Philip de Souza is the Founder and President of Aurora, a California-based consulting firm specializing in data security and compliance. As president, Philip is responsible for coordinating Aurora’s technology, sales and business development teams to strategically position the company as a unique and trusted advisor to its clients.

Philip has focused on developing Aurora’s presence in the implementation of data security solutions. Aurora has emerged from its network consulting origins to become an industry leader, with a comprehensive range of solutions for regulatory compliance, legal and best practices requirements to meet the needs of its clients. Aurora has sustained a record 20% growth rate over the past three years, managing effective resources and capacity utilization.

More recently, Philip led a team engaged in the design and development of SecurePATH™, a data encryption and regulatory compliance solution that is helping top-tier corporations protect their data, thereby solving a problem that costs corporations billions of dollars in theft, resources and lost intellectual property.