Nandini Jolly

Nandini Jolly is the founder, President and CEO of CryptoMill Technologies Inc., a data security company. As its founder, Jolly foresaw the development of security solutions to tackle both external and internal threats to confidential, sensitive and personal information. Her vision is to deliver security that, by design, is simple and usable for the end user.
Career at CryptoMill
Jolly and her team of engineers recently spearheaded the design of an exclusive product for HP Worldwide that is built into HP desktops, Laptops and Tablets, and shipped worldwide on over 40 million devices in 34 languages. CryptoMill’s suite of products are being used by a number of organizations world-wide.
With the shift to Cloud computing and the emerging Internet of Things, Jolly and team are working on developing encryption solutions that allow organizations to reap the benefits these technologies have to offer while at the same time delivering security and privacy.
At CryptoMill, Jolly fosters a culture of collaborative learning and mentorship. Co-op students from Engineering and Computer Science departments at a number of local academic institutions such as Ontario’s University of Waterloo are active members of the CryptoMill team. Jolly believes in Gandhi’s philosophy of ‘being the change you want to see’. Under her leadership and desire to have CryptoMill reflect her sense of corporate social responsibility, she started an initiative where the team was encouraged to use their skills and knowledge in encryption to develop an email app for consumers. Vanishh is now available for download from all the app stores.
Prior to founding CryptoMill, Jolly served as Senior Vice President of Global Treasury Services and Financial Risk Management for Bank of America. Jolly career path in the financial sector also included the role of Director at Deloitte and Touche where she was part of the National Financial Services Industry group for risk management. During this time, Jolly
volunteered as a mentor to young women in high schools as a senior member of Women in Capital Markets.
Award recognition
In 2013, Jolly was named as one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by WXN, Canada’s leading organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of women in management, executive, professional and board roles. She won this award as recognition for her ground- breaking work in a sector that is predominately male, for fearlessly navigating through new territory and for her ability to lead by example. This award acknowledged her determination, innovation, and ambitious spirit that defines women leaders who are true pioneers. This October, 2014, Jolly will be featured by the Government of Canada’s Status of Women Canada, led by the Honourable Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, as one of Canada’s Business Women - a growing economic force - whose entrepreneurial spirit has influenced the business world and who serves as a mentor to other women.
Work
As a Privacy by Design Ambassador, she co-authored a white paper in December of 2012 with Dr. Ann Cavoukian when she was Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and Sam Marafioti, CIO, Sunnybrook Hospital entitled “Encryption by Default and Circles of Trust”
Education
Jolly received her Masters in International Finance and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the London Business School, England. Jolly is a frequent speaker on security and privacy.

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