Our Leadership Team.

BRIAN STECKLER

President
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​Retired US Naval Officer; Masters in Information Technology Management from the US Naval Postgraduate School; also served on the faculty there where he founded the Hastily Formed Networks (HFN) Center. Founder of an Internet Service Provider startup in California.  Extensive experience leading teams into mega disasters around the world to provide critical wireless communications for early responders, victims, and others. Located in Carmel, California.

JUSTIN WALLER

Chief Technology Officer

​Many years experience designing and engineering robust, highly functional cellular and satellite/wireless flyaway kits. Past positions: Technical Consultant for GSM Association Disaster Response Program and communications flyaway kit developer for the French Non-Government Organization Telecoms Sans Frontieres.  Holds a Masters Degree in Applied Optics from Imperial College, London University.  Extensive field experience throughout Asia and Africa leading response teams and managing communication projects.  Located in Bangkok, Thailand.

​GEO PORNARAS

Chief Information Officer

​George (Geo) Pornaras started his career building the nascent Internet at NASA-Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.  He holds an EECS-CS degree from the University of California-Berkeley.  Served in the US Air Force and the US Peace Corps. He's a highly-accomplished ICT solutions architect for multiple telcos worldwide.  Recently consulted on ICT design for the US Peace Corps, UN World Food Program, and several Philippines based Non-Government Organizations.  Located in Manila, Philippines.


​​Our Subject Matter Expert and Consulting Team​.
Steve Birnbaum
​SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL WIRELESS SME
Washington, DC, USA
Matthew Lloyd
​PUSH-TO-TALK RADIO AND EXPEDITIONARY POWER SME
Wellington, New Zealand
JJ Shaw
SATELLITE AND SPACE SYSTEMS ENGINEER AND SME
​Washington, DC, USA
​Robert King
IT AND CYBERSECURITY SME
Dana Point, CA, USA​
​Jim Buika
EOC AND HA/DR EXERCISE DESIGN ENGINEER
Maui, HI, USA
Chandima Gomes
Lightning Protection, Electrical Safety and Elecro-magnetic SME
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Steve Davis
​Satellite and terrestrial wireless voice and data
IT network and server infrastructure
​GPS and mapping/tracking systems
Technical training delivery
Christchurch New Zealand

Experienced team.

  • Years of in-the-field experience in disasters
  • Large pool of subject matter experts on the team
  • Broad network of contacts in our area of operation (Southeast Asia and the United States)
  • Highly experienced at delivering customized, portable communications and power solutions (fly-away kits)

Our goals. 
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  • To provide highly-effective risk reduction and resilience (R3) capabilities to our target client base, including industry, government, military, NGOs, IOs, and academic institutions
  • To create assurances within critically-impacted communities of early responders and client companies that they can reliably employ our hastily formed networking solutions.  Decision makers can then deploy them with confidence that their critical applications will persist even in dire situations