Lance Cottrell

San Francisco Bay Area United States

Chief Scientist at Passages Security

Technology / Software / Internet

Lance Cottrell has been at the cutting edge of Internet privacy, anonymity, and security for 20 years. Lance founded Anonymizer Inc. in 1995, and took it to a very successful exit in 2008. Before that he designed and wrote Mixmaster, an open source anonymous email platform. Lance combines skills in security, cryptography, sales, marketing, management, and business strategy. Specialties: Designing innovative solutions to hard security problems Creating new products and services Anticipating requirements years in advance Leading technical teams Crafting marketing messages Public speaking and writing