Ejovi Nuwere
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Ejovi Nuwere | |
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| Born | Ejovi Nuwere January 1, 1980 Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Website | http://www.ejovi.net |
Ejovi Nuwere is an American technology entrepreneur, author of the book Hacker Cracker[1] and Publisher of The Tokyo Times[2].
Early Life
Like other kids in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, Ejovi Nuwere grew up among thugs and drug dealers. When he was eleven, he helped form a gang; at twelve, he attempted suicide. In his large, extended family, one uncle was a career criminal, one a graduate student with his own computer. By the time Ejovi was fourteen, he was spending as much time on the computer as his uncle was.
Before he finished high school he had created a hidden life in the hacker underground and an increasingly prominent career as a computer security consultant. At the age of twenty-two, he was a top security specialist for one of the world's largest financial houses.[3]
Career
OpenBSD
When he was 19, Nuwere was responsible for the creation of OpenBSD's ports system. Leading the project to port third party applications from FreeBSD to OpenBSD as well as auditing applications for security vulnerabilities.[4]
Lehman Brothers
Nuwere began his career as a security engineering at Lehman Brothers at 20. Making him likely one of the youngest engineers hired by the firm before its demise.[5]
FON
Nuwere was the co-founder of FON the wireless company. He was responsible for launching the service in the United States and when he departed the United States was responsible for more than 50% of the FON install base.[6]
Columbia Music Entertainment
Nuwere lead Columbia Music Entertainment (CME) R&D division working with CEO Sadahiko Hirose CTO Jordan Ritter, a childhood friend from his early computer security days. The team began building a Japanese-based, competition-oriented promotional platform for new artists called Otorevo. The premise of the project was to prove a more cost- and time-efficient model for discovering viable artists to join the label. Despite the measurable successes of Otorevo[7][8][9], the CME Board of Directors voted to terminate all R&D projects in March of 2008.
The Tokyo Times
Nuwere became the Publisher of The Tokyo Times in 2012 after running the digital operations for The Japan Times for two years.
Sankei Shimbun
Nuwere has been a technology columnist for Sankei Shimbun, one of Japan's largest newspaper publishers since 2011.[10]
Juki Net
As a security researcher Nuwere was hired by the Governor of Nagano to audit Japan's National ID system Basic_Resident_Registers_Network. The audit uncovered a number of serious security flaws with national repercussions. When he attempted to discuss the security audit in public with permission of the Governor of Nagano the national government prevented the presentation. Nuwere sued the national government for violation of free speech, the first foreigner to ever do that in Japan.[11]
Other Accomplishments
References
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Hacker-Cracker-Brooklyn-Frontiers-Cyberspace/dp/B000HWYJYO
- ^ http://www.tokyotimes.com/about-tokyo-times/
- ^ http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Hacker-Cracker/?isbn=9780060935818
- ^ http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/joewee-jp.html
- ^ http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2005-10-24/from-hacker-to-protector
- ^ http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/fon/ejovi-nuwere-fonero.html
- ^ http://mikesheetal.com/2008/02/14/otorevo-brings-the-noise-and-a-record-contract/
- ^ https://www.sixapart.com/blog/2007/12/on-stage-with-otorevo.html
- ^ https://creativecommons.org/?p=8158
- ^ http://www.sankeibiz.jp/story/topics/sty16549-t.htm
- ^ http://news.techworld.com/security/2662/security-critic-sues-japanese-government/