Frank W. Sudia

 

1718 M Street NW, #1198

Tel: 202-350-7726

Washington, DC 20036

Fax: 866-861-6925

www.fwsudia.com

 

A. Summary

 

 

 

B. Employment

 

Avocet Sports Technology, Inc. (founded 1977)

VP of Business Development / Jan 2004 to present

 

 

FW Sudia Consulting (formerly SudiaLab)

Owner (self-employed) / January 1999 to Present

 

·         Information security policy consulting

·         Expert evaluations of information security technologies

·         Intellectual property protection and licensing

 

Bankers Trust Company (now Deutsche Bank NY)

Managing Director (role), BT Strategic Ventures / Aug 1997 to Dec 1998

 

 

Vice-President, BT Electronic Commerce (CertCo) / April 1994 to April 1997

 

 

Asst. Vice-President, Technology Strategic Planning / Jan 1991 to March 1994

 

 

 

Prior to Bankers Trust, Frank worked in Washington, DC as a consultant to various government agencies, including HHS, FDA, EPA, NIH, National Park Service, Minerals Management Service, and Office of Surface Mining. (Dates and details on request. See database projects list below.)

 

 

C. Education

 

J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 1983

B.A., Social Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979

LES Fundamentals of Intellectual Asset Management, Certificate, October 2001

 

 

D. PKI and Data Security Projects (1992-98)

 

Fintegrity Ventures

 

 

BT Ventures

 

 

BT Electronic Commerce / CertCo, Inc.

 

 

Bankers Trust Technology

 

 

 

E. Standards and Policy Work

 

American Bankers Association, X9.F1 Working Group; Leading contributor to ANSI X9.30-31, X9.55, X9.79, and X.509 Version 3; Co-Author of ANSI X9.45, "Enhanced Management Controls Using Attribute Certificates." 

 

American Bar Association, Section of Science and Technology Law, Information Security Committee (ABA-ISC); Member of Editorial Committee for ABA-ISC "Digital Signature Guidelines" (1994); CyberNotary Committee, on international notarial practice. Contributed to passage of US federal E-SIGN Act, Utah Digital Signature Act, and the Florida & Alabama Civil Notary Laws.

 

American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM E-31.20 Medical Records Authentication.

 

National Notary Association, Advisor for Model Notary Act.

 

 

F. Technical Papers & Other Publications

 

v0.9  Pre-print on KurzweilAI.net, August 2001

v1.0  Journal of Futures Studies, November 2001, Tamkang University, Taipei

v1.1  Law Update, August 2004, Al Tamimi & Co, Dubai

v1.2  Special Report, Lifeboat Foundation, March 2007

 

 

G. Business Database Projects (1985-92)

 

 

 

H. Patents & Published Applications

 

As of August 19, 2007 my issued patents had been cited 698 times in other US patents, an average of 50 times each.

 

Issued US Patents

 

7,085,780: Method and apparatus for monitoring a database system, 8-1-06

6,209,091: Multi-step digital signature method and system, 3-27-01

6,029,150: Payment and transactions in electronic commerce system (co-designer), 2-22-2000

5,995,625: Electronic cryptographic packaging, 11-30-99

5,903,882: Reliance server for electronic transaction system, 5-11-99

5,867,578: Adaptive multi-step digital signature system and method of operation thereof, 2-2-99

5,825,880: Multi-step digital signature method and system, 10-20-98

5,659,616: Method for securely using digital signatures in a cryptographic system, 8-19-97

4,388,892: Process and apparatus for generation of steam via catalytic combustion, 6-21-83

 

6,009,177: Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 12-28-99

5,872,849: Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 2-16-99

5,857,022: Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 1-5-99

5,850,451: Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 12-15-98

5,841,865: Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 11-24-98

5,799,086: Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 8-25-98

 

Published Applications

 

20050204129: Multi-step digital signature method and system

20050114666: Blocked tree authorization and status systems

20050114653: Certificate revocation notification systems

20040024736: Method and apparatus for monitoring a database system

20020062438: Reliance server for electronic transaction system

20020029337: Method for securely using digital signatures in a commercial cryptographic system

20020013898: Method and apparatus for roaming use of cryptographic values

20010050990: Method for initiating a stream-oriented encrypted communication

20010011255: Reliance management for electronic transaction system

WO 01/25874: System [...] for providing verified network sessions with visual confirmation

WO 01/11812: Distributed rule enforcement system

WO 00/22787: Method [...] for providing enhanced electronic mail services

 

 

I. Tools Skills

 

C, Visual Studio, BSafe, SQL (Sybase, Oracle, IBM DB2), xBase, some Unix

MS-Word, PowerPoint, Visio, FrontPage, Acrobat, Excel, Visual FoxPro

 

 

J. Invited Talks & Panels

 

IP Society / Santa Cruz / Leveraging IP Assets

Aug 2002

VC Task Force / Brobeck / Leveraging IP Assets

July 2002

EDS / Baltimore Technologies / PKI Symposium

June 1999

FT Ventures / LP Meeting / Internet Security

June 1999

Columbia / Etzioni Encryption Debate Panelist

April 1999

Digital Commerce Society of New York

Nov 1998

National Notary Association Annual Conference

June 1996

E-Mail World / Web World Conference

April 1995

AICPA Computer Audit Subcommittee

Q1 1995

International Cryptography Institute

Oct 1995

International Information Integrity Institute (Merck)

1995

Office of Technology Assessment, Panel

Dec 1994

Institute of Internal Auditors, Conference Panel

Fall 1994

National Association of Secretaries of State

July 1994

National Conference on Supercomputing Applications

June 1994

US Council for Int'l Business, Info Policy Committee

May 1994

US Computer System Security and Privacy Adv. Board

Mar 1994

ANSI X9.F1 Wholesale Financial Services Security

Feb 1994

RSA Data Security Conference (key recovery)

Jan 1994

RSA Data Security Conference (endpoint security)

Jan 1993

 

 

K. Awards and Advisory Boards

 

KurzweilAI.net, “Big Thinkers List” (2001)

Global Consciousness Project, Theory Committee (2002)

Lifeboat Foundation, Advisory Board (2006-8)