Our Identity

Our Team

Defense-community practitioners, research scientists, and strategists. Our methods came from environments where being wrong was expensive.

Leadership

The team

Wesley Winkler

Wesley Winkler

Founder | CEO

A former U.S. Army Psychological Operations and cognitive warfare specialist with a deep defense technology and R&D background. He works where cognitive science, complex systems, and artificial intelligence meet.

Josh Woosley

Josh Woosley

Co-founder | COO

Josh brings Fortune 100 level experience building scalable, data-driven strategies for enterprise systems.

Advisors

Who we bring in

Frederick Gregory, PhD

Frederick Gregory, PhD

Neuroscience and Human-AI Collaboration

Dr. Gregory is a research strategist and neuroscientist who has spent more than twelve years working on human-AI collaboration, neurotechnology, and cognitive performance. He has cumulatively directed over $400M in research portfolios spanning sociotechnical systems to molecular neuroscience.

Samuel Carus

Samuel Carus

Human Performance and Strategy

Sam is a US Army SOF veteran, former human performance researcher, and strategist across the public and private sectors. He is a graduate of Carleton College, and began a PhD program in Neurobiological and Developmental Sciences at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences before entering the real world.

Spencer Gilbert

Spencer Gilbert

Senior Advisor, Complex Adaptive Systems

Spencer is an accomplished strategist across the public and private sectors. He is a graduate of the Fuqua School of Business, the Pratt School of Engineering, and the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

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