About Zentera Systems

Dr. Jaushin Lee is the founder, president, and chief executive officer of Zentera Systems, and the visionary behind the award-winning CoIP® (Cyber over IP) Platform, which accelerates the enterprise journey to Zero Trust security. With more than 20 years of R&D management and executive experience in networking and computer engineering, Dr. Lee has led innovation and driven business growth at startups and global technology leaders alike.

Prior to founding Zentera, he served as founder and CEO of Imera Systems, a secure collaboration solutions provider. Earlier in his career, he managed Cisco’s network search engine program, supporting core product lines such as the CRS-1 router, Catalyst 4K, and Catalyst 6K. Dr. Lee also held key management roles at Terawave Communications and Silicon Graphics and served as an assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Virginia.

Dr. Lee earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, his M.S. from Columbia University, and his B.S. from National Taiwan University, all in electrical engineering. A prolific innovator, he has published extensively in international conferences and journals and holds multiple U.S. patents. He was honored as the 2017 CIE Entrepreneur of the Year for his leadership and entrepreneurial achievements.

Mike Ichiriu heads marketing and product at Zentera, spearheading the advancement of cutting-edge Zero Trust solutions. With a comprehensive background across software, hardware, and systems, Mike excels at driving innovation to address both the business and technical challenges faced by customers. Prior to joining Zentera, he served as a senior executive at NetLogic Microsystems, where he played a pivotal role in guiding the company from pre-revenue to a successful IPO and eventual acquisition by Broadcom. At NetLogic, Mike was instrumental in the development of high-performance switching and routing silicon as well as DPI co-processors, which became critical components for leading firewall and IDPS vendors. He also led the virtual mobile infrastructure business at Avast. Mike holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Biology from the California Institute of Technology.

Nathanael Iversen, as Zentera’s Chief Evangelist, helps prospects and customers understand how segmentation, identity, and device posture apply to securing data centers, cloud, user, and OT systems.  He has over two decades of customer-facing experience, with a broad background in networking, security, and virtualization. Nathanael has held positions in systems engineering, product management, and technical marketing and has experience with enterprise data centers and telecommunications provider networks. He began his career designing and implementing large-scale data centers for the U.S. Air Force. Nathanael holds a degree in Communication Systems Design from the Community College of the Air Force.