Shawn Broderick

Executive Director, TechStars Boston and Founder/CEO, TrustPlus

A successful entrepreneur, Shawn has spent fifteen years building Internet companies focused on community, security, and privacy. In 2010 he co-founded social gaming company play140 where he serves as executive chairman. He also serves as ceo of TrustPlus which has created a portable reputation layer for the Internet. Shawn has nearly a quarter century of experience in technology firms and cut his teeth hacking on TRS-80s in the early 1980s. In 1996, he founded Genetic Anomalies, the first company to commercialize virtual property on the Internet which went on to sell tens of millions of pieces of virtual goods. He has also held positions at THQ Inc., international strategy consultancy Monitor Company, and Feld Technologies.

Shawn has served as advisor, investor, and/or director to Arcadios, CoreStreet, DigitalShares, iFactory, Govedo, Kefta, Red 5 Studios, RideOnTime, Speranza Systems, StarStreet Sports, TradeVine, Troba, Virtual Rendezvous, Voxx, xLr8d Brands, and Xigig. He is currently an adjunct professor at Boston University and received his BA in Computer Science at Brandeis University.