Chief Executive Officer

Chris has over 20 years of experience driving digitally-enabled businesses, building strategic partnerships and communities, and strengthening the capacity of local and global organizations. His approach to digital is grounded in applying a rigorous and data-backed approach to business growth and sustainability. He has written and won over $20M in proposals from global donors, including USAID, USIP, US Department of State, The World Bank, and Facebook. In parallel, he has staffed and coordinated teams for the integrated delivery of technology-enabled projects and business lines, including online events to hybrid learning. He has edited and contributed to dozens of publications, playbooks, and toolkits, as well as articles in NYT and SSIR. Chris holds an MA in Democracy and Governance from Georgetown University.

Chief Technology Officer

Greg Maly specializes in leveraging data science and technology to enhance decision-making and address challenges at the intersection of national security, economics, and business. With a proven track record of designing and managing complex data systems, he excels at translating organizational needs into actionable technical solutions. His professional journey includes directing data science and product development initiatives at DAI Global, driving data-driven conflict analysis and spatial research at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, and developing data integration tools for health and governance programs globally. Greg has also contributed to the advancement of geospatial data analysis and machine learning applications, fostering collaboration between government, private, and academic sectors.

Bryan Pon has spent the last 12 years working internationally with mission-driven organizations at the intersection of strategy, research, and product. He brings domain expertise in financial services, social commerce, smartphones, internet access, and digital public infrastructure. He especially enjoys working with startups on commercialization and product-market fit, where he brings his qual and quant research background to discovery and design. Previously, Bryan worked with Caribou Digital, launching its Caribou Data mobile data analytics research platform for ethical and privacy-preserving insights into smartphone behaviors. He also still has a soft spot for distributed ledgers, having led the team at Kiva building Kiva Protocol, an open-source, decentralized identification exchange platform for eKYC and alternative credit histories.

Business Development Workflow Specialist

Johanna guides partners in optimizing AI for business development use cases.

Johanna has over 14 years of experience driving strategic partnerships and donor engagement leader across health, climate, governance, and economic opportunity. Formerly the New Business Director at DAI, Johanna has led business development teams to secure over $1 billion in new business, guided teams to exceeding gross profit (GP) won targets from 2020-2024, and maintained a 75% win rate for proposals managed or co-written since 2023. Johanna holds an MA in Democracy and Governance from Georgetown University.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Specialist

Sean supports our team in developing AI-enabled solutions, enhancing chatbot performance, implementing large-scale data integrations, and optimizing machine learning workflows.

Sean has over 10 years of experience as a results-driven data engineer with a passion for AI and machine learning, specializing in building scalable data pipelines and optimizing data infrastructure. With a background in software engineering and deep experience in Python, SQL, Snowflake, dbt, and Spark, he helps organizations transform raw data into actionable insights. Sean’s expertise spans cloud-based data solutions, ETL/ELT pipeline development, and automation, ensuring efficient and reliable data processing.

Strategy, Innovation, and Compliance

Anthony leads digital transformation initiatives for partners for value creation and capture, process improvement, and new business initiatives.

Anthony has over 15 years of experience transforming how technology and innovation can support vulnerable populations. As Deputy Chief of Party, Innovation Design, Execution, and Acceleration Support (IDEAS) Activity, Anthony supported operations and directions for a $96M activity. At the Gates Foundation, Anthony was the Program Officer for Digital Farmer Service with national programs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal. Anthony holds a M.Sc., Violence Conflict and Development (VCD) from SOAS University of London.