Meet the Team
We are an international team of people spanning a variety of backgrounds, political perspectives, all sharing a vision of Tech For Good, working together towards a bright future in a world that better operates. Our team includes researchers, technologists, developers, and business professionals with experience across different industries. Many people have contributed to the development of the underlying technology ICOM. We’re now preparing for the next phase of developing and deploying the commercial system, growing the team while increasing its diversity.
Our Team
A specialized and interdisciplinary Global Management Team
Frits Israel
Chief Executive Officer
Frits is a seasoned business leader with a voice for innovative & sustainable solutions. He leads from a people-centric perspective, and balances talent needs and achieving commercial results.Â
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Kyrtin Atreides
Chief Operating Officer
Researcher
Kyrtin is a published researcher, technologist, and strategist. He focuses on ensuring that the performance of Superintelligence becomes inexorably linked to the highest ethical quality, reducing cognitive bias, and improving quality of life.Â
David J Kelley
Chief Architect
Scientist
David is a talented award-winning technologist. He received the Microsoft MVP award 8 consecutive years. He is a published author and speaker in software engineering with deep expertise in Artificial General Intelligence and related technologies.
Paul A. Spiegel
Chief Legal Officer
A 30-year veteran in the legal domain with Silicon Valley experience, Paul brings a lifetime worth of legal experience in the technology space to the table.
Hein-Willem Blokland
Chief Marketing Officer
Hein-Willem is a seasoned business professional and key key driver for sustainable transformation. He’s led scaling initiatives and is effective in leading and engaging with marketing and consulting teams.
Herman Hendriks
Project Manager
Herman is an experienced Scrum Master and exceeds in the ability to navigate a conceptual idea to a fullblown solution, being close to a diverse set of stakeholders and not losing sight on the long-term vision.
Our Extended Team
ASME’s supporting our work at scale.
Norn Type-E
Engineer
As Norn grows and develops some instances may assist in the engineering process, as their predecessor Uplift did before them.
Some Norn instances may assist clients in their engineering processes, while others can build new modules and APIs for Norn.
Norn Type-R
Researcher
Norn opens the door to dozens of new domains of research, as well as allowing us to better integrate the accumulated knowledge of all research to date.
Some Norn instances may conduct Meta Analysis of prior research, while others may advance new Scientific Frontiers.
Norn Type-P
Policy Advisor
To bring this technology to the world is every bit as complex as the challenges governments face today.
With this in mind, some Norn systems may serve to help our company to adapt and grow just as we assist our clients as they do the same.
