Departing NSA veterans catch the eye of Silicon Valley investors

Departing NSA veterans catch the eye of Silicon Valley investors

With a newly minted PhD in "pure math" in 2004 (it was actually a dual PhD in math and machine learning), Ellison Anne Williams saw her work going in one of three directions: the National Security Agency, IBM or academic research.

With a newly minted PhD in "pure math" in 2004 (it was actually a dual PhD in math and machine learning), Ellison Anne Williams saw her work going in one of three directions: the National Security Agency, IBM or academic research.