Data. AI.
Quantum.
Delivered.

Bulletproof, next gen computing, data, machine learning, AI, quantum, and IoT solutions for defense, insurance, legal, and manufacturing, today.

Advisory & Engineering ★ Veteran-Owned
01 — About Us

The leading advisory for
next-generation systems

We are engineers, architects, and operators who build and deploy mission-critical systems at any scale. From petabyte and exabyte data platforms to embedded devices running in austere, hostile environments, and the claims management system running on your desktop, we deliver solutions that work when failure just isn't an option.

Our team brings decades of advisory and engineering experience across defense, insurance, legal, and manufacturing — building systems for organizations that demand predictable results, unquestioned reliability and seamless usability.

02 — Services

Services

02 / STRATEGY & GOVERNANCE

ROI-focused, compliance-ready data, ML, AI, and quantum strategy.

Strategy, governance, roadmaps, and assessments. Identify exactly what to build, in what order, and why it matters.

03 / REAL-TIME SYSTEMS

Bulletproof real-time data, ML, AI, devices, robotics, and quantum.

Mission-critical systems engineered for environments where downtime isn't an option. Latency measured in microseconds.

04 / SCALE

Petabyte and exabyte scale data, analytics, ML, and AI.

From α and β prototypes through proof-of-concept, pilot, and production systems. Engineered for the scale that matters.

03 — Industries

Industries

04 — Clients

Clients

Fincantieri

One of the world's largest shipbuilding groups, designing and building cruise ships, naval vessels, and offshore platforms.

defense embedded software embedded firmware

AIG

AIG is a leading global insurance organization. AIG provides insurance solutions that help businesses and individuals in approximately 190 countries.

insurance underwriting machine learning workflow

Voya Financial

Leading provider of retirement plans, investment management, and employee benefits serving millions of Americans.

finance insurance enterprise data mainframe

Valley Bank

Regional bank providing commercial and retail banking services across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

banking MDM data quality data mapping mainframe

SS&C Intralinks

Pioneered the virtual data room. Key technology and services provider to global banking, dealmaking, alternative investments, and capital markets.

pharma big data analytics

Invidi Technologies

Pioneer in addressable advertising technology, enabling targeted TV advertising at scale across cable, satellite, and streaming.

advertising enterprise software

Medici

MEDICI unifies all your fund's data — deals, reports, and investor requests — into one system that gives you accurate answers in seconds.

defi data architecture business strategy

Namakina

Digital agency specializing in customer experience, marketing automation, and digital transformation.

marketing business strategy

Friended

Social platform helping people build meaningful friendships through curated connections and shared interests.

social data science

Additional references available on request.

05 — Team

Team

Sal Magnone

Sal Magnone

Co-founder, Senior Advisor

Sal's LinkedIn reads: "Co-Founder, Engineer, Veteran. I build multinational technology companies and run obstacle courses." That about covers it. He co-founded two successful technology companies, one around machine learning in the insurance space, one around embedded, real-time software in defense, and maybe one or two that weren't so successful. When he isn't running obstacle courses, he teaches business and military strategy at the university level, speaks at DARPA events, and keeps the rest of us from playing with matches near the solid fuel rockets.

x-PwC x-Sia Partners x-Gigaspaces x-US Army
Meiling Zhang

Meiling Zhang

Co-founder, Senior Advisor

Mei is the kind of engineer that senior engineers ask for advice. Her workspace is perpetually covered in small parts, some burnt, and smells of solder. She once tried to move us to a hangar because our office lease precluded welding. She co-founded her last two successful companies with Sal. Outside the lab, she's an elite CrossFitter and obstacle course runner. Mei is currently the founder of a stealthy but ridiculously well-funded quantum computing company focused on signal processing in the defense space, and our Quantum SME.

x-IBM x-Angry Robot Labs x-lab347
Subject Matter Experts
Nicole Tedesco

Nicole Tedesco

Robotics SME

Few people know more about designing, building, and deploying robotic and device technology than Nicole. At ARCA she defined and implemented a "robotics as a service" business model. At CalvIO she eliminated 50% of software-related costs and reduced time-to-delivery by 80%. At the legendary Boeing Phantom Works she built things she can't tell us about outside "the cone of silence". Yes, she really wears those glasses.

x-ARCA x-Microsoft x-Boeing Phantom Works
Alex Cone

Alex Cone

Mobile Applications SME

Alex is a rocket scientist. No, really, he worked on the Space Shuttle program. That was before he joined Steve Jobs at NeXT (he's very proud of still having two working units) and then followed Steve back to Apple, where Alex helped build the iTunes Store. Alex speaks at international conferences on enterprise mobile development and security, considers himself an alpha-geek, and is our mobile SME.

x-NASA x-NeXT x-Apple
Matt Weinstein

Matt Weinstein

High-Performance Computing SME

Despite any 8-bit resemblance, Pitfall Harry was not based on Matt. He was, however, Director of Technology at Activision back in their MechWarrior, Warcraft, and Hexen days. After Activision, Matt moved on to [x+1] (now Rocket Fuel) where he built their media-buying platform at Big Data scale. More recently, he's been at Ab Initio, where he dealt with very high-performance, low-latency, distributed systems. If it's fast, reliable, and distributed, Matt can build it.

x-Ab Initio x-Activision x-[x+1]
06 — Principles

Principles

01

SMEs First

Every project is overseen by an industry subject matter expert whose business is your business.

02

Engineering Always

We are builders. Every engagement is grounded in hands-on technical expertise and production-grade delivery.

03

Mission Critical Design

We design for environments where failure has consequences. Reliability, security, and performance are non-negotiable.

04

Operator Mindset

We build systems we'd run ourselves. Reliability, long-term maintainability and operational clarity guide every decision.

05

Affordability Built In

We design every solution with lifetime affordability as a key goal and extensibility as a requirement.

06

No Lock In

Our open data architectures make getting your data out to other systems, to business partners, to regulatory bodies, or ready for migration, easy.

07 — Thoughts

Thoughts

08 — Resources

Resources

Frameworks, guides, and executive briefings from our practice.

Teaching decks from our executive, military, and university teaching program.

09 — Start

Start

Whether you're modernizing systems that can't go down, deploying AI with compliance constraints, preparing for quantum, or just trying to figure out your next move — we're ready to talk.