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C. Kerry Nemovicher
Born	(1946-09-29) September 29, 1946 Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Education	St. John’s College (BA), Lehigh University (MS, PhD)
Occupation(s)	Technology entrepreneur, consultant, computer programmer, inventor, cybersecurity professional, farmer, soldier
Years active	1968–present
Children	Sivan Hong (née Nemovicher), Itai Nemovicher
Parent(s)	Joseph Nemovicher, Ph.D.; Rose Nemovicher

Dr. C. Kerry Nemovicher (born September 29, 1946) is an American technologist, inventor, and cybersecurity professional. With a professional career spanning over five decades, he has worked across academia, government, and industry on topics including artificial intelligence, secure communications, and operational technology security. He is currently the CEO and President of Crytica Security, Inc., a company he co-founded. Crytica Security was established to bring to market its Rapid Detection & Alert (RDA) system, a cybersecurity technology he developed.

Early life

Nemovicher was born in 1946 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. During his early years, the family lived in a modest apartment above his grandmother’s variety store in Astoria, Queens. As their circumstances improved, they relocated to Roslyn, Long Island, where he remained through high school.

His father, Joseph ("George") Nemovicher, was a World War II veteran who later earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from New York University and worked as a therapist. His mother, Rose ("Rae") Hibshman Nemovicher, served in the Signal Corps during World War II and later worked at Grumman Aerospace, where she became one of the company's first female senior executives. She also held a Master’s degree in philosophy from NYU and was active in civic life, including leadership in the League of Women Voters.

The Nemovicher household emphasized education, classical music, and dance. Both parents were involved in international folk dancing and later became instructors. He was exposed to subjects like mathematics, history, literature, and chess from an early age.

Education

Nemovicher attended Roslyn High School, where he participated in both academics and extracurricular activities. He played football, captained the chess team, served as editor of the yearbook and literary magazine, and led several science clubs.

While initially considering careers in astrophysics, nuclear physics, or constitutional law, Nemovicher enrolled at St. John’s College in Maryland in 1964. The institution is known for its Great Books curriculum, which emphasizes classical texts in philosophy, literature, mathematics, and science. While at St. John’s, he also developed an interest in music theory.

During college, Nemovicher led a volunteer program providing recreational activities for youth ward patients at Crownsville State Hospital. His summers included a variety of hands-on experiences: in 1965, he worked in the Alaskan woods for a homesteader; in 1966, he wrote a new edition of the college’s freshman lab manual; and in 1967, he studied archaeology at Oxford University, with a focus on the Roman period, and later joined an excavation of a Roman villa near London.

After graduating in 1968, he traveled to Israel, where he joined Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek and enrolled in an Ulpan, a program combining agricultural work with Hebrew language instruction. He later remained on the kibbutz as a volunteer. While there, Nemovicher began studying computer programming, influenced in part by his background in mathematics and exposure to technical publications.

In 1969, he was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), where he served in an infantry unit. He participated in both the War of Attrition and, later as a reservist, the Yom Kippur War.

Following his military service, Nemovicher accepted a programming position at Israel Aircraft Industries (now Israel Aerospace Industries) in 1972. He later represented the organization at the 1975 National Conference on Data Processing in Jerusalem, presenting in Hebrew on a system called COMFORT III. COMFORT III was a report-generating language designed to replace the earlier COMPORT II. It introduced a compiled-code approach by generating and executing COBOL programs from user-defined report parameters.

Doctoral studies and postdoctoral career

In the mid-1970s, Nemovicher returned to the United States to pursue graduate studies at Lehigh University. He earned a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering in 1978 and completed his Ph.D. in 1981. His doctoral dissertation, The EIDOS System: A Computer-Aided Methodology for Database Design, focused on automating the design of databases. As part of this work, he developed a software program that used input-output analysis to generate database schemata in Fourth Normal Form.

In 1980, Nemovicher joined Bell Labs. Following the breakup of the Bell System and the formation of the regional “Baby Bells” in 1984, he was recruited by the newly established NYNEX Corporation as part of a group of Bell Labs employees.

At NYNEX, he led two internal taskforces: one focused on the introduction of personal computers into the workplace, and another exploring applications for the emerging field of artificial intelligence (AI). In 1985, he chaired and presented at a panel session titled Applied Artificial Intelligence: Future or Fantasy at the National Computer Conference in Chicago.

Later that year, Nemovicher left NYNEX to establish a consulting firm, CKN Knowledge Engineering, Inc. His consulting work included IT system development, maintenance, and physical security assessments, particularly for government, defense, and academic clients. He consulted for companies such as AT&T and ABB.

During this period, he also taught software engineering as an adjunct professor at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and coached the college's fencing team. In 1995, he closed CKN Knowledge Engineering and accepted a two-year role as Chief Information Officer for a U.S.-based ABB subsidiary.

In 1997, Nemovicher launched Prometheus Consulting, a solo practice focused on systems design and technology advisory services. During this time, he was asked to develop a more secure email solution. The result was C-e-Mail™, a secure messaging system developed through V.N. Hermes, Inc., based on one of his patents. The system included encryption, virus scanning, and protections against traffic monitoring. The associated patent became one of his most frequently cited.

In the early 2000s, Nemovicher developed a secure file-sharing concept called Virtual Strongbox™, which allowed encrypted digital files to be shared while maintaining access control by the file’s creator. Each file also included a digitally signed audit trail to monitor access and activity.

He formally founded Keneisys Corp. in 2005 to commercialize the technology. Although the concept attracted early interest from companies such as Apple Inc. and several credit card firms, it was not adopted at the time. Nemovicher subsequently returned to individual consulting and public speaking while also focusing on family responsibilities.

Crytica Security

In 2017, Nemovicher met former Apple, Inc. executive C. Lloyd Mahaffey, and the two began discussing shared concerns about limitations in conventional cybersecurity approaches. These conversations led to the founding of Crytica Security in 2018, a company focused on developing and commercializing a new malware detection technology known as the Rapid Detection & Alert (RDA) system.

Following its launch, Crytica Security operated as a startup. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company transitioned to a fully remote structure, temporarily relocating its server infrastructure to Nemovicher’s home. Crytica Security later re-established a physical office in Reno, Nevada, and opened a second location in Boise, Idaho.

Crytica Security’s RDA system was developed to address specific limitations in some modern cybersecurity tools, particularly in reliably and rapidly detecting new or previously undocumented strains of malware. The RDA system was designed to detect at the time of injection, often within seconds, malware that is invisible to many other malware systems. With a native code binary of 100 KB or less, the RDA system was specifically developed to fit into and operate inside critical infrastructure and operational technology environments, which frequently have limited system resources.

Crytica Security’s RDA is currently deployed in a major metropolitan public utility and is being evaluated for use in other industrial and infrastructure contexts.

Patents and speaking engagements

Nemovicher holds multiple U.S. patents related to cybersecurity, secure messaging, and malware detection. His work on Crytica Security’s RDA system has resulted in the following:

• US-11,711,378-B1, issued July 25th, 2023
• US-20230421575-A1, issued December 28th, 2023
• US-12261854-B2, issued March 25, 2025

Nemovicher has given presentations on topics including cybersecurity, financial crime, secure communications, and military history. In 1985, he chaired a session on artificial intelligence titled Applied Artificial Intelligence: Future or Fantasy at the National Computer Conference. He has also spoken on anti–money laundering strategies, secure email systems, and historical topics at various industry and academic events.

Personal pursuits

Nemovicher has long maintained an interest in music, particularly classical and international folk traditions. He plays several instruments, including piano, guitar, mandolin, and recorder. He is also a reader and writer of history, literature, and philosophy, and has written poetry and short fiction.

Additionally, he has participated in a wide range of athletic activities, including body surfing, tennis, sailing, distance swimming, rock climbing, gymnastics, soccer, fencing, flag football, downhill skiing, hiking, and softball. As a teenager, he worked as a lifeguard and swim instructor. He later coached youth-level gymnastics, club soccer, and college-level fencing. He has also taught international folk dancing and continues to participate in dance communities.