OUr Team

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 Dr. Don Bialek brings to our team a rate and unmatched breadth and depth of knowledge in clinical operations, clinical management, and medical informatics as well as a crucial physician’s perspective to our healthcare and health related products. During more than 30 years in the healthcare industry, he has held a variety of strategic, operational, and consulting roles in community medical practices, academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, physician groups, health plans, and life science companies. He built and led two national physician groups serving both hospital-based and primary-care practices and demonstrated extraordinary business acumen in merging operations, introducing new processes and technologies to physicians, and building consensus for change and transformation. Dr. Bialek has spent a significant part of his career both in and working with academic medical centers and universities, participating in all three aspects of the enterprise including clinical care, teaching, and research.  
 

Don has an MD from the University of Minnesota, a Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health, a BS from the University of Maryland and was a Fellow in Medical Informatics (NIH Appointment), at the combined program at Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His unique educational background in medicine, pharmacy, informatics, and public health have afforded him an up-close view of these areas, the ability to understand technology, conceptualize strategy and design the operational plans that led to its successful execution.

Brad Perkins serves as the President of EZ-A Consulting, LLC, a strategic alliance partner with Peacemaker Partners, LLC.  Brad brings more than thirty-seven years’ experience in improving organizations, programs, and increasing sales for companies.  His expertise in DoD business development, program management and development of strategic plans from the identification and qualification of opportunities, as well as captures of significant contracts and delivery orders to accomplish substantial annual growth and profitability is virtually unmatched.  

In the past three years, Brad has personally secured seven of eleven submissions for clients under the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction – Other Transactions Agreement (CWMD-OTA) consortium. He directly led the capture plans and proposal efforts for four companies’ simultaneous wins of prime contacts for the Joint Enterprise-Research Development Acquisition and Procurement worth $8.27 Billion each. 

In addition, Brad has twenty-one years direct experience in international traffic in arms regulations (ITAR) compliance, export licensing, military materiel exports, and international business development and international captures in the markets of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, UAE, and Singapore. Brad has worked in project and program management for multiple large defense contractors such as Textron, SAIC, and Northrop Grumman.

Brad has an MBA from Regis University, studied as a Post Graduate Fellow at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, and has a BS in Chemistry from Davidson College. He is a graduate of Army Ranger School, an Army battalion commander, was an instructor at the Army’s Command and General Staff College and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve.  

Todd is a retired Marine with enlisted and officer experience in the infantry, armor, intelligence, and special operations communities.  He was meritoriously promoted four times as an enlisted service member and received his commission under the Marine Corps Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP), a commissioning program for specifically selected active duty, enlisted Marines leading to a baccalaureate degree and a commission in the United States Marine Corps. 

His government service has afforded the opportunity to serve in all Combatant Commands, 50+ US Embassies, with a variety of partner nation defense organizations and militaries, international organizations and institutions including the UN, various NGOs, and humanitarian organizations in combat, non-combat, and humanitarian missions.  Todd holds an active TS/SCI clearance.    

In the private sector, Todd has served as a business and crisis management consultant to Fortune 100 companies and US government organizations in over a dozen countries.  He has founded two technology companies and is a graduate of the Techstars Anywhere Accelerator Program.  

Todd holds an Executive MBA with a focus in international business from Georgetown University, an Executive MBA from ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, an Executive MBA from Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an MA in National Security Studies from Naval Postgraduate School, a BS of Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska, and an AA in Spanish from the Defense Language Institute.  He is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Portuguese
 

Randy Groves has over 30 years of experience in the applied materials science and Army/DoD innovation space. He has worked in a variety of positions from the co-founder of the 3D metal printing company, Mantle Inc., to the solar start-up PLANT PV and as a Technical Staff Member at LANL.  He recently retired as a full Colonel from the Army Reserve where he worked with the Army Modernization Enterprise and DoD innovation ecosystem.

Randy is an accomplished leader and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in applied materials science research, business development, scientific consulting, academic research, and military leadership. He draws from a balanced combination of technical scientific expertise and broad leadership experience to build high-performing teams while developing innovative solutions to complex strategic, operational, business, and technological problems. 

Randy received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Stanford University in 2011 and Master’s in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. He holds both a Masters and Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Randy is currently the Principal Consultant for Lemon Drop Consulting, LLC, a strategic alliance partner of Peacemaker.

 Captain (Retired) Robert Urso has over 36 years of service in the U.S. Navy as an enlisted sailor and a commissioned officer - both unrestricted line (Officer Qualified in Submarines) and restricted line (Intelligence). As an enlisted sailor he received a fleet appointment to the US Navy ROTC scholarship program. He was a Captain (O-6) and reporting senior for the last 10 years of his service including Commanding Officer assignments at the Defense Intelligence Agency and with the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. His personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal awarded by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal (w/ 2 gold stars), and the Navy Achievement Medal.

Captain Urso has had a very successful civilian career as an entrepreneur and executive with Department of Defense top 40 firms. He currently serves as Co-Chairman of the Board for $1B Noble Supply & Logistics, he is a Director on the board for the University of Idaho’s $450M Foundation, and he serves as a Commissioner for the City of Palmetto Florida’s General Employee $400M Pension Fund. He is a self-employed consultant through Strategic Analytics Group, an alliance partner of Peacemaker, providing leadership and strategic planning mentoring and coaching for senior executives in international technology companies. 

Bob is a graduate of the US Naval War College Strategy & Policy Course; an MS in Management earned through an Executive Fellowship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and a BS in Accounting from the University of Idaho. 

 As a strategic alliance partner of Peacemaker, Rolando is Founder and CEO of Visage Capital Group with more than 35 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur with strong unique set of skills and experience in founding new businesses, investing and restructuring existing businesses, mergers and acquisitions, business strategy and business growth models.
 

Rolando has developed a proprietary deep analytical process that identifies the different perceptions of value from different potential buyers and from different strategic sectors helping his invested companies and those of his clients to maximize their exit value.
 

Rolando is author of "Awakened Leaders", a leadership mentoring program that has earned credentials from IESE Business School, Spain, transforming corporate leaders to become highly empowered to impact positively their business growth, their families, and their communities.
 

He has been a guest speaker at several national and international organizations including the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Universities, among other. Rolando is also a pro-bono mentor of startups at Singularity University, Silicon Valley’s premier institution for exponential growth and thinking, helping them achieve successful and sustainable business models to achieve exponential growth.
 

Rolando has a BS from Georgia Institute of Technology.