Steve's best friend from High-School, Ricky, is a top Pexip engineer & Mentor To Terrod.
Pexip is the world's most potent video conferencing shop...serving as the underpinning for half of the worlds tele-health traffic, including the VA Health Connect deployment in conjunction with Accenture.
They serve the most secure government entities because they are the most secure capability, and the most innovative too.
Matt Triner, Hunter's CEO, has been directly supporting Terrod's work since 2019, helping Terrod to write a speech on resilience and develop a critical infrastructure protection technology in the process.
Hunter Strategy is a boutique software dev, cloud technology and cybersecurity shop that always always exceeds expectations. Very High-End Shop.
Since Steve met Matt around 2014, Hunter has persistently performed at Olympic levels of technical and business prowess.
Brian Cheney's iVisioNET is one of Terrod's official homes and Brian and his biz partner Nigel have done more for Terrod than almost anyone. Sponsoring Terrod's annual internship in 2020, Brian & his team gave Terrod a front row seat to witness beautiful black entrepreneurship in action.
In business for 20 years, iVisioNET focuses exclusively on Cybersecurity with specialization in Identity & Access Management (IAM). And are unique among our members in being a DOD-certified a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Assessment Organization.
Dr. Paul Zak is Steve & Terrod's most prominent & appreciated Neuroscientist partner, in addition to running both Immersion Neuro as well as the Zak Neuroscience Lab at Claremont University.
He is among the world's leading researchers on the elusive hormone Oxytocin and his extensively published research is directly informative to ButterflyFX Labs' own neuroscience technology.
Dr. Zak has served as a Mentor to Terrod, graciously appearing in all of Terrod's Neuroscience videos.
Security. Security. Security. Anything less than rocket.chat for multi-channel comms would be...uncivilized.
Rocket.chat is the preferred chat solution for highly secure/even air gapped solutions.
Rocket.chat is a secure and compliant communications platform that lets you
own your data, customize anything, integrate everything.
The finest emergency management professional we know, Ryan, is the CEO.
And we can't trust anyone's input on these subjects more. The ultimate straight shooter and pro in his field.
Cyrus...maybe some of the more influential red team world players under radars in DC...
We're also keeping this crew in a little black box for now.
We are working on product development that we'll likely white-label to our best friends first (e.g. will give Accenture right of first refusal).
Mo knows.
Our main man Mo's homegrown billion dollar algorithm...this one is still being kept in a little black box.
Silica Valley is sole distributor.
The entire basis for Jarboe's excitement about data science/AI/NeuralNets, starting back in 2010. Resilient's CEO Mark opened an entire new chapter in Steve's cyber journey, redirecting him into the world of resilience, starting with critical infrastructure grids and leading to the neural grid of the human brain.
Mark is involved in many special projects and investments. And we'll always team-up wherever there is data to be scienced, or grids to be made more resilient.
Steve's frequently referred to "greatest ethical hacker I've ever known", Mo, is one half of the team behind Neural Movement. And one of Steve's closest friends since 2006. The other half of the Neural Movement Team is the neuroscience and kinesthetics genius, Reza. Reza's spent ten years building this uniques and world-renowned modality.
Neural Movement is the undisputed champion of turning pro boxers into undisputed champions. They focus on reaction time improvement through nervous system tuning. They're now working toward the leading edge of practical neuroscience applications, including planned support for the Military with reaction time.
Privacy is paramount...and The TurtleSheild Product from Ardent Privacy is proper.
CEO Sameer is well-known in the professional privacy practice. For good reasons...prolific product performance.
DHS CIO-funded tech back in 2006 is what borough John & Steve together and they've team-up ever since.
John taught Steve the art and technical science of visualization (of linked vulnerabilities in a network). His tech has averted many cyber debacles and inspired connected thinking models that transcend cybersecurity.
Owner Ray is the best Identity & Access Management (IAM) & Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) expert Steve ever had the opt to work with...from strategic to hands-on, Ray and his team of IAM/PKI focused gurus are second to none in DC IAM/PKI circles.
Martha, Martha, Martha. Longtime associate of Jarboe's (via greatest neighbor ever, Kent's introduction).
A Veteran & Vets Families booster extraordinaire. Rocket fueled boosting of Gold Star Kids who fight through their own battles on the gaming front.
We've seen the Armed Service's official e-gaming teams (one for each branch): Army, Navy, Air Force Etc. bolster Gold Star Kids by gaming with them and it's a beautiful thing.
Steve's Neighbor Dave's dream cloud company...Kion equals enablement (visibility, automation & control) across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
With extensive and effusive customers across the commercial and government space, Kion has demonstrated their excellence and can enhance your cloud experience.
Intellectual Point is excellent at education. And the focus on helping veterans be in the business of IT.
They have gone above and beyond for the good of those who served their country. And as they find work homes for these veterans, our other members are able to hire stellar candidates at no cost (because Intellectual Point provides this connecting service at zero cost to the hiring group).
Win. Win. Win. Win.
They also do lots of other cool stuff but let's just focus on the Veteran Placement for the moment...
Collective Liberty is an organization Steve promised to always support after Accenture awarded their CEO an award back in 2019.
Collective Liberty is on the front lines of the digital battle against human trafficking. They use data science to free humans from bondage, by diving into the worst of humanity's degradation to challenge it directly. As those being trafficked go free, their traffickers go the other way.
CEO & Founder, Rochelle, is one of the most impressive & instinctively in-tune people we ever met.
WE support & love our local film-makers
FFO helped ButterflyFX Labs take flight & is a sustaining part of our creative core friend team.
We love movies...the 1984 Film called "War Games" shaped all of Steve's career.
TX360! is the kind of product a company can be proud of. And we're proud to know Pete & Swan Island. You should get to know them too. They keep people safe with physical threat intelligence & reporting.
Major Critical Infrastructure Resilience Technology.
Capabilities to mitigate mass casualty events & critical infrastructure attacks.
Company is based in the Howard County Incubator and the principles are great exemplars of emergency management tech being homegrown in Howard. And having an impact way beyond our local scene.
DataTech 911 saves lives/helps responders minimize critical infrastructure attacks. That's impact!
HB Technology is a premier IT solutions and services company specializing in the architecture, development, and management of end-user computing devices and platforms.
They recognize the pivotal role that end-user computing plays in today's digital landscape. They offer comprehensive services to help organizations maintain computing environments with utmost efficiency and security.
Their execution and delivery have been trusted by organizations such as NASA and National Institutes of Health, resulting in awards from customer support to cybersecurity, and deployment of advanced technologies.
So many great adventures, with Capstone Owner James, since '05...Grand and small and loved them all.
Capstone delivered stellar services to Steve during his time with Accenture. Over and over, across almost 20 years now, James has demonstrated excellence in every area measurable. And so James & Steve have stayed close over the years...and are a perfect & natural pairing to go to market as part of the Co-Op. James has also been a strong partner to some other members of the Co-Op over the years..just a great/easy to work with teaming partner.
James & Team have also has started a company called Artemis Federal.