About Me

Dr. David Pensak founded V.i. Laboratories after a distinguished 30-year career at DuPont where he most recently served as chief computer scientist. He retired from DuPont in 2004. He was also the founder and inventor of technology for two successful information security companies. Raptor Systems provided the first commercial Internet firewalls for business and industry. The company's rapid growth, commercial success and eventual acquisition by AXENT Technologies (now Symantec) led to technical and financial recognition for Dr. Pensak. Subsequently, he founded Authentica (acquired by EMC in February 2006), a recognized leader in the enterprise digital rights management market. He now runs his own research institute to extend some of his chemical inventions and is also on the faculty of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Pensak earned a PhD. in chemistry from Harvard University and an AB in chemistry from Princeton University.