Dr. Gonzalez serves as Chairman of Ducenta's Advisory Board and Senior Advisor to Ducenta’s Executive Committee on all local, state, national and international matters as it pertains to developing diversity initiatives. Prior to DSAM, Dr. Gonzalez served as City Manager of the City of Miami, where he led the City's 4400 employees and was responsible for its $1.7 B operating and capital budgets. During his leadership, Miami experienced upgraded municipality credit ratings, $3 Billion in additional infrastructure investment, and settled long-standing municipal union contract issues. Dr. Gonzalez brings consistent leadership and experience having served as Director and CEO of Miami International Airport (MIA), Undersecretary of US Citizenship and Immigration Service with the Department of Homeland...

Mark has over 40 years of experience in the financial markets and new venture development. In his most recent role Mark served as the Director of the FirePoint Applied Innovation Center (AIC). The AIC is a dedicated prototyping, collaboration, and evaluation facility located in Huntsville Alabama focused on accelerating innovation and technology adoption within the U.S. Army and other branches of the military. The primary mission of the ACI is to identify, develop, and integrate cutting-edge technologies and solutions into the Army's operational capabilities. Prior to his role in FirePoint Mark served as the Director of Wichita State University's Center for Entrepreneurship and Director of Wichita State University's Center for Entrepreneurship and Director of WSU Ventures. In this role Mark...

Mr. Gallagher is the Director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.  He previously held the position of Associate Director for Strategy and was responsible for developing and articulating JPL's overall strategic plan. He also oversaw all legislative affairs activities and led strategic partnerships with domestic and international space agencies. Mr. Gallagher has over 36 years of experience in the industry with deep knowledge across all aspects of Space and Defense.  He provides us with strategic advice, with particular focus on macroeconomic trends.   Gallagher was project manager for the $700 million Spitzer Space Telescope as part of NASA's Great Observatories program, as well as numerous other astrophysics and planetary projects.  NASA has recognized Mr. Gallagher for his...

Mr. Ishida serves as Senior Advisor to the Executive Committee at DSAM, where he plays a key role in shaping and executing DSAM’s growth strategy. With over 30 years of experience as a senior partner at Deloitte, Tetsuya has deep expertise in tax planning, compliance, attestation of financial statements for public and private companies, and corporate finance strategies for multinational corporations.

During his tenure at Deloitte, he led the Inbound Service practice and was a key leader in the Japanese and Korean Services Groups, overseeing and managing more than 100 professionals across the United States. His work has spanned mergers and acquisitions, transfer pricing structures, and optimizing global corporate frameworks, with a strong focus on heavy manufacturing, particularly...