William Whyte

Dr. Whyte is responsible for the strategy and research behind Security Innovation’s activities in vehicular communications security and cryptographic research. Before joining Security Innovation, he was CTO for NTRU Cryptosystems, a leading provider of embedded security solutions and previously served as Senior Cryptographer with Baltimore Technologies in Dublin, Ireland. He is chair of the IEEE 1363 Working Group for new standards in public key cryptography and has served as technical editor of two published IEEE standards, IEEE Std 1363.1-2008 and IEEE Std 1609.2-2016, as well as the ASC X9 standard X9.98 and numerous IETF Internet Drafts. He is a key member of the research team developing and maturing the NTRU cryptographic technology and a contributor to many standards groups working on post-quantum cryptography. Dr. Whyte holds a D. Phil from Oxford University on Statistical Mechanics of Neural Networks and a B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.