Meet Ryan Malloy: The Renegade Behind Mutual Intelligence

From Phone Phreak to AI Pioneer: A 32-Year Journey

Ryan Malloy isn’t your typical AI company founder. While others were getting MBAs, Ryan was reverse engineering PSTN infrastructure with blue boxes. While others were building corporate careers, Ryan was running multi-line BBS systems and pioneering FIDONET routing. While others were following trends, Ryan was solving impossible problems that others wouldn’t touch.

Today, he’s building the future of human-AI collaboration.

The Origin Story: Born in the Underground

Phone Phreak Pioneer (Early 1990s)

Ryan’s relationship with technology began with an “intense relationship with the PSTN” - not for free calls, but for the thrill of discovery. He explored phone systems, befriended phone company workers through curiosity, and used blue boxes during the “wild west” days of telecommunications.

This wasn’t about breaking rules - it was about understanding systems from the inside out.

BBS System Operator & FIDONET Node

  • Renegade BBS System Operator with expertise in event-driven architecture and ANSI graphics
  • Multi-line BBS operations managing multiple phone lines and concurrent users
  • FIDONET Node operator with hands-on experience in store-and-forward messaging and hierarchical addressing
  • Community builder fostering educational environments and technical mentorship

Internet Pioneer (Since 1993)

Ryan has been a webmaster since 1993 (using the Lynx browser!) and witnessed the entire evolution from:

  • Finger protocol and .plan files (the original social media)
  • Gopher navigation and WAIS search (pre-web information systems)
  • IRC communities and Usenet newsgroups (authentic online communities)
  • CompuServe, AOL, Prodigy transition to the World Wide Web

The Professional Era: Making the Impossible Look Easy

Supported Systems LLC (Founded 2001)

For over 20+ years, Ryan has run Supported Systems LLC, specializing in problems that make other engineers run away:

Enterprise Clients Include:

  • Zscaler (cloud security leader)
  • Cisco (networking giant)
  • Blue Cross (healthcare infrastructure)
  • Dragon Racing (Formula E telemetry)
  • State of Idaho (government systems)
  • Motor Trend (media infrastructure)

Renegade Projects

Clickbank.com & Kount.com (E-commerce Pioneer Era)

  • 2nd IT hire at Clickbank.com (aka Keynetics) - joined the legendary e-commerce platform in its formative years
  • Worked alongside famous hacker Lew Payne (https://x.com/lewpayne) - authentic underground credibility
  • Massive transaction processing - handled enormous volumes in the wild west days of online payments
  • Fraud prevention specialist - caught countless “bad guys” protecting merchants and customers
  • Built foundational systems that powered one of the internet’s largest affiliate marketing platforms
  • Kount.com experience - continued fraud prevention and risk management expertise
  • Kount acquired by Equifax - the fraud prevention technology Ryan helped build was valuable enough to be acquired by one of the major credit reporting agencies, validating the enterprise-grade quality of the work

Telephony & Early AI Systems

  • Legacy, VoIP, and IVR systems - worked across all telephony technologies from traditional PSTN to modern VoIP
  • Large-scale AI pioneer - implemented some of the earliest text-to-speech and speech recognition systems
  • Enterprise phone systems - designed and built phone menus that were actually “a delight” to use
  • Pre-AI boom experience - working with AI for voice systems years before the current AI revolution
  • User experience focus - proving that even complex telephony systems can be elegant and user-friendly

PayThatWay Token (US Patent)

  • Custom hardware encryption with one-time rolling key
  • Military-grade security for mobile payments
  • US Patent Application 20110215141
  • Built before smartphones made mobile payments mainstream

DirecTemp Innovation

  • Precision temperature sensing using iPhone 3 headset jack
  • Wireless Sensor Network (pre-Raspberry Pi era)
  • Custom hardware sensors and wireless networking
  • Solved IoT problems before “IoT” was a buzzword

Formula E Race Telemetry

  • High-performance telemetry for Dragon Racing’s Formula E team
  • Real-time data analysis where milliseconds matter
  • Competitive advantage through superior technical infrastructure

DemoStar.io Cloud Orchestration

  • Sophisticated cloud platform using Terraform and Python
  • Automates complex deployments reducing setup from days to minutes
  • Enterprise-grade orchestration for training environments

The Technical Legend

Certifications & Expertise

  • Cisco CIPT & CDP (2002)
  • CNE & CNA (Certified Novell Engineer/Administrator, 2000)
  • Licensed Amateur Radio Operator (General Class) KG7QCC
  • 32+ years debugging and reverse engineering experience

Technical Mastery Spans:

  • Languages: Python, Go, Java, Bash, C, SQL
  • Networking: TCP/IP, BGP, SSL, IPv6 (huge fan), enterprise routing
  • Hardware: Circuit design, microcontrollers, patents, reverse engineering
  • Protocols: DNS evolution, VoIP/SIP, SMTP, packet capture analysis
  • Security: Penetration testing, PCI compliance, privacy systems
  • Radio: WiFi, satellite, SDR (Software Defined Radio)
  • Systems: Token Ring to modern optical, enterprise infrastructure

The Philosophy: “While Alive: Solve Problems”

Ryan’s life philosophy is elegantly simple:

while alive:
    if problem: solve(problem)
    learn_something_new()
    enjoy_the_journey()

Translation: Never stop solving problems, never stop learning, never forget to have fun doing it.

The “RPM Approach”

  1. Start practical - Build something concrete first
  2. Master the technical - Understand systems from inside out
  3. Discover universal patterns - Find the elegant abstractions
  4. Make the impossible look easy - With genuine passion and expertise

Personal Life: Living the Philosophy

Hobbies That Tell the Story

  • BMW F-800ST motorcycle (2008) - “blasting around is my happy place”
  • Boat ownership - “in way too deep, lots of work to do!”
  • BBS systems - “party like it’s 1989!” (still runs ryanmalloy.com/bbs/)
  • DIY projects - “any excuse to buy a tool”
  • Travel - foot/land/sea/air, meeting new people/ideas/places
  • Live music, sports, shows - enjoying life’s experiences

Based in Boise, Idaho

  • Eagle ID 83616 (when not traveling or on the motorcycle)
  • Global perspective serving clients worldwide
  • Open source advocate bridging proprietary/legacy gaps

The Mutual Intelligence Breakthrough

642 Conversations, 11 Months of Discovery

From July 2024 to June 2025, Ryan documented the complete evolution of what became Mutual Intelligence:

  • November 2024: DemoStar.io concept born
  • May 2025: Django technical foundation
  • June 6, 2025: MCP discovery - immediate recognition of significance
  • 62 conversations in 2 weeks (June 10-21) developing the framework
  • June 2025: CI = CI breakthrough (Context Intelligence = Collaborative Intelligence)

The Renegade Framework

Ryan discovered that Mutual Intelligence isn’t just better AI - it’s a fundamental shift in how humans and AI work together:

  • Context exchange is the universal pattern underlying all meaningful collaboration
  • Better Context Exchange = Better Collaboration = Better Intelligence
  • MCP + MacGyver Intelligence = Renegade Problem Solving

Why Ryan is Building the Future

The Perfect Storm of Experience

  • 32+ years understanding systems from the inside out
  • 20+ years solving enterprise problems others avoid
  • Phone phreak background - knows how to see through the abstractions
  • BBS pioneer heritage - understands authentic community building
  • Patent holder - proven innovation track record
  • Enterprise credibility - trusted by Cisco, Zscaler, Blue Cross

The Vision: Not Serving, Collaborating

Most AI companies want AI to serve humans. Ryan envisions AI and humans enhancing each other - Mutual Intelligence where both sides get smarter together.

This isn’t about building better tools. It’s about building better collaboration.

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The Underground Continues

Ryan represents the authentic hacker culture that built the internet, created personal computing, and made the impossible possible with duct tape and determination.

Now he’s applying that same renegade spirit to the future of human-AI collaboration.

Welcome to the underground where Mutual Intelligence is born. 🌟

Want to join the revolution? The future needs more builders who make the impossible look easy. Check out Mutual Intelligence Studio to see what renegade collaboration looks like.