Erik Wood

PSA Certified WG Vice-Chair

Infineon

Erik Wood is the Senior Director of Microcontroller Cryptography and Product Security at Infineon Technologies and Chairs their IoT Security Center of Excellence.

Erik spent the first 14-years of his career at various wireless sensor network startups. In 2010, he joined a small group of cryptographic security experts led by the world-renowned cryptographer, Dr. Whitfield Diffie, to build a startup bringing to market new and super lightweight cryptography algorithms for resource constrained IoT devices.  Following that, in 2012 Erik joined Cypress to work on secure memory and passive RFID technology.

Now at Infineon, Erik leads the long-term IoT security strategy, manages a team that defines new-product security requirements and is the steward of Infineon’s Edge Protect brand.

Formerly, Erik served as the Chair of the US delegation to the ISO RFID Security Committee and served as the Chair of the NFC Forum Security Committee.

Erik holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from UCLA and a corporate MBA from Santa Clara University.