Nico Sell is a professional artist, athlete, and
entrepreneur based in California. She is CEO and cofounder of r00tz Asylum, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching children about the values
of white-hat hacking, and Wickr, a free messaging app enabling anyone to send self-destructing messages that are anonymous, private, and secure. Sell is also an organizer of DEF CON,
the largest hacker gathering in the world. She has helped launch
over 20 successful security companies as a venture catalyst and
sits on numerous advisory boards.