Brian Kyckelhahn has seven years of development experience outside of undergraduate and graduate work and has worked in a diverse collection of fields and technologies including web, mobile, security and encryption, Windows desktop clients, and biomedical research. He has worked for a large company, a research and development agency, various professors, and he has founded three startups himself. He earned a master's degree in computer science from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, with honors, from the University of Texas at Austin.