Market leading software encryption products from Becrypt
Becrypt was formed in the UK in 2001 to meet the growing demand for high-level software encryption products in the personal computer and PDA marketplace. Our corporate philosophy is simple. We aim to provide the best software encryption and secure remote access products available, to fully protect all computer users.
We protect customers in a number of key Government areas in the UK, including Central Government, Defense, Law Enforcement, and Customs and Excise. We are also active in the corporate sector, with key customers in Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, and Banking. Our software encryption and secure remote access products have been successfully designed to meet stringent government security policy and standards while maintaining the usability, ease of deployment and ease of management demanded by the corporate sector.
We play a leading role in the Information Assurance industry through membership and participation in the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) and the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) where we sit on the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) committee. In addition, we currently chair the Crypto Developers Forum – Baseline WG (UK). In-addition Becrypt are members of the UK Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM).
Becrypt have recently been positioned in the London Sunday Times, Tech Track 100 survey of fastest growing UK Technology companies. In addition we are positioned in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection and have won awards from SC Magazine and Techworld.
Becrypt have regional centers in the US, UK and Australia with additional operations in South Africa and Singapore.
Our Leading Software Encryption Team
Becrypt’s core technology team has decades of experience of software encryption and software development, having previously worked with companies like Dr.Solomon's, Sophos, and RSA. Prior to founding Becrypt, the team worked for Topsoft Limited, where they successfully obtained UK Government CAPS product certification for a range of products from the Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG), the UK Government's Information Assurance group within Government, Communications, Head Quarters (GCHQ, the center for the UK Government's Signal Intelligence activities). Since formation, Becrypt has built a management team with a wide range of experiences in the international software security market, as well as in global business development, international marketing, and sales.
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Management Team
Bernard Parsons, Chief Executive Officer
A co-founder of Becrypt, Bernard draws upon a thorough understanding of both the security market and Becrypt technology, having been Chief Technology Officer he was responsible for all aspects of product development. Bernard became CEO in 2008 and has led the company through significant growth, prior to Becrypt, he held a range of development and management posts within the security industry. Bernard has a research and lecturing background, having gained a Doctorate in Robotics, and lectured in Computer Science. Bernard retains direct management responsibility for Becrypt’s US operation Becrypt Inc.
Jon Varney, Chief Financial Officer
Jon is responsible for Becrypt’s Finance, HR and IT departments and is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience as a Finance Director. Jon graduated in Chemistry at Liverpool University and then joined Arthur Andersen & Co specializing in Corporate Recovery before joining Alfred Dunhill plc as Treasury Manager. Subsequently, Jon gained a strong background in the Defense sector through his position as Finance Director of Dowty Aerospace Hydraulics, a TI Group plc subsidiary and then Aerostructures Hamble, a Smiths Group plc company. Later, Jon joined Conder Environmental plc a major supplier of environmental wastewater systems to the UK construction industry as Group Finance Director and was promoted to Group Managing Director in 2004.
Gary Thomas, Chief Operating Officer
Gary was the original seed investor in Becrypt and joined the board as a Non Executive Director in 2005. He was later appointed Executive Director in 2009, with responsibility for internal operations. Prior to Becrypt, Gary spent 20 years in the interest-rate derivatives market, becoming a Director of Fuji Capital Markets (London), before spending four years as Head of Trading in their Hong Kong office. Since leaving the city in 2002, Gary has been an active investor in a number of start-up companies.
Nigel Lee, Chief Research Officer
A co-founder of Becrypt, Nigel is responsible for assessing new technology, future trends and innovations whilst handling technology partnerships with customers and partner organizations. Previously as Technical Director, Nigel was responsible for product architecture and design, for developing the customer support structure, and for managing consultancy work. Before founding Becrypt, Nigel held IT Technical and Managerial positions in a variety of organizations in the UK, Europe, and South East Asia.
Richard Brooks, Director of Sales, EMEA
Richard has spent 19 years working for a variety of software vendors, both start-up and international organizations in the IT Industry. Richard has extensive experience in the IT Security Sector having spent 8 years with leading vendors. Richard has worked with the Becrypt team for over 4 years and his responsibilities include commercial business development, UK & European channel partners, system integrator alliances and management of the pre-sales and sales teams to drive the growth of the business.
Marc Hocking, Chief Technology Officer
Marc is a leading proponent of Information Assurance, with extensive government and global cross-border data security experience. Before joining Becrypt, Marc worked for the UK Government Cabinet Office where he worked closely with various departments to develop solutions to support the delivery of a number of cross-government projects, and spent ten years in a variety of roles within global financial institutions working on systems that included PKI, authentication, authorization, and privilege management infrastructure.
Ben Ross, Vice President of Marketing
Ben is responsible for Marketing activities globally which includes devising strategic market initiatives to strengthen Becrypt’s leadership position within the UK market, as well as developing the brand and demand in the US and new markets. Prior to joining Becrypt, Ben was with brand and communications agency Silver Worldwide, following a number of years as Director of Marketing (EMEA) for MessageLabs Ltd where he was responsible for the customer, partner and new business marketing strategy and execution in the EMEA region. Ben started his career in marketing at Oracle UK Ltd, and spent several years in a variety of Marketing positions.
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Non Executive Directors
Barney Quinn, Non Executive Chairman
Barney has over 30 years experience in application software IT companies including in North America. For 13 years Barney was a Main Board Director of Sherwood International plc, a provider of software and services to the insurance industry. Barney set up and ran for three years the Sherwood North American operation. Later, Barney became Director of Worldwide Operations/Chief Operating Officer of Sherwood from 2001 to 2004. Barney has also been a Non Executive Director of Raft International plc and SSP Holdings plc. Currently Barney is Chief Executive of Workplace Systems, a leading provider of software for Workforce Management.
Steve Bellamy, Non Executive Director
Steve has over 28 years experience in both business operations and investment. He is Chairman of The First Close Technology Fund, which specializes in investing in early stage UK technology companies and is a Non-executive Director of three other technology companies. In 2007 he also became a Founder Partner and CEO of Accretion Capital, a specialist European technology fund management business, launched to capitalize on emerging technology opportunities in Europe. He has held a number of executive roles in his career, including Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director for Sherwood International plc from 1994 to 2001. Prior to joining Sherwood, Steve was a UK investment Director of Brierley Investments, an investor in undervalued UK companies, and before that worked at Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) in New Zealand and New York. He trained as a Chartered Accountant in New Zealand.