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Leadership

MATTHEW BOCKNER

Chief executive officer

A former CIA Operations Officer and U.S. Foreign Service Officer with postings across the former Soviet Union, Europe, Africa, and South Asia, Matt brings over two decades of intelligence, geopolitical risk, and crisis management experience to Redpoint’s clients. His leadership connects Redpoint’s deep intelligence tradecraft and AI-powered societal analytics, giving executives the decision advantage to manage risk across their businesses and family obligations, including in the world’s most complex environments.

mike lafontaine

chief strategy officer

A former Executive Vice President and Chief Operational Risk Officer at U.S. Bancorp — where he led approximately one thousand risk professionals across the U.S., Europe, and Canada — Mike is one of the country's foremost experts in banking, regulatory compliance, and enterprise risk management. As a licensed attorney who serves on multiple boards, he brings deep business experience spanning finance, law, and operations. His institutional depth is a cornerstone of Redpoint's ability to serve financial sector clients and navigate complex regulatory environments.

patryk drescher

GENERAL COUNSEL

Patryk is a former U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney and Senior Vice President at U.S. Bancorp, with deep expertise in federal regulatory compliance, international trade law, and institutional risk management. He ensures that Redpoint operates to the highest legal and regulatory standards across financial, government, and multinational client contexts.

Barend Lutz

Chief Technology Officer

A co-founder of VoxCroft Analytics, which Redpoint acquired in 2026, and a former U.S. government open-source media and data expert specializing in big data and machine learning, Barend has pioneered data-driven sociopolitical OSINT methods across private, public, and academic sectors since 2011. As CTO, he oversees the technology architecture that gives Redpoint clients structured, AI-enabled intelligence from the world's most challenging operating environments.

EmilIA Columbo

Director, analytics

Emily is a 20-year intelligence analyst who has delivered strategic and current assessments to the White House, U.S. Congress, and the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Defense, combining professional-level Spanish and Portuguese with deep expertise in African and Latin American political-security dynamics. At Redpoint, she leads the analytics function — ensuring AI-powered collection is translated into rigorous, policy-grade intelligence products.

William Galloway

Director, Data Science

A 20-year open-source exploitation expert, William previously led big data and social media exploitation efforts for the U.S. government and produced groundbreaking methodologies for contextualizing extremist networks and tracking hate speech that set new standards for the broader OSINT community. As Director for Data Science at Redpoint, he drives the collection and analysis innovations that enable the combined firm to deliver precise intelligence where conventional sources cannot reach.

Tinette Hills

Director, Information Design

As Redpoint’s Information Designer, Tinette is responsible for the creative and strategic design of the firm's full intelligence output. She shapes how AI-powered and human-derived insights are structured, visualized, and communicated, giving Redpoint’s products the clarity and authority that high-stakes decisions demand.

Patrick Meyers

Director, Geopolitical Risk

Patrick is a strategic intelligence and risk advisor who has served at the White House, USAID, and the Department of Defense, including as Director of Vetting Research overseeing reputational risk assessments of more than 2,500 presidential appointees. At Redpoint, he applies that expertise to executive vetting, reputational risk, and political risk advisory for government and private sector clients.

ERIN MURPHY

MANAGING DIRECTOR, Asia

A former CIA analyst, Indo-Pacific Director at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and Senior Fellow and Deputy Director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Erin has spent her career bridging intelligence, policy, and private capital across the Indo-Pacific region. She leads Redpoint’s Asia practice, ensuring societal intelligence capabilities are calibrated to the complex political and cultural dynamics of Asian markets.

Mike noll

MANAGING DIRECTOR, insider risk programs

A 20-year CIA veteran who served as Chief of Analysis for the Counterintelligence Mission Center, PDB briefer to the CIA Director, and leader of the Agency’s Economic Security Group, Mike has designed the threat detection and supply chain risk frameworks now central to corporate security programs worldwide. He brings that expertise to help private sector clients identify and neutralize insider threats and adversary activity before they cause harm.

Kiya Perry

MANAGING DIRECTOR, Overwatch

Kiya brings nearly 20 years of experience at CIA leading crisis operations, managing complex global partnerships, and advising national security executives through the world’s most consequential geopolitical challenges. At Redpoint, she applies her analytic depth, operational judgement, and tactical technology start-up experience to build Overwatch programs that help clients anticipate emerging threats, contextualize risk, and make confident decisions to preserve their family’s legacy in an increasingly volatile world.

Chris ringenbach

MANAGING DIRECTOR, geopolitical risk

A former Deputy Assistant Director of National Intelligence with senior roles at the CIA, State Department, ODNI, and White House, Chris has spent nearly two decades translating complex threat assessments into actionable strategy for Presidents, Secretaries of State, and foreign heads of state. At Redpoint, he integrates that intelligence leadership with AI-powered hyperlocal analytics to give clients unmatched geopolitical situational awareness.

Tamanna salikuddin

MANAGING DIRECTOR, near east and south asia

A former senior intelligence and policy official with roles spanning the White House, State Department, and U.S. Institute of Peace, Tamanna has spent more than two decades at the intersection of geopolitical risk, conflict dynamics, and U.S. strategic competition across the Near East and South Asia. An attorney specializing in international trade and security law and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for New American Security, she brings deep regional expertise — spanning political instability, nuclear escalation, terrorist financing, and interstate competition — to clients navigating high-stakes decisions in the world's most complex markets.

Casey Schmidt

MANAGING DIRECTOR, AI and Data Analytics

Casey is a 20-year intelligence professional whose career spans delivering intelligence to the highest levels of the U.S. government, facilitating peace negotiations in the Horn of Africa, and building AI/ML capabilities that capture social, political, and security dynamics at hyperlocal levels — including in environments where conventional collection is impossible. At Redpoint, he leads the firm’s AI and data analytics practice, translating cutting-edge tools into intelligence products that extend the firm’s reach into the world's most complex markets.

JONATHAN WALASIK

MANAGING DIRECTOR, intelligence

Jonathan is a due diligence specialist who has directed thousands of investigations advising multinational executives across energy, aerospace, private equity, and management consulting. He leads Redpoint’s intelligence unit, leveraging AI-driven analytics and hyperlocal data collection to deliver faster, deeper, and more geographically precise risk findings than conventional research allows.

Senior Advisors

Matthew goshko

Senior Advisor

A career member of the U.S. State Department’s Senior Foreign Service, Matt served as Embassy Spokesperson in London, Beirut, and Kinshasa, and held senior roles in public diplomacy and crisis management across high-threat postings in Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, and Lebanon. He brings 25+ years of strategic and crisis communications expertise to Redpoint clients navigating sensitive reputational and geopolitical challenges.

bert kaufman

Senior Advisor

A former Senior Advisor to two U.S. Secretaries of Commerce and senior policy and regulatory executive at Zoox through its acquisition by Amazon, Bert advises on M&A, public policy, regulatory strategy, and crisis communications across Washington and Silicon Valley. His rare combination of federal government experience and private sector depth strengthens Redpoint’s ability to guide clients through high-stakes regulatory and reputational challenges.

blaise MISZTAL

Senior Advisor

Vice President for Policy at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, Blaise is a national security expert who specialized in the Middle East and has developed Cabinet-level cyberattack simulations, built public-private cyber threat intelligence sharing models, and testified before Congress on complex security issues. His deep expertise in cyber risk and national security strategy extends Redpoint’s capabilities at the intersection of policy, technology, and enterprise risk.

dennis paul

Senior Advisor

A Senior Advisor to the Blackstone Group and Founder of Thyra Global Management, Dennis brings 25+ years across venture capital, private equity, and asset management, including co-managing funds in excess of $800M at UBS and Citigroup. His board roles at SharkNinja (NYSE) and Rubicon Technologies (Nasdaq), combined with deep networks across finance and media, make him a versatile strategic resource for Redpoint’s clients navigating complex capital and reputational environments.

Heather Samuelson

Senior Advisor

Drawing on senior roles at the White House and the U.S. Department of State, Heather brings deep experience counseling leaders on risk management, congressional oversight, crisis response, and strategic decisionmaking in politically sensitive matters. Her experience strengthens Redpoint’s ability to guide clients operating in dynamic and highly visible environments to anticipate emerging legal and reputational risks and respond effectively to heightened scrutiny.

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