Shane Curran (entrepreneur)

Shane Curran (born 1999/2000) is an Irish entrepreneur. He is the founder of evervault, a technology company based in Dublin.[1] He won the 53rd BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2017 at the age of sixteen for his project entitled: “qCrypt: The quantum-secure, encrypted, data storage platform with multijurisdictional quorum sharing technology”, which provided a platform for long-term, secure data storage.[2][3] Curran speaks regularly on the topics of cybersecurity, entrepreneurship[4] and technology and has spoken at events such as the OECD Forum,[5] the Web Summit and the European Union ICT Conference. In January 2018, Curran was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2018.[6][7]

Shane Curran
Curran speaking at Web Summit
Born1999/2000 (age 20–21)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
EducationTerenure College
Known forqCrypt, evervault
AwardsBT Young Scientist of the Year (2017)
Forbes 30 Under 30 (2018)
Websitehttps://curran.ie/

evervault

In January 2018, the launch of evervault was announced.[8] evervault is described as a "simple developer toolkit to deploy your applications in hardware-hardened containers" and its headquarters are based in Dublin, Ireland. The company has received backing from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins.[9]

BT Young Scientist

Curran entered the 53rd BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition with his project entitled "qCrypt: The quantum-secure, encrypted, data storage platform with multijurisdictional quorum sharing technology". The project consisted of advancements in the field of post-quantum cryptography. Quantum computers are expected to render existing cryptography schemes obsolete once they come into existence.[10] Curran's research investigated different ways to approach constructing a solution to the issue. On 13 January 2017 he was announced the BT Young Scientist and Technologist of the Year 2017 by Minister for Education and Skills, Mr. Richard Bruton, T.D and Shay Walsh, CEO, BT Ireland.[11][12] He went on to represent Ireland at the 29th European Union Contest for Young Scientists which took place in Tallinn, Estonia in September 2017.[13]

References
  1. The entrepreneur making data security look easy
  2. How a Dublin teenager is helping you bring your secrets to the grave, January 13th, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2018
  3. Unbreakable encryption technology created by 16-year-old schoolboy
  4. Ireland’s 16-year-old technology prodigy on keeping secrets and becoming a billionaire
  5. OECD Forum Schedule
  6. Forbes 30 Under 30 List (2018)
  7. Two Irish entrepreneurs listed on Forbes’ 30 Under 30
  8. Nahaufnahme - Daten-Wunderkind
  9. "Evervault raises $3.2M from Sequoia, Kleiner for an API to build apps with privacy baked in". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  10. The Impact of Quantum Computing on Present Cryptography (2018) by Vasileios Mavroeidis, Kamer Vishi, Mateusz D. Zych, Audun Jøsang
  11. 5th year Dublin student Shane Curran announced as the winner of the 53rd BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, January 13, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018
  12. The future is secure in the hands of 2017’s Young Scientist winner
  13. Ireland’s young scientist winner aims to take home European title
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