Paul Walsh

Paul Walsh is the Creator of the Internet Standard for URL Classification at the W3C - the Standards body for the World Wide Web.

First person to re-write Tim Berners-Lee’s vision of “One Web” to help create a foundation for the W3C Mobile Web Initiative Charter - Paul was one of the original seven founders of that initiative and sat on the Steering Council for the first year.

Paul is a holder of a portfolio of foundational patents for anti-phishing and anti-malware as well as visual indicators for website identity inside a mobile app WebView. He was Founder of the first software testing company to become a member of the GSMA in 2003, generating revenue of $2.2MM USD in the first year.

Paul was part of the team that helped to launch AIM, 56K Mobile Protocol X2, Internet Radio and Online Games at AOL during the 90’s.