Patrick Spaulding Ryan
Berkeley, California, United States
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About
Fractional general counsel, investor & advisor in high-growth tech startups.
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The FDIC's Thoroughly Confusing Explainer on Pass-Through Deposit Insurance Coverage
The FDIC's Thoroughly Confusing Explainer on Pass-Through Deposit Insurance Coverage
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This post is brilliant. For all my intros I’m going with Brad Feld’s template. Hunter Walk (author of the post below, a pro-founder VC) also talks…
This post is brilliant. For all my intros I’m going with Brad Feld’s template. Hunter Walk (author of the post below, a pro-founder VC) also talks…
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Brig Gen (Ret) Cary Chun looking sharp as a tac with General Stephen Whiting, discussing our capabilities and future plans at the Space Warfighting…
Brig Gen (Ret) Cary Chun looking sharp as a tac with General Stephen Whiting, discussing our capabilities and future plans at the Space Warfighting…
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Experience
Education
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Stanford University
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Master of Liberal Arts [ongoing, 2020-25]. Professional programs: GSB LEAD (1-yr online "MBA Lite"); Advanced Cybersecurity Certificate; R Programming; Introduction to Python; Fundamentals in Data Science; Computer Science 101; Mathematical Thinking [2020-21].
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Wharton General Management Program [WMP21]; Master of Computer & Information Technology (partial) [GEN24]; Wharton SF Venture Accelerator VIP-X. Certificate programs: Java Data Structures; Python Programming; Entrepreneurship (with VIP-X); Materiality of ESG; InsurTech & FinTech; Executive Negotiation Workshop; Specialization in Positive Psychology.
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Researcher/lecturer at Centre for IT & IP Law (fka ICRI). Dissertation on wireless spectrum allocation. Promotion Committee: Prof. Jos Dumortier (Promoter), Prof. Jacques Steenbergen, Prof. Emmanuel Van Lil. Publications: http://bit.ly/ryan-research
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Thesis advisor Lawrence Lessig. Published here: http://bit.ly/ryan-mbl
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Dean's Achievement Award, Ethics [1999]; R.S. Strauss Scholarship [1999]; Clerkship @UN in Geneva [UNCC, Summer 1999]; Student lawyer @Political Asylum Project of Austin [1999-2000]; Friedrich-Shiller-Universität Jena [Fall 1998]; Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg [Spring 1999].
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Year abroad @CESEM Reims, France [1992-93], Co-op with Deloitte Touche Tomatsu and Kodak Pathé, Paris [1993].
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President's Award [1991]; 1st Prize, Alliance Française of the Monterey Peninsula Scholarship Competition [1991]; Diploma de Español Comercial [1992]; Certificat Pratique de Français Commercial [1991]; Alpha Mu Gamma National Foreign Language Honor Society [1992]
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Enrolled at the Complutense for junior year.
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I was not a good high school student. UCSC's admissions Director, Joseph Allen, admitted me ❤️. See this NY Times article: https://nyti.ms/3PBnMQL
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Leading Effective Virtual Teams
HarvardX
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Board Member, Berkeley Postdoctoral Association
University of California, Berkeley
- 1 year 1 month
Education
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U.N. Internet Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG)
United Nations
- 3 years 1 month
Economic Empowerment
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Member Of The Board Of Advisors
Alliance for Affordable Internet - A4AI
- 2 years 1 month
Science and Technology
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Student Volunteer
Stanford University School of Medicine
- Present 1 year
Health
Stanford Neurodiversity Project, working group on autism and sleep.
Publications
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IoT Safety and Security as Shared Responsibility
Journal of Business Informatics, Number 1, Issue 35
We look at how the Internet governance system might evolve with the Internet of Things.
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Various & sundry law review articles
Virginia Journal of Law & Technology; Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review (and others)
Authored or co-authored about three dozen law-review articles on various law and technology topics. I learn by writing. Most are available freely through SSRN at www.ssrn.com/author=355448.
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Spanish, French, German, Dutch
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Organizations
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dotHIV
Policy Advisory Board Member
-Served as policy adviser dotHIV, a new gTLD applicant and charity based in Berlin, Germany. dotHIV applied for the first-ever domain name solely serving a social cause: the global fight against HIV and AIDS.
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