ESW #274 – Michael Ehrlich, Jackie Comp & Rolf Lindermann

Dr. Michael Ehrlich is the Chief Technology Officer at IronNet Cybersecurity. He brings over 20 years of experience to IronNet in offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations, cybersecurity-related public policy, and engineering design and integration. His cybersecurity expertise is grounded in 10 years of service at the National Security Agency (NSA), spanning engineering development, operations, and leadership positions.
Before coming to IronNet, Michael served as Chief of Operations for a defensive cybersecurity organization within NSA, defined and drafted significant portions of National Security Presidential Directive 54/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23, also known as the Comprehensive National Cyber Initiative. He also previously led technology efforts at Blackbird Technologies (acquired by Raytheon) and spent time as a research faculty member at Johns Hopkins University.

Jackie Comp is responsible for Worldwide Sales at Nok Nok where she leads sales strategy and execution. She has over 25 years of experience in enterprise sales and sales leadership in the high-tech industry. Her background includes scaling enterprise sales teams at larger organizations like Symantec, as well as earlier stage companies like PGP, FitLinxx and Navagate. She has deep domain expertise in solutions-oriented sales. Throughout her career, Jackie has focused on bringing solutions to customers and partners that are aligned with their goals, and deliver outstanding value. Jackie is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University and lives in Westchester County outside New York City. She is also an avid yogi.

Dr. Rolf Lindemann is responsible for the development and strategy of the company’s products and solutions. Bringing more than 20 years of experience in product management, R&D and operations from the IT security industry, he has deep knowledge of security markets and technologies. Dr. Lindemann is one of the leading experts in FIDO and has been a frequent speaker at industry events. Prior to Nok Nok Labs, Rolf Lindemann worked as Senior Director Product Management at Symantec where he was responsible for research and product strategy on device authentication in smart grids and mobile networks. Before Symantec’s acquisition of TC TrustCenter, he was Executive Director Product Strategy at TC TrustCenter GmbH. Named to that position in 2009 he was responsible for analyzing market trends and aligning the overall product portfolio to new market opportunities. Dr. Lindemann received his PhD from the Technical University in Hamburg-Harburg and holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering.