Neil Costigan

Dr. Neil Costigan brings over 25 years of effective entrepreneurial and technical leadership in venture-backed startups and global technology corporations throughout the EU and US. Before BehavioSec, he built his career in software development, executive leadership, and entrepreneurship. As the co-founder and CTO at PKI Specialists Celo Communications (Celo) first in Stockholm then California, he advanced the technical strategy, and formed strong strategic partnerships. He also served as Vice President of R&D at Gemplus (now Gemalto), a digital security giant in Aix-en-Provence, France.

A cryptographer by training, Neil received both a B.S in Computer Applications and a M.Sc in Computer Science from Dublin City University. He furthered his education by graduating with a Ph.D in Computer Science for his thesis on Elliptic Curve Cryptography on Modern Processor Architectures. He currently resides in San Francisco, USA. When he isn’t travelling between San Francisco and Luleå on business, he enjoys adventure biking and a friendly match of pool.