Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
Experienced investment professional and entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience - Health2047 Capital Partners, Founding Managing Partner; Jefferies, Founding Managing Director, Global Life Sciences Investment Banking; Brightwaters Capital, CEO - new business formation and serial co-founder of bio-medical, med-tech, information technology, geolocation technology, and AI/ML spin-out companies from UCLA, Johns Hopkins, Harvard/MGH, Dana-Farber, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Caltech / JPL, among others. Named co-inventor on 5 issued US/EU patents for first-in-class medical technology
Boston University, BA, cum laude; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MHS; Wharton School, Executive Education
Co-Founder & COO
Prior experience includes 35+ years of technology development, systems, senior project management, business development and business formation, Caltech/NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), IBM, Westinghouse, and Northrop Grumman
Weber State, BS; Brigham Young, MS; University of Utah, MBA
Co-Founder & Corporate Development Manager
Stifel, Investment Banking Analyst, Leveraged Finance Group;
Internships - Omelet LLC, Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California; Senior Sailing Instructor, California Yacht Club; Volunteer, Heal the Bay and Surfrider Foundation
University of California, Santa Barbara
BA, Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Board Member
Experienced investment professional and entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience - Drexel Burnham Lambert, Executive Vice President and Co-Director of Domestic Capital Markets; Jefferies, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, Capital Markets Division, member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee; Private equity investor ranging from sports and entertainment, Co-Founded Major League Soccer, Principal owner of the LA Galaxy; Investor in financial services, medical technology and AI-driven, SaaS companies; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Member of Board of Directors, immediate past Chairman
Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude; Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, BS, summa cum laude
Chairman
Chief Engineer & Co-Founder of Sensors in Motion, a spinout of Caltech/NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL). Sensors in Motion developed, manufactured, and commercialized navigation grade MEMS inertial sensors; Senior scientist and engineer (1997-2007) in Micro Devices Laboratory at Caltech/NASA's JPL responsible for MEMS testing, fabrication, and modeling, including design and fabrication of a MEMS gyroscope, development of interferometer system for dynamic MEMS structures characterization, and optical systems testing and control.
California Institute of Technology, B.S., M.S., and Ph.D, Applied Physics
Member
Carbon Mapper, Director Airborne Operations; SeekOps, Founder & CEO, SVP Sustainability,
SVP Strategic Partnerships;
Senior Technologist, Caltch/NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, Planetary Surface Instruments Group;
NASA JPL-Chevron Alliance Fellow;
NASA JPL-NSTA Program Office & JPL Discipline Program Manager, NASA Applied Sciences;
Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar
PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
MS, UC San Diego
BS, Chemical Engineering, Tufts University
Member
Senior Engineer at Caltech/NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the past 20 years, developing scientific instruments for space, incorporating novel sensor technologies. Prior to joining JPL, worked for 10 years in industry, primarily in communications at Boeing Satellite Systems, and Philips Broadband Networks, software engineering at Fairchild Semiconductor, and semiconductors at National Semiconductor. Georgia Institute of Technology, MSECE; University of Utah, BSEE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-peay-b5986812
Member
Please refer to Bio listed in Voice of the Customer Advisory Board.
Member
Research experience in algorithm development, machine learning applications to big data, deep learning, Bayesian statistics.
UCLA PhD (candidate), Astronomy & Astrophysics; UCLA MS, Astronomy & Astrophysics; University of Richmond, BA, Physics, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Chairman
Immediate past Division Director for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, First Responder Group. During his 15-year career at DHS S&T, partnered with industry, academia and federal/state government to develop technologies that improve first responder safety and productivity. Under Greg’s leadership at DHS S&T, the First Responder Group successfully developed and transitioned 22 technologies to the commercial market including POINTER.
Previously, Greg spent 16 years as a Unit Chief at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) where he managed a team of professionals responsible for developing technologies for FBI headquarters, its field offices and state and local crime laboratories. Notable achievements during Greg’s career include two FBI Director Awards for Excellent, the DHS Under Secretary’s Award for Excellence and multiple DHS S&T awards for program excellence.
University of Maryland, BS, Information Systems Technology Management
Member
Battalion Chief, LAFD
Structure Defense Specialist, California Interagency Incident Management Team,
Teams Operations Sections Supervisor and Strike Team Leader, LAFD Field Incident Management Team
Incident Command Trainer, California USAR Task Force One, Hazardous Materials Specialist and Los Angeles Training Unit
Member, Executive Steering Committee, Department of Homeland Security First Responder Group
BS, Health Education, California State University, Northridge
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-wordin-6a522526/
Member
Helicopter Rescue Paramedic San Diego FD
-Urban Search and Rescue TechInfoSpec
-Military Helicopter Manager (MHEM)
Hazardous Materials Response Team
Firefighter/Paramedic San Diego FD
Tactical Paramedic SDPD SWAT
Member, Executive Steering Committee, Department of Homeland Security First Responder Group
Member
Law Enforcement Advisor, Blue Wall Institute
CEO, The Oliver Group, Investigative and Protective Technology Company
Section Chief, Supervisory Technical Enforcement Officer, United States Department of Homeland Security
ICE-HSI Section Chief, Detailed to DHS/ Spectrum Relocation AWS 3-Program Manager
Member, Board of Directors DHS S&T Criminal Investigation and Network Analysis (CINA)
Sergeant, St. Clair County Sheriff's Department
BA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Masters, Webster University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-oliver-20376877/
Member
Assistant Chief, Harris County Fire Department, Houston, TX
Deputy Chief, Planning, Harris County Fire Department, Houston, TX
Captain, US Army Ranger
BA, Texas A&M
Masters, Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management, Columbia Southern University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodney-reed-b3967769/
Member
Consultant and ASIM Instructor, C3 Pathways
Fire Chief (Retired), Seminole County Fire/EMS/Rescue, FLA
Health and Safety Regional Liaison, Seminole County Fire Marshall, FLA
Co-Chair Florida's Regional Domestic Security Task Force
Chairperson, Florida Search and Rescue Task Force
Member, Seminole State College's Fire and EMS Education Advisory Committee
Regional Coordinator, Florida Emergency Response Plan
Masters, Homeland Security, Naval Postgraduate School
B.A.Sc, University of Pheonix
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeanna-mims-95b21142/