Paul Lego, currently CEO of Coherent Navigation, brings over 25 years of experience in start-ups as a President, COO, or CEO at companies such as Bespoke Innovations, Dash Navigation, Virage, Avid, and DigiDesign. Mr. Lego has also held positions at Pyramid Technology Corporation, the General Electric Company, and Digital Equipment Corporation. In addition, Mr. Lego worked as an associate at Sutter Hill Ventures and as an executive in residence at Trinity Ventures.

Allen Sears adds over 35 years of expertise in Federal markets and multimedia research from his positions as program manager for DARPA, Assistant Director for Technology Transfer in the Information Technology Office, senior-level posts with MITRE and Unisys, and most recently as Vice President at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives.

Ric Upton has been involved in the development and growth of technology-based businesses for more than 30 years. As founder of Gloucester Innovation, a Cape Ann-based firm, he is focused on promoting the growth of businesses involved in data analytics, mobility, remote sensing and autonomy, leveraging the entrepreneurial, financial and academic resources of the Greater Boston area.

Ric has held executive positions in commercial and government-oriented firms, including President of Near Infinity Corporation, a Reston, VA small business specializing in cloud, mobile and enterprise software solutions, Executive-in-Residence with General Catalyst Partners, a $3.0B venture capital firm headquartered in Cambridge, MA, and Executive Vice President for healthcare informatics and intelligence with BBN Technologies, a General Catalyst portfolio company (and now part of Raytheon Corporation).

He also served as Senior Vice-President for business development and operations with ALPHATECH, Inc. (now BAE Systems), Chief Technology Officer and Vice-President, Operations for SignCast, Inc., a $30M place-based digital media network backed by AOL/Time-Warner and the Interpublic Group; and TASC, where his responsibilities included Vice-President, Strategic Development, Technical Director and Division Manager. He began his career with the Central Intelligence Agency.

Ric holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, and an M.S.E and B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. He has served as an advisor to Accuvant, a leading provider of services and solutions for enterprise information security, Pixel Forensics, a product and services provider of multimedia analytics solutions, and Privaris, a provider of biometric security solutions for physical and logical access security, as well as personal identification verification. He has been on the Board of Advisors for the Computer Science Department, University of Maryland.

Tom is an accomplished sales professional with an outstanding 30+ year track record in Public Sector Enterprise Computer Systems. Currently, he leads Hewlett Packard's mid-tier Federal System Integrator group managing a cross-functional team in pursuit of business with SI's. Previously, he has performed as HP's Enterprise Server, Storage, Networking Product Specialist and Public Sector Channel team lead for HP's Technology Solutions Group.