Common questions about Nic McKinley.

Nic McKinley is a former CIA Officer, U.S. Air Force Pararescueman (PJ), Harvard University graduate, and three-time tech founder. He is the founder and CEO of DeliverFund, a nonprofit that applies intelligence tradecraft and AI technology to dismantle human trafficking networks. VICE Media dubbed him the real Jack Ryan.

VICE Media coined the nickname after documenting Nic McKinley's career: a U.S. Air Force Pararescueman who went on to serve as a CIA Officer before founding DeliverFund to fight human trafficking. The parallel to the fictional CIA analyst Jack Ryan — created by Tom Clancy — reflects his real-world combination of elite military training, intelligence work, and mission-driven entrepreneurship. You can read and watch the original VICE story at nicmckinley.com/the-real-life-jack-ryan.

Pararescue (PJ) is one of the most demanding special operations roles in the U.S. military. Pararescuemen are combat-trained special operators and paramedics who conduct personnel recovery, combat search and rescue, and medical treatment in hostile environments.

Nic McKinley served as a CIA Officer following his time in U.S. Air Force Pararescue. In 2015 he left the CIA to found DeliverFund, applying the intelligence tradecraft and operational methodologies he developed in government service to the fight against human trafficking networks.

Nic McKinley is a graduate of Harvard University.

Nic McKinley fights human trafficking through a three-part strategy: DeliverFund applies intelligence tradecraft to support law enforcement operations; Ten Point Data builds and commercializes the technology and datasets that make detection possible; and Second Watch Capital deploys capital to realign the corporate incentives that allow exploitation to thrive in commercial platforms. Together, these three organizations form a self-reinforcing ecosystem designed to make child exploitation impossible at scale.

The 10 Points of Disruption is Nic McKinley's framework for dismantling human trafficking networks. It identifies ten operational chokepoints in a trafficking network — from recruitment and advertisement to payment and legal compliance — and models how sustained pressure across all ten points produces a 97.2% trafficker failure rate at 30% disruption per point, based on compound probability analysis. Learn more at nicmckinley.com/the-issue.

DeliverFund is a nonprofit organization founded by Nic McKinley that applies intelligence tradecraft, data analytics, and AI technology to help law enforcement dismantle human trafficking networks. DeliverFund has supported hundreds of law enforcement operations and maintains a 100% conviction rate on its intelligence-supported cases. Learn more at deliverfund.org.

Ten Point Data is a data intelligence company founded by Nic McKinley. It develops AI-powered tools and illicit commodity datasets that help private and public sector organizations detect trafficking and exploitation in their platforms. The commercial research and development work at Ten Point Data also informs DeliverFund's technology stack. Learn more at tenpointdata.com.

You can support the mission by donating to DeliverFund at deliverfund.org, subscribing to Nic McKinley's newsletter Points of Disruption for bi-weekly strategic updates, or connecting directly for speaking, media, and partnership inquiries via nicmckinley.com/contact.

Nic McKinley has spoken at Harvard University, Microsoft, George Mason University, the Montana District Attorneys Association, Shared Hope International, Roca Inc., Calvary Albuquerque, Lloyd Agencies, Valuetainment, and MSNBC. He has also testified before the U.S. Congressional Helsinki Commission. His topics include intelligence tradecraft applied to counter-trafficking, the 10 Points of Disruption framework, AI in law enforcement, and mission-driven entrepreneurship.

Speaking inquiries can be submitted through the contact page at nicmckinley.com/contact.