The Board of Directors
Independent Director (Chairman)
Kent Kresa
An extensive background in high technology and finance (e.g., DARPA, and Carlyle Group). He is Chairman Emeritus of Northrop Grumman Corp. .
Independent Director
Fred Warren
As a pioneer in venture capital. In 1972, he co-founded Brentwood Assoc. and then Sage Venture Partners. Also an impactful philanthropist.
Independent Director
Mark Siegel
President at ReMY Investors & Consultants, inc. and a seasoned entrepreneur who deeply believes in philanthropic duty and community service.
The Advisors Team
Business Advisor
Jim Armstrong
Jim is Managing Director at Composite Ventures, Has thirty years experience in investments and is featured on the Forbes Midas List of top Venture Capitalists.
Business Advisor
John Stewart
John is the Founder of Talons Ventures. He works with disruptive startup companies, venture funds, consults on government relations and cybersecurity.
Business Advisor
Mark Ozur
“Mark has served on several public and venture capital-funded Boards of Directors. He is an accomplished lecturer & highly experienced executive.
Science Advisor
Dr. Jonathan M. Smith (JMS)
From the University of Pennsylvania, he was named an IEEE Fellow and received the OSD Medal for Exceptional Public Service for his service at DARPA.
Business Advisor
Nick Holden
Nick is a seasoned technology executive with 30 years with startups and enterprises. Recently held VP leadership roles at Cisco with a 19 year tenure.
Business Advisor
Dr. R. Preston McAfee
Served as Chief Economist/Researcher at Yahoo!, Director Google Strategic Technologies, and Chief Economist and Corp. VP at Microsoft.
Business Advisor
KIp Hagopian
A founding general partner of Brentwood Associates, where he was responsible for the firm’s most successful investments, such as Apple and Teradata.
Science Advisor (endorsement quote)
Dr. Amit Sahai
“CypherGenics is unique, the concept is a real insight, it is a potential game changer”… Amit Sahai
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Science Advisor (endorsement quote)
DR, John Seely Brown
“The CypherGenics technology is hugely important and will move exponentially to global markets” … John Seely Brown.
Science Advisor (endorsement quote)
Dr. Thomas Vidick
“The strength of CypherGenics is real, and it is in the simplicity of its Virtual Binary Languages” …Thomas Vidick