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description: >-
  OG internet engineer whose code once moved millions of flight tickets—and now
  keeps our infra panic-proof.
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# Lawrence Hutson

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### **Follow Lawrence →** [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/lawrencehutson)

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## 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…)

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## Why pay attention

* Architected online travel site [**Travelocity.com**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelocity), 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).

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## A (very) compressed timeline

<table><thead><tr><th width="118">Year</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Early ’90s</strong></td><td>Builds Verizon’s TCP/IP network operations centre; proves the internet can keep planes on radar and coffee in the pot.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>1995–2000</strong></td><td>Co-founds &#x26; CTOs Travelocity; invents server-side travel programming language.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2004–12</strong></td><td>Founds NexGen Travel Distribution; secures FIFA World Cup booking rights; raises Series B in Munich.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2018–20</strong></td><td>CTO for Master Ventures, PAID Network, etc.; dives head-first into DeFi liquidations and cross-chain bridges.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2021-Now</strong></td><td>Co-founds AdLunam.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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