CEO & Founder

Mr. Tim Teal is a service-disabled war veteran with over 30 years of experience in mission-critical environments. His extensive expertise and leadership directly shape and enhance the company’s capabilities.

At U.S. Cyber Command, Mr. Teal served as the Technical Director for the Capabilities Development Group (CDG)—now J6, J9, and the Command Acquisition Executive (CAE)—where he was responsible for planning, synchronizing, and executing joint capability development to support the Command’s mission. Additionally, he held the position of Director, J6/J8/J9 for the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), where he was entrusted by the CNMF Commander to equip Cyber Mission Forces with advanced tactical tools and capabilities to ensure mission success.

Prior to his tenure at U.S. Cyber Command, Mr. Teal held multiple technical leadership positions at the National Security Agency (NSA). His roles included serving as the Technical Director of the Analytic Tradecraft Automation Office (ATAO), the Scalable Analytics Tradecraft Center (SATC), and the NSA Security Operations Center (NSOC). He was also the Technical Director for Technology at the NSA Technology Operations Center (NTOC). In these capacities, he provided strategic technical leadership, focusing on advancing analytic technologies, developing large-scale data analytics capabilities, and enhancing cyber tradecraft.

Mr. Teal played a pivotal role in the establishment of the NSA’s Data Scientist Development Program (DSDP) and was a founding member of the Advanced Network Operations (ANO) initiative, where he served as the Technical Director of Mission Technologies. The ANO mission was dedicated to identifying and neutralizing sophisticated adversaries within Department of Defense (DoD) networks. His contributions were instrumental during Operation BUCKSHOT YANKEE, a significant cybersecurity event that shaped DoD cyber operations.

A United States Navy veteran, Mr. Teal served with distinction in Operation Desert Storm, Operation Desert Shield, and multiple global operational assignments. He has been recognized with numerous military and civilian awards for his exceptional service and contributions.

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.