CEO & Founder

Tim Teal is a battle-tested innovator and service-disabled war veteran with over 30 years of leading from the front in mission-critical environments.

He doesn’t just lead—he builds. From founding CNMF’s J6/J8/J9 to architecting tactical cyber capabilities, Teal has created and scaled some of the most consequential digital operations in national security.

At U.S. Cyber Command, he served as the Technical Director of what would become J6, J9, and the Command Acquisition Executive—driving joint capability development when there was no room for failure. Handpicked to serve as CNMF’s Director of J6/J8/J9, he equipped Cyber Mission Forces with the operational edge they needed to win.

At the NSA, Teal held senior technical leadership roles across multiple cutting-edge missions—including ATAO, SATC, NSOC, and NTOC—where he weaponized data and transformed analytic operations. He was the founding force behind NSA’s Data Scientist Development Program and a key architect of Advanced Network Operations (ANO), pioneering the Hunt Mission to expose and defeat elite adversaries within DoD networks.

His contributions helped shape Operation BUCKSHOT YANKEE and redefined how cyber warfare is conducted at scale.

A U.S. Navy veteran with combat deployments in Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and global operational theaters, Teal blends field-tested grit with sharp, technical firepower. He has received numerous military and civilian honors for his leadership, innovation, and service.

Dr. Fox is the COO and Partner at The Bellwether Group. She has studied the intersection of human behavior and technology for over 20 years. Recently, Dr. Fox conducted cognitive intuition and machine learning research in the human behavior realm for tactical mission applications. In addition, her work supported such things as temporal event prediction, threat assessment, influence identification, insider threat, and human-robot teaming. Dr. Fox also provided human behavior insight in areas including cyber security, terrorism, and risk management. Her prior work (2008-2015) covered topics ranging from intelligent intrusion detection/protection systems for financial systems such as banks, stock market, and investment firms to behavior influence for small and large groups, with a focus on terrorism issues such as physical flocking and information propagation. Prior to 2008, Dr. Fox was a leading researcher in the area of IT Investment valuation. Her work was published in number books and presented internationally at CIO summits. Her implementation of Ongoing Value and methods for intangible analysis are considered best practices in the field.