Everfox Names New Engineering Fellows
Everfox is an engineering-centric company and names new engineering fellows as our technologies have special significance. The software and hardware-based cybersecurity solutions we develop serve the mission-critical needs of organizations that are charged with protecting national security and the critical infrastructure that is essential to society. Everfox products give our customers the capability to operate with confidence when seconds matter in environments where failure is not an option.
To continue driving the innovation behind these critical solutions, Everfox is committed to maintaining and fostering engineering expertise that is unmatched by our competitors. Acknowledging the industry-leading engineering talent on our team is an important contributor to our strong reputation and presence in the market. It is with these goals in mind that Everfox developed our Engineering Fellows Program to recognize our engineers who have achieved the highest levels of technical expertise within Everfox and empower them to highlight their knowledge and experience among the broader industry.
Selection as an Everfox Engineering Fellow is very rigorous and highly competitive. Candidates must demonstrate contributions in technical knowledge that advance the state of the art in a specialized area and result in the creation of intellectual property. They must exhibit mastery of a technical discipline and eagerly pursue opportunities to transfer that knowledge through mentorship of their colleagues. They must display leadership qualities that foster a culture of inquisitiveness, collaboration and excellence within Everfox and advance themselves as trusted counselors and collaborators among external contemporaries, partners and customers. They must have shown through results, a high degree of innovation, creativity, and a capacity to solve major problems of advanced complexity that they contributed to the success of both Everfox and our customers.
Upon formal nomination to and selection by the Everfox Corporate Engineering Review Board, candidates are selected for one of the following fellowships based on their demonstrated skill and performance:
- Senior Engineering Fellow – individuals who have demonstrated exceptional overall leadership, influence, and impact in their field over an extended period.
- Engineering Fellow – individuals who have performed creative engineering-oriented research or advanced product development in areas such as new technologies, data applications, product innovation, engineering materials or next generation electrical, communication or data management processes.
Based on these criteria, Everfox is very proud to announce the designation of the following Everfox Engineering Fellows:
Chad Hanson, Senior Engineering Fellow
A recognized industry expert in Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) architectures, SELinux, and data filtering technologies, Chad serves as lead CDS subject matter expert for Everfox. He has spent more than two decades advancing CDS technology during his career, leading major technical innovations including Trusted Thin Client.
Ed Frosztega, Engineering Fellow
Ed is a leading expert in Hardsec technology and high-assurance engineering, serving as Everfox’s Hardsec subject matter expert. He was an early pioneer and advocate for Hardsec design, shaping its key role in US and UK cross-domain policy.
Darrel Goeddel, Engineering Fellow
Darrel is a leading expert in Linux kernel engineering, SELinux policy design, secure OS architecture, and complex system integration. Darrel has been instrumental in the generational evolution of Everfox’s CDS products, from kernel backports enabling hardware compatibility to creation of the groundbreaking MESA packet-routing architecture.
Jason Mollman, Engineering Fellow
Jason is the lead engineering expert within Everfox’s Insider Risk Professional Services with over 20 years of domain expertise. He is the architect behind the UAM ShrinkWrapped System and the EverExplore virtual deployment environment, which have transformed customer onboarding and accelerated delivery timelines.
Rich Ernst, Engineering Fellow
As a technical lead and product strategist focused on tactical, edge, and integrated mission‑system environments, Rich has been central to Everfox’s expansion into the tactical market. His deep expertise across edge compute, protobuf, SNC Omni/Trax, and SensortoShooter systems has made him a trusted advisor to mission partners across the U.S. Army, Special Operations Command, and the Intelligence Community.
Randall Wood, Engineering Fellow
Randall is Everfox’s recognized subject matter expert in high-assurance Data Access and Hardsec, particularly across Canadian and Australian mission environments. His expertise spans secure access architectures, CDR, GIA, Ultra, and edge compute platforms.
As Everfox continues to innovate and advance high-assurance cybersecurity, our Engineering Fellows stand at the forefront of that endeavor by embodying the expertise, ingenuity, and leadership that define our company. Their achievements not only strengthen our technologies that protect critical environments and safeguard the sensitive data powering our customers’ missions but also inspire the next generation of Everfox engineers to pursue excellence. We are proud to recognize these distinguished individuals and look forward to the ongoing contributions they will provide to our customers and the broader cybersecurity community.