Meet our team

Teri Takai is a member of Dataminr’s Public Sector Advisory Board and the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the U.S. Department of Defense and the states of California Michigan. Prior to working in the government sector, she held positions at Ford Motor Company, responsible for strategic planning and global application development before moving to EDS. Teri served as CIO for Meridian Health Plan, and is currently Senior Vice President at the Center of Digital Government.

Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Stephen M. Twitty is a member of Dataminr’s Public Sector Advisory Board. He assumed command of First U.S. Army in 2016 and became deputy commander of U.S. European Command in 2018. Previously, he was commanding general of Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division. Stephen served in five combat deployments, including tours in the Gulf War, Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. 

He founded consulting firm Twitty and Associates and is a national security and military analyst for MSNBC.

Jesse is a member of Dataminr’s Corporate Advisory Board and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Amtrak, where he leads the management of cyber risk and information security matters. He is a cybersecurity, data privacy, safety and risk management executive with decades of public and private sector experience—and 20-plus years of experience in the security industry and military leadership.

Jesse held several leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Defense Cybersecurity Operations Center, was named the Pentagon’s 2017 Senior Civilian Employee of the Year and  is a graduate of the esteemed FBI CISO Academy.

Retired U.S. Air Force General Stephen W. “Seve” Wilson is a member of Dataminr’s Public Sector Advisory Board. The 4-star general has over 39 years of military service. He served as the 39th vice chief of staff of the Air Force, where he managed the organizing, training and equipping of over 685,000 active duty, National Guard and Reserve Airmen.

He sits on the board of the U.S.-based subsidiary of BAE Systems and is an advisor to New Vista Capital.

Renee P. Wynn is a member of Dataminr’s Public Sector Advisory Board and the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) at NASA, where she led the effort to collaborate with complex NASA mission programs to improve NASA’s global cybersecurity posture and continuously transform IT management.

Previously, she served at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for over 25 years, during which she held a number of executive positions, including acting CIO and assistant administrator for the Office of Environmental Information.