Michael Scheidell, Founder, CTO

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 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.

• 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.

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.

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.