Richard Sand is a recognized veteran IT architect with more than 10 years of experience specializing in information security and e-business applications. Prior to founding Tripod Technology Group, he was a technology leader at Netegrity Inc., a pioneer in single sign on and identity management technologies. Before his tenure with Netegrity, Mr. Sand worked for IBM Global Services. Traveling extensively throughout Europe and North America for both Netegrity and IBM, he was the key architect, implementer and trainer for numerous Fortune 500 firms including General Electric, American Express, Visa, IBM Corporation, Nokia, Cigna, and Bank One. During his time at IBM Mr. Sand co-authored, with Steven Adler of IBM Denmark's Insurance Industry Support Unit, the white paper "Internet Insurance Whitepaper: How to Build Insurable Internet Business", which was later published in The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Issues and Practice, no. 86 (January 1998). Based on this work, he led a team of security specialists in the creation of IBM's e-Risk consulting methodology and service offerings for building and assessing secure electronic businesses. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Rutgers University |