Our Team
 
     
 
   
  Tasawar Jalali, CISSP
Founder/CEO
 

As the Founder/CEO of SecureNode Inc., Tasawar is responsible for the technical leadership of SecureNode's research, development, and consulting efforts. Tasawar is also responsible for developing, implementing and managing U.S. and international strategic and integrated marketing programs, trade shows, advertisement campaigns, press releases, PR/communications, product marketing, road shows/seminars, etc.  Mr. Jalali has held senior management roles at different Information Security companies like Qualys and Network Associates.

Tasawar has deployed and configured complete and complex security solutions for fortune 500 companies and have published numerous articles on Internet security, audit tools and data security. In his previous companies he has developed and designed security awareness and education programs and delivered seminars on all aspects of Information security.

Tasawar holds a B.S. in Engineering, MBA in Technology Management and has extensive experience in IT security technologies. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Check Point Certified Systems Engineer (CCSE), a Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA), a Novell Certified NetWare Engineer (CNE), a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer plus Internet (MCSE+I), a Fortinet Certified Systems Engineer (FCSE), and a TruSecure Certified Security Associate (TICSA).

Tasawar is an active member of Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium (ISC)2, and a member faculty at University of Phoenix.

 

Krishnan R. Chellakarai
Sr. Security Consultant

Krishnan has over 11 years of demonstrated expertise in system security, software design and development in complex systems environments. 

Krishnan has Worked extensively with OpenSSL, Microsoft CryptoAPI (CAPI), Netscape Security Services for Java (JSS), IAIK libraries, WedgeTail, CryptLib, RSA-BSafe, Cert-C, SSL-J, SSL-C, RSA products (Keon CS, SecurID, RSA ClearTrust (Securant), Gemplus Smart Card Readers, GPK (8000 & 16000), Rainbow iKey Tokens. Krishnan has developed products for PKI, digital signatures, OCSP, XMLDSIG, SSL, Firewall-1, and has developed PKCS#11 Cryptoki Token Library, TCP/IP suite, Socket Programming, threads and system calls.

His recent projects at CNA Trust, Reuters America, and ABN Amro include cryptography, PKI, applications security, database security, and portals including analysis and design, development, audits, reviews, integration, and implementation.

Krishnan has BS in Mathematics and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science & EDP Management.

 

  Denis Darveau, MCT, MCSE, CISSP
Sr. Security Consultant
 
 

Denis Darveau is a Senior Consultant for SecureNode Inc. He brings more than 20 years of experience in information security, information technology, computer design, product management, and education to SecureNode clients.

Over the last 19 years, Denis Darveau is recognized as a leading Information Security Professional, with expertise in network and computer security, information, and industry-specific regulatory requirements. His work spans several vertical industries, including financial services, consumer products, engineering, manufacturing and local government.

He is currently with Technology Solutions of the Future (TSF) Inc as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), where he is responsible for security consulting services, information risk management, enterprise security architecture, and security technology solutions. In these positions, Denis Darveau has designed, developed, deployed, operated and managed a broad range of Information Security business solutions.

Denis Darveau holds Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Computer Sciences equivalence.

 

 
  Dean Hipwell, CISSP  
Sr. Security Consultant
 
 

Dean is a computer systems engineer with 25 years experience in telecommunications and computer systems.  He is currently an information systems security consultant, adjunct professor of computer science at CSU-Sacramento, and Director of Training & Education for ISSA-Sacramento Valley.

Dean holds a BSEE from Penn State and an MS in Computer Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology.

 

 
  Krishna Bitragunta, CISSP
Security Consultant
 
 

Krishna is a web developer with extensive experience in application and database programming.  Primarily providing solutions to the financial industry, his skill set includes Oracle, SQL, Java, ASP and XML programming. He has also developed operational recovery plans for CalTRANS.

Krishna holds BS in Engineering and Masters in Ocean Engineering.

 

 
Matt Silveira, CISSP
Sr.
Security Consultant

Matt Silveira has more than ten years of management and technical experience in data and telephony networking.

Matt is also a principle of Objective Business Solutions, Inc.  a consulting firm, whose client list included Dole Foods, River Ranch Foods, Compassoft, Farmers Rice Cooperative, The Money Store, Sierra County and The Department of Motor Vehicles for the State of California.

At the technical level, Matt has worked as a systems and management consultant to Hewlett Packard to conduct SAP Year 2000 conversions for such clients as Applied Materials and GATX Capital.  In this capacity he reviewed application designs; ensured operational SLAs were met and aligned with design parameters; and developed monitoring tools to ensure operational performance and quality metrics.  This consulting engagement required in-depth experience in: HP-UX, Java/Perl interfaces and programming, Oracle and Informix administration and programming, and Tuxedo system management.

For McCaw Cellular/ATT Wireless, he developed an application in Expect/TCL/TK and C using Tandem Non-Stop computing billing systems, Ericsson voice switching equipment, and a Sun/Informix platform to provide a nationwide fraud detection and prevention program.

Matt also has held various engineering positions for BT Tymnet, a large private network provider, and Objective Systems Integrators (OSI), a network management software firm. Matt's responsibilities with OSI included international sales-engineering support.

Matt holds a CISSP Certification # 54797.

Matt received a B.A. with honors from the University of California at Irvine.

 

  Ron Conover, CISSP
Security Consultant
 
  Ron is a network engineer with 18+ years of progressive experience. He has extensive experience in the design, installation, securing and support of IP based networks.  He is proficient with the complete life cycle of network infrastructure deployment, including needs analysis, solution generation, and operations management. Ron is an expert in health information security and related legislation, particularly the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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