Barrett Lyon
CEO and Co-founder
Barrett Lyon, creator of the Opte Project, founder of Prolexic Technologies and co-founder of BitGravity, is building on his past ventures and technology innovations to create new ideas to improve people’s interaction with technology and content at 3Crowd Technologies.
In addition to 3Crowd, Prolexic Technologies and BitGravity, Lyon is a central player of the forthcoming cyber-thriller Fatal System Error which depicts the real life efforts to track and apprehend an international denial of service extortion ring. Lyon’s Opte Project is an Internet mapping project that has gathered support worldwide and is featured at the Boston Museum of Science and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Chris Wallace
Co-founder and VP of Business Development
Chris Wallace, a founding team member from Exodus Communications, founder of Digital Pipe and executive with several technology companies, where he was directly responsible for revenue generation, product development, marketing, and overall business strategy, brings his enthusiasm and industry knowledge to 3Crowd Technologies.
Wallace is building on 16 years of experience creating reliable and scalable infrastructural solutions for businesses to safely distribute and conduct commerce over the Internet. Wallace holds a BA from University of California at Santa Barbara and lives in San Mateo with his wife and four children.
Maha Ibrahim
Canaan Partners
Maha Ibrahim is a technology trend spotter with deep operational experience. She joined Canaan’s Menlo Park office in March 2000 and focuses on digital media, networking and wireless investments. Maha loves to work with some of the nation’s smartest entrepreneurs to build innovative companies from the ground up. A thought leader with deep insight into which business models will disrupt the status quo and propel companies to market dominance, Maha has won numerous industry awards, including The Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 Under 40 award, and is frequently invited to speak at digital media conferences. She has served as a judge for startup competitions at Web 2.0 Expo, Digital Living Room and Under the Radar.
Ryan Floyd
Storm Ventures
Ryan is a founding member of Storm Ventures. At Storm Ventures, Ryan has focused on enterprise IT, internet and web infrastructure opportunities. He has invested in both semiconductors and components (SandForce and Ignis Optics/acquired by Bookham), as well as software (Appcelerator, DeviceVM, Netforensics, Yieldbuild and Kidaro/acquired by Microsoft.)
Prior to founding Storm Ventures, Ryan directed the business development activities at E-TEK Dynamics where he focused on building strategic OEM and customer relationships, scaling E-TEK’s manufacturing operations as well as directing the equity investing and acquisition activities until E-TEK merged with JDS Uniphase in 2000.
