Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan

Nick is a well-known and respected leader in the security and applied cryptography space. In fact, he is the (literal) dictionary definition of "cryptographer".

Prior to joining Blind Insight, Nick founded and lead Cloudflare Research, a group within Cloudflare focused on helping build a better Internet through R&D efforts. He was also Senior Director of Technology at Cloudflare.

He has been widely quoted on technology matters in the media (Nature, NYT, WSJ, ABC, CNN, Forbes, Bloomberg, WIRED, etc.), published influential papers in top-tier journals, spoken at dozens of technology conferences, and contributed one of the most widely-read cryptography articles to Ars Technica. Nick volunteers as co-chair of the Crypto Forum Research Group, as a program committee member for multiple conferences, and as a member of the steering committee for Real World Cryptography.