Introduction
David Jevans is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of CipherTrace [1], a company providing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency intelligence, forensics and anti-money laundering compliance.
He was previously chairman and the founder of IronKey, an Internet security and privacy company in California. Prior to that he held senior positions at various Internet security companies, including Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President positions at Tumbleweed Communications (NASDAQ:TMWD), Valicert (NASDAQ:VLCT), Teros (since acquired by Citrix, NASDAQ: CTXS), and Differential. Prior to moving into the security industry, he served on the CEO's technology council at Apple Computers, and as Vice President of Networking at Catapult Entertainment.
Jevans is the founder, and currently Chairman, of the Anti-Phishing Working Group, and is also a member of the Department of Homeland Security ID Theft Technology Consortium, where he is a featured speaker.
An industry expert on Internet fraud and Internet security, Jevans is frequently quoted by the media, including American Banker, CIO Magazine, Dark Reading, Information Week, MSNBC, PC Magazine, and Washington Post. He holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Calgary in Canada.
Patents
Jevans holds 15 issued patents in the U.S., primarily focused on security and applied cryptography.His issued patents include: Mechanism for efficient private bulk messaging, Mechanism for rendering scenes using an object drawing subsystem, Quality control mechanism for three-dimensional graphics rendering, and Multipass graphics rendering method and apparatus with re-traverse flag.