco and Real Networks. Prior to joining CRI, Ross was vice president of business development at Zero G Software where he helped lead the company through its acquisition by Macrovision. Ross also worked as vice president of business development at Adero and vice president of strategic alliances at ValiCert. He has also held senior sales and business development roles at Individual, Inc., where he developed client relationships and product partnerships with leading internet service, content and technology providers. Ross holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Duke University. "CRI's technology is exciting because it enables anti-piracy standards to recover from hacker attacks that could otherwise be catastrophic," said Ross. "I'm thrilled to join the team and look forward to helping build the BD+ business and other applications of Self-Protecting Digital Content Self Protecting Digital Content (SPDC), is a copy protection (Digital Rights Management) architecture which allows restriction of access to, and copying of, the next generation of optical discs and streaming/downloadable content. (SPDC SPDC State Peace and Development Council (Myanmar) SPDC Shell Petroleum Development Company SPDC Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion SPDC Self-Protecting Digital Content SPDC Sokhna Port Development Company )." About Cryptography Research, Inc. Cryptography Research, Inc. provides technology to solve complex security problems. In addition to security evaluation and applied engineering work, the company is actively involved in long-term research and technology licensing in areas including content protection, tamper resistance, network security and financial services. Security systems designed by Cryptography Research engineers protect more than $100 billion of commerce annually for wireless, telecommunications, financial, digital television and Internet industries. For additional information, please visit www.cryptography.com. |
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