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Hector serves as Community Outreach Administrator for the Job Connector by MIT where he builds on his previous roles at the intersection of community and technology. Specifically, Hector honed his customer service expertise as an Apple Store Specialist and his outreach & engagement skills as the Manager of the Find It Cambridge website. Find It Cambridge provides online access to activities, services, and resources around Cambridge, Massachusetts, a city Hector has loved since he emigrated from El Salvador at age six.

Hector attended Hamilton College on a Posse Scholarship graduating in 2008 with a BA in Women’s Studies with a minor in Hispanic Studies. He founded the Hamilton College site for the Young People’s Project (YPP) which encourages youth civic engagement while teaching mathematics skills to local students from Utica, New York. Hector has served on the boards of the Posse Foundation, Cambridge Camping, Cambridge Economic Opportunity Council, and the Cambridge Homes. He brings his many years of professional community building experience to strengthening the Peake Fellowship.

Growing up in Somerville Massachusetts, Julia has always had a fondness for supporting local businesses. When she was as young as 14 with a local flower farmer and later at farmer’s markets, selling food from a great local restaurant – Flora Restaurant. In 2018, Julia graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Psychological Science. Her passion for human behavior and years of experience in retail management at Gap Inc. contribute to her insights and continual improvement of coaching for the Peake Fellowship and Peake Fellowship Development Team at Venly.

Dr. Michael Wertheimer serves as the Cybersecure Collaboration Lead for Venly & its Peake Fellowship Development Team based on his career at the forefront of managing risk and national security. Dr. Wertheimer served as Managing Director of Cyber Security Strategy at Morgan Stanley and led all facets of the firm’s technology and information risk strategic portfolio. He was the chief architect of the firm’s defense-in-depth network architecture and led a small team of world-class cyber professionals responsible for threat hunting and adversarial pursuit.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Wertheimer shares Venly’s and the Peake Fellowship’s passion for helping local businesses grow, create jobs, and strengthen each community served. His unique background helps community ecosystems by geography, industry, and demographics develop distributed strategies for the collective cyber defense of their members.

Before Morgan Stanley, Dr. Wertheimer served 26 years as a National Security Agency cryptologist, senior technical leader, and senior executive leader. As NSA Director of Research, he contributed to breakthroughs in mathematics, engineering, and computer science. In this role, he led over 500 civilian scientists in the advancement of cryptology, cybersecurity, trusted systems, big data processing, threat analysis, and high-performance computing.

Dr. Wertheimer was an inaugural member of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He served as ODNI Assistant Deputy Director for Analysis and Chief Technology Officer, overseeing Intelligence Community efforts to bring increased depth and accuracy to analysis. He launched A-Space, a Time Magazine Best Invention of 2008, and the Library of National Intelligence.

Throughout his career, Dr. Wertheimer has pioneered applied learning initiatives and he served as a Professor of Practice in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Dr. Wertheimer is the recipient of many awards for public service, including a Presidential Rank Award, the Exceptional Civilian Service Award, and the Director’s Distinguished Medal. He received a BA Magna cum Laude in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Rochester and his MA and PhD in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied on an NSA graduate fellowship.

Gary Evee, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Evee Security Consulting Group. Evee Security’s mission is to enable businesses to reduce risk by proactively developing a more secure and resilient cybersecurity environment.

Gary previously held a range of leadership roles during his 22 years at IBM across business development and operations. In his most recent role, Gary lead go-to-market strategy for IBM’s mobile and financial services cybersecurity solutions. Gary has a proven track record of managing and scaling new enterprises. He has served as a technology and cybersecurity advisor to a number of Higher Education institutions including Cambridge College, which specializes in applied learning for students that miss the 18-22 year old undergraduate window; and Johnson C. Smith University, a 154-year-old Historically Black College/University in Charlotte, NC. Gary holds a BA in Political Science from Hampton University. Gary’s expertise in collaboration across academia, industry, and government strengthens students’ career experiences and the cybersecure growth of Anchor Communities.

Bryan has spent four years at Accenture on the leading edge of applied data analytics. His work has improved the performance of individuals and organizations across multiple industries and ecosystems as a Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant. He also is an Amazon Web Services certified cloud practitioner. Prior to Accenture, Bryan served on the original development team that helped to launch the Mary S. Peake Fellowship. His work focused on analytics to help local businesses grow and strengthen the communities served. Bryan went on to research positions for leading Boston University and Harvard University teaching hospitals. Specifically, Bryan’s projects ranged from better understanding of bone cancer with computer tomography (CT) imaging to understanding and reforming the discharge process for hospital patients. Bryan earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering with a Concentration in Technology Innovation from Boston University. Bryan’s understanding of technology, products, services, and data reinforce the impact he makes for ecosystem members across market categories, geographies, and demographics.

Andre is an analytical, results-driven product manager with a proven record in design, strategy, and product delivery for each community he serves. A longtime active member and leader of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Andre has the interpersonal skills to convey complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Andre served as a product manager at Google for cloud offerings before taking on a Google Lead Product Manager role. He began his career at a leading semiconductor company, LSI after graduation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Andre went on to earn an MBA from the University of Massachusetts. His combination of systems perspective and passion for economic empowerment will drive the career success and cybersecure growth of each Anchor Community partner.