Team

Leadership

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Kevin Kane

CEO & co-founder

15 years experience in scaling deep tech startups, software engineering, and executive leadership in financial services and hedge fund industries
U.S. Army Veteran, JAG Corps

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Andrew McElroy

CTO & co-founder

17 years experience developing deep tech capabilities and building companies.
3 Deep Tech patents in network technology, machine learning, and radio spectrum related fields.
Developed FDA-cleared AI Product, wrote ‘Quantum Threats’ for Biden Transition team
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Josh Kiluk

Chief Operating Officer

multi-functional teams in National Defense and Diplomacy
Extensive leadership across mission-critical,
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Derek Hetzler

Chief Product Officer

11 years in Silicon Valley developing and implementing software,
including 6 years as a Sr. Product Manager at Meta (Facebook)
managing AI/Machine Learning, data architecture, and software engineers
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Rick Zirpolo

VP of Sales

35 years of experience in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur who founded, managed, and sold Rabbit Office Automation to Xerox


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Adam Firestone

EVP of Systems Engineering

30 years’ experience in the conception, design, development, and delivery of innovative and disruptive technology systems, in public and commercial sectors, with a focus on security, resilience, and cryptography
7 technology patents related to multilevel security, cryptography, cryptosystems, and decentralization
Developed and taught graduate courses in systems engineering, technology, and cryptography at Georgetown University
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Hilary MacMillan

EVP of Systems Engineering

20+ years of experience in conceiving, defining, designing, and delivering technology systems and in developing organizations in both the federal and commercial sectors at SAIC, Leidos, Sāftrus, and Cylogic
6 patents related to cryptography implementations and decentralization
Adjunct professor at Georgetown University, developed and taught graduate courses in Cryptography and Systems Integration


Advisory Board

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Dr. Georgianna Shea

FDD, Chief Technologist
Former Chief Engineer, MITRE

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Joseph Martin

General (Ret), U.S. Army


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Al Shoffner

Major General (Ret), U.S. Army


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Eric Sheridan

Former NTT Chief Scientist Head of Innovations


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Gary Sojka

Board of Directors, USTLC, Co-Founder at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.


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Frederick (Fred) Hotchner

CIA Executive Retired


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Ted Corcovilos, PhD

Experimental Physics, Quantum Computing Institute


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Jose Arrieta

Former CIO U.S. Department of Health (HHS)