Primary Job Title Principal, M&A Group Primary Organization 
Needham & Company LLC
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Male
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Robert Steinkrauss is a Principal for M&A Group at Needham & Company. Mr. Steinkrauss recently served on the board of Q1 Labs, acquired by IBM in 2011; was chairman of the board of Authentica, acquired by EMC in 2006; and was a director of GeoTrust, acquired by VeriSign in 2006. He has held numerous senior executive positions including
chairman, president, and CEO of Chosen Security, Inc., a leading specialist in identity verification and security services, acquired by PGP (SYMC) in 2010; president, chairman, and CEO of encryption vendor Ingrian Networks, acquired by SafeNet; president and CEO of Xedia Corporation, acquired by Lucent; and chairman, president, and CEO of Raptor Systems (RAPT), which merged with Axent Technologies and subsequently was acquired by Symantec. Mr. Steinkrauss has been recognized twice as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.
Mr. Steinkrauss holds a BS in Accounting from Boston College.
