Lawrence Hutson
OG internet engineer whose code once moved millions of flight tickets—and now keeps our infra panic-proof.
Follow Lawrence → LinkedIn
The short version
(Or TL;DR here)
Lawrence wrote code for the first global TCP/IP network, built Travelocity into a $280 M exit, and has spent the years since stress-testing blockchains for fun. He’s our technical godfather on speed-dial, the one we call when “mission-critical” actually means critical.
Strength: Built tech before most of us had email—knows how to scale anything without sweating.
Weakness: Thinks 3 a.m. server pings are a perfectly polite way to say “hi.”
Quick stats
$280 M exit (Travelocity → Expedia)
30+ yrs building mission-critical software & infra
8 venture-backed CTO seats (Travelocity, PAID, Master Ventures, and more…)
Why pay attention
Architected online travel site Travelocity.com, the e-commerce whale that proved the internet could actually sell stuff.
Built the first global Internet NOC for Verizon (then GTE).
Led builds adopted by British Airways, Citibank, FIFA World Cup travel booking.
CTO’d launchpad PAID Network and $1B AUM Master Ventures VC.
Holds patents, a PhD track in AI/ML, and enough war stories to fill a GitBook (don’t tempt him).
A (very) compressed timeline
Early ’90s
Builds Verizon’s TCP/IP network operations centre; proves the internet can keep planes on radar and coffee in the pot.
1995–2000
Co-founds & CTOs Travelocity; invents server-side travel programming language.
2004–12
Founds NexGen Travel Distribution; secures FIFA World Cup booking rights; raises Series B in Munich.
2018–20
CTO for Master Ventures, PAID Network, etc.; dives head-first into DeFi liquidations and cross-chain bridges.
2021-Now
Co-founds AdLunam.
Last updated