John Muir is the Managing Partner of Trusted Strategies, spearheading advisory services and consulting to companies seeking investment and product development expertise in the IT security sector. John has more than 20 years of senior management experience in private and public IT security firms including Enigma Logic and Pointsec Mobile Technologies, both of which he co-founded, and as VP, Authentication Division, of Secure Computing. His unique combination of business and security technology expertise has led to frequent speaker engagements at major security events and numerous published articles. He is noted for his research on the structure of the IT security industry, particularly in relation to authentication, encryption and mobile devices, and has developed security courseware for the National Center for Manufacturing Services (NCMS). John has a degree in International Economics from UC Berkeley and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.