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 alex fielding chief technology officer computer scientist electrical engineer
alex fielding

alex fielding is an american engineer and manager .
fielding started his career as an engineer at cisco systems and apple .
shortly after departing apple , he worked at exodus communications for ellen hancock .
exodus ' ceo who was apple 's former cto .
he co-founded wheels of zeus with apple 's co-founder steve wozniak in 2001 .
it was sold to zontrak in 2006 .
fielding became ceo of encryption products company ripcord networks in 2004 with former apple ceo , gil amelio , cto , hancock , and wozniak on its board .
the company existed through about 2009 when it 's assets were purchased in an undisclosed transaction .
he was chief technology officer , federal at power assure and then vice president at vigilent .
fielding is on the board of directors of pharmacapture and california women empowering women , cawew , a 501c3 non-profit .
he is an advisor to tedmed and ted wed. .
he is a donor to unicef .
fielding is a former member of mensa and svase .
he has been a contributor on several patents including early work on inter-satellite routing .
he is a contributing member of two nist working groups on scap .
