Our Team
Alex Luna
Founder & CEO
MBA from Vanderbilt University, Creative Destruction Lab at The University of Toronto Quantum Stream Graduate, and Executive Education from UC Berkeley. $1.6B of rail contract renewal experience at Norfolk Southern.
Nate Tenpas
Optimization Lead
Mathematics PhD from Vanderbilt University (5th year). 3 Research Publications. NSA Director’s Summer Program (2017), the National Security Agency’s premier outreach effort to the nation’s most outstanding undergraduate mathematics majors
Reneé Doll
Software Lead
Self-Taught UX/UI Engineer and Nashville Software School Graduate
Preston Dunlap
Board Member
Former First Chief Architect Officer and CTO of United States Air Force and Space Force. Oversaw the architecture of the United States Space Force and Air Force’s nearly $70 billion research, development, and acquisition programs.
Jeff Sliger
Advisor
Retired former AVP of Network Operations at Norfolk Southern (37+ years of Class I experience)
Bill Keppen
Advisor
Retired contributor to Railway Age magazine and former BLET vice president (30+ years of Class I experience)
Steve Josey
Advisor
Former Director of New Products at Railinc with 20+ years of innovation and new product development experience
Wayne Mason
Advisor
Retired former Sr. Director of Strategic Planning for Norfolk Southern (30+ years of Class I experience)
Dave Talley
Advisor
Retired former System Manager of Coal Transportation at Norfolk Southern (30+ years of Class I experience)
Matt Bailey
Advisor
23.5 years of Class I information systems and marketing experience at Norfolk Southern
Our Ecosystem
2020 Creative Destruction Lab Quantum Stream Graduate
Founding Member of The United States Quantum Economic Development Consortium
Founded at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management