SECNAP Leadership Team

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Michael Scheidell, Founder and CEO

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® email security solution, and Rule18TM, 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.

  • Mr. Scheidell has discovered and resolved vulnerabilities that are currently represented on the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) list.
  • A member of the FBI InfraGard program since 1996, he 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.
  • Mr. Scheidell is a member of ISACA (Information Security Audit and Control Association), ISSA (Information Systems Security Association), and CSI (Computer Security Institute).
  • He is the official Source Code maintainer for the FreeBSD Ports version of SpamAssassin.
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Laura Beck, CMO

As interim Chief Marketing Officer for SECNAP, Laura Beck brings the benefit of 18 years of public relations and marketing experience in the technology space. Her expertise was developed at large public relations agencies, including her most recent 13-year post at global powerhouse Porter Novelli, where she conceived and implemented PR and marketing programs for technology brands such as HP, EMC and BMC Software.

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Steven Gallers, CFO

Mr. Gallers is a certified public accountant with 35 years experience including working for a large international certified public accounting firm as an auditor, Chief Financial Officer for a publicly traded company and numerous positions of increasing responsibility as a financial officer for small to medium size entrepreneurial companies in computer technology. Mr. Gallers has assisted several companies in raising private equity from start-up to development. Mr. Gallers holds a Master of Professional Accountancy degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Ohio University.

 

What Clients Say

"SECNAP is always responsive to our needs, and their senior management is readily available to discuss any service and support concerns. They take the toil out of mail security management so that we can focus our energy on critical business."

Jim Voros, Director of IT Operations, Greenwich Associates

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