Ryan Noon is a seasoned software entrepreneur and security-focused leader, currently Cofounder and Chairman of Material Security, a unicorn backed by a16z, Elad Gil, and Founders Fund that protects high-risk Google and Microsoft accounts for VIPs and global enterprises. He blends hands-on engineering with company-building, having founded Parastructure (acquired by Dropbox) and guiding Material from inception to scale, while also investing in a wide range of startups as an angel investor. Prior to Material, he led infrastructure and analytics at Dropbox after Parastructure’s acquisition and previously helped spin out a Stanford-affiliated DoD project, underscoring a track record of building data platforms at scale. Based in San Francisco, he holds two CS degrees from Stanford and has a long-standing interest in education, mentorship, and storytelling through historical analogies. He’s known for translating complex security and data challenges into practical, auditable solutions for top global organizations.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Stanford University
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