Our team
Deep cryptographic research meets secure implementation, silicon engineering, product strategy, and company development.
HeadquartersBoca Raton, Florida
Founder
Dr. Reza Azarderakhsh founded PQSecure after more than a decade of work in cryptographic engineering, protocol design, and cryptanalysis. His research has consistently focused on the difficult step between sound mathematics and secure, efficient implementation.
That perspective shapes the team today: researchers, hardware and software engineers, product-security specialists, and commercialization leaders working together rather than in separate silos.
He earned his PhD in Computer Engineering from Western University and completed postdoctoral research at the Center for Applied Cryptographic Research at the University of Waterloo. Reza has authored more than 100 papers, serves as an editor for the cryptography track of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, and was a co-submitter of SIKE in the NIST post-quantum cryptography standardization process.
Leadership and engineering
Experience across cryptographic research, secure hardware, software, product strategy, and technology commercialization.
VP Corporate Development
Ron brings more than 25 years of experience building and commercializing technology companies.
He founded Systems Design & Development, which was acquired by BroadSoft in 2014, and has held leadership roles across technology, entrepreneurship, and university programs. Ron holds a BSc in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science from Saint John University and an MSc in Management of Technology from the University of Minnesota.
VP Commercial Development
Mike works across product security, silicon IP, and the path from technical capability to customer adoption.
His career spans cryptography, including post-quantum cryptography, silicon intellectual property, EDA ecosystems, product positioning, and customer engagement.
VP Engineering
Mehran works across pre- and post-quantum cryptographic engineering, with particular depth in secure hardware.
Before joining academia, he worked at AMD on secure ASIC design and cryptographic coprocessors. He is a faculty member in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida, has authored more than 100 articles, and serves as an editor for three IEEE Transactions journals.
Senior Cryptographic Hardware Engineer
Rami develops cryptographic hardware with a background spanning mathematics, programming, and embedded systems.
He earned his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Florida Atlantic University, where his research included cryptographic engineering and secure hardware implementations.
Senior Cryptographic Hardware Engineer
Bakry focuses on secure and efficient implementations of post-quantum cryptography.
He was an NSF/IPERF postdoctoral fellow and earned his PhD from George Mason University. His doctoral work examined lightweight and post-quantum implementations designed to resist side-channel attacks.
Senior Computer Engineer
Luke works on the boundary between cryptography, network security, and hardware/software co-design.
He holds an MS from Virginia Tech and a PhD from George Mason University. His work includes IoT security, lattice-based cryptography, and FPGA implementations designed for both performance and security.
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