Executive Management Team

 

Cipher Communications, Incorporated was founded by executives with over 25 years experience in engineering, consulting, and project management. Our founder’s wealth of expertise spans government, state and commercial environments.

                                        

 

W. Eric Singleton, Chief Executive Officer

 

Eric Singleton is the Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for steering the corporate initiatives of Cipher.

 

Mr. Singleton has extensive experience in Certification and Accreditation (C&A) in both the defense and state levels. Mr. Singleton has successfully built and managed a C&A Team that worked with the Department of Defense to achieve a full Authority to Operate (ATO) for the PKI Enclave.  Mr. Singleton has also worked with the Department of Commerce (DOC) serving as Automated Information System (AIS) Team Lead and Principle Engineer. During period, Mr. Singleton lead the team that received one hundred (100%) IATO/ATO on each AIS.  Mr. Singleton has performed audit and assessment efforts for the Chicago Public Schools; the Cook County Treasure’s Office (Chicago, IL); and the University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine.

 

Mr. Singleton received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a concentration in software development and minor in business with concentration in marketing from Northeastern University, Boston.

 

 

Mark D. Wallace, Senior Vice President of Business Development

 

Mark Wallace is the Senior Vice President of Business Development and is responsible for steering the growth of Cipher Communications, Inc.

 

Mr. Wallace is an executive with extensive experience growing business units with small and large enterprises. Mr. Wallace has held Executive positions with Verizon Business’ IT, Nextel and KPMG Consulting. At Verizon, he created the channel strategy and Territory Plan for its fledgling IT outsourcing business securing over $10 million in new business. His diverse toolkit of business development skills was honed as former executive of Nextel Communications and a senior strategy consultant with KPMG’s Information, Communications and Entertainment (ICE) practice. At Nextel, Mr. Wallace directed the domestic, Latin American and Japanese business strategies in the voice and data services. Additionally, he wrote the requirements for and led a cross-functional team that transitioned Nextel On-Line’s mCommerce service line to the Product Management department.

 

Prior to working with Nextel, Mr. Wallace spent three years as a Senior Consultant with KPMG. There he consulted Wireless, Wire-line Carriers and Emerging Technology companies. In 1998, as a result of the 1998 Telecommunications Act, he devised and managed the first successful maintenance evaluation of an RBOC seeking a long-distance tarriff.  His findings led to over $50 million dollars in consulting revenue for KPMG.

 

Mr. Wallace has a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with a concentration in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of Business. He also holds a Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine Law School.