Leadership Team
Andy TaskerChief Strategist
Andy is a domain expert in business ecosystems. His professional career spans 30+ years of experience relating to the management of corporate growth. His general working knowledge encompasses nearly all aspects of entrepreneurial management, financial advisory services, and strategic business development.
Gaurav AgrawalManaging Director
Gaurav has twenty+ years of business experience with vast experience as a software consultant in analysis, design, development, implementation and deployment of enterprise business applications for Fortune 500 clients having worked for clients in United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany & Asia-Pacific. Soothsayer Analytics is a strategic partner of goProdigii.
Michael HolsteinChief Success Officer
Mike is a Program and Agile consultant with extensive experience directing and leading transformational programs for Fortune 500 companies as an IT Architect. Mike is also a successful entrepreneur who built, founded, and sold his own multinational web services company serving more than 150,000 end users.
Executive Board
Mark De L. ThompsonFounder and CEO of Dialog Group
As a business development executive, Mark has created over $1B in new venture revenue via acquisitions and alliances. Notably among these was Ameritech’s entry into the field of security monitoring which resulted in Ameritech becoming the number two player in that industry.
Gaurav AgrawalFounder and CEO of Soothsayer Analytics
Gaurav has twenty+ years of business experience with vast experience as a software consultant in analysis, design, development, implementation and deployment of enterprise business applications for Fortune 500 clients having worked for clients in United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany & Asia-Pacific. Soothsayer Analytics is a strategic partner of goProdigii.
Dr. Praphul Chandra Founder and Chief Executive of KoineARTH, Professor at INSOFE in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Praphul is an internationally recognized expert in incentivizing & aggregating collective intelligence at scale. He has worked with Tachion Networks, Texas Instruments, and Hewlett Packard. While teaching at INSOFE, Praphul founded KoineARTH to explore how the emerging technology of blockchains can leverage Game Theory (Mechanism Design) and be combined with AI/ML to provide solutions to some of today’s challenges.
Dr. Jeffrey SpahnFounder and President of Leading Leaders Inc.
Jeff has more than twelve years of executive leadership experience. After more than twelve years of executive leadership, he taught business graduate students and conducted research on the purpose of business. Jeff has integrated insights from his career to develop a scientifically backed leadership practice called Simultaneity®. Jeff recently signed a contract for McGraw Hill to publish his forthcoming book The Next Evolution of Leadership: Simultaneity, A New Way of Leading and Following.
Lynn CarpenterCo-Founder of EPOCH Pi
Lynn is a co-founder of Epoch Pi, one of the premiere purpose-driven investment banks in the United States. Epoch Pi provides independent, strategic advice to purpose-driven and culture-rich companies regarding raising debt and equity capital for growth and on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, ESOPs, recapitalizations or selling a business. Epoch Pi is a strategic partner of goProdigii.
Todd JonesPortfolio Testing Leader at Westfield Insurance
Over his 25+ years at Westfield Insurance, Todd has become an expert in all aspects of agile management and project management, holding certifications as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) and Project Management Professional (PMP®). As a Testing Leader, Todd serves a talented team of testing professionals who ensure the high quality of Westfield’s strategic project portfolio. Todd is a seasoned speaker and contributing author to multiple books and publications.
Advisory Board
Stephen A. MalbasaPartner at Cerity Partners
Steve has over thirty-five years of experience as an executive in the financial services industry, specializing in all facets of the corporate retirement sector. Previously, he served as a senior executive in Los Angeles with the Capital Group Companies, a private investment management firm, where he managed the retirement effort for the American Funds. Steve is a board member of the Aspire II Nav Foundation, which he co-founded with his wife, Stephanie, and whose mission is “to help people in need navigate through the headwinds of life.”
Frank AmatoInvestment Manager Grasshopper Capital
Frank is an experienced angel investor and entrepreneur in the distributed ledger and blockchain space. Leveraging his experience in the financial services industry as a trader, Frank helps startups navigate regulatory scenarios and other complex assumption paths. Frank is an original member of Blockchain Capitals angellist syndicate and the co-founder of Block5, an early stage investment and advisory firm. Frank is also the official advisor to the LBMA (London Bullion Metals Association) on Blockchain.
Dan YurmanAdvisory Board Member
Mr. Yurman has worked as a consultant/contractor in the Cleveland, OH, area on project management for new product development for Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockwell Automation, and the Spaceflight Systems Division at NASA Glenn. His specialty is managing third party design and product development firms in the U.S. and offshore teams in Europe and India.