# Ellison Anne Williams

> Ellison Anne Williams is the founder and CEO of Enveil, which she established in 2016 after working at the NSA and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. A mathematician with graduate training in computer science, she commercializes privacy-enhancing technologies for encrypted searches, analytics and machine learning across organizational and jurisdictional boundaries.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Enveil
- **Organizations:** Enveil, National Security Agency, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Enveil UK Limited
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. with honors in Mathematics and French, Columbia College, M.S. in Mathematics; topology, University of South Carolina, Ph.D. in Mathematics; algebraic combinatorics, North Carolina State University, M.S. in Computer Science; machine learning, Nova Southeastern University
- **Known for:** Founded Enveil in 2016., Built commercial software for protecting sensitive searches, analytics and machine learning during processing., Led Enveil through its $25 million Series B in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2016** — Worked for about twelve years at the NSA and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in analytics, distributed computing and information security.
- **2016** — Founded Enveil to commercialize privacy-enhancing technology.
- **2018** — Named a Baltimore Business Journal Tech10 honoree.
- **2019** — Recognized in SC Media’s Reboot Leadership coverage; appointed a director of Enveil UK Limited in November.
- **2022** — Enveil announced a $25 million Series B led by USAA, bringing its reported funding to more than $40 million.
- **2023** — Included in the Maryland Daily Record Cybersecurity Power List.
- **2026** — Led Enveil as it announced Orbit and a public sector distribution partnership with Carahsoft.

## Achievements

- Founded Enveil in 2016.
- Built commercial software for protecting sensitive searches, analytics and machine learning during processing.
- Led Enveil through its $25 million Series B in 2022.
- Recognized as a Baltimore Business Journal Tech10 honoree in 2018 and included in the Maryland Daily Record Cybersecurity Power List in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — September 17: Enveil launched Orbit, a platform for secure data collaboration across silos.
- **2026-09** — September 2: Enveil announced Carahsoft as its public sector distributor.
- **2026-06** — Enveil published a Secure AI explainer featuring its CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://www.enveil.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellison-anne-williams-98102a127/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ellisonanne5

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Last updated: 2026-10-16