Ripcord Networks is a voice and video cryptographic security company. Their worldwide headquarters is in San Mateo, California

San Mateo, California

San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The company offers secure solutions for voice and video calling and conferencing from PC software, desk phones, cellular/mobile phones, femtocell, and through a secure Appliance.

Ripcord Networks was founded in 2003. Board members include Steve Wozniak

Steve Wozniak

Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak is an American computer engineer and programmer who founded Apple Computer, Co. with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne...

, Apple Computer's co-founder; John McAfee

John McAfee

John McAfee is a computer programmer and founder of McAfee. He was one of the first people to design anti-virus software and to develop a virus scanner. He was born in England and raised in Salem, Virginia...

, McAfee Antivirus founder, Ellen Hancock

Ellen Hancock

Ellen Hancock is a technology manager from the United States who has worked for IBM and Apple, among others.Hancock was born in the Bronx, New York City and raised in Westchester...

, the former CEO of Exodus Communications

Exodus Communications

Exodus Communications was an Internet hosting service and Internet service provider to dot-com businesses. It went broke, along with many of its customers, during the bursting of the dot-com bubble. It declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 and was purchased by Cable and Wireless in November...

, former CTO of Apple Computer, and former EVP of IBM; also on the board is Ret. Col. Mike Connor, the former COO of Cable & Wireless

Cable & Wireless

Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC is a global telecommunications company headquartered in Bracknell, United Kingdom. Cable & Wireless specialises in providing communication networks and services to large corporates, governments, carrier customers and resellers...

 USA, COO of Exodus Communications, EVP of ADP, and VP of research and development at Apple Computer. Ripcord's founder and CEO, Alex Fielding

Alex Fielding

Alex Fielding is Chief Technology Officer, Federal at . He co-founded Wheels of Zeus with Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak in 2001. Wheels of Zeus was a GPS products company building small, low-cost locator tags for kids, dogs, and high value assets that was sold in a private acquisition in 2006 to...

, is a noted expert in the areas of network technology and architecture and has held various posts at Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, DEC, Cadence, Exodus, TVDC, and co-founded Woz.com with Steve Wozniak.

External links

www.ripcord.com
Wired News reference
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/smartphones/ripcord-canopy-iphone-for-grownups-or-just-dreamsers-244107.php
http://www.macuser.com/people/the_ripcord_canopy_the_iphone.php
http://www.vonmag-digital.com/vonmag/200701/