Curriculum Vitae
24+ years of experience in technology leadership, from startups to IPOs, spanning cybersecurity, privacy, and systems architecture.
Summary
Experienced Chief Technology Officer with 24 years of experience in developing, managing, and overseeing all technical aspects of organizations. Proven track record of creating and driving innovative technical vision, developing world-class technology solutions, and maximizing organizational efficiency.
Skills
Hard Skills
Open Source/Free Software, Unix/FreeBSD/Linux, Bash/fish Scripting, Ruby, Julia Lang, SQL, Crystal Lang, MongoDB, Systems Architecture & Development, Cybersecurity, SaaS/PaaS, Forensic Analysis, Network Analysis
Soft Skills
Executive Engineering Management, Board of Directors, Team Building, Mentoring, Research Management, Product Champion, Public Speaking, Press/Media Interactions
Employment Experience
Chief Technology Officer / Founder
- Improve engineering team velocity by 20% by reducing testing and deployment time
- Mentor System Architects and Senior C Developers on 30-year old codebase with 750,000+ lines of code
- Architect large scale systems with 50,000+ processing cores, 100s of petabytes of clustered storage
- Achieve 99.9997% annual availability with sub-millisecond performance
- Integrated locally deployed AI/LLM solutions, enhancing code comprehension by 54%
Chief Technology Officer
Technology prototyping and consulting.
Vice President / CTO
- Expanded darknet collection into three new darknets with hundreds of millions of new content items
- Grew sales 130% year over year with AICPA SOC 2 and PCI-DSS 3 compliance
- Revamped marketing to generate 125% more leads
Chief Revenue Officer
- Grew revenue 187% in 9 months through collaborative selling
- Developed 3 new products generating new revenue streams
- Rebooted Marketing and PR to 500% increase in leads
Senior Vice President of Engineering
- Deployed on-premises appliance into Top Secret government facility
- Cut defect rate by 54% in under 7 months
- Increased sales 350% through product refinement
Co-Founder & CEO
- Co-founded $10M/yr privacy and security organization
- Grew Tor's daily users from hundreds to millions
- Conducted 1,000+ interviews across global media
- Presented as invited keynote speaker to global governments
Vice President of Engineering
- Led team of 110+ engineers with 99.9% SLA
- Acquired 10 companies with $35M in revenue
- Completed successful IPO in 2007 at $1B valuation
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Biology, Biochemistry, and Ethology
- Published research on brooding behavior of Common Loon at Quabbin Reservoir
- Internship at Mass Fish and Wildlife for Bald Eagle recovery
- Teaching Assistant for Biology II, Comparative Vertebrate Zoology, Ornithology
- Founding member of Framingham State Computer Club
Publications
Semantic Scholar → Google Scholar →
Owenson, G., Cortes, S., & Lewman, A. (2018). The darknet's smaller than we thought: The life cycle of Tor Hidden Services. Digit. Investig., 27, 17-22.
Lewman, A. (2013). Tor: Uses and Limitations of Online Anonymity. Fordham University Press.
Multiple EMCDDA reports on internet drug markets (2015-2017)
Honors & Awards
Rookie of the Year
St. Francis Yacht Club Race Committee
Top Leader
Boston Magazine "Power of Ideas"
Best App
World Bank Latin America DV Hackathon
Formula Car Racer
7th place out of 280 in Formula V
Volunteer Work
Board Member and Clerk
Successfully bootstrapped the Board of F-Droid, a Commons Conservancy Programme.
Chairman of the Board and Treasurer
- Mentored hundreds of teenagers in coding
- Evaluated iOS and Android apps for student development
- Helped raise $100k in funding
Board Member and Treasurer
- 10 years of clean, successful audits
- Strategic guidance for grant writing resulting in 20 new donors
Specialist, Crimes Against Children
- Domain expert in darknet and Internet technologies
- Helped build next generation case management system
- Annual meetings in Lyon, France and Singapore
First Vice President, Silicon Valley Chapter
- Organized monthly meetings for hundreds of members in San Francisco Bay Area
- Reduced member churn by 25% through strategic guidance
- Collaborated with local, state, and federal law enforcement on high tech investigations
Co-Founder
Winning Application Prototype at World Bank Latin America, Washington DC 2013. Collaborate with Emerge, Transition House, and legal aid/DV organizations on the intersection of domestic violence and technology.
Board Member, Secretary, and Treasurer
- Managed 7 successful years of audits and reviews with audit partners
- Provided strategic guidance on finances, growing to millions per year
- Managed international challenges and hostile government interventions
- Recorded 7 years of quarterly board meetings with public notes and transparent financial statements
Board Member and Treasurer
Top-tier academic conference and publication on privacy technology. petsymposium.org
Lecturer
Civic Media Collaborative Design Studio focused on surveillance and privacy. Team designed and deployed a research portal for advocates from Transition House to better understand technology abuse in Intimate Partner Violence.
Board Member and Chief of Event Operations
One of the oldest active sports car clubs in the country, with reputation for excellence in high-speed driving instruction and competitive time trials.
Board Member, Secretary, and Treasurer
- Connect and communicate with parents via meetings, email, web and social media
- Collaborate with faculty and administration to promote school community
- Fundraise to enrich learning experience for students