Steven Sprague President & CEO

Since taking the helm as CEO in 2000, Mr. Sprague has played an integral role driving the industry transition to embed stronger, hardware-based security into the PC. He holds executive responsibility for all operations within Wave. During his time as CEO he has guided Wave to a position of market leadership in enterprise management of self-encrypting hard drives and Trusted Platform Module security chips. As a popular speaker and IT security thought leader, Mr. Sprague speaks at dozens of conferences and events each year—educating global audiences about the latest PC hardware security advancements and industry standards (both on behalf of Wave, and in his leadership role with the Trusted Computing Group). His expertise lies in leveraging advancements in hardware security for strong authentication, data protection, advanced password management, enterprise-wide trust management services and more. Mr. Sprague earned a BS from Cornell University in 1987.