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Todd Wilkinson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Entrust. Under his leadership, Entrust has expanded its position in the Payments and Information Security markets. In 2014, he ushered in a new era for the company as Datacard Group acquired Entrust and became Entrust Datacard. The combining of expertise from both organizations was noted and recognized by industry analysts including Gartner, which called out the company as a Visionary in its Magic Quadrant.

Mr. Wilkinson first joined the company a decade ago as the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. He has served as President and CEO since 2008. Previously he held executive roles at General Electric after beginning his career at USG Corporation. Mr. Wilkinson holds both a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree from Northern Illinois University.

Tony Ball is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) business unit at Entrust. Mr. Ball joined the company in 2016 to provide leadership, global strategy and innovation for the access control and authentication solution segments.

Mr. Ball has deep knowledge in the industry and previously served as President IAM for HID Global and as Senior Vice President for banking and security products for Gemalto across EMEA. He began his career at Schlumberger Technologies with over 20-years in multiple leadership roles across the globe preceding appointments to the executive ranks. Mr. Ball studied finance and business at Bournemouth & Poole College UK, and completed the IMD executive leadership program, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Mike Baxter joined Entrust in 2010 as Vice President, Product Development. Previously he held the position of Vice President, Engineering and Operations for FSI International. He also held leadership positions in new product development for the Solvay Group, in Europe and the U.S. Mr. Baxter holds a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Kurt Ishaug was named Chief Financial Officer in December 2008 and now also has responsibility for Legal and Information Security. Mr. Ishaug first joined Entrust in 2006 as Vice President of Planning and Analysis. Previously, he held financial leadership positions with GE Commercial Finance, most recently leading the global planning and analysis function. Mr. Ishaug holds a Master of Business Taxation degree from the University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Business and a Bachelors in Accounting from North Dakota State University.

Phil Kasper is Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Service for Entrust leading all Sales, Professional Services, and Support Services functions for the company. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Kasper spent three years as the Regional Vice President of Sales for the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa for Entrust – a geography that comprises 75 percent of the worldwide revenue. He joined Entrust with 25 years of sales leadership including his most recent role as Vice President of International Sales at Oracle Corporation and prior roles at NCR Corporation as Sales Region Vice President for Services Sales in North America and Vice President of Product Marketing. Mr. Kasper has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dayton and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in accounting from Wright State University.

Karen Kaukol is CMO at Entrust. She has broad product management and marketing experience in global payments, financial services and information technology. Karen is responsible for leading the global marketing strategy and execution for the company.

Prior to joining Entrust, Kaukol served as CMO for Graebel Relocation, where she led sales enablement, market research, event marketing, the company’s new customer acquisition and customer retention programs, as well as a corporate rebranding effort and new website development. She also spent 17 years at First Data, most recently serving as senior vice president of global marketing. Karen holds an MBA from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and a bachelor degree in marketing and telecommunications from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Beth Klehr is Chief Human Resources Officer for Entrust. Beth joined the organization in 2010 and during her tenure has held several critical Human Resources roles, including human resources business partner and vice president of HR.

Beth has more than 20 years of Human Resource experience spanning a variety of global technology organizations. Prior to joining Entrust, she held HR leadership roles with Prime Therapeutics and ADC Telecommunications. Beth holds a Bachelor of Science in human resources management from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

Sam Morcos is Senior Vice President and General Manager, Certificate Services for Entrust. In this role he leads product development, operations and verifications for certificate services and what is frequently called SSL for websites. Mr. Morcos returned to Entrust in 2015 following a 25-year career in high technology businesses and much of it in security software. He previously consulted or held leadership roles at Third Brigade/Trend Micro, Recognia, Privacy Analytics and Entrust. On his return to the company, Morcos assumed full leadership for the SSL business and within three quarters the business was again achieving record quarterly revenue. Mr. Morcos received a bachelor’s in Physics from the University of Waterloo, a Master in Instrumentation Physics from the University of Utah and a Master of Business Administration in International Business and Finance from York University’s Schulich School of Business.

Mr. Anudeep Parhar joined Entrust in 2016 to lead the company’s rapid expansion to the cloud for all facets of the business. His vision and leadership is vital to transforming the company’s technology operations for colleagues and customers and increasing the digital security posture. Mr. Parhar joined the company from Bloom Health where he served as chief technology officer. He previously held executive level IT and Technology roles at Digital River, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Thomson Reuters West. He has a master’s in computer science from the University of Minnesota, Moorhead and a Bachelor’s in computer science and engineering from Gulbarga University, India.

Chris Pelletier is the Senior Vice President and General Manager Financial Instant Issuance responsible for process effectiveness globally and driving strategic initiatives. Mr. Pelletier joined Entrust as Business Process Leader in 2010. Prior to joining Entrust, Chris held senior leadership positions at Four51 and Concur Technologies. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance from California State University, a Master of Science degree in Management – MIS, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland.

Cindy Provin is Senior Vice President & General Manager of nCipher Security. In this role, Ms. Provin leads a world-class team of security professionals who empower organizations by delivering trust, integrity and control to their business critical information and applications.

Ms. Provin has a proven track record of leading high growth, profitable data security organizations. In roles as CEO, President and Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, she established Thales eSecurity as a world leader in data security and hardware security modules, had a leadership role in three major acquisitions and led the nCipher divesture from Thales. Previously, Cindy was Vice President of the Product Division for Racal Data Group. She holds a bachelor's degree in business from University of Miami and an MBA from Lewis University in Chicago.

Jeff Smolinski is Senior Vice President of Operations, providing strategic and operational direction to its global continuation technology, manufacturing and supplier management functions. Prior to joining Entrust, Mr. Smolinski was Senior Vice President of worldwide operations for X-Rite, Inc., the world leader in color management and color measurement technologies. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University.

Matt Stern is Senior Vice Present of Business Development at Entrust. In this role, Mr. Stern plays a critical role in the company’s strategic business direction by sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and closing acquisitions, equity investments and joint ventures.

Mr. Stern started his career with Entrust in 2009 as Corporate Business Development Director and was promoted to Vice President Business Development in 2010. Prior to joining Entrust, he was an investment banker specializing in Merger & Acquisition advisory services at various firms, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Piper Jaffray. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University.

Lisa Tibbits was named General Counsel and Secretary of Entrust in April, 2007. Ms. Tibbits first joined Entrust in 2000 as a Senior Corporate Attorney. Previously, she served as Corporate Counsel for Rainforest Café restaurants worldwide and worked for the firm Leonard, Street and Deinard in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ms. Tibbits is licensed to practice law in Minnesota and California and holds a Juris Doctor degree from Hamline University and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Arizona State University.