Daniel Sanderson
Daniel Sanderson is the President of SafeLive Corporation of New
Richmond, WI. Along with his son, Joel, he conceived the idea of
building an e-mail product that uses biometrics for security and
authentication. This product, called SendItSecure, is now on the market
and provides unprecedented security for messaging over the Internet.
Dan earned his BA degree from Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, in 1977,
graduating Magna Cum Laude. He majored in Spanish and minored in math.
He then went to Wartburg Seminary in Austin, Texas, and received his
Master of Divinity degree in 1980. After serving as a pastor in Texas,
he returned to being a student, attending Texas A & M University, where
he graduated in 1985 with a Masters of Computer Science degree.
Dan’s first job in the software industry was at Lockheed Missiles and
Space, Austin, Texas, where he designed and built software development
environments that supported the Ada programming language. In 1987, he
took a job at Digital Equipment Corporation, Colorado Springs, Colorado,
and worked in the Database Systems group developing commercial software
tools. Dan also worked as a software manager at a small startup company
in Edina, Minnesota, before going into software consulting.
Since 1995, Dan has owned and operated Living Software, Inc., of New
Richmond, Wisconsin. During this time he has worked for a wide variety
of clients, including 3M, Fisher-Rosemount, Delta Technology, WR Medical
Electronics, Thompson Corporation, ATE Technologies, the State of Maine
legislature, the State of West Virginia legislature, the Missouri
Department of Corrections, Westfields Hospital, and BIO-key
International.
In 1999, Living Software introduced a software application for the
agricultural market called DairyLive. Dan was the main contributor in
all areas, including design, development, and marketing. This
application is used by hundreds of dairy farmers throughout the world.
Dan is currently pursuing an advanced degree in Management at the
University of Wisconsin – River Falls.
Presentation: "Securing your desktop with your biometric".
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