Leadership

The organization behind it

AEGIS-Qᴴ is built on more than two hundred years of combined field experience across military, government, technology, and commercial intelligence. Consider our team.

Our Founders
Alberto Fernando Manfredi

Alberto Fernando Manfredi

Founder · Architect · Chair of the Board · President & CEO

A career intelligence executive, special-operations veteran, and strategic enterprise leader with more than four decades of distinguished service across the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Army, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and NATO. He began his career in the Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance before becoming an interrogator and counterintelligence specialist, and was commissioned as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army, serving with the U.S. Joint Forces Command and the Defense Intelligence Agency's Office of Field Operations. He designed and delivered the first CJ2X course for American and Canadian J2X personnel deploying to NATO coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and advised and lectured at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany, and is a co-author of the NATO Allied Joint Doctrine for Interrogation, Counterintelligence, and Security.

He holds a Ph.D. (ABD) in Human Development, an MBA, and an MA in Organizational Development. He is the author and chief architect of the AEGIS-Qᴴ Holographic Principle (AHP™) and has developed more than twenty-three patentable equations and theories that form the analytical foundation at the mathematical core of the company's platform.

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Del Hollingsworth

Co-Founder · Vice Chair of the Board · CEO, Business Operations

More than 35 years building and leading ventures in computer technology and data security. A recognized expert who advises multinational brands on strategic growth, market entry, and regulatory alignment, guiding clients through complex operational, financial, and compliance landscapes toward sustainable performance.

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Melissa Manfredi

Co-Founder · Board Member · Chief Marketing Officer

Thirty years in the technology industry with deep expertise in travel technology, product marketing, project management, and global product rollouts, driving the development and worldwide launch of products for travel retailers and suppliers.

Executive Leadership Team
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Tomas Montero

Chief Operations Officer, Intelligence Operations

A 40-plus-year counterintelligence and federal-government professional and former Counterintelligence Regional Director, recipient of the Director of National Intelligence's National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director's Award of Excellence.

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Lee Jacobs

Deputy Director of Intelligence Operations · Advisory Board Chair

A retired U.S. Army Colonel with more than 30 years of active and reserve service, Special Forces qualified, with 39 months of combat deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan, a former advisor to the Afghan Counter-Terrorism Police, and 20 years as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent.

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Steven Krigas

Director of Strategic Intelligence (Canada)

A 30-year U.S. Marine and former DIA NORAD/USNORTHCOM Intelligence Representative to Canadian Forces Intelligence Command, and former HUMINT Operations Chief for U.S. Army Africa, with nearly four decades of global intelligence and security experience.

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Dr. Gustav Otto

Executive Sr. Advisor of Strategic Intelligence (Canada)

A former DIA Chief Liaison to Canada and retired U.S. Air Force officer who advised on Canada's F-35 acquisition, holds a Ph.D., and has taught at the National War College and the National Intelligence University.

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Patrick Quinn

Executive Sr. Advisor of Strategic Intelligence (Canada)

A former DIA Assistant Defense Attaché to Ottawa with a 23-year Defense Intelligence Agency career, a U.S. Army Aviation officer decorated with the Bronze Star and the Air Medal, and a recognized expert in building human-intelligence networks with foreign-national partners.

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Dr. Brenna Doran

VP of Bio Intelligence

A Ph.D. in Public Health (Epidemiology) and senior consultant to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's BioWatch Program, formerly System Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention across a major health enterprise.

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Claudio Mirella

Chief Financial Officer · VP of Business Operations

A senior financial executive across energy, technology, and manufacturing, currently CEO of a fuel-emulsion technology company, with prior senior roles at Cisco Systems, AT&T Canada, and the CRTC. A CPA and CMA.

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Patrick Dupuis

Chief Market Intelligence Officer

A retired Canadian Armed Forces officer specializing in EOD, IEDD, and forensic operations, with deployments to Bosnia and Afghanistan, now translating field-derived insight into advanced human-intelligence capability. MBA.

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Thomas Trapasso

Senior VP of Global Government Relations

Founder and CEO of a Virginia-based management-consulting firm, with more than 30 years in U.S. federal, state, and municipal government relations, guiding companies on market entry, access to capital, and regulatory alignment.

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Massimiliano Ferraris

International Council

Admitted to practice in Italy and accredited to the List of Counsel before the International Criminal Court, with executive training at the Italian National Defense College's Senior Programme on Global Strategy, Security and Geopolitics, and published work on AI as a governance event.

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Matt Walters

VP of Sales

A senior executive with more than 20 years of entrepreneurial and leadership experience across the automotive, logistics, and security industries, with proven expertise in scaling organizations and complex, high-value negotiations.

Board of Directors
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Alberto Fernando Manfredi

Chairman of the Board

Founder, Architect, President, and CEO. See Founders, above.

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Del Hollingsworth

Vice Chair

Co-Founder and CEO of Business Operations. See Founders, above.

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Melissa Manfredi

Board Member

Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer. See Founders, above.

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Nitin Kawale

Board Member

Former President and CEO of Cisco Systems Canada, where revenue nearly tripled in four years; recognized as Tech Leader of the Year for Lifetime Achievement by the Canada India Tech Council.

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Claudio Mirella

Board Treasurer

Chief Financial Officer and VP of Business Operations; former CFO of Cisco Canada, directing fiscal operations exceeding two billion dollars annually.

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Cathy Brown

Board Secretary

More than 35 years across IBM, Cisco, Rogers Communications, and Scotiabank in strategy, planning, and business transformation; a certified PROSCI Change Manager.

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Andre Albinati

Board Member

Earnscliffe Partner and Top 100 Lobbyist; more than 20 years bridging public policy and the private sector, and a former Senior Policy Advisor to a federal cabinet minister.

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Thomas Trapasso

Board Member

Senior VP of Global Government Relations. See Executive Leadership, above.

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Marc Charbonneau

Board Member

A senior corporate executive bringing executive-level operational insight from one of the world's largest retail supply-chain organizations; background withheld at request.

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Patrick Dupuis

Board Member

Chief Market Intelligence Officer. See Executive Leadership, above.

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Matt Walters

Board Member

VP of Sales. See Executive Leadership, above.

Board of Advisors
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Lee Jacobs

Advisory Board Chair

Deputy Director of Intelligence Operations. See Executive Leadership, above.

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Pat Dupuis

Advisory Board Vice Chair

Chief Market Intelligence Officer. See Executive Leadership, above.

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Steve Krigas

Advisor · HUMINT / Intelligence

Director of Strategic Intelligence (Canada). See Executive Leadership, above.

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Dr. Brenna Doran

Advisor · Bio Intelligence

VP of Bio Intelligence. See Executive Leadership, above.

Additional advisory seats across quantum computing, emerging technologies, public and open-source intelligence, and emerging markets are being filled as the company scales.
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