Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 27, 2003

Anthony Caputo – Safenet Inc (sfnt)

ANTHONY A. CAPUTO is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SafeNet, Inc. He joined SafeNet in 1986 first as an investor, then as a Director with additional marketing and management capabilities in November of that year. Prior to joining SafeNet, Mr. Caputo had more than 20 years of experience in the computer industry. In 1982, he founded a computer security firm, TACT Technology, as a division of a public company. After securing outside funding through a $3 million limited partnership in 1984, Mr. Caputo managed TACT as a separate company until he resigned to join SafeNet. In June 1993, he was named Maryland's High Tech Entrepreneur of the year, an annual award sponsored by organizations that include Inc. magazine, Ernst and Young LLP, and Merrill Lynch. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science from Iona College. He has served as an officer in several publicly-held companies, including International Mobile Machines, Inc., and Comshare, Inc., as well as Value Software, now part of Computer Associates, Inc. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Oleran Network Solutions, Inc. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a quick interview of SafeNet, how you

see the company today?

Mr. Caputo: SafeNet is an Internet security company or, more

accurately, I think, at this point in