Executives and Board of Directors

Kevin Simzer

Senior Vice President

A senior vice president for Entrust, Kevin Simzer has more than 21 years of experience in high technology, has held a variety of roles with the organization and is currently responsible for all aspects of research and development, product management, technical support, training, marketing and business development for Entrust globally. Prior to taking on the role of senior vice president, he was the vice president of research and development at Entrust.

Simzer's professional life has been distinguished by a number of industry firsts, as well as innovative research and development. His career began at Bell Northern Research, Nortel's research and development arm, working on product development for large-scale switching and data systems. Key projects included the world's first telephone switching system supporting Integrated Services Digital Network and a highly scalable distributed system built using Advanced Intelligent Networking technology.

Simzer spearheaded the expansion of the Entrust product portfolio to include a suite of products for assisting companies with securing their digital identities and information. Such efforts have been accomplished by both internal organic product developments, as well as in conjunction with several strategic acquisitions and successful technology integrations.

Simzer is on the board of the Queen University High Performance Computing Virtual Laborary and the board of Entrust Japan, a wholly owned subsidiary of Entrust, Inc.

In addition to his career at Entrust, Simzer is a founder and co-president of the Software Executive forum. The sole objective of this industry forum is the betterment of software products through the sharing of technology, process, procedures and best practices. Members include Cognos, Corel, Entrust, IBM and Oracle, among others. Simzer is also highly regarded by the industry at large, and is frequently invited both to participate and present at global conferences on topics spanning vertical markets.

A sports enthusiast, Simzer's competitive personality is further demonstrated outside the office in his strive to succeed in hockey, squash and running.

Simzer completed his undergraduate studies in computer engineering at the University of Ottawa and St. Lawrence College. In addition, Simzer earned a master's degree in business administration from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.