Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 9, 2004
NEAL CREIGHTON became president and CEO of GeoTrust in 2001 after a
distinguished career in the IT security and certification industry.
While at GeoTrust, Creighton has raised $21.1 million in funding and
created a multi-million-dollar revenue stream within his first six
months as CEO. He spearheaded the company's relaunch in 2001 when
GeoTrust acquired Equifax's security business and its employees and has
since led GeoTrust to become a dominant player in the information
security market. Creighton was previously director and then vice
president and general manager of Digital Certificate Services for
Equifax Secure Inc. There he defined strategy and established the first
public chained certificate authority for SSL, Object Signing and S/mime.
Equifax Secure developed competitive outsourced solutions and became the
second largest certifier of e-commerce sites in the world. He is a noted
expert in the certificate field and has been invited to speak at
industry conferences and to provide input to industry related articles
and reports. Prior to joining Equifax, Creighton was general manager at
IDMetrix, Inc., an Internet startup and certification authority
previously owned by Deloitte & Touche and the Thurston Group LLC, where
he set strategy for products and services. Under his leadership,
IDMetrix became the certification authority for the Royal Dutch Notaries
and for customers of the UPS Document Exchange. Neal has a bachelor's
degree in engineering from West Point, a law degree from Northwestern
University School of Law and a Masters in Business Administration from
Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. Profile
Mr. Creighton: GeoTrust was founded in 1998. Our venture-backed company
spent the first few years developing technology, so
