Technology >> CEO Interviews >> July 1, 2002

Richard Kosinski – Network-1 Security Solutions Inc (nssi)

RICHARD KOSINSKI is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc. Before Network-1 he most recently served as President of nCipher, Inc., a leading developer of Internet security products, where he was responsible for worldwide sales and marketing operations and developing and growing the company's business worldwide. Mr. Kosinski co-founded Netegrity, Inc., with the successful merger of his company, Internet Security Corporation, with Netegrity's predecessor company. Prior to the merger, Internet Security Corporation, among other things, was Check point Software's first and largest US distributor. Following the merger, he served as Executive Vice President of Netegrity and was instrumental in the development of Siteminder, the market-leading solution for securely managing user access to e-business websites. He also served as Vice President and General Manager of Security'7 Software, Inc., an Israeli start-up company, where he successfully managed the introduction of the company and its Java security products into the US marketplace before selling the company to Computer Associates, Inc. His early career was spent in sales leadership roles for BBN, Digital Products and Hewlett-Packard. He earned a BS degree from McGill University and went on to pursue an MS degree in Computer Science at Boston University. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a short introduction, an overview and

summary of what Network-1 Security Solutions is today?

Mr. Kosinski: Network-1 is a security software company that is a

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