Dr. Pensak also held several senior research positions and served as a corporate technology growth champion, providing guidance for and managing advanced computer-technology explorations and development. Dr. Pensak has lectured on technology innovation at Wharton, currently teaches at the University of Delaware School of Business and George Washington University Law School and is also a Director of the Delaware Innovation Fund.

With a Harvard PhD in Chemistry, Dr. Pensak invented the first commercial Internet firewall for business applications. He started-up Raptor Systems, which is now owned by Symantec, in order to develop the technology. Subsequently, he innovated enterprise digital rights management systems and was the founder of Authentica, which is now owned by EMC. Most recently, Dr. Pensak founded V.i. Laboratories in Waltham, MA, to develop new software protection solutions that prevent piracy, tampering and reverse-engineering of mission critical and high-value software.

In an advisory role, Dr. Pensak has consulted for the U.S. Department of Energy on Computer Security and Network Protection; He has also worked with the Clinton Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment, and the National Center for Biotechnology Information. From 1991-95, he served as director of the National Computer Graphics Association.