Dr. Robert Statica is CEO of BL∆KFX, and former CTO and co-founder of encrypted messaging platform, Wickr. With over 25 years experience in both private and public sectors, Dr. Statica is considered one of the foremost experts in cyber-defense, cryptography, and AI in the world. He co-authored the patents for Wickr’s underlying technology, which exceeds all military and intelligence community standards for top-secret communications, making it the only secure messenger not hacked since its creation in 2012. Prior to his latest venture, BL∆KFX, he was SVP of Technology and Research for DarkMatter, where he designed Katim, the most secure smartphone in the world that prevents eavesdropping and spying.