# John Bruce
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John W. Bruce is the Co-Founder and CEO of [[Inrupt]], the company he co-founded in May 2018 alongside Sir [[Tim Berners-Lee]] to commercialize and advance the [[Solid Protocol]] — the decentralized web platform Berners-Lee designed to give individuals control over their personal data. Bruce brings decades of executive and entrepreneurial experience to the role, having previously led multiple enterprise software and cybersecurity firms through founding, scaling, and acquisition.
Before Inrupt, Bruce co-founded and served as CEO of Resilient Systems (acquired by IBM), a company that pioneered incident response and resilience planning for enterprises. He also led Quickcomm Software Solutions (acquired by Vodafone) and Authentica (acquired by EMC), and held leadership roles at Symantec and Counterpane (acquired by British Telecom). He holds a BTech Hons in Business and a Masters Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Bradford, and holds CIPP/US certification in data privacy.
## Known For
- Co-founding [[Inrupt]] with [[Tim Berners-Lee]] to commercialize the [[Solid Protocol]]
- Building Resilient Systems (acquired by IBM): incident response and cybersecurity
- Serial entrepreneur across five successful software ventures
## Recent Activity
### 2025
- Spoke at London Tech Week 2025 on "Reclaiming Your Data"
- Presented at CDOIQ 2024 Symposium
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## Related
- [[Tim Berners-Lee]]
- [[Inrupt]]
- [[Solid Protocol]]
- [[Solid]]
## References
- https://www.inrupt.com/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwbruce/
- https://www.crunchbase.com/person/john-bruce
- https://technologymagazine.com/news/ltw-2025-interview-with-inrupt-co-founder-ceo-john-bruce