Our Team
Doug Howarth
CEO & Founder
- Discovered the 4, 5, & ND post-Cartesian coordinate systems that enabled him to found Multidimensional Economics (ME)/Hypernomics™
- Co-inventor of US patent 10,402,838 for MEE4D™ software, the world’s first 4D analytics platform
- 14 peer-reviewed papers across four continents published through:
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- International Cost Estimating Analysts Association (ICEAA)
- International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Winner of four best tract paper awards from ICEAA
- Winner of Best Paper Overall in 2024 from ICEAA
- Author, Hypernomics: Using Hidden Dimensions to Solve Unseen Problems, Wiley, 2024
- Was Lockheed Martin Skunk Work’s F-117A Manufacturing Program Manager, led their Parametric Analysis Group
- BA, Economics from Washington State University
Rich Marino
COO
- As CEO of PC World Publications, he turned it into the world’s leading consumer Tech magazine, increasing subscriber base over 100%
- While President of CNET, he quintupled their revenue, which led to acquisitions from CBS and more recently to Red Ventures
- Joined Aircraft Technical Publications (ATP) as President, and increased their subscription and renewal customers from 70% to 98%
- Sits on 10 corporate boards
- BA, Business Huron University
Kent Joris
CTO & Co-Founder
- Built computers for Lockheed for 10 years
- Designed, built and lived in a passive solar house
- Co-developer of US Patent 10,402,838, for MEE4DTM, world’s first 4D software
- Over 20 years estimating for Lockheed Martin, TASC Inc. and Northrop Grumman.
- BS in EE from California Polytechnic University
Shad Torgerson
CIO & Co-Founder
- Lead developer of US patent (10,402,838)
- Owns a fly-in fishing lodge in Manitoba
- Developed an advanced suite of programs for the F-22 flight testing
- Pioneered the development of non-contact optical pressure and temperature measurement systems for jet engine compressor blades as a grad student
- BS, MS Aeronautics/Astronautics Purdue