Authentify Management
Peter G. Tapling, President and CEO
Peter Tapling co-founded Authentify in 1999 and has held the position of President and CEO ever since. Tapling joined Authentify from Aurigin Systems (acquired by MicroPatent), and prior to that was Vice President of Strategic Development for NetDox and President of IDMetrix, a NetDox subsidiary. Tapling previously held senior management positions at startups in the information security and application development markets. He brings a wealth of industry and management experience having had responsibility, at various times, for sales, marketing, business development, finance and technical services. Tapling has concentrated his efforts on early-stage companies, both as a principal and advisor.
Tapling is an executive director of the Illinois Information Technology Association; a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the College of Applied Sciences and Technology at Illinois State University; and acts as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an advisor to a collection of small enterprises. He is a frequent speaker at industry forums. Tapling earned a B.S. degree in Applied Computer Science from Illinois State University.
Andrew R. Rolfe, Vice President of Development
Andy Rolfe brings over 20 years of experience in technical management and software engineering to Authentify's executive team. Prior to joining Authentify, Mr. Rolfe was a Senior Vice President at Bank of America, where he was in charge of the overall architecture and development processes for a series of Internet financial products for the Bank's largest commercial customers. Before Bank of America, Mr. Rolfe was employee number two at NetDox, Inc. a secure Internet document delivery service provider. He served as Vice President of Development, senior architect, and senior designer. Mr. Rolfe has also held key technical and managerial positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Odesta Systems Corporation. He was also an independent software consultant to the City of Chicago.
Mr. Rolfe earned his Bachelor's degree in Physics, with a Computer Science concentration, from Shippensburg State College.
John Zurawski, Vice President of Sales and Marketing
John Zurawski brings over 20 years of sales and marketing experience to Authentify. Prior to joining Authentify, Mr. Zurawski was Chief Operating Officer at ditto.com, a visual search engine site. Mr. Zurawski helped grow the company from 8 to 50 employees and was responsible for negotiating strategic alliances with key industry players such as NBCi and Inkomi. Prior to that, Mr. Zurawski was Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Dynasty Technologies. Among Dynasty's first employees, he helped develop major reference accounts. He also served as National Accounts Manager for SPSS, Inc., a provider of statistical and analytical software.
Mr. Zurawski graduated from Loyola University with a B.S. in Biology.