Leadership

Leadership Team &

Board of Directors

 

Leadership Team

Peter Dyson, Chairman and CEO

Peter Dyson has more than 25 years of experience in leading the development and application of advanced computing technologies to solve the complex problems of commercial and government clients.

Under his leadership, the company has grown substantially over the past eight years as well as been recognized with both community and customer awards. Mr. Dyson has served as President and CEO of Modus Operandi since its founding as a result of a merger. During his tenure, he has actively participated in all aspects of the business, spanning strategy planning and execution, sales and marketing, executive recruitment and development, customer development and relationship management, program leadership, and financial management.

 

Richard McNeight, President

As president, Mr. McNeight draws upon his entrepreneurial and leadership experience of high-tech companies to lead Modus Operandi to the forefront of the government and military software technology market. He represents and promotes the company to current and potential customers, partners and stakeholders.

Mr. McNeight has been serving as a Modus Operandi board member since 2007. Most recently, he has been president of Federal Systems LLC. As the founder of Paravant Computer Systems in 1982, he led the company through its successful initial public offering in 1996 and its acquisition by DRS Technologies in 2002. He subsequently served as president of DRS Tactical Systems, significantly growing the business and establishing DRS as the worldwide leader in design and production of rugged portable computers for military systems. Mr. McNeight holds a bachelor's degree in applied science and engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and a master's degree in computer information and control engineering from the University of Michigan. He has served on numerous business, education and charitable boards, including the Florida Institute of Technology Board of Trustees, Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA) Board, the Astronaut Memorial Foundation (AMF) Board, the Brevard County Workforce Development Board and the Space Coast Early Intervention Center Board.

 

George Eanes, VP, Business Development

George Eanes' primary focus is on strategic planning, marketing, and business development activities spanning both new and existing customer relationships.

George has a broad market background covering federal government, aerospace, utility and other commercial markets; both domestically and on an international basis while working abroad for various employers. He has held key management positions for companies ranging from a small technology start-up at FYI Corporation to large multinational companies such as Harris Corporation and Seimens. George gained extensive international experience while serving as managing director for Hobart Brothers Pte Ltd, Singapore, managing director for TECO Pty Ltd, Australia, and as chief representative for both Hobart Brothers and TECO in Beijing and Shanghai, China. George has a B.B.A. in business management from the University of Texas. He has been a member of several professional organizations as well as served in executive positions during his career.

 

Dr. Richard Hull, VP and Chief Scientist

Dr. Richard Hull is an experienced entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to the development of leading-edge technology for intelligence analysis, military simulation, drug discovery and a wide array of research applications.

Natural language processing, knowledge representation, ontology design and development are among his primary interests. Dr. Hull has over 20 years of government and industry experience as a research scientist and software developer. He has held positions with Elagent Corporation, Merck & Co., Inc. and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Dr. Hull graduated from the University of Central Florida in 1997 with a Ph.D. in Computer Science specializing in Artificial Intelligence.

 

Peter Mozloom, VP, Cyber Solutions

Peter Mozloom leads and manages Modus Operandi's initiative in the area of cyberspace operations and facilitates the company's efforts to apply its Wave® technology to the cyber sector.

He has more than 20-years of experience in the areas of military information assurance, emerging technologies, virtualization, and certification and accreditation of classified systems. Additionally, Peter has been supporting programs in the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rome Research Site in Rome, N.Y., for over 20 years. Some of his more recent projects have been focused on Space Situational Awareness (SSA) initiatives with some of Modus Operandi's Small Business Innovation Research sponsors. He continues to work at the AFRL on projects for Modus Operandi and will facilitate the company's efforts to apply its Wave technology into the Air Force's cyberspace areas, cultivate new opportunities for research and development and mission-critical systems development.

 

Eric Root, VP, Engineering

Eric Root manages Modus Operandi's engineering department, including the areas of staffing, career growth, and training.

Eric has nearly 20 years of diverse software engineering and project management experience, primarily supporting federal government projects. Recently, he was the Senior Program Manager for Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) OneSAF program, a U.S. Army's government open source simulation program being used for training, analysis and experimentation throughout the Department of Defense. During his tenure at SAIC, he held several program management, technical leadership and software engineering positions. Prior to working at SAIC, Eric was employed as a research scientist at the University of Central Florida (UCF) Institute for Simulation and Training. He also worked as a graduate researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Eric holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from UCF and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Mathematics from Missouri Western State University. He is also a member of the Central Florida Project Management Institute.

 

Charles Keuthan, VP, Finance and Administration

Charles "Chuck" Keuthan is Modus Operandi's Vice President of Finance and Administration. He returned to Modus Operandi in 2004 after spending three years at a $30M distribution company of nutritional supplement products as the controller.

He performed the same role with Modus Operandi the prior thirteen years and has spent fifteen years in academics, instructing at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He is a two-time graduate from the Florida Institute of Technology, attaining a B.S. in Management Science and an M.B.A. As Vice President of Finance and Administration, he must balance the needs of a high-growth company and ensure continued efficiency of operations without sacrificing the company's reputation of outstanding technical ability and quality customer service.

 

Dr. Kent Bimson, VP, Research

Dr. Kent Bimson has over 30 years of experience in executive, program, and product management, as well as technology innovation.

He is skilled at building and leading high-performance technology organizations, creating collaborative vision, empowering teams, training corporate leadership, and running software, information technology and R&D departments. Dr. Bimson's technical specialties include linguistics, semantic analysis and modeling, enterprise information integration technology, information fusion, natural language processing, ontology modeling, knowledge-based systems, decision support systems, modeling and simulation, information quality and performance management. He has led many government, commercial and internal R&D projects in these technology areas. He has authored and coauthored over 30 winning proposals for large and small businesses. Dr. Bimson has pioneered work in ontology life cycle management and has authored and delivered workshops on ontology design and development and information service architectures to numerous DoD, state, and commercial organizations. He has served as president, executive vice president-engineering, chief scientist, research scientist, program manager, associate professor of computer science and lecturer in linguistics.

 

 

Board of Directors

Peter Dyson, Chairman and CEO

Peter Dyson has more than 25 years of experience in leading the development and application of advanced computing technologies to solve the complex problems of commercial and government clients.

Under his leadership, the company has grown substantially over the past eight years as well as been recognized with both community and customer awards. Mr. Dyson has served as President and CEO of Modus Operandi since its founding as a result of a merger. During his tenure, he has actively participated in all aspects of the business, spanning strategy planning and execution, sales and marketing, executive recruitment and development, customer development and relationship management, program leadership, and financial management.

 

Dr. Anthony Catanese, Member

Dr. Anthony Catanese is the President of Florida Institute of Technology and former President of Florida Atlantic University.

A graduate of Rutgers University, Dr. Catanese earned a degree in city and regional planning. He holds a Master of Urban Planning degree from New York University, a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in urban and regional planning, and was a Senior Fulbright Professor in Bogota, Colombia. Dr. Catanese is the Founding President of the Florida State University Presidents Association and has served as President or Chairman of the Florida Association of Colleges and Universities; Florida Campus Compact; and Atlantic Sun Athletics Conference. He has served on several boards, including National Collegiate Athletics Association, Orange Bowl Committee, AvMed (South Florida) and Wachovia Bank (Florida). He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Chief Executive Leadership Award of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (2001), and is author of 13 books and over 65 journal articles.

 

Richard McNeight, President and Member

As president, Mr. McNeight draws upon his entrepreneurial and leadership experience of high-tech companies to lead Modus Operandi to the forefront of the government and military software technology market. He represents and promotes the company to current and potential customers, partners and stakeholders.

Mr. McNeight has been serving as a Modus Operandi board member since 2007. Most recently, he has been president of Federal Systems LLC. As the founder of Paravant Computer Systems in 1982, he led the company through its successful initial public offering in 1996 and its acquisition by DRS Technologies in 2002. He subsequently served as president of DRS Tactical Systems, significantly growing the business and establishing DRS as the worldwide leader in design and production of rugged portable computers for military systems. Mr. McNeight holds a bachelor's degree in applied science and engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and a master's degree in computer information and control engineering from the University of Michigan. He has served on numerous business, education and charitable boards, including the Florida Institute of Technology Board of Trustees, Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA) Board, the Astronaut Memorial Foundation (AMF) Board, the Brevard County Workforce Development Board and the Space Coast Early Intervention Center Board.

 

James W. Thomas, Member

James W. Thomas is EVP of Rivian Motors.

He is also the founder of Coastal Dominion Capital, LLC, an early stage investment firm. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of MapQuest.com, where he helped lead the transition from a traditional service company to the market-leading Internet mapping company. Jim managed MapQuest's initial public offering and subsequent sale to AOL. Prior to MapQuest, he was Division President for Sierra Online's largest division in charge of the company's major branded products. He has a B.S. in Mathematics from Florida Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia. Jim is a member of the Board of Trustees of Florida Institute of Technology.

 

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter F. Drucker

 

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