Henry B. Wolfe, PhD, has been an active computer professional for 45 years. He has earned a number of university degrees, culminating with a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Otago (virus defenses in the MS/DOS environment). The first 10 years of his career were spent designing systems in the manufacturing environment; the most notable was one of the first fully-automated accounting systems in the U.S. The next 10 years of ever-increasing responsibility was devoted to serving in the U.S. Federal Government, rising to the position of director of management information systems for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
In 1979, Dr. Wolfe took up an academic post at the University of Otago, and for the past 20 or so years, has specialized in computer security (creating one of the first of the few security curriculum in the southern hemisphere). During that period, he has earned an international reputation in the field of forensics, encryption, surveillance, privacy, and computer virus defenses.
He has provided advice on security matters to major government bodies within New Zealand, and to Australian, Panamanian, Singaporean and U.S. government organizations, and additionally to New Zealand businesses and the major New Zealand Internet service providers.