Colin O’Malley

Colin O’Malley has leveraged his information security privacy background to launch and lead several companies. In 2013, he founded Lucid Privacy Group, which guides startups and marketing technology companies. He continues to serve as the Principal of the company today.

He also founded or co-founded two other companies in the past decade: Briefly.co, an enterprise focused on building tools and community to bring attention to the content most likely to draw attention; and Evidon, privacy compliance, and data control company. He raised $20M in funding, built a multimillion-dollar revenue line, and created several new markets, and customer relationships with companies like WPP, Publicis, Dentsu, AmEx, Bank of America, Adobe, P&G, and Ford. His prior positions include VP of Strategic Partnerships and Programs at TRUSTe, where he helped secure an A round with Accel Partners, and CEO of Vocab Vitamins. He has also served in advisory roles for many technology companies, including Tapad, Datacoup, and First Growth Venture Network. He was also a trustee of Live Oak School in San Francisco.

Colin O’Malley is a 1999 graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he was a Posse Scholar.