Board of Directors   Board Members Emeritus Board of Directors  l  Members  l  Non- Governmental Organizations  l  Government Members   l   Strategic Advisors     Tom Bartel VP, General Manager Certification Services, Chief Privacy Officer - Return Path, Inc. Tom Bartel helped define email deliverability as a service when he co-founded Assurance Systems with George Bilbrey in 2002.  He has been with Return Path since its acquisition of Assurance Systems in 2003 where he now leads Certification services including Return Path Certified the most widely accepted email whitelist available today.  He also serves as Chief Privacy Officer for Return Path. He has a total of 16 years experience working in email delivery, services, and technology including roles with Email Publishing, MessageMedia, and DoubleClick. Tom is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Certified Information Privacy Professional – United States and holds a B.A. in Speech Communications from Colorado State University Manish Goel Chairman OTA Board of Directors CEO,  TrustSphere As CEO of TrustSphere, a Singapore based security solutions provider, he has over 15 years experience in the software and services sector where he has had a particular focus on business applications, security and data. Prior to joining TrustSphere, he was a Director with PwC Venture Partners - PricewaterhouseCoopers’ London based technology investment group where he lead the Investment Selection team and was responsible for financial technology sector investments. His earlier career focused on strategy and M&A consulting across Asia and Europe within the Financial Services and Technology sectors.  Mr Goel holds degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of NSW, Sydney and a Grad Dip in Applied Finance & Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors, UK and chairs the International Committee for OTA. David Lewis Chief Marketing Officer - Message Systems Dave is responsible for executing an overarching strategy that ties together the company’s inbound and outbound digital messaging businesses and accelerates growth through innovative, holistic product solutions.  Dave has over 30 years of marketing, services and business leadership in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments, including serving as vice president of marketing for Bizanga, VP Marketing at StrongMail Systems, and vice president of ISP relations for email service provider Digital Impact (now Acxiom/Digital). Geoffrey Noakes Sr. Director, Symantec Corporation Geoff  is Sr. Director of Market Development for Symantec’s Trust Services and Business Authentication group – previously known as VeriSign SSL.  Geoff has been with VeriSign/Symantec since 2003, and has worked on a broad variety of security-related initiatives (mainly around SSL and Code Signing) with organizations including Microsoft, Google, and almost all OS providers, mobile network providers, and mobile phone OEMs globally.  Geoff drove VeriSign’s early efforts leading to the definition, standardization, and acceptance of EV SSL certs.  Geoff has a BS in computer science from Cal Poly, and an MBA in finance from USC. Tim Rohrbaugh Chief Information Security Officer - Intersections Inc. Tim is a technologist with 23 years of Government and private sector experience.  Mr. Rohrbaugh's security career started in communication security (comsec) in the military and continued under Government projects for CSC at NATO, DISA, NMRC as an architect, ST&E team lead, and instructor for the information security.  After leaving Government Consulting, Mr. Rohrbaugh became a technology leader for a consulting firm which focused on the telecommunication and nascent eBusiness sector. After being acquired by Metamor WW, he left with the founders to start a eBusiness consulting firm which grew quickly to fill three offices around the US and two in Europe. As the CIO, he lead the Centers of Excellence which included security managed services and furthered the goal of integrating information security into the development life cycle. Mr. Rohrbaugh then brought his information security experience to the financial sector where he joined Intersections Inc. as the lead for information security. Mr. Rohrbaugh's main focus in anti-fraud, ID verification (US Patent holder) and security architecture.  His mantra is "information security is not a science it's art." Te Smith VP Communications - MarkMonitor Inc. Te is responsible for branding, media relations and all outbound marketing initiatives.  She is the co-creator of the MarkMonitor Brandjacking Index®, an often-cited measure of online abuse trends targeting the world’s largest brands. Her career in marketing and communications covers more than 25 years with market-leading brands in a variety of high technology and web-based product categories. From launching innovative companies such as Zone Labs and Netflix to growing market share at established software leaders such as Lotus Development Corp., Te has specialized in brand-building, public relations and demand generation.  Te holds a BA in Modern Languages from the University of Notre Dame.  Te co-chairs the communications committee. Craig Spiezle, Executive Director, Founder & CEO Craig is a widely-recognized expert on consumer trust and the convergence/importance of online policy, privacy, security, governance and stewardship.  Recognized as a voice of reason and a trusted advisor, Craig is on the board of the Identity Theft Council, on the editorial advisory board of SC Magazine and on the Federal Communications Commission’s Communication Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council.  In addition, Craig is an active member of the Email Service & Providers Coalition, InfraGard, the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the Anti-Phishing Working Group.  Prior to OTA, Craig spent over a decade at Microsoft, as Director of Security & Privacy Product Management for Internet Explorer, driving the development of anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-malware and privacy enabling technologies. Previously, Spiezle held various managerial positions at Microsoft, beginning in 1992, including international channel development, licensing and product support.  During his tenure, Spiezle pioneered research to address the digital divide.  \Spiezle hold a BS from the Rochester Institute of Technology, an MBA from Seattle University. Andy Steingruebl Sr. Manager Internet Standards & Governance, PayPal Inc. Andy is the manager of Internet standards and governance for PayPal. In this role, he serves as a technical expert in systems and application security. Andy previously managed the secure development program for all PayPal applications including the websites supporting PayPal's tens of millions of active  customers. He has been with PayPal since 2006.  Sal Tripi Assistant Vice President, Digital Operations and Compliance - Publishers Clearing House Mr. Tripi is the Senior Director of Operations and Compliance for Publishers Clearing House (PCH), the United States' largest and best-known sweepstakes company. He has had many successes in a variety of operational areas including compliance, privacy, order processing, and merchandise fulfillment.  Mr. Tripi successfully developed and implemented compliance policies and practices that allowed PCH to expand their entrepreneurial endeavors while maintaining a reputation as a legitimate email marketer. Ben Wilson General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Industry Relations - DigiCert, Inc., Ben has practiced law for over 20 years, focusing on Internet and information security.  As a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Ben has deep expertise in the public key infrastructure (PKI) implementation, with a focus on the identification processes used to authenticate and issue digital certificates to PKI subscribers.  He is an active participant in the American Bar Association's Section of Science and Technology Law and its Information Security Committee.   Mr. Wilson also represents DigiCert with the Certification Authority / Browser Forum.  Locally, Mr. Wilson has been chair of the Utah State Bar's Cyberlaw Section, and he is a Master of the Bench in the Sutherland-Watkiss American Inn of Court.  He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi from the University of Utah in 1987 with an Honors B.A. in Economics and in 1990 with a Juris Doctorate. Board Members - Emeritus & Past Board Members Howard A. Schmidt Office of the President - White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard was appointed by President Obama in January 2010 as the Presidential Cybersecurity advisor, after serving on OTA board since 2006.  Howard has had a long and distinguished career in defense, law enforcement and corporate security spanning almost 40 years. He previously retired from the White House after 31 years of public service in local and federal government. Prior he was President of the Information Security Forum and President and CEO of R & H Security Consulting LLC.  Previously, he was the CSO at Microsoft Corporation, CISO at eBay and appointed by President Bush as the Cyber Security Advisor to the White House. Ken Takahashi Vice President Global Channels, Return Path Inc Ken joined Return Path in 2006 to launch the company's international operations and currently oversees the company’s channel partner business around the world.  He joined Return Path from DoubleClick’s email division (which was later acquired by Epsilon) where he served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships.  In that capacity, Ken was responsible for all aspects of global partner strategy, management and execution in addition to running the industry's first international email deliverability team located throughout North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.   His email marketing tenure started at MessageMedia and has exceeded the decade mark.  He has spent that time fighting spam and advocating on behalf of the online marketing community around the world.  Ken has been an active leader on the board of directors to the Online Trust Alliance.  He is a frequent industry speaker, editorial contributor and advisor to companies in the email and interactive marketing space.  He holds a Bachelors of Science degree from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.   Jeff Wilbur Vice President of Marketing - Iconix Jeff served as the 2008/2009 OTA Steering Committee board representative, elected by the Steering Committee and OTA strategic advisors. Jeff has over 25 years of experience in high technology, all focused on bringing new, industry-transforming communications technologies to market.  He has been involved at the founding stages of Ethernet, routing, switching, VOIP, unified messaging, and email authentication and services in both startups and Fortune 500 companies.  He has a BSEE from Kansas State University and MSEE from Stanford University.

Revised February 6, 2012