Richard H. Shinn, Ph.D.
Richard Shinn has been active in the fields of AI and computer security since 1997. After earning his Ph.D. in AI from Georgia Institute of Technology and his M.S. degree in Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University, Richard founded CrossCert Inc., South Korea’s first Certification Authority, in March 1999. Within its first year, CrossCert secured US$20M in funding from SoftBank and Verisign. CrossCert successfully IPO-ed on KOSDAQ in 2010. With a global vision for the cybersecurity sector, Richard established Cosmotown Inc., a Domain Name Registrar in Palo Alto, California, and TuringSign Global, an SSL web certificate service provider based in Geneva, Switzerland.
In the realm of AI, Richard founded AIBrain Inc. in Korea in 1997 focusing on Robotic AI. The company relocated its headquarters to Palo Alto, California, in 2013, with a focus on Education and Entertainment. This includes bestseller AI courses, Autonomous Game AI, Humanoid AI, and Soccer AI/VR Assistant. AIBrain was recognized as a top 5 entertainment AI company in 2023 by Datamation.