Alasdair Allan made waves when he caused a privacy scandal by uncovering that iPhones constantly tracked users’ locations – something that is well-known to us now, but wasn’t back in 2011. Currently the Head of Documentation at Raspberry Pi Trading, Alasdair is a consultant, journalist, scientist, hacker, and journalist. Famed for hacking hotel radios, and #LocationGate through which he was able to illicit multiple class action lawsuits and a U.S. Senate hearing, Alasdair is now available to speak at a range of events. Delving into topics like AI, hacking, cybersecurity, technology and innovation and human-robotic interactions, Alasdair is a highly sought-after speaker.
With an MSci in Astrophysics from the University of St. Andrews, and a PhD in Astrophysics from Keele University, Alasdair worked as an Astronomy Programme, Senior Programmer and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. He also served as an e-Science Researcher at the University of Edinburgh and as an Associate Lecturer for the astrophysics, math, and software courses at Open University. He is also the author of ‘The Kerbal Player’s Guide’, ‘Make: Bluetooth’, ‘iOS Sensor Apps with Arduino’ and other titles, along with over 80 peer-reviewed papers, as an astrophysicist.
Having held eminent positions as a journalist like Editorial Board Member for Big Data Journal, Contributing Editor at Maker Media, Freelance Writer for Hackster.io, Contributor for Hackaday, and a Contributor for Motherboard/VICE Media, Alasdair has been regarded as a Top Influencer to Follow in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022. Co-Founder of TheThingSytem.Inc, his TEDx Talk “The coming privacy on the Internet of Things” addresses how the concept of ownership has been transformed completely by the Internet of Things.
Currently the Director of Babilim Light Industries, he has also been a Stakeholder Resident at Kaleider, Mentor at Startup Bootcamp, Advisor at Carbon Origins LLC, and Advisor at Kano Computing. In his current role as Head of Documentation at Raspberry Pi Trading, he is responsible for the documentation of beginner-friendly tutorials to register-level documentation of new silicon. The man behind rolling out a mesh network of 500 sensor motes during Google I/O, Alasdair Allan is now available to hire as a speaker for a range of events where he discusses cybersecurity, AI, hacking, technology and other related topics. If you are looking for a speaker who has some insightful information to share with his audience, hire Alasdair Allan today!
