John De Santis

Director John De Santis is a technology executive and a past chairman and CEO of HyTrust, an IT infrastructure security software company that was acquired by Entrust in January 2021. He is a company-builder with experience in the software, networking and information security domains. De Santis has more than 30 years of international and US-based experience at venture-backed technology start-ups as well as at large global public companies in the telecom and IT fields. He currently serves on the fiduciary boards of Cequence Security and ValiMail, leading innovators in the cybersecurity space. De Santis holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Fairfield University.