John O’Connor

With over 16 years’ of experience in cybersecurity, John is an international tech leader in security assurance and product management with a passion for product and market strategy. He enjoys bringing together technical and business requirements to solve market problems. Having previously worked with Sun Microsystems in Ireland and at Trolltech in Australia, John joined Crypto4A after spending 11 years with Irdeto, through their acquisition of the Ottawa-based company, Cloakware. While there, John held various roles such as technical lead of security assurance, principal architect, and director of product management. John holds a BSc in computer applications and an MSc in security and forensic computing from Dublin City University.