About Our Team

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 George W. Davis Jr. President and Cofounder

George W. Davis Jr. specializes in providing technology solutions to the defense and public safety sectors. He is a specialist in geospatial Information Systems and Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT). After the 9/11 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center, he supported the Emergency Mapping and Data Center (EMDC), mapping the area around Ground Zero as well as most of Manhattan south of Canal Street. He served as Geospatial Information Coordinator for the New York Metro Chapter of Infragard. He has worked with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), New York Police Department (NYPD), FBI, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD), the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, and the Business Emergency Operations Center (BEOC) Alliance in New Jersey. Projects included mapping and aerial photography for several national and international disasters (Hurricanes: Charley, Katrina, Rita, Ike and Hugo), the Haiti Earthquake and the Sri Lanka Tsunami, using LIDAR, 3D Modeling software, Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones), Thermal Imaging, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), GPS, and other remote sensing technologies. 

 Dr. Richard Rotanz, Chief Operating Officer, and Cofounder

Dr. Richard Rotanz has over 50 years of experience in the fire service, emergency management, research and academia. His eclectic career has had him functioned as program manager in New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; co-developed and perform as the Executive Director of the Applied Science Foundation for Homeland Security; co-developed Adelphi University’s graduate degree in Emergency Management; created and performed as the first Commissioner for the Office of Emergency Management of Nassau County, New York. He also served in the New York City Fire Department, working through the ranks and special divisions such as the Safety Command and with Special Operations Command. After such assignments he was detailed by the mayor’s office as Deputy Commissioner of New York City's Office of Emergency Management, located in World Trade Center 7. In this detail, he was responsible for research & planning, and to organize and manage the emergency operations center during major events. During the September 11th attacks upon New York City, he re-instituted and relocated the destroyed emergency operation center to Pier 92 and managed the multi-organization response of over 120 agencies, organizations, and businesses, to the 9-11 tragedy.  

 Dr. John P. Sullivan, Chief Strategy Officer, and Cofounder

Dr. John P. Sullivan was a career police officer, now retired. Throughout his career he has specialized in emergency operations, terrorism, and intelligence. He is an Instructor in the Safe Communities Institute (SCI) at the University of Southern California, Senior El Centro Fellow at Small Wars Journal, and Contributing Editor at Homeland Security Today. He served as a lieutenant with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, where he has served as a watch commander, operations lieutenant, headquarters operations lieutenant, service area lieutenant, tactical planning lieutenant, and in command and staff roles for several major national special security events and disasters. Sullivan received a lifetime achievement award from the National Fusion Center Association in November 2018 for his contributions to the national network of intelligence fusion centers. He has a PhD from the Open University of Catalonia, an MA in urban affairs and policy analysis from the New School for Social Research, and a BA in Government from the College of William & Mary. 

 Chris Coyle, Chief Innovation Officer, and Cofounder

Chris Coyle is an accomplished executive with experience in biz dev, partnerships, emerging tech & startups. Most recently, leading TAO with clients focused on Mesh Networks, AI/ML, Data/Video Analysis, Cybersecurity, Blue Tech, & 5G/AR/VR. He advises several accelerator programs including the European Commission’s Blue Invest, Mass Challenge & the National Security Innovation Network. He testified before the U.S. Congressional House Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the Blue Tech Center of Expertise Act and The Save Our Seas Act of 2018. He has presented for the EU, UN, DHS & the World Ocean Council. In addition, he helped take two companies public, sold another and raised funding for several more. 

 Craig Petrella, CPA, MBA, Chief Financial Officer, and Cofounder

Craig L. Petrella CPA, MBA is a Certified Public Accountant with over 22 years of experience. His experience has included working in the Big 4 Accounting firms specializing in financial internal controls for Defense Contractors as well as Fortune 1000 companies. Craig has been featured on NBC and News 12 Long Island as a financial contributor. He was also highlighted in Newsday, a newspaper sold throughout the metropolitan area. Over the years, Craig successfully managed office operations, personnel, and budgets. He has had the opportunity to oversee strategic projects that often involved cross-functional resources. Internationally, he directed global accounting and finance operations for entities and has overseen the accounting for numerous entities and liaised with outside auditors, law firms, and other tax firms. Craig's experience has afforded him the chance to work with the SEC while preparing and reviewing required financials, footnotes, management’s discussion, and analysis (MD&A) and other information for 10-Q, 8-K, and 10-K filings with SEC. He oversaw and reviewed monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial consolidation and financial close processes for billion-dollar companies in order to conform with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) as well as GASB (Government Accounting Standards Board). Currently, Craig Petrella is the sole owner of the accounting firm, Petrella CPA – Accountants & Advisors, located on Long Island, New York and is currently servicing 800 clients.  

Gregory R. Ciottone, MD, FIBODM, FACEP, FFSEM

Gregory R. Ciottone, MD, FIBODM, FACEP, FFSEM is President Emeritus of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is an Instructor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), and the Founding Director of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship in Disaster Medicine. He also serves as the Director of Medical Preparedness for the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University, a joint program of the HSPH and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.  Greg is a Fellow of the International Board of Disaster Medicine, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and the American College of Emergency Physicians. He formerly served as Commander of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) Massachusetts-2 of the United States National Disaster Medical System and has been a consultant to the White House Medical Unit for three past administrations. Dr. Ciottone has written over 150 scholarly works on Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management, including serving as founding Editor-in-Chief of Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine, now in its 3rd edition. He was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa for his work in Disaster Medicine from Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier in France.

Dr. Sean Costigan

Dr. Sean Costigan is the Director of Cyber Policy at Red Sift and a professor at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. He is an expert in emerging security challenges and a sought-after speaker on matters of technology and national security. Dr. Costigan is widely published on national security matters relating to information security and hybrid threats. His current focus is on the nexus of cybersecurity policy and new challenges. Dr. Costigan is the lead for the PfPC/NATO curriculums on cybersecurity and hybrid threats where he also heads teams of capacity building experts.

Dr. Jonathan David Farley

Dr. Jonathan David Farley graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University with the second-highest grade point average in his graduating class. He obtained his doctorate, D.Phil.(Oxon), in mathematics from the University of Oxford, after winning Oxford’s highest mathematics awards for graduate students, the Senior Mathematical Prize and Johnson University Prize. Jonathan has been a Visiting Professor of Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology, a Science Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Mathematics at Harvard University, and a Visiting Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Seed Magazine named Dr. Farley one of “15 people who have shaped the global conversation about science in 2005.” 

Zachary Kallenborn

Zachary Kallenborn is the Lead Researcher at Looking Glass USA, a counter-drone consultancy and investment firm. He is also affiliated with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Schar School of Policy and Government, the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START). His extensive research, writing, and analysis on drone warfare, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and existential risk occasionally receives global news coverage, and influences a broad range of state, federal, and global security policies and strategies. Zachary is on the board of advisors of the Michael J. Morell Center for Intelligence and Security Studies at the University of Akron, an officially proclaimed U.S. Army "Mad Scientist," and appeared in Netflix's "UNKNOWN: Killer Robots."  

Dr. Debra F. Laefer

 Dr. Debra F. Laefer is the Director of Citizen Science program within NYU's Center for Urban Science + Progress and Associate Professor of NYU's Tandon School of Engineering. Previously a professor at University College, Dublin, her research in geotechnical and structural engineering focuses on ways to preserve architecturally significant buildings from sub-surface construction. Laefer leads the Urban Modelling Group which released the densest LiDAR dataset to date in order to facilitate urban development.[3] She was also featured in a showcase of eight leading female scientists of Ireland in an exhibition in 2016. Laefer earned her PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Geotechnical Civil Engineering. She holds a B.A. in Art History and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Columbia University. She is a fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and a Fulbright fellow.

Zachary Z. Horsington

Zachary Z. Horsington specialises in unconventional methods for irregular risks and threats. He is a specialist in irregular threat red-teaming, and has experience working across academia, defence, and commercial sectors. He has worked for Ambrey Risk concerning private maritime security solutions and C/O Futures LLC regarding anti/counterterrorism. Zachary has also worked alongside the Australian Defence Force Academy’s Future of War Group, the Free Burma Rangers, the Center for Advanced Red Teaming (CART), and McKinsey & Co regarding state and non-state actor threats, and non-traditional wargaming. He has also conducted behavioural and policy analysis for the inaugural Australian Crisis Simulation Summit in 2020, participated in CART’s ‘Toxic Temptations’ simulation late last year, and competed in Bellingcat’s inaugural in-person hackathon around the same time. Zachary is currently a researcher at the Small Wars Journal, examining criminal armed groups, and the climate-conflict nexus.