Meet The Team
Advisory Board
Gina Bennett
PeggyLee Wright is a former U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk pilot with the 82nd Airborne Division. She launched THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, a Woman-Owned, Veteran-Owned Small Business in Huntsville, Alabama, specializing in executive coaching, personal branding, leadership development, business growth, and program management.
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PeggyLee is dedicated to community service, serving on the boards of the Huntsville SOF Network, H.E.A.L.S., and the YMCA. She mentors individuals in academics and professional growth. PeggyLee is a proud mom of four and has been happily married to her husband, TJ, for 30 years.
Kelly Hoggan
Kelly Hoggan is the Founder and CEO of H4 Solutions, a consultancy specializing in aviation security and operations. With three decades of leadership experience, including roles at the TSA and several airlines, he provides security solutions globally. Since founding H4 Solutions in 2016, Kelly has improved aviation security operations for clients worldwide and served as an intermediary with security agencies.
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Before H4 Solutions, Kelly was the Assistant Administrator for Screening Operations at TSA, overseeing a $4.1 billion annual effort and 55,000 employees. He also held senior management positions at Air Canada and United Airlines. Kelly holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Strayer University and is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
Steve Karoly
Steve Karoly is a senior security, nuclear and defense executive with over 30 years of government, transportation and technology industry experience overseeing the development, procurement and implementation of advanced national defense and security technologies and systems to protect the nation’s borders and transportation systems. Steve’s extensive career in both public and private sectors give him a unique perspective regarding federal procurement and supply chain practices, risk oversight, operations, program oversight and governance, and insight on the ‘when’ and ‘how’ to communicate with federal government organizations. As a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) executive and senior Naval Officer, Steve brings executive core leadership and business competencies to bear, always resulting in successful outcomes. As a system’s engineering practitioner, Steve brings strong technical acumen and has successfully built & led multiple technology-driven innovation organizations within the Federal Government.
Scott Higginbotham
An entrepreneur in the automotive and powersports industries Scott is on the Advisory Board of Analytical AI. Scott has experience in M&A, asset management, scaling retail process’ and organizational efficiency. Throughout his career, Scott has worked with Ford, General Motors, Harley Davidson and many other automotive lines.
PeggyLee Wright
PeggyLee Wright is a former U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk pilot with the 82nd Airborne Division. She launched THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, a Woman-Owned, Veteran-Owned Small Business in Huntsville, Alabama, specializing in executive coaching, personal branding, leadership development, business growth, and program management.
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PeggyLee is dedicated to community service, serving on the boards of the Huntsville SOF Network, H.E.A.L.S., and the YMCA. She mentors individuals in academics and professional growth. PeggyLee is a proud mom of four and has been happily married to her husband, TJ, for 30 years.
Frank Skidmore, MD
Dr. Skidmore is a Co-Founder and Special Advisor to Analytical AI. He is a board certified, highly published neurologist with significant experience as a funded researcher. Dr. Skidmore specializes in large data applications, using cluster-based computing as well as Deep Learning paradigms, for automated diagnosis and prediction.
Kristopher D. Brown
Kristopher Brown is a partner in the Goodwin Procter’s Life Sciences group. Mr. Brown negotiates and structures private equity and venture capital financing transactions. He also advises on corporate and transactional matters for numerous financial and corporate strategic investors as well as emerging growth companies in the life sciences, healthcare, financial and technology sectors.
Maqbool Patel, PhD
Maqbool Patel, PhD. Is the Chief Technology Officer at Innovazones, a rapidly growing Dallas based technology company. Prior to Innovazones, Dr. Patel served as Chief Technology Officer at Vincari, which was acquired by Nuance in 2019. In addition to serving as the CTO, Dr. Maqbool played a vital role in the business leadership at Vincari. Dr. Patel stayed with Vincari until his contract with Nuance ended. Dr. Patel has also worked with GE Imaging, and has gone on to serve as the CTO for four successful IT startups.
Industry & Operating Partners
Patricia Todaro Bolin
Ms. Bolin is the Managing Partner of ICS Advisory, where she leads the company portfolio of mission, technology and operational services for government, international/trade support and technology innovation. Ms. Bolin previously served in the Treasury Department’s legacy U.S. Customs Service and its predecessor Customs and Border Protection (CBP) under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Ms. Bolin was a Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Associate where she managed numerous CBP FEMA, TSA and ICE Programs
Ryan Evans
Ryan Evans is the founder, Editor, and CEO of War on the Rocks Media, a media and education company focused on strategy, defense, and foreign affairs that publishes War on the Rocks. After founding War on The Rocks, Evans partnered with Admiral William McRaven to publish the Texas National Security Review.
Jessica Sciacca
Ms. Sciacca worked for the George W. Bush Administration where she served in a senior role in the Office of Presidential Advance in the White House. Ms. Sciacca was responsible for all international and domestic logistics for President George W. Bush and traveled with the President to more than twenty-four countries, including to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
Will Wright
Will Wright is the Vice President of Innovation at Protective Life Corporation where he leads the company’s innovation efforts. Will has a background as an entrepreneur and consultant with McKinsey. He previously co-founded, ran and exited a digital health start up called Pack Health providing digital health coaching to people with chronic diseases. Will has an MBA and MPH with honors from UC Berkeley and a BA magna cum laude in Biology from Harvard.





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