nationality birth_date article_title education name occupation
american 1982 ryan pitylak
 university of texas ryan pitylak ceo of unique influence
ryan pitylak

ryan pitylak -lrb- born 1982 -rrb- is an american entrepreneur and chief executive officer of unique influence , a digital marketing consulting firm based in austin , texas .
he is former internet spammer who , in civil settlements with the state of texas and microsoft , admitted to `` sending 25 million e-mails every day at the height of his spamming operation in 2004 '' and paid out over $ 1 million .
he was listed as the fourth-worst spammer by spamhaus project at one time .
pitylak is a graduate of the university of texas , where he received undergraduate degrees in economics and philosophy .
in june 2006 , he launched pitylak security , an internet security company that focused on anti-spam consulting .
