Management Team

Thi Nguyen-Huu
President and Chief Executive Officer

Thi Nguyen-Huu is President and CEO of WinMagic. He founded the company in 1997 with a vision to create encryption solutions that could meet the most demanding data protection requirements of governments and enterprises.

Under Nguyen-Huu’s direction, WinMagic has demonstrated consistent growth, leadership and innovation in its market space, becoming an international organization with presence in dozens of countries and millions of seats of software deployed. Nguyen-Huu’s original software design was built on open standards including Public Key Cryptographic Standards PKCS-11; this has enabled SecureDoc to be extremely adaptable, rapidly responding to unique customer requirements and supporting new technologies. In addition to his technical innovation, Nguyen-Huu also champions the culture of customer service at WinMagic.

WinMagic is Nguyen-Huu’s third successful venture. Prior to forming the company, he founded two consulting firms that provided software solutions for industrial process automation. Born in Hue, Vietnam, Nguyen-Huu is a graduate of the Technical University in Konstanz, Germany, and began his career as an applications engineer with Siemens AG. He is married with four children, and is an accomplished prestidigitator.

Garry L McCracken
Vice President, Technology Partnerships

Garry McCracken has more than 25 years of experience in data communications and information security. He has been responsible for the development of WinMagic's full-disk encryption solutions for desktops, laptops, and PDAs. More recently he has focused on forming partnerships to incorporate new technologies into WinMagic solutions. Prior to working at WinMagic, McCracken was vice President at Kasten Chase, a publicly traded technology company, where he played a key role in assuring the company's compliance with strict security standards imposed by the Canadian and International Industrial Security Directorate. He has also made significant contributions to the company's research and development program, custom development services, and its ISO-9001 certified quality system. McCracken has worked on many projects with influential security organizations including the Communications Security Establishment and, in particular, managing the development of remote access data security solutions for the U.S. National Security Agency’s RASP program.

McCracken holds an Honours, Co-op, Bachelor of Mathematics degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. He furthered his education by successfully completing CATA's Certified Advanced Technology Manager program, writing the BS 7799-2 Information Security Management System Auditor exam, and obtaining the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) designation from (ISC)2.

Justin Anthony Nguyen
Chief Strategy Officer

Justin Nguyen has developed a considerable reputation as a designer and manager of complex organizational structures. He is dedicated to the rapid roll-out of globalization and has pioneered many innovations and creative solutions to help executive teams be all that they can be.

Justin brings more than 18 years of experience in executive management to WinMagic. His business acumen was instrumental in developing partnerships with key decision-makers and business leaders in the high-tech industry. Justin served as Chairman, President & CEO of NextChoice Inc., a startup technology company in New Hampshire. He was VP of Business Development at Widcomm Inc., later acquired by Broadcom-BRCM, and as VP of Strategic Planning at NeoPoint.

Justin started his technical career by working with a variety of leaders in the field, including Xilinx, IBM, National Semiconductors and Conner Peripheral. He holds a Bachelor degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of California (Davis), and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. Personal interests include Coaching Science Olympiad, golf, soccer, skiing and spending time with his extended family in California.

John E. Atkinson
Vice President, Sales

Mr. Atkinson has a more than two decades of success in international technology sales & marketing, with deep domain expertise in security (particularly smartcards). Joining WinMagic from IdentiPHI in 2008, Mr. Atkinson also has held senior roles with a range of global organizations including NBS Technologies, Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, and an 8-year stint with smartcard vendor Gemplus. Mr. Atkinson was instrumental in the growth and success of Gemplus, including leadership in key areas of expansion (the UK & Australia).

Mr. Atkinson also served in key roles at Samsung, Hitachi, Hawke Electronics, and GEC Avionics from 1984 to 1992, holding a series of sales, marketing, operational and financial positions including Northern European Major Accounts Manager for Samsung Semiconductor Europe-Germany.

Mr. Atkinson holds a bachelor's degree in science, electrical, and electronic engineering, with honors from the Queens University of Belfast.

Michel Nerrant
Vice President, Business Development

Mr. Nerrant is a seasoned business development executive with experience in driving the success of international business development initiatives & technology deployments. Mr. Nerrant joins WinMagic from IdentiPHI where he managed relationships with both suppliers and distributors from 2005-2008. Prior to IdentiPHI, Mr. Nerrant spent 15 years at global organizations including Schlumberger and Protocom.
Mr. Nerrant has been involved in the security industry for more than 10 years. He was responsible for the development of the first unattended Light Rail POS with on-line credit card in the US. He then moved to Toronto, Canada as Territory Manager where he was responsible for the largest North American Automated Parking POS at the city of Toronto.

Michael Inglis
Vice President, Finance

A Chartered Accountant since 1987, Michael has 10 years experience working with software companies. As Vice President, Finance, Michael devotes much of his time working with sales, legal and contract administration, and is responsible for financial accounting and reporting, budgeting and planning, risk management, insurance and tax matters.

Michael has enjoyed working with small to mid-sized businesses in the IT sector. Prior to joining WinMagic, Michael held the position of Vice President Finance at BlueCat Networks, Whitehill Technologies and InSystems Technologies. Prior to his career in the IT sector, Mike held a number of increasingly responsible finance positions with Unilever, one of the world’s largest consumer products companies. He received his CA designation while articling with KPMG, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.

Joseph Belsanti
Vice President, Marketing

Joseph Belsanti brings over 19 years IT sector experience in senior level sales and marketing roles to WinMagic. As Vice President of Marketing, Belsanti is responsible for developing marketing strategy, including public relations, analyst relations, and corporate positioning, for WinMagic’s SecureDoc full-disk encryption product suite. His area of work and expertise is focused on data at rest security solutions, and the alignment of business and IT processes to comply with privacy and security regulations.

Belsanti’s career includes a solid background in direct and channels sales having sold software and hardware solutions in Canada, the United States and South East Asia. Belsanti has worked with influential organizations affecting enterprise applications including BlueCat Networks, Pitney Bowes, Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co., Hummingbird Communications, and Xerox. In past roles, he has held various progressive sales and marketing leadership roles in the fields of E-services (CRM, E-procurement, Web Services and E-business), software connectivity solutions (X servers, NFS clients, and terminal emulators), IT hardware products and test and measurement equipment.

Belsanti holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Italian studies as well as a Masters Degree in Italian Literature from the University of Toronto. He is married with two children and now resides in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada.