Francis Cianfrocca
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Bayshore Networks
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Bayshore Networks
Francis Cianfrocca is the inventor of the Bayshore cybersecurity platforms. Cianfrocca guides Bayshore’s technology vision and provides critical strategic direction. In 1995, he founded Tempest Software. Tempest developed middleware products for advanced enterprise applications. In 1991, he founded Heldenleben Corp., where he developed HeldenPort, the world’s first compiler for a graphical 4GL. The product was licensed and marketed to more than 40,000 developers around the world. Prior to those start-ups, he held senior technology positions at the Bank of New York, New York Life Insurance Company and several major corporations. He holds several issued and pending patents. He is a noted expert in the fields of data security, computer-language design, and network communications.