Patrick Coughlin is a cybersecurity expert with over two decades of hands-on experience at the intersection of technology, intelligence, and security. He has lived in Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi, Washington DC and Silicon Valley where he has worked on classified projects to advance national security and commercial products to protect Fortune 500 companies from the most sophisticated cyber threats. When his mother was targeted with a brutal fake kidnapping scam, the threat became personal.His debut book, Dark Side of the Boom, reveals the human cost of the growing AI-powered scam economy, explores the organized criminal networks and black-market engines that power it, and offers clear-eyed strategies for how to better prepare and protect ourselves and our communities. Patrick is currently the cofounder and CEO of Savi Security, a consumer product company he started with his brother to protect families against scams and fraud in the AI era. He holds degrees from Georgetown, St. Andrews and Stanford University. While Proudly born and raised in Kansas City, Patrick now lives with his family in Los Angeles where he is consistently the least interesting person to just about everybody he meets. It is unlikely this book will change that.