2015 Distinguished Entrepreneur Award Gala Honoring Paul Judge
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2015 Distinguished Entrepreneur Award Gala Honoring Paul Judge

Every other year, the MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta honors a remarkable entrepreneur with the E. Milton Bevington Distinguished Entrepreneur Award in recognition of the individual's extraordinary contribution to the local economy through successful new enterprise built on innovation, inspiration and determination.

The Award is named for E. Milton Bevington, who passed away in 2010. Mr. Bevington was a successful entrepreneur, most well known for his founding of Servidyne. Milt served as worldwide president of the MIT Associated Alumni and was on the MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta Chapter Board. He was one of only two Lifetime Members of our Atlanta MIT Enterprise Forum chapter.

Past recipients of this Award include Glen Robinson, Founder of Scientific-Atlanta; Cam Lanier, Chairman of ITC Holding Company; Pete Petit, Founder and former CEO of Matria Healthcare; and Tripp Rackley, Founder and former CEO, Firethorn Alana Shepherd, Co-Founder, Shepherd Center and Reggie Bradford, Founder and former CEO of Vitrue.

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Date:

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Venue:

College Football Hall of Fame, 250 Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA 30313

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Agenda:

6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Reception and College Football Hall of Fame Interactive Exhibits
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Dinner and Presentation

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Honoree and Featured Speaker: Paul Judge

Honorre and Featured Speaker

Dr. Paul Judge is a serial entrepreneur. He is Chief Research Officer and VP at Barracuda Networks, Chairman of Pindrop Security and Monsieur and Co-Founder of Tech Square Labs. In 2007 he founded Purewire and served as Chief Technology Officer until the company was acquired by Barracuda. He has served as CTO/SVP at Secure Computing and CTO at CipherTrust. In 2003, he was named a MIT top 100 young innovators in the world. A recognized authority on information security, he has been published in numerous academic journals and presented at industry and academic conferences such as Interop, RSA, & DEF CON.  

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2015 Distinguished Entrepreneur

Paul Judge, honoree

Executive Chairman, Pindrop Security; CRO and VP, Barracuda Networks

Paul Judge, honoree

Dr. Paul Judge is a serial entrepreneur. He is Chief Research Officer and VP at Barracuda Networks. He is also chairman of Pindrop Security and Monsieur. In 2007 he founded Purewire and served as Chief Technology Officer until Purewire was acquired by Barracuda Networks in 2009. Previously he served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President for Secure Computing. Judge was the Chief Technology Officer at CipherTrust, where he managed the research and product management teams and was the lead inventor on all patented messaging security technologies. CipherTrust was the market share leader in messaging security prior to its acquisition in 2006 by Secure Computing. . Prior to his tenure at CipherTrust, Dr. Judge worked with IBM and NASA. Having been named to MIT's list of the top 100 young innovators in the world in 2003, Dr. Judge has spearheaded multiple research initiatives and founded the Internet Research Task Force’s Anti-Spam Research Group. Dr. Judge is a recognized authority on information security issues, having authored numerous papers that have been published in leading academic journals, presented at multiple industry and academic conferences including Interop, RSA, and Defcon. Dr. Judge has also been featured in hundreds of national media outlets including ABC World News, CNN, Forbes, Business Week, Fox News and the LA Times. Dr. Judge holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Morehouse College, and earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. - See more at: http://www.mitforumatlanta.org/events-listings/2015/mobile-data-and-app-security-weak-spots,-innovations-and-future-models.html#sthash.GKVRV4Q0.dpuf

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