William Lin — Co-Founder
I am the CEO of AKA Identity and focused on solving some of the hardest problems in IAM. I've worked with a team of experts and advisors to identify, invest in, and grow the next generation of cybersecurity leaders via my prior role at Forgepoint Capital. I also co-created the Security Tinkerers, an organization that brings together a community of professionals and mentors to educate, inspire, and empower the current and future cybersecurity practitioners. I am passionate about sharing my learnings and insights with others, and I have authored a book and several publications on venture capital and cybersecurity topics. My life’s mission is to be a problem solver. I love to think about difficult problems, learn how to solve them, and build scaleable solutions in service of others. Whether that is building a startup, a non-profit, investing, writing a book, coaching or sharing lessons learned on LinkedIn. I‘ll be writing rarely now while heads down building AKA Identity.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity venture capital expert with entrepreneurial leadership.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 14 yrs 5 mos
Skills
- Cybersecurity
- Venture Capital
Career Highlights
- Founder of AKA Identity focused on IAM solutions.
- Co-created Security Tinkerers to empower cybersecurity leaders.
- Authored a book on venture capital and cybersecurity.
Work Experience
AKA Security
Founder (3 yrs 5 mos)
The VC Field Guide
Author (0 mo)
Ballistic Ventures
Limited Partner (5 yrs 5 mos)
Start-Up Secure
Foreword (0 mo)
Security Tinkerers
Co-Creator (8 yrs 5 mos)
National Security Institute - George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Visiting Fellow (0 mo)
Trackspec Autosports
Racing Driver (0 mo)
Forgepoint Capital
Limited Partner (11 yrs 5 mos)
Founding Team, Managing Director (8 yrs)
Trident Capital
Venture Capital (3 yrs)
Education
at University of California, Berkeley
