Mr. Nitin Baviskar is a seasoned technology executive, entrepreneur, and the President & CEO of Pn Automation, Inc. With over 30 years of experience across technical innovation, enterprise architecture, and executive management, Mr. Baviskar has established Pn Automation as a trusted prime contractor for major U.S. Federal agencies and enterprise commercial clients. Under his leadership, Pn Automation has achieved nationwide recognition, including placement on the Inc. 5000 list and The Financial Times ranking of America’s fastest-growing companies.
COL (Ret.) Trent Upton is a seasoned strategic leader, retired U.S. Army Colonel, and the Chief Growth Officer for Pn Automation, Inc. With a distinguished military and public service career spanning complex tactical operations, national security, and enterprise leadership, COL (Ret.) Upton brings exceptional operational discipline and strategic vision to his executive role at Pn Automation. COL (Ret.) Upton plays a vital role in leading innovative technology adoption, integration, and leading customer empowerment efforts across the federal and defense sectors.
Strategic Global Operations and Risk Leader Lieutenant General (Ret.) Anthony “Tony” Hale brings 30+ years of experience leading complex organizations across global operations, intelligence, enterprise risk, and large-scale workforce transformation in highly regulated environments. LTG (Ret.) Hale began his leadership journey in the U.S. Army, where he rose through progressively senior executive roles overseeing intelligence, security, and decision support functions for organizations supporting 800K+ personnel across active duty, reserve, guard, and civilian components.
Mr. Patrick Giardina is CEO of Atlantic Capital International, LLC, a Washington, DC advisory firm serving capital markets, public-private partnership (P3), and defense infrastructure clients. He also serves as Founder and Principal Managing Partner of Simon-Gardner, an investment platform focused on acquiring, repositioning, and tokenizing real-world assets across the Southwest United States, as Executive Advisor to Tiberis, as an Advisory Board Member of Pn Automation, and Corporate Defense Properties.
Mr. Deon Viergutz is a former Vice President at Lockheed Martin, where he led a $1B portfolio spanning electronic warfare, cybersecurity, intelligence systems, and information operations in support of U.S. and allied defense missions. With more than 30 years of experience in the defense and government technology sectors, he brings deep expertise in cybersecurity, information warfare, national security, and complex program execution within highly regulated environments. Mr. Viergutz offers boards valuable perspective on business growth strategy, enterprise risk, cybersecurity and information operations strategy, government contracting, and large-scale operations.
Mr. Tim Stitely is a technology and growth executive with more than 30 years of leadership across the federal government and Fortune 500 technology companies. He is the founder and CEO of Four Stars, LLC, a boutique advisory firm that helps government contracting and technology companies strengthen their growth strategy, capture, and go-to-market execution. Tim's federal executive background includes roles as Chief Information Officer at the FDA and Director of Information Services at CMS, where he managed large budgets and mission-critical systems serving millions of Americans.
