Company
Team
Management
Steve Welck
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Accomplished inventor and entrepreneur with a track record of innovation in immersive display technology and volume visualization. He has pioneered new advancements in the field, leading the strategic development of a significant patent portfolio.
Matt Coleman
Co-Founder and President
AR/XR/AI immersive expert, award-winning technologist, Producers Guild nominee 2023 and Space Force Association volunteer. Matt has over 20 years of experience in tech and is a speaker and moderator around the world.
Mark Thomas
Chief Technology and Operations Officer
Producer and technologist, with more than 30 years of experience in technical design, operations, project management and software development. Mark is leading the company's hardware, customer deliverables and AI software initiatives.
Jonathan Ruiz
Fundraising Manager and Interim CFO
Aerospace engineer with more than 20 years in management, including as BD and strategy director in select companies and, in the last decade, as CFO. Serial entrepreneur, currently working on exclusive investment opportunities in growth startups and structured rounds.
Business Development
Skip Stokes, CTS
Vice President of Business Development
Thirty years of federal and DoD experience, including CONUS and OCONUS deployments supporting command-and-control, simulation and specialized AV systems integrations. He has led secure solution development for high-reliability missions and is deeply versed in cyber and supplier-security requirements.
David W. Hill
Corporate Advisor and Investment Banker
Accomplished financial strategist and investment banker with a track record of advising companies on growth, capital formation and value creation. He has guided corporate financial strategy across complex situations, helping leadership teams evaluate opportunities, structure transactions, and advance strategic initiatives that strengthen enterprise value and advance mission preparedness.
Celeste Lear
Business Development Executive
Coming from the Lear aviation legacy and founder of Boutique XR, Celeste is an entrepreneur, immersive technology strategist and XR experience designer, with extensive experience across spatial computing, simulation, virtual production and emerging technologies, spanning enterprise and mission-driven sustainability initiatives with the United Nations.
Ronald “June” Walton
Advisor
A 15-year U.S. Air Force veteran with over seven years in Presidential Security, holding “Yankee White” clearance. As founder of Shadow Security, he has built an elite network of Tier-1 operators protecting heads of state, billionaires and government officials. He bridges world-class private security infrastructure with emerging AI-driven security technology, structuring high-discretion opportunities that demand absolute trust.
Advisors
Scott Hayford
Defense Advisor
Founder of the BlackHays Group, with three decades working in defense intelligence and operations and at the Department of War. Scott represents over 35 professional defense experts across North America, and worked as a commander at the US Air Force and at the Pentagon.
Ariane Fikki
Aerospace, Defense and Space Advisor
Simulation and training expert, and partnerships and strategy advisor. Ariane is the Deputy Vice President of the Space Force Association and works in venture capital. Ariane's experience includes representing Unity 3D as their global partnerships lead for government, aerospace and innovation.
Eric Truitt
Government and Defense Advisor
Eric brings more than 20 years of DoD and intelligence leadership in SIGINT and GEOINT, scaling mission-critical space, cyber and defense programs advancing national security innovation, having served in the US Navy for nine years.
Ravi Andrews
Global Supply Chain and Strategy
Founder of Makmor, partnering with teams across APAC, Europe and the US to build resilient businesses. He shaped high-stakes operations and supply chain strategy at global companies including Cargill, Bosch, Honeywell and Airbus Defence & Space, and has mentored over 75 founders in aerospace, defense and deep tech.