Founders

Cryptolog was founded in September 2001 by three partners: Alexandre Stern, Julien Stern and Thomas Pornin.

Alexandre Stern - President

Prior to founding Cryptolog, Alexandre worked alongside the Director of Strategy at the CS Communications & Systems group. He is a business graduate of HEC Paris and the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University.

Julien Stern - R&D Director

Prior to founding Cryptolog, Julien worked for several multinational companies in the area of cryptography research, including IBM, AT&T, Intertrust and Lucent Technologies. He holds a PhD in cryptography from ENS Lyon.

Thomas Pornin - Chief Technology Officer

Prior to founding Cryptolog, Thomas carried out fundamental research in the field of symmetrical cryptography and worked for Gemplus. He has published a number of scientific articles on symmetrical cryptography, and holds a PhD in cryptography from ENS Paris.

For media interviews with members of the Cryptolog senior management team, contact press@cryptolog.com

Scientific Board

Cryptolog understands the crucial importance of maintaining its close ties with the research community if it is to continue to develop products that remain at the forefront of their field.

The company is proud to have some of the leading researchers in the cryptography community on its Scientific Board.

Prof Jacques Stern

Professor of cryptography and Head of the Computer Science Department at ENS Paris

Dr David Pointcheval

Research fellow in cryptography at the CNRS (French Centre for Scientific Research)

Prof Serge Vaudenay

Professor of cryptography at EPFL Lausanne (Switzerland)