Chad Childers is an encryption architect in ITI Security Services
at Ford Motor Company, and is currently responsible for secure email
and encryption tools.  He was deeply involved in Ford's ground-
breaking Web Single Login project, and was instrumental in establishing
much of the structure and administrative procedures for the Web at Ford.
He was responsible for the first web server at Ford, in 1993, administered
the Ford Web Hub, and started the corporate Center of Excellence for Web
Technology.  He was a driving force behind corporate support of vital
infrastructure elements including Perl and USENET News.

Known for his clear vision and audacity, Mr. Childers is here to share his
wealth of experience with you.
 
Childers, "Les Infrastructures à Clés Publiques et le Single Sign On", IntraCom
2001, Montréal, Québec, September 2001. 

Childers, "PKI: Real World vs Holy Grail", Intranets 2001, Santa Clara, April 2001. 

Childers, Bangert, et.al., "E-Commerce Security: an Introduction", WebNet 2000,
San Antonio, TX, November 2000. 

Childers, "Comment Créer une Communauté Virtuelle", Keynote address at IntraCom,
Montreal, Quebec, November 2000.

Childers, "A Post-Y2K Roadmap: Planning Your Applications for Security,
Scalability, and Portability", Keynote address at Intranets 2000, San Jose, CA,
February 2000.

Childers, "Rolling Out Major Sites", Proceedings of Intranets 2000.

Childers & Mahr, "Intranet Collaboration", Proceedings of Intranets 2000.

Childers & Rizzo, "Streaming Media for Web Based Training", accepted for
WebNet '99, October 25-30.

Childers, O'Connor, & Bangert, "Tracking Web usage with Network Flight
Recorder", Proceedings of WebNet '98, Orlando, FL, November 1998.
Reprinted for NFR Technical Workshop, Santa Clara, CA.

Minsky, Childers, et.al., "Hal 9000, where are you now?", panel
discussion at ConFusion, Detroit, MI, January 1998 (moderator).

Childers, Bangert, et.al., "Open Standard Content Cookies: Utility vs.
Privacy" Proceedings of WebNet '97, Toronto, ONT, November 1997.

Balen, Childers, et.al., "Electronic Privacy", panel discussion at
Intersection, Glasgow, UK, September 1995.

(10-20 other panels at various conventions, several with Bruce Schneier)

2001-     Board of Directors, Science Fiction Oral History Association
1999-     Board of Directors, Friends of the Library, Dearborn
1995-2000 Chairman, Ford Web Administrators Group
1992-1999 Regional Councilor, Software Division, American Society for Quality
1997-1998 Board of Directors, Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association
1994-1998 Technical Programming Track, Computer Room dept head, ConFusion
1990-1991 Co-chairman, Ford X Windows/Motif Programmers Group