Gender Male
Mr. Poffenbarger is an accomplished leader and technologist responsible for innovations in the energy, manufacturing, security, and storage markets. In the mid-90s, he helped shape distributed supervisory control system architectures while creating Rockwell Automation’s global Batch Process Control platform. With Network Associates, eEye Digital
Security, and numerous Silicon Valley startups, he has been responsible for Encryption, Forensic Analysis, Intrusion Monitoring, Detection, and Prevention products with a strong focus on cryptography, hardware/ firmware security, secure communications, and secure engineering practices.
John has built and led countless multinational, multidisciplinary engineering and marketing organizations, and is responsible for the successful start-up, provisioning, and long-term operation of over three dozen independent integrated systems focused on mission-critical data, its' use, availability, and integrity.
John previously served as the Co-Chairman of the Cybersecurity Working Group at MESA International, and is currently the Enterprise Software Sector Group Chairman for Founder's Network. John holds an EE degree from Texas A&M University, and in 2011 together with his wife was honored in formal recognition as a Tai Chi Family by the 19th Generation Lineage of the Chen Family Tradition, International Grandmaster Cheng Jincai.
