Leadership
Meraglim® is led by a team of accomplished senior leaders from capital markets, defense, and intelligence. Collectively we have held Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearances, published an extensive body of peer-reviewed academic work as well as New York Times best-selling books in this field, been granted numerous patents and won industry awards for multi-billion dollar sales.
Board of Directors
Kevin W. Massengill, Founder, Chairman and CEO
Senior Executive Fortune 500 Defense & Information Technology, CEO MENA Consultancy, Private Equity Board Member, U.S. State Department Advisory Board, U.S. Army Ranger Qualified Officer, Princeton University M.A. Near Eastern Studies, University of Missouri B.A. Russian Area Studies, Distinguished Military Graduate, U.S. Army Top 5% Fellowship.
James G. Rickards, Founder and Chief Global Strategist
Author, Attorney, Capital Markets Strategist, Led CIA Project Prophecy on Financial Markets, New York University School of Law LL.M, University of Pennsylvania Law School J.D., Johns Hopkins University SAIS M.A. International Economics, B.A. Economics cum laude.
Brian Wieber, Director of Audit & Finance
Operating Partner with Cadiz Capital private equity firm. Non-Executive Outside Board Director and Qualified Financial Expert in the fintech, healthcare, and investment industries. 35 years of commercial experience leading financial, operational, and information technology risk management. Leadership roles with KKR, Lazard, Morgan Stanley, Grant Thornton, and Deloitte. BS, NYU; MBA, Fordham University.
Paul Marcela, Corporate Secretary
President of Governance Partners Group and former Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of two Cerberus Capital Management private equity portfolio companies, 24 years with Dow Corning Corporation as General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, B.S. in Economics and Political Science from Allegheny College, M.B.A. Finance from Central Michigan University, J.D. from Case Western Reserve University.
Advisory Board
Walter P. Adams, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Central Advisor
Founder and CEO of EVI Holdings, Praxxs, and Century 22 Solutions, a highly successful business professional with 35 plus years of multi-national experience in federal, international, and commercial markets. He holds a BS in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Florida and led the creation of the AI Central initiative by Meraglim, the University of Florida, and the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Janet Aisbett, Complexity Science Advisor
Research interests in Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Fuzzy Set Theory, Health Statistics. Held full professorships in computing and information technologies at the Universities of Newcastle and Tasmania; within the Australian Defence Science & Technology Organisation led teams in image processing and information fusion. The University of Western Ontario Ph.D. and M.A. Pure Mathematics and the University of New South Wales B.S. Dip. Computing CCAE.
Robert Forness, Insurance Industry Advisor
Chief Executive and Chief Underwriting Officer of MultiStrat, former Chief Underwriting Officer and Interim CEO of the Imagine Group and Head of Underwriting and Managing Director of Imagine’s Lloyd’s operation. He has a bachelor’s degree in Applied Economics & Business Management from Cornell University, an MBA from Columbia University, and is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), and is a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU).
Kariena Greiten, Healthcare Industry Advisor
Kariena Greiten has over 20 years of healthcare industry experience and has held executive roles at companies including HealthHelp, Magellan Health Services, National Imaging Associates (NIA), and CIGNA Health Services. Over her career, she has served as CEO, Chief Product Officer, and CFO driving double-digit Revenue and EBITDA growth. Kariena holds an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School and BA in Economics from Colby College.
Keith Hagen, Healthcare Industry Advisor
Keith Hagen is a recognized leader in the healthcare industry, having led multiple companies, both private and public, including SaaS, medical device, and services businesses over 35+ years. He was past CEO of Aviacode and QuadraMed and has held CEO, COO, President, and CTO roles at companies including, Aperio, Misys, Sunquest, and others. Keith earned his BSCS from the State University of New York.
Dr. Ali Pashazadeh, Healthcare Industry Advisor
Dr. Damon Woodard, Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity Advisor
Dr. Woodard currently serves as the Director of the Florida Institute for National Security (FINS), which focuses on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to various problem domains (defense, infrastructure, economic, political, ecological, and energy) that impact national security. Previously, he served as the Director of AI Partnerships for the University of Florida's Artificial Intelligence Initiative. Dr. Woodard is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. He is an IEEE Senior Member, an ACM Senior Member, a National Academy of Science Kavli Frontiers Fellow, and a member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Dr. Woodard received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Notre Dame, and his B.S. in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems from Tulane University.
Dr. Ronald R. Yager, Computational Intelligence Advisor
A Life Fellow, IEEE, and formerly the Director of the Machine Intelligence Institute and a Professor of Information Systems with Iona College, New Rochelle, NY. He has worked in the area of machine intelligence for more than 25 years, authored/coauthored more than 500 papers and more than 30 books in areas related to fuzzy sets, decision-making under uncertainty, and the fusion of information. Dr. Yager is among the world's top 1% most highly cited researchers with about 70,000 citations. He was the recipient of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society's highly prestigious Frank Rosenblatt Award in 2016 and the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society 2018 Lotfi Zadeh Pioneer Award. He received his BEE in electrical engineering from The City College of New York, New York, NY, and his Ph.D. from the Polytechnic University of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
Executive Management
Kevin W. Massengill, Founder, Chairman and CEO
Senior Executive Fortune 500 Defense & Information Technology, CEO MENA Consultancy, Private Equity Board Member, U.S. State Department Advisory Board, U.S. Army Ranger Qualified Officer, Princeton University M.A. Near Eastern Studies, University of Missouri B.A. Russian Area Studies, Distinguished Military Graduate, U.S. Army Top 5% Fellowship.
James G. Rickards, Founder and Chief Global Strategist
Author, Attorney, Capital Markets Strategist, Led CIA Project Prophecy on Financial Markets, New York University School of Law LL.M, University of Pennsylvania Law School J.D., Johns Hopkins University SAIS M.A. International Economics, B.A. Economics cum laude.
Dr. Terry Rickard, Chief Data Scientist
Computational Intelligence Decision Theory, Neural Networks, Fuzzy & Expert Systems, Financial Markets, Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow, the University of California at San Diego Ph.D. Engineering Physics, Florida Institute of Technology M.S. & B.S. Electrical Engineering.
Dr. **** ********, Chief Technology Officer
Data Science & Analytics, Data Fusion & Evidence Accrual, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Activity & Behavior Learning and Anomaly Detection, University of Maryland Ph.D. & M.S. Computer Science, Princeton University B.S. Electrical Engineering. (Masked name but real bio.)
Karen Hersh, Controller and Chief Human Resources
Cost and Financial Accountant, Controller Allied Metals, Budget Manager & EA to Raytheon Vice President & Regional Executive – Middle East North Africa, Controller CellAntenna Corp., Cost & Financial Accountant Fisher-Rosemount, Senior Statistical Analyst & Litigation Manager Time Inc., Concordia University B.A. Accounting summa cum laude.
Gene Soltero, Chief Professional Services
President and CEO of Cimarron Capital, Inc., Master of Science in Industrial Management from M.I.T., where he was a Research Fellow in petroleum economics, Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Cooper Union, registered professional engineer with securities licenses series 22, 63, 79 and 82.