About

Adam LG Ring is a seasoned Australian-born startup veteran and consultant with over 25 years of experience in global digital technology. He is currently the Global Head of IBM HP Accelerator at IBM, where he selects high-potential, early-stage startups and empowers them to build and scale via the IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator. Adam is also on the Board of Advisors at Village Capital for the IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator, a startup judge, and an IBM Speaker Advocate. Adam is passionate about TechForGood & SDGs and is a strong supporter of developers, education, diversity, and women in tech. He is a leading graduate of top tech school UTS (Sydney) followed by 6 years at the prestigious Reserve Bank of Australia on IBM mainframes and nation-wide mission-critical fintech. Adam has key experience in developer relations, data privacy, edtech, ecommerce, healthtech, foodtech, proptech, search engines, fintech, gametech, AR, PWA, and sits on & advises several boards & executives. He has an investor network and is discreet & ethical. Adam LG Ring is also a VP at Ivy Plus European Leaders, an international think tank of alumni from top schools, and a mentor at FrenchFounders, the Global Accelerator Network (gan.co), and RevTechLabs. As the Global Head of IBM HP Accelerator, Adam selects high-potential, early-stage startups and empowers them to build and scale via the IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator, with over 100 startups in its portfolio. His aim is to introduce developers, founders, startups & businesses to the IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Services with a lens on data protection, privacy, and security. The IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator program consists of fintech, insurtech, healthtech, digital assets, web3, Metaverse, cryptocurrency, data privacy, regtech, music, edtech, and other small to medium enterprises looking to secure their most sensitive data. Adam LG Ring's past companies include seedata.io, where he was a Startup Mentor, and RevTech Labs, where he was a Mentor. He holds a BSc in Computing Science from the University of Technology Sydney and graduated from Hurlstone Agricultural High School. Adam's relevant experience is 23.28 years, and his tech stack includes Web3, Senior Software Engineer, GAN, and Search.