Michael Scheidell, Founder and CEO

Michael Scheidell is the company's founder and chief executive officer. A recognized expert, speaker and author in the network and data security community, Mr. Scheidell has a strong history of innovation and leadership. He also serves as the company's chief technologist, leading the SECNAP development team in the ongoing pursuit of the next generation of security technology. Since founding SECNAP in 2001, he and his team have aggressively developed a suite of IT security and anti-spam products with impressive results, including unrivaled intrusion detection and prevention technology and the revolutionary SpammerTrap email security solution.  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.

During his distinguished career he has discovered and resolved vulnerabilities that are currently represented on the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) list. As 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. He supports the National Cyber Security Alliance, a partnership of government and industry members whose goal is to educate Americans on the importance of computer security as an aspect of homeland defense. He is also a member of ISACA (Information Security Audit and Control Association), ISSA (Information Systems Security Association), and CSI (Computer Security Institute).

In 2008, Mr. Scheidell won the Most Valuable Performer 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 Info Security Products Guide. In 2009 he was one of five finalists for the highly prized Award for Creativity in Engineering (ACE) sponsored by EE Times.