Top Industry Leaders to Help Drive Strategy for Company’s Growth and Development

Patero, a leader in post-quantum cryptography (PQC), today announced the company’s inaugural advisors. The newly appointed advisors will focus on providing Patero leadership with strategic guidance and knowledge that will enable the company to fuel its rapid growth.

“The demand for post-quantum cryptography is accelerating with daily advances in quantum computing, quantum switching, and artificial intelligence,” said Crick Waters, CEO of Patero. “With the White House’s re-assertion through Executive Order 14144 of the necessity and timelines for the implementation of post-quantum cryptography, civilian organizations and government agencies around the world are actively seeking trusted partners to provide agile, future-safe data security solutions—and that’s where Patero comes in. We’re honored to welcome our inaugural Advisors, whose insight and leadership will help us scale our impact and deliver world-class PQC solutions at this pivotal moment.”

Patero’s newly named advisors are:

• Major General, United States Army (Retired) Neil Hersey, CEO, Shadow Bright LLC
  
  Previous Cybersecurity/Security Experience: Deputy Commanding General - Operations, U.S. Army Cyber Command; Commandant and Dean, Cyberspace and Electromagnetic Warfare School; Director, Joint Cyberspace Center; Director of Operations, Cyber National Mission Force
  
  

• Rick Gordon, CEO, Tidal Cyber
  
  Previous Cybersecurity/Security Experience: Board of Advisors, Center for Cyber Security Studies, United States Naval Academy; Steering Committee Member, Security Innovation Network (SINET); Founding Managing Partner, MACH37 Cyber Accelerator; Vice President of Product Management, KEYW Corporation; CEO of Tovaris
  
  

• Mark Greer, Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO), United States Defense Intelligence Agency (Retired)
  
  Previous Cybersecurity/Security Experience: CIO, Office of Naval Intelligence; Vice President, Cyber Core Technologies
  
  

• Denny Brisley, Chief Strategy Officer, Saltenna
  
  Previous Cybersecurity/Security Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), NorthStar Earth & Space Systems, Inc.; Captain, United States Navy Reserve (Retired); Highly Qualified Expert (HQE), United States Department of Defense; Command Operations Officer, Department Head Civil Maritime Intelligence Analysis, United States Office of Naval Intelligence; Commander, United States Navy
  
  

• Peter Clay, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Aireon LLC
  
  Previous Cybersecurity/Security Experience: Board Member, United States Cyber Team; CEO, The Risk Foundry; COO, Iron Range Cyber

About Patero

Patero is a leader in quantum secure communications. Patero’s cryptographic discovery and inventory solution quantifies risk and prioritizes the mitigation of vulnerabilities against present and future cryptographic attacks. Patero’s crypto-agile post-quantum security solutions hybridize classic encryption with NIST-standardized quantum-resistant encryption algorithms to mitigate cryptographic vulnerabilities and protect data-in-motion from steal-now, decrypt-later, and future direct decryption attacks. Patero is privately held and based in the Quantum Startup Foundry at the University of Maryland, College Park. For more information, visit patero.io. For investment opportunities, contact company CEO Crick Waters at crick@patero.io.

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We’re honored to welcome our inaugural Advisors, whose insight and leadership will help us scale our impact and deliver world-class PQC solutions at this pivotal moment.