Jim Kotanchik Joins as Vice President of Engineering
BOSTON, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc., today announced
the appointment of Jim Kotanchik as Vice President of Engineering. Prior to
joining NTRU, Mr. Kotanchik was Vice President of Engineering at RSA Security
(Nasdaq: RSAS), formerly Security Dynamics.
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"Jim is a seasoned executive with a track record of building world-class
engineering organizations in high-growth companies," said Jeffrey Hoffstein,
Ph.D., NTRU President and Founder. "Jim brings a wealth of knowledge and
capability to NTRU which will benefit the entire NTRU team, especially our
customers and partners. We are very delighted to welcome him to NTRU."
"NTRU is the best solution for embedded public key cryptography," said Mr.
Kotanchik. "It offers the unique combination of high speed and security with
low hardware cost, small memory footprint and minimal power consumption.
These characteristics make NTRU uniquely suited for the next generation of
wireless, digital media and Internet applications. I am very excited to join
this fast growing company. NTRU is compelling technology for every wireless
and Internet device."
Mr. Kotanchik joined RSA in 1991, and built the engineering team from five
to 130 employees. Prior to joining RSA, Mr. Kotanchik was Director of
Engineering at Applicon, and participated in their IPO and acquisition by
Schlumberger. Mr. Kotanchik holds SM and SB degrees from MIT.
About NTRU
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. makes the world's fastest secure public key
cryptography solutions operating over 100 times faster than competitive
systems at equivalent security levels. NTRU is the best public key
cryptography solution for wireless data communications, digital music and
video distribution, e-commerce and embedded applications. Strategic investors
include Sony Corporation. For more information, see http://www.ntru.com or call NTRU
at 888.346.NTRU or 617.948.9138. NTRU is pronounced "En' true."
NTRU, FastWTLS, the NTRU logo and the FastWTLS logo are trademarks of NTRU
Cryptosystems, Inc. Portions of NTRU's system are the subject of pending
patent applications in the US and internationally.
Scott Crenshaw of NTRU, 617-948-9138, screnshaw@ntru.com
SOURCE NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.
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