Paul Judge, a renowned security and computer networking researcher, has a new startup, Luma, It’s poised to revolutionize home Wi-Fi
Luma is a new startup that launched in June 2016. The company makes a cutting-edge Wi-Fi router to combat the issue of wireless “dead zones”—using several smaller routers around a home to create what’s known as a mesh network to provide whole-home Wi-Fi coverage.
Luma was founded by Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse. Both are networking experts who worked together for almost two decades. Judge is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and scholar, who holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Morehouse College and received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Network Security from Georgia Tech.
Wi-Fi Wunderkind
Judge’s career moved from the technical world to the entrepreneurial. He was involved in research at some of the most prestigious cybersecurity companies including CipherTrust and Barracuda Networks. He is so respected in the security field that he has been invited as a speaker at the RSA Conference—the annual cybersecurity industry event.
The move to entrepreneurship was clearly the next step after achieving much success in the tech industry. After launching his own investment firm, Judge Ventures, and funding several startups, he cofounded his own, LookLive—a shopping app for men—which reached over $120,000 monthly gross merchandise volume in 2016.
Luma, which is Judge’s latest company, is a…