Former SES | Now Accelerating Truth with Tranquility AI
As Tranquility AI’s Director of Ecosystem Development, I lead the discovery and proof of new applications for company’s innovative AI tool TimePilot across the Federal Government, Academic, Non-governmental sectors, and Corporate Security markets. I help agencies, universities, law schools, NGOs and large companies discover how a defensible chronology (timeline) transforms fragmented data into faster, more accurate, and more trusted decisions. I build repeatable pilot programs and partner collaborations that showcase the technology’s impact while maintaining Tranquility AI’s commitment to privacy, civil liberties, and responsible AI adoption.
Before this I achieved a distinguished career with extensive leadership experience in the public sector, particularly in roles focused on security, immigration, counterterrorism, technology, civil rights and community engagement. My expertise spans multiple federal agencies, non-profits and the private sector, with a consistent emphasis on building and managing programs that address critical issues. Using my capacity for strategic vision, I have built and led complex programs from the ground up while reporting directly to cabinet officials and Congress.
Tranquility AI
Laurel, Maryland
Tranquility AI’s Director of Ecosystem Development, is responsible for identifying, validating, and expanding TimePilot’s most valuable use cases across the Federal Government, Academic, Non-governmental sectors, and Corporate Security markets.
Multiple including Parsons & SRS
Washington, District of Columbia
Advising corporations ($6.7B and $3.6B revenue), government entities, and humanitarian organizations on operational, security, and communications challenges:
• Conducting corporate research and cost-benefit analyses to support proposals for major infrastructure and security initiatives on U.S. military installations (CONUS), informing multi-million-dollar investment decisions and entirely new revenue streams.
• Played a key on-location role in establishing a tactical operations center for a major humanitarian relief mission in an active war zone, enabling effective real-time coordination under high-risk conditions.
• Authored and distributed over 20 intelligence products for senior corporate and government leaders, strengthening situational awareness and decision-making. Dissemination twice included heads of state.
• Developed crisis communication strategies to mitigate reputational risk and stabilize organizational standing amid adverse media coverage.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, District of Columbia
I was honored to serve as the Department’s Acting Immigration Detention Ombudsman in the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO). OIDO is a new and independent DHS office mandated to investigate complaints of violations in immigration detention standards or misconduct occurring in detention facilities operated or contracted for services by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection. My vision as the leader of the office was to quickly grow our capacity to conduct inspections, investigate complaints and resolve problems in cooperation with leadership from detention agencies and the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Here are just a few highlights:
• Built a new federal office from near inception to over 150 staff during the largest immigration surge in recent history.
• Reported directly to the Cabinet Secretary; led coordination with ICE, CBP, and Congress to establish humane, responsive detention oversight.
• Oversaw 30,000+ cases involving detainee treatment, facility conditions, and compliance issues; improved ICE and CBP operations contracts worth 100s of millions.
• Developed innovative, embedded case management model for 137 facilities, a new approach to fed oversight.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, District of Columbia
I was named by the Secretary of Homeland Security as the Deputy Director for the new Department of Homeland Security, Office for Community Partnerships (now called the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3)) in September of 2015. I served as the Acting Director for the office for the first two months and again from August 2017 to November 2020. To launch the office, I led the efforts to consolidate staff from around the Department, seek Congressional authorization and funding, and produce necessary directives, strategy, operating procedures and other documents. CP3 continued the work I did for the prior year as the Coordinator for Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). Highlights include:
• Directed the USA’s first office focused exclusively on terrorism prevention and helped author and implement federal counterterrorism strategies emphasizing digital engagement, and civil society resilience.
• Spearheaded multi-sector partnerships with tech, community, and law enforcement leaders to preempt radicalization and online extremism.
• Launched national grant programs supporting over 25 organizations, universities and police departments.
• Led Interagency CVE Task Force, directing DOJ, FBI, NCTC, and DHS on interventions, digital threats, and youth safety.