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Ben Smyth
Executive Cryptography & Cybersecurity Leader specializing in end-to-end encryption and verification
Tokyo, JapanChair20 years experienceExecutiveCybersecurityCryptocurrencyBlockchain
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Exited Founder-CEO with deep-tech experience who raised capital and built a venture around making end-to-end encryption with cloud-level performance and data sovereignty feasible. Demonstrated first-principles technical rigor (network/TCP analysis) to prove scientific feasibility, then progressed from proof of concept to prototype and eventual exit, with a strong bias toward ultra-lean, customer-paid MVPs.
Experience
ChairAsync Tokyo
Chief Executive OfficerAsync Tokyo
Senior Post-Quantum EngineerCryptoNext Security
Chief Technology OfficerAsync Tokyo
Board TrusteePoetsIN
Covid authentication projectAsync Tokyo
FounderAsync Tokyo
FounderForget Me Do
Honorary LecturerUniversity of Birmingham
Research FellowUniversity of Luxembourg
Lead Cryptographer & Cybersecurity ExpertHuawei Technologies
Postdoctoral ResearcherInria
Research FellowToshiba Corporation
Postdoctoral ResearcherCentre national de la recherche scientifique
InternEcole normale supérieure
Software ContractorASAP Ventures
Amusement OfficerCERAN
ResearcherUniversity of Birmingham
Software EngineerDstl
Software EngineerUltimate IT Solutions Limited
Racing driver, marshal, grease monkeyTeamworks Karting Ltd
Honorary FellowToshiba
Education
University of Birminghamdoctorate, Computer Science (2010)
University of Birminghammaster, Computer Science (2006)
Key Strengths
- Founder-CEO who raised capital
- Turned a previously-believed-impossible deep-tech concept into a PoC, prototype, and exit
- Strong technical problem-solving from first principles (e.g., TCP slow start analysis to validate feasibility)
- Ability to rapidly ship minimal products focused on what customers will pay for
- Investor engagement/pitching effectiveness (leveraged personal presence/charisma)
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