Nick Unger, Managing Partner
Nick has launched groundbreaking AI applications and published multiple patents that optimize the use of AI for business and societal objectives over a 25-year tech career, starting as the Founder and CEO of Audiopoint, the world’s first “voice portal” and precursor to today’s voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri. A product focused technology executive, Nick strives to blend strategic insight with an understanding of technology to simplify AI conversations and focus on the critical questions. Nick earned a BA in International Studies from The American University, an MBA from George Mason University, and spent the last year immersed in the latest advances in AI while earning an MPA at the Harvard Kennedy School and mentoring AI startups at the MIT AI Venture Studio and Harvard Innovation Labs.
Mikhail Prudnikov, Consultant
Mikhail is a successful technology executive and entrepreneur who served in leadership roles at Oracle, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft, managing $100M business units. Practical and direct, Mikhail excels at rapidly assessing challenges and optimizing resources and planning to achieve solutions. Mikhail earned a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Belaurusian State University for Informatics and Radioelectronics, and MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School.
Tad Rodgers, Consultant
Tad is an experienced technology developer, manager, and executive who began his career as a consultant in the Washington DC area, providing software engineering services to both government and commercial sectors. Tad has cofounded many leading-edge technology and services companies, and is exceptionally skilled at managing complex new product development across numerous industries, including telecom and health care. Tad earned a BA in Political Science from the University of Washington and holds a PMP Certification.
Jay Thornton, Consultant
Jay is an experienced product owner and technology leader with a strong background in integrating AI powered analytics and solutions, building and managing cross functional teams, scaling SaaS solutions for franchise businesses, and driving adoption. Jay has designed, developed, and launched multiple platform solutions with myriad integrations including JetRecruiter, LokateCRM, and Social Fabric, and was on the cutting edge of influencer marketing as a founding member of the Collective Bias leadership team. Jay is a lifelong learner having earned a BS in Marketing from Arkansas State, a BS in Advertising from University of Arkansas, and an MS in Communication from Grand Valley State along with other professional development and degrees.
Dan Campbell, Strategic Advisor
Dan is a transformative executive with over 25 years experience of driving growth and innovation in the technology sector. Having led sales teams at regional, national, and global technology companies, Dan has consistently delivered exceptional results, including growing one company’s revenue by 235% during COVID (leading to an acquisition) and transforming a national VAR’s largest region from $150M in revenue into a $400M market leader while increasing net income by 300%. Dan’s experience spans executive strategy, sales team development, and strategic partnerships with industry leaders like Cisco, NetApp, Pure Storage, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, AWS, and VMware. Dan earned a BS in Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech and an MBA from Loyola University Maryland.
Jay Rubin, Consultant
Jay is a high-caliber management professional with a proven track record in Fortune 500 corporate, medium and small business environments. He thrives at creative problem solving, decision-making, building long lasting relationships and coaching, as well as creating an environment of teamwork to ensure an organization’s long-term prosperity. Having worked as an engineer, an analyst, a project manager, an operations manager, a COO, a Chief of Staff and as a President, Jay is well equipped to solve issues, assist in managing teams and configure processes. Jay has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from California State University at Northridge. He is a long-time resident of Malibu, California.
Neil Ende, Legal Advisor
Neil is a nationally recognized expert on telecommunications transactional, litigation and regulatory issues, and has served as counsel to many of the nation’s largest resellers, wireless carriers, master agencies and agents, leading edge technology companies. He has successfully litigated complex telecommunications cases in proceedings in state, federal courts and regulatory agencies across the country, the FCC, the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) and JAMS/Endispute. Neil has earned the coveted AV-rating (the highest possible peer review ratings for ability and ethics) from the respected Martindale Hubbell legal directory, and is a regular contributor of feature articles to leading industry publications and journals, and is a frequent speaker at major industry conferences and meetings. Neil is Managing Partner of Technology Law Group in Washington, D.C., and he earned a BA in Political Science from the University of Rochester, and a JD from Boston College Law School.
David Roggen, Cybersecurity Advisor
David is a 25 year veteran of cybersecurity and management consulting. He brings an operational and process lense to all aspects of cybersecurity. He focuses on engaging non-technical stakeholders in building secure organizations and ecosystems. Overall, David is an expert in cbersecurity strategy and seasoned consultant with an approach honed at IBM and Morgan Franklin. David earned an AB in Economics from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the McDonough School of Business from Georgetown University.