Andrew is the founder, President and CEO of 01 Communique and IronCAP. He started 01 Communique in 1992 and took the company public in 2000. Andrew was a nominee of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year award in 2001. He holds a B.Sc. (Hon) degree in Computer Science from the University of Western Ontario.

Besides over 25 years’ experience in communications, mobile, and cyber security solutions development, he also has 12 years’ experience in patent prosecution. Andrew is a co-inventor of 7 patents plus several patent-pending applications.

Andrew’s expertise and curiosity in post-quantum cybersecurity lead to the birth of IronCAP. He and his team researched, developed, patented and demonstrated the world’s first proven commercially available quantum-safe data encryption.