Ryan Lackey is a serial technology entrepreneur focused on computer
security, Internet infrastructure, and cryptographic market systems.  

From 2003-2007, he managed Blue Iraq, a communications service provider and
defense contractor in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central
Asia, serving mainly the defense and reconstruction market.  Blue Iraq 
developed and deployed satellite, radio, and IP networks, software management
tools, and related technologies.

Previously, Ryan founded HavenCo, a datahaven located on the self-declared
independent Principality of Sealand, in the North Sea, which was covered
extensively by the international press, including the cover of Wired Magazine
in July 2007.

He also developed electronic cash protocols in the Caribbean, and consulted on 
RFID payment projects, social network advertising networks, Internet security 
infrastructure, and other projects.  Other consulting engagements included 
secure facilities design, distributed hosting infrastructure architecture, and 
security audits of new applications.  He attended MIT as an undergraduate, and 
has presented papers at numerous academic and professional conferences 
around the world, including Defcon, RSA Conference, and HAL.