Dalrada Corporation Appoints The Hon. Bijan R. Kian, Jose Arrieta & Kyle McCollum to Its Board of Directors - Seite 2

JOSE ARRIETA

The former Chief Information Officer and Interim Chief Data Officer of HHS, Mr. Jose Arrieta is a respected leader in applying emerging technologies – especially blockchain, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and process automation. He oversaw $6.3B in IT investments, $800B in grants, and $26B in Federal contracts in his last three years at HHS.

Mr. Arrieta has published articles on valuing disruptive technology companies and the importance of industry-government communications. He led the creation and implementation of the largest public health surveillance capability in the United States during the pandemic and the first enterprise-grade supervised machine learning capability to help more accurately distribute testing supplies and predict hot spots across the country. Mr. Arrieta created a public-private key and distributed ledger infrastructure to establish digital identities for commercial, Federal, and state endpoints to aid the COVID-19 vaccination and testing efforts.

At Johns Hopkins University, Mr. Arrieta created and teaches the first blockchain course (blockchain and cryptos) as well as entrepreneurial finance. Before his work with the U.S. government, Mr. Arrieta founded imagineeer, an IT solutions company that currently is focused on fundraising, blockchain-enabled diagnostic equipment, cybersecurity solutions, and quantum-inspired optimization capabilities.

Mr. Arrieta works with Federal customers evaluating and valuing venture-backed technology start-ups in health and the national security space. He currently sits on multiple boards and advises five technology start-ups. Imagineeer is also working to build an ecosystem to facilitate secure, autonomous, data-driven, AI-powered, science-based organizations.

KYLE MCCOLLUM, CPA

Dalrada’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Kyle McCollum, CPA, holds over 17 years’ experience in accounting, finance, and management, both domestically and internationally. He brings expertise across a broad spectrum of industries and functionalities including accounting & finance, investment strategy, due diligence, mergers & acquisitions, compliance, fund structuring, fundraising, and investor relations.

Before joining Dalrada, Mr. McCollum oversaw financial operations for publicly traded and privately held companies. He has served industries including pet health and wellness, real estate investment & development, mining, and nutraceuticals. Mr. McCollum earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Accountancy degree from the University of Montana.