# Olin Hyde

> Olin Hyde is a technology entrepreneur, co-founder and former CEO of LeadCrunch, now Rev Intelligence, and CEO of Trilight Defence. His career spans systems engineering, AI customer discovery, company building and cybersecurity. He graduated from Miami University in 1988 and holds a systems engineering master’s degree from UC San Diego.

- **Role:** CEO at Trilight Defence
- **Organizations:** Trilight Defence, Rev Intelligence (formerly LeadCrunch), ai-one, Auto-Semantics, National Facilities Group, Andersen Consulting, Outdoor Outreach, Lifeboat Foundation
- **Education:** Bachelor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies; thesis on mathematical modelling of organizational buying behavior, Miami University, Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture-Based Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of California, San Diego
- **Known for:** Led LeadCrunch when it ranked No. 35 on the 2020 Inc. 5000 and No. 3 on the 2020 Inc. Regionals California list., Prior ventures include National Facilities Group, acquired by Accruent, and Auto-Semantics, acquired by ai-one., Forbes Technology Council profile identifies him as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 San Diego finalist.

## Career timeline

- **1988** — Graduated from Miami University; his first job after college was research analyst at Andersen Consulting.
- **2015** — LeadCrunch participated in UC San Diego’s StartR accelerator.
- **2016** — Worked with Sanjit Singh and a fractional CMO on market positioning; began Saturday meetings in July.
- **2018** — LeadCrunch team celebrated closing its Series A on February 28.
- **2020** — LeadCrunch ranked No. 35 overall on the Inc. 5000.
- **2021** — Stepped down as CEO and resigned from LeadCrunch’s board on January 6; announced his departure February 8.
- **2026** — Publicly active as CEO of Trilight Defence, co-founded with Patrick Hart.

## Achievements

- Led LeadCrunch when it ranked No. 35 on the 2020 Inc. 5000 and No. 3 on the 2020 Inc. Regionals California list.
- Prior ventures include National Facilities Group, acquired by Accruent, and Auto-Semantics, acquired by ai-one.
- Forbes Technology Council profile identifies him as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 San Diego finalist.
- Named among the principal architects of LeadCrunch’s DeepFind machine-learning platform.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Shared a Yasir Uddin interview on landing clients through listening; the YouTube video is linked in the research.
- **2026-06** — Published “Safety Is Rarely Comforting” on June 9, identifying himself as CEO of Trilight Defence.

## Links

- Website: https://www.olinhyde.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olinhyde/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/olinhyde
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OlinHyde
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/olin.hyde

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Last updated: 2026-10-08