Ly Tran

Ly is a tech entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded AtHoc, an emergency mass communications system for the U.S. Departments of Defense and Homeland Security; it was backed by Greylock and Intel Capital and acquired by BlackBerry.

His board and advisory responsibilities include serving Jane Technologies, a leader in e-commerce cannabis; Genetica.asia, a leader in Vietnam-based DNA testing for Asian populations; Cirkul, a next-generation personal hydration system; and All American Lithium, which recovers lithium from geothermal brine in the Salton Sea.

Ly’s interests include annual team cycling for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Waves-to-Wine ride (San Francisco to Sonoma County). Ly has served as a term member on the Council on Foreign Relations and was nominated and selected as a civilian participant in the U.S. Army War College National Security Seminar, Carlisle Barracks. He received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton and an MBA from Harvard.

Ly was a member of CA’s International Potluck committee in 2018–19. He lives in Newton with his wife, Lexie Olmsted; two children, Will ’22 and Katie ’23; and two cats.