Richard O'Brien

Chicago, IL United States

President & CEO

Technology / Software / Internet

In addition to founding PPI, Rick has: * Established Peering and Financial Exchanges for the satellite, options, and trading industries * Sold IP-Multicast file transfer technology for Web caching and database synchronization across various security enclaves in the DoD, Intel and Satellite industries. * Introduced DES encryption technology to banks to safeguard ACH payments in production control systems. This first use of on-demand “just-in-time” ePayments streamlined GM’s supply chain. * Consulted on all aspects of identity assurance and payment acceleration in three continents. * Utility patents for his inventions were granted by the United States and China.