Leadership & Advisor Team

Served in executive positions in the Cellular & Wireless businesses at AT&T and Sprint. Three successful exits from private equity and venture backed companies including 10 years of Drone experience.  He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an Engineering Degree from Georgia Tech.

Over 30 years at DEFCON® connecting business, technology & government. Led development of Technology Policy for the Executive Office of the President in The White House.  Director's External Review Team at U.S. National Security Agency. Chaired the Advisory Group for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.  

Develops innovative machine learning models  for Air Traffic Planning Systems and GNSS.  She previously developed sensor fusion systems for autonomous navigation.   Akshata has a Aerospace Engineering Degree from Florida Institute of Technology & a Masters in Aerospace Engineering from Stanford.

Tom is a 30-year Intel veteran and current Professor of AI at Boston University.  At Intel he led a deep learning computer vision and computational photography R&D team.  Thomas holds a Masters and PhD in Electrical Engineering from  Georgia Tech.​​​​

Mike Griffin previously worked with Lee Priest for over 10 years and is an experienced CFO & CIO with several private equity exits.  Mike has extensive experience interfacing with Wireless Carrier information systems.

Marty Strong is a decorated retired Navy SEAL Officer, who served for 20 years in that elite unit. Marty is former CEO of Linxx Global Solutions and current CEO of Legacy Care.