Ed is presently the Chief Executive Officer of Vir2us, Inc. Ed is a recognized expert in next-generation cyber security and secure computing. He is one of the chief architects of the patented Vir2us Immunity technology.From 2002 to 2008 Ed was a Managing Partner of Marin International, a global venture and consulting firm with a technology R&D practice. Clients included the labs of top R&D firms such as British Telecom, Philips, Nokia, Telstra and other global technology companies. From 1997 to 2002, Ed was the Founder and an executive at QuantumShift, a technology and services business in the enterprise software and SAS space. During his tenure at QuantumShift, the company grew from start-up to over $1 billion valuation attracting top venture financing from Mayfield Fund, Texas Pacific Group, Thomas Weisel Partners, and others.From 1988 to 1996 Ed was Founder and CEO of MTC Companies. MTC had record industry growth and profitability until its acquisition by NetSource International in 1996. Wtih less than $100K invested capital, MTC achieved global brand recognition and a pre-IPO valuation of over $1 billion.From 1983 to 1988 Ed headed up the technology team in the start-up of Centex Telemanagement. Centex was funded by Sierra Ventures. Called "the darling of Wall Street" by Forbes magazine, Centex had one of the most successful public offerings of the 1980s and today is part of Verizon.From 1974 to 1983 Ed was intrumental in the start up of Digital Telephone Systems as a Systems and Network Design Engineer. The company achieved over $100 million in annual revenue and was acquired by Fortune 50 company Harris Corporation.Specialties: Corporate Strategy & Innovation -Software/Systems Architect -Finance -Product Design & Development -Product Marketing -Business Development -Market value creation - Applied Technologies -Information Systems -