Leadership

Jack Gruninger President & CTO

MS, BS Systems Engineering - University of Virginia (Go Hoos)

30+ years' professional experience with Federal contracting

Recovering engineer, confirmed golf addict

Chris Todd VP of Engineering, PM

BS Computer Science - Mary Washington College

Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

25+ years professional experience, licensed radio operator, (3) FCC licenses, Captain connoisseur

David Peterson Director, Finance & Corporate Services

BS, Finance – Virginia Tech (Go Hokies)

40 years of professional experience

Community service advocate, enjoy history, big sports fan – especially college football and basketball

Keith Walters Project Lead, Sr. Software Engineer

BS Software Engineering, Penn State University

17+ years' professional experience

AWS, Chef certifications, Open Source advocate

David Bertoglio Sr. Software Engineer

BS, Computer Science, University of Virginia (Go Hoos)

Robin King Project Lead, Sr. Ops Research & ISR SME

BS, Strategic Studies and Defense Analysis, Norwich University, Summa Cum Laude

20+ years of Intelligence experience in the Department of War

15+ years of experience supporting and managing Federal contracts

Sam Friedman Project Lead, Sr. DSP Engineer

MS, BS Electrical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Master's specialization: Information Systems Science -- Signal Processing and Control Systems

Summa Cum Laude

Rookie father, expert toddler wrangler, home improvement DIYer with a never-ending list

Vinyl collector, 3D printing hobbyist, amateur league bowler, arcade-machine enthusiast

Laurie Taylor Sr. Systems Engineer

AA, Information Technology — University of Phoenix; MCSE and CompTIA Security+

30+ years of IT experience, including 25+ years supporting DoW and intelligence missions
Background in systems engineering, cloud migration, infrastructure automation, and enterprise web development
Avid golfer, Commanders fan and have a love for baking

Meaghan Hall Project Lead, Program Manager

MBA, Finance, Colorado Technical University; BS, Computer Science, Louisiana State University (Geaux Tigers!)

10+ years leading space and defense programs, including satellite command and control and ground systems

Program Manager for R2C2, leading multidisciplinary teams in mission training and system integration

Matthew Todd RF Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Bachelor's degree in Communications with Signal Processing focus, University of Colorado Denver

College Distinction, Golden Key Honor Society, Cum Laude

25+ years' experience in broadcast, digital signals, telecommunications and aviation

Commercial and Radar FCC licensee, vintage vacuum-tube audiophile

Tim Briggs Sr. Systems Engineer

Advisory Board ("Gray Beard Supervision")

Rob Walker

Rob brings ten years of experience with the COTS vendor community (Oracle/BEA) and 25+ years with the government to TapHere. While at Oracle he was responsible for the National Security Groups Business Development team. He and his team served as customer advocates and worked with the government customers and partners to translate their requirements into potential solutions for their mission problems using Oracle technologies. Prior to Oracle/BEA, Rob was the DISA Program Manager responsible for early development of a Service Oriented Architecture strategy for DoD with the NCES program. Rob is a retired Naval Officer and spent most of his naval career in the acquisition workforce. He is an acquisition certified program manager and had tours of duty in each of the Navys material commands, NAVSEA, NAVAIR and SPAWAR.

Rob has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School and Masters degree in Business Administration from Strayer University.

Doug Duenkel

A creative, driven and results-oriented entrepreneur, Doug has founded businesses that have grossed over $7.1 Billion in revenues since 2006. He is currently the CEO of both Kairos Data Communications and Innovations for Gospel Impact (IGI), a faith-based non-profit, as well an adjunct professor at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, teaching the Capstone course for the Entrepreneurship minor. Prior to his work at IGI, Doug was a founding member of Knight Point Systems, where he served as the President and Chief Operating Officer, managing the daily operations of the company, focusing on Business Development and the Service Delivery of over 400 Knight Point personnel.

Doug earned a Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications from the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia with dual concentrations in Marketing and Management from the McIntire School of Commerce.

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