Lance Cottrell

Chief Executive Officer

2019 - Current

Helping entrepreneurs go from overwhelmed founder to successful CEO through free online training and individual advising.

Global Entrepreneur in Residence

2020

Founder Institute Global Entrepreneurs in residence mentor select entrepreneurs in the Founder Institute program one on one and in group sessions.

Venture Partner

2022

The Veteran Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in high-growth technology startups led by exceptional founders from the military community. Learn more and get involved: http://veteran.fund

Board Member

2015

The North Bay Angels (NBA) is the oldest and largest angel investment group north of the Golden Gate. We are an active investor group who invests primarily in early stage equity and venture debt, where our participation will have an impact on the success of the company. We also consider current return opportunities. http://northbayangels.com

Member Board Of Directors

2017

Investor and BoD member at Scollar, makers of the first modular smart collar for pets.

Strategic Advisor

2021

Strategic Advisor

2021

Strategic Advisor

2020

Advising the Ntrepid C-Suite on corporate strategy, product strategy, and security strategy.

Chief Scientist - Passages

2010 - 2019

Passages is a fully protected and isolated cross platform virtualized environment built for the enterprise that looks and feels just like a normal browser. Only passages protects you by isolating the browser from your local computer, your local network, and your identity (preventing targeted attacks). I am involved in R&D for the product, and security research.

Chief Scientist

2010 - 2019

Provided product strategy, security strategy, thought leadership, and product evangelism for Ntrepid

Strategic Advisor

2020

Advising the founders on security, business, and fundraising.

Principal

1995

Founder and Principle. Consulting and advising on security, privacy, anonymity, and cryptography.