Dr. Whyte is responsible for the strategy and research behind the company's activities in vehicular communications security and cryptographic research. Before joining Security Innovation, he was CTO for NTRU Cryptosystems, a leading provider of embedded security solutions and previously served as Senior Cryptographer with Baltimore Technologies in Dublin, Ireland. He is chair of the IEEE 1363 Working Group for new standards in public key cryptography and has served as technical editor of two published IEEE standards, IEEE Std 1363.1-2008 and IEEE Std 1609.2-2006, as well as the ASC X9 standard X9.98.
Dr. Whyte led the implementation of 1609.2 for the USDoT-sponsored VII Proof of Concept project and is responsible for development of the NTRU Aerolink™ product. Dr. Whyte holds a D. Phil from Oxford University on Statistical Mechanics of Neural Networks and a B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. He has presented on cryptography and security at numerous industry and government events on four continents.
