TEAM IRI

Executive Leadership

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Dr. Akshay Pottathil

President

Globally recognized edupreneur & homeland security strategist with decades of domain expertise.

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Jerome Joaquin

Vice President, Operations

Holds 32 years of experience (SDPD), served as SWAT instructor in a variety of disciplines.

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Charles Matranga

Vice President, Special Projects

Over 25 years experience in Special Operations (US NAVY), has in action expertise in over 10 nations.

Board of Directors

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Bruce Churchill

President Emeritus of the InfraGard San Diego, has 25+ years of Navy experience in operations ranging from fleet logistics management to air anti sub-marine warfare.

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Richard Brandt

Former Navy Operations Specialist with 18+ years in managing, reconciling and projecting institutional and extramural funds and 14+ years experience in contract and grant administration.

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Sunil Kapoor

An entrepreneur and investor with significant experience in financial compliance issues, including anti-money laundering in connection with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

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SPECIAL NOTE

Dr. Akshay Pottathil serve as Chairman and Jerome Joaquin serve as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Subject Matter Experts

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John Brown

SME, INTELLIGENCE

Retired FBI Executive Assistant Director. Previously held top five leadership position in the FBI and only career service position approved by both Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence.

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Timothy Barelli

SME, HOMELAND SECURITY

Retired from the U.S. Coast Guard after serving more than 26 years and transferred command as Sector Commander and Captain of the Port of San Diego, where he led an award winning unit with the responsibility for the maritime safety, security, and environmental protection.

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Keshav Kumar

SME, LAW ENFORCEMENT

Retired Director General of Police (Republic of India) and an international expert in Anti-Corruption, Anti -Bribery, Corporate Governance, Forensic Investigation, and Wildlife Crime Investigation.

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Fr. N.J. Anto

SME, EDUCATION

Vice Principal of St. Joseph's College(Autonomous), Devagiri.

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Dr. Tania Francis

SME, CHEMISTRY

Research emphasis in Synthetic Organic Chemistry & Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Head of the Department of Chemistry at St. Joseph's College, Devagiri.

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Dr. Dhanya Kandarattil

SME, SOCIO-ECONOMICS

Socio-economics expert that currently serves as Assistant Professor of Economics (M.E.S. Asmabi College).

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Dr. Vlastamil Černÿ

SME, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

A professor of Economics with an extensive experience in organizing academic international cooperation and projects at multiple levels and in various geographical areas.

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Dr. Hemant Purohit

SME, SEMANTIC COMPUTING

Interdisciplinary researcher with interests at the intersection of computing and social sciences to understand human behavior to address social problems.

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Dr. Rajendra Akerkar

SME, BIG DATA

Holds 30+ years of experience in knowledge representation and reasoning, data science, intelligent systems and requirement engineering.

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Dr. Miloš Ulman

SME, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Faculty of Economics and Management at CULS Prague since 2007. Expert scholar in E-governance, Information Systems & Ethics, and Big Data in Decision Making.

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K G Robinson

SME, LAW ENFORCEMENT

A veteran 1st grade Detective with over 21 years of law enforcement experience with the NYPD. Post 9/11, he was assigned to help identify victims of the World Trade Center attacks.

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Dr. Lukáš Moravec

SME, FINANCE

Dr. Moravec's research focus on the interaction between state tax policy and taxpayer behavior, including identifying social benefits frauds, online platform sales, and optimal property taxes at the municipal level.

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Catherine Garcia

SME, LAW ENFORCEMENT

Civil and criminal investigative and training expertise in the areas of sexual assault, stalking, family violence and fraud.

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Glenn Hyzak

SME, MARITIME SECURITY

Maritime Law Enforcement Specialist (MLES). Warrant Officers serving in the MLES specialty are experts in all aspects of Coast Guard Law Enforcement.

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Chitra Sivanandam

SME, TECHNOLOGY & SECURITY

Dynamic leader with proven track record in emerging technology strategy, research and development as well as execution & integration into existing or new programs.

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Tereza Burešová

SME, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Member, Digitisation Department of the Deputy Prime Minister, CZ - responsible for strategy of Czechia and related analytics in public IT sector.

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Dave McKinsey

SME, DATA SYSTEMS

Develop and implement plans for fully integrated systems, including OS, networks, and applications.

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Dr. Annie Stephy

SME, MATERIALS SCIENCE

Expertise in synthesis and modelling of polymer composites and fabrication of novel biodegradable materials.

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Monique Ham

SME, CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Served as Director for Justice Affairs for the Secretary of State (B.C., MX).

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Carrie O'Connell

SME, MEDIA ANALYSIS

Scholar of historical implications of black box technology, automata as a tool of deception, and implications of new technologies.