Michael Scheidell / Chairman, Board of Directors

Michael Scheidell is a recognized expert in the network and data security community, with a strong history of innovation and entrepreneurship.  As the company’s chief technologist, he leads the SECNAP development team in the ongoing pursuit of the next disruptive security technology.

Since founding SECNAP in 2001, he and his team have developed a suite of IT security products with impressive results—including a patented intrusion detection system, award-winning SpammerTrap^® anti-spam/anti-virus solution, and Rule18^TM, a breakthrough email encryption solution for the white-hot smartphone market as well as laptops, Macs and PCs.

Security technology developed by Mr. Scheidell was awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in October, 2009.

Prior to forming SECNAP, Mr. Scheidell founded Florida Datamation, a real-time network system integrator. Under his leadership the firm grew to be the largest QNX distributor in the world. Prior to that he served as Business Development Director for VenturCom, Inc., an institutionally-funded provider of products and services for Microsoft-based, embedded real-time and control applications. Mr. Scheidell began his entrepreneurial career in 1971 when he developed and sold his first computer software program to one of the original X.25 network providers.

A member of the FBI InfraGard program since 1996, Mr. Scheidell works with other information technology experts and educators to assist the FBI's investigative efforts in the cyber arena. Mr. Scheidell is a current member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and the Computer Security Institute (CSI), and supports the National Cyber Security Alliance. During his distinguished career he has discovered and resolved vulnerabilities that are currently represented on the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) list.

In 2009, Mr. Scheidell was one of five finalists worldwide for the highly prized Award for Creativity in Engineering (ACE) sponsored by EE Times.  In 2008, he won the MVP Award for Technology Leadership, sponsored by Network Products Guide; the Technology Award in the Internet-Based technology category from the South Florida Business Journal; and the Shaping Information Security Award sponsored by Information Security Products Guide.