Our Team

 

Hongwen Zhang, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technical Officer

Co-founder of Wedge Networks, Inc., Dr. Zhang previously co-founded the 24C Group Inc., which pioneered the first digital receipts infrastructure for secure electronic commerce, and was a principal of Servidium Inc., a global leader in agile development methodology. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a M.Sc. in Computer Engineering. Throughout his 25+ years career and leadership in the enterprise software industry, Dr. Zhang has been instrumental in launching several commercially successful cyber security and safety products into the global market. This has resulted in successful customer adoptions; from his involvement in the Digital Receipt Infrastructure (with the 24C Group, and later AxWay), through his work with companies such as Valmet/Telvent (now Schneider), and Servidium (acquired by Thought Works Inc.). Dr. Zhang served as the Chair of the Metro Ethernet Forum’s (MEF) Security-as-a-Service working group, which defined the practices of Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) for many of the largest telecom service providers in the world. He is a well-respected speaker and writer in the areas of security and cloud computing. As a co-founder of Wedge Networks, Dr. Zhang has led the design, implementation, and launch of the firm’s patented, award-winning Deep Content Inspection and Security Services Orchestration platform.


Rob Fong, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Fong has more than 20 years of capital market experience, specializing in public markets, venture capital, corporate finance, business transformation and operations. Prior to joining Wedge, he was responsible for the listings and compliance & disclosure business for the TSX Venture Exchange as the Director for Western Canada. Mr. Fong has also held senior management roles at Northern Securities (vice president and branch manager) and Mackie Research Capital (senior vice president). Mr. Fong received a Bachelor of Commerce from the Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta and is a CFA charter holder. Mr. Fong’s diverse financial background will allow him to guide Wedge Networks as the company continues to grow and expand.


Husam Kinawi, President & Chief Scientist

Dr. Kinawi is a co-founder of Wedge Networks and has a Ph.D and Master of Science in Computer Science from the Universities of Calgary, Canada and London, UK. Within his role at Wedge Networks as President and Chief Scientist, Dr. Kinawi works with Wedge’s customers, R&D and engineering teams to cater to customer requirements and demands while ensuring that the company’s product and IP portfolio is continually updated and relevant within the fast moving security industry. Prior to Wedge Networks, Dr. Kinawi also co-founded Mpower Technologies Inc., a wireless telecommunications software company, in 1997 and ActiveIq.com (NASDAQ: AIQT), a Boston-based e-Business applications firm, in 1999. Dr. Kinawi is an innovator with more than 17 years of research and development experience working with industry leaders such as Newbridge (Alcatel), Siemens, United Technologies, and Apple in the areas of distributed information systems, embedded applications and wireless Internet solutions. Dr. Kinawi has been a guest speaker at numerous major conferences, published several research papers and is the holder of multiple patents in the area of mobile and wireless devices. Dr. Kinawi also plays an active role in mentoring technology startups and recently lent his experience as a Director for Trusted Positioning, a pioneer in infrastructure-less, indoor positioning technology, from its inception to its successful acquisition by InvenSense Inc. (NYSE: INVN).


Hussein Amery, Vice President of Business Development

Dr. Amery is Wedge Networks’ Vice President of Business Development. Dr. Amery has more than 25 years of experience building business in different industries – oil and gas, real estate development, finance and IT. Dr. Amery’s most recent position was the VP Operations for a publicly-traded managed Internet services provider (Fatport, a division of Skyboard Media). Prior to that, Dr. Amery was a founding director of Ittihad Capital Corp., a boutique finance and leasing corporation. Dr. Amery completed his undergraduate education in Canada and his post-graduate education in California, earning a doctorate in psychology. While not working, Dr. Amery volunteers his time extensively to local and international charitable and non-profit organizations.