Rowan Trollope

Rowan Mehail Trollope, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the senior vice president of consumer products at Symantec Corporation. Rowan joined Symantec in 1991, and has held positions in technical support, quality assurance and programming, along with various management roles throughout both the consumer and enterprise organizations within Symantec. In his current role, Rowan manages all components of product management and development within the Consumer organization, leading the development of Norton’s security solutions, including Norton Internet Security, Norton AntiVirus, and Norton 360.

Prior to Rowan’s current position, he served as vice president of Security Management Products at Symantec where he was responsible for key enterprise security solutions, including Symantec Security Information Manager and Symantec Enterprise Security Manager. Rowan has also served as vice president of research and development for Symantec consumer products, leading the Norton brand to market leadership in Internet security.

Rowan holds a variety of patents in computer security and operating systems maintenance, and remains very active in the software industry, being regularly cited as an expert of consumer products and consumer security. In addition to his work with Symantec, Rowan has co-founded a software company, [http://softwareshelf.com Software Shelf Inc] , where he now serves on the Board, and also serves on the Advisory board for Mitsui Venture Partners and is an active member of the IEEE.

References

* [http://www.symantec.com/about/profile/management/executives/bio.jsp?bioid=rowan_trollope Bio at symantec.com]
* [http://www.rowantrollope.com/aboutme.php Bio at rowantrollope.com]

Press Citations

* [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_33/b4096060672925.htm Business Week Article on Rowan Trollope]
* [http://hackersblog.itproportal.com/?p=274 IT Pro Portal Hacker's Block]
* [http://news.com.com/Symantec+wants+to+lend+a+hand+with+Vista+security/2100-7355_3-6148872.html News.com]
* [http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1204084,00.html Tech Target]
* [http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/interview-with-rowan-trollope-of.html Sunbelt Blog (1)]
* [http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/symantec-vp-rowan-trollope-on.html Sunbelt Blog (2)]
* [http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=75978 Byte and Switch]
* [http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2082910,00.asp eWeek]
* [http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=VM0CJXWGHRB3AQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=193700276&queryText=dslreports Information Week]
* [http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_5306428?nclick_check=1 San Jose Mercury News (1)]
* [http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_5306622 San Jose Mercury News (2)]
* [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1918142,00.asp PC Magazine]
* [http://www.securitypronews.com/articles/security/spn-23-20050126InformationIntegrityKeepingYourBusinessUpRunningandGrowing.html Security Pro News]
* [http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/193303504 TechWeb]