Our Team

  • Moriba Jah

    President/Co-Founder

    Moriba Jah is a leading space environmentalist and astrodynamicist. He is a MacArthur Fellow and Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship. He directs the Jah Decision Intelligence Group at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences. He also serves as Chief Scientist at Privateer and Co-Founder of Moriba Jah Universal.

  • Daniele Love

    CEO/Co-Founder

    Daniele Love is a multi-passionate serial entrepreneur and systems thinker focused on social justice, sustainability, and the empowerment of marginalized communities. She is also a USA Today best-selling author and a consultant to Fortune 100 companies. She brings a people-centered approach to innovation and leadership and is dedicated to stewarding Earth. Her work is grounded in a commitment to building an equitable future.

  • William Strong

    COO/Co-Founder

    William Strong brings over 20 years of experience in IT project management and cybersecurity, with roles at the U.S. Department of Defense and Booz Allen Hamilton. He founded and led CyberSMART, a cybersecurity workflow platform for governance, risk, and compliance. He also served as Information Systems Security Manager for the Defense Logistics Agency Program, overseeing the security of an $800 million global logistics system.

  • Fritz Y. Jean-Louis

    vCISO and vDPO

    Fritz Y. Jean-Louis is a cybersecurity and privacy leader with over 20 years of experience across sectors including finance, telecom, energy, and more. He served as Chief Information Security Officer at The Globe and Mail and has held senior roles at TD Bank, BlackBerry, ATCO Group, and Info-Tech Research Group. He is a member of ISC², ISACA, and IAPP and holds certifications including CISSP, CRISC, and CIPM.

  • Christopher Kohler

    CTO

    With extensive experience in software engineering leadership, Christopher is committed to driving innovation and operational efficiency. His core competencies include software validation, robust design, and leveraging AI-driven solutions to streamline processes.

    He is passionate about enhancing team collaboration and delivering impactful results with a focus on developing and validating robust software solutions that simplify workflows and empower cross-functional teams.

    His recent experience has allowed him to implement AI-powered platforms to eliminate inefficiencies, demonstrating his ability to transform challenges into opportunities for seamless collaboration.

  • Kim Stanley Robinson

    Climate Futures Advisor

    Kim Stanley Robinson is an internationally renowned science fiction author and futurist. His work, including novel The Ministry for the Future, has shaped global climate narratives and informed leading climate policy discussions. He advises GaiaVerse on planetary futures, systems thinking, and narrative frameworks that bridge science, technology, and public imagination.

  • Unmil Karadkar

    Director for Data Readiness

    Unmil brings over 20 years of data readiness experience to create multi-perspective, multi-purpose datasets. Unmil brings over 20 years of data readiness experience to create multi-perspective, multi-purpose datasets. He specializes in enhancing data utility by aggregating and integrating data from multiple sources as well as embedding provenance and data dictionaries in user-centered application contexts. He earned a PhD in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and has held academic positions at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Graz, Austria.

  • Erik Friesen

    Data Visualization Advisor

    Drawing on his experiences as a GIS Analyst in the oil and gas industry, a Training Specialist for open source geospatial software, and a Solutions Engineer for Planet Labs's US federal government customers, Erik is equally at home working in a Bash prompt, troubleshooting for technical customers, or addressing high-level stakeholders. He is driven by a passion for helping others tease apart and overcome their challenges through education and capacity building.

  • Steven Collazos

    Lead Applied Mathematician

    Steve is a mathematician with expertise in computational neuroscience, with a focus on neural network dynamics. At the intersection of theory and application, his work at GaiaVerse centers on translating mathematical structures into scalable computational frameworks. He is particularly interested in uncertainty quantification, information flow in complex systems, and the integration of mathematical rigor into real-world decision intelligence. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics.