Paul Fletcher is Chief Software Architect and Chairman of the Architecture Review Board at MessageLabs, with overall responsibility for the technical architecture, standardization and design of the company’s software infrastructure. As MessageLabs leading architect, working in unison with the product-specific architects, Paul has developed the blueprint for the MessageLabs portfolio of services, which ensures that all the products interlink, and interact in complete unison while providing MessageLabs customers with the securest habitat possible. With more than 20 years in the IT industry, Paul has consistently been a leading light in technology developments, exemplified by his involvement in designing the MessageLabs services in 1999, and through his previous roles at HP and Panasonic. Whether it is time-sensitive troubleshooting activities or defining the architecture for MessageLabs latest project, such as the Web Security Services v.2, Paul’s ingenuity keeps MessageLabs at the forefront of the security market.