Matthew Archibald is a 21 year IT professional, a 17-year veteran of the information security and risk management field and is internationally recognized as an expert in the discipline.

Archibald began his career with Sun Microsystems, joining the company shortly after its inception. During the five years he worked there, he wrote and implemented Sun's global IT standards for operations and information security. After leaving Sun, Archibald worked with leading companies around the world defining their security procedures and protocols. These companies include KLA-Tencor, the world's leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions; and Palm Computer, the world-wide leader in the PDA market, He became a security consultant and for several years helped build digital defenses for Fortune 100 companies. Springing from that work, he founded Elemental Security with Dan Farmer, a company specializing in host based enterprise policy and risk management technology.

Archibald now works at Applied Materials and serves as the managing director and chief information security officer for global information security and risk management. Applied Materials is the global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology™ solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, solar photovoltaic cells, flexible electronics and energy efficient glass. At Applied, Archibald is responsible for protecting the company's massive portfolio of intellectual property.