Michael Willett

Dr. Michael Willett received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from NC State University. After a career as a university professor of mathematics and computer science, Willett joined IBM as a design architect, moving into IBM's Cryptography Competency Center. Recently, he was a Senior Director at Seagate Research, focusing on security functionality on hard drives, including self-encryption. He also chairs the Privacy Management Reference Model Project of the ISTPA, which has developed an operational reference model for implementing privacy requirements.