Leadership Team

Former Corporate Director and Senior Fellow Emeritus, Lockheed Martin Corporation with more than 100 publications and 30 patents / patents pending in multiple emerging technology domains and a recognized and sought out thought leader on technology innovation. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Executive Director of the National Robotic Engineering Center, the applied robotics R&D Center of the Carnegie Mellon University's world renown Robotics Institute, leading some of the largest and most complex robotics development projects for industry and public sector. Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.

Former Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer at United States Steel Corporation. Expertise and experience driving strategy, funding, M&A and public-private partnerships. A recognized thought leader in clean-tech, sustainability and decarbonization on a global scale. Previously at Westinghouse, Alcoa, and in national security roles focused on non-proliferation for the US Government. MPP, Harvard University, JD, University of Virginia Law

Formerly Vice President of Business Development and M&A at Matthews International. Corporate development, M&A, and strategic leadership across technology and industrial automation. Previously at Rockwell Automation, Teradata, and Ping Identity. A decade in technology investment banking. MBA from Columbia Business School, B.S. EE from Boston University. Former U.S. Naval Aviator, he flew the F-14 Tomcat and is a graduate of the U.S.N. Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun).

Former acting Corporate Director and Global advisor for technology at Lockheed Martin Corporation leading global teams, laboratories, universities, corporate and public sector partners in the creation of new products and businesses. Previous Innovation District CEO investing and scaling a global portfolio of startups.

Former Program, Product and Project lead at Amazon, L3 Harris and Lockheed Martin specializing in critical 9-figure machine learning, cloud computing, AI and mobile application development.

Associate Director of the National Robotics Engineering Center, a semi-autonomous unit within Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, vetting and partnering with Fortune 500 industrials to develop programs - from concept to deployment - for ground-breaking automation ready for commercialization. 

Former McKinsey & Company public, private and social sector strategy consultant, previously media executive the Associated Press and NPR leading emerging platform and product strategy, partnership and business development. Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA. Prior, he had a distinguished career as a photojournalist - nominated four times for the Pulitzer Prize.