Kristen Pflibsen
Founding President & CEO, Automation Systems Architect
Krista leads product invention, automation systems architecture, AI training, intellectual property development, and company vision. Her work draws from more than 27 years of experience spanning behavioral systems, marketing, business development, and UX/UI website development and design, with a lifelong focus on planning and building systems that help people make better decisions, improve outcomes, and turn complex foundations into actions.
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Craig Pflibsen
VP of Operations
Craig will be managing day-to-day operations, staff coordination, project timelines, and execution across the company after retirement. He brings nearly two decades of United States Navy experience, including advancement to Chief in an operations management role, has extensive military leadership training. He is well-respected by his peers for handling operational responsibilities requiring accountability, personnel coordination, standards management, and disciplined execution. Of course, Craig also brings extensive experience in military and government-contracting environments.
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Carol Gagliardo
Controller
Carol serves as Controller for AskMAE.ai™, bringing decades of experience in accounting, bookkeeping, office administration, and human resources. She has managed financial operations for successful businesses throughout her career and also sold and trained customers on Timberline accounting software. She brings deep practical experience in financial controls, business administration, and protecting company resources.
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Sujal Bhakare
Founding Systems Engineer
Sujal specializes in integrations while turning complex software inventions into functional systems. He runs hackathons at his university and has built an exceptional competition record himself, participating on winning teams across major hackathons including Harvard, Duke, and two immersive NASA competitions. He brings strong technical problem-solving, systems thinking, and rapid implementation capability to this team.
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Brianna Morrison
Director of Wellness Solutions & Registered Nurse (R & D and Sales)
Brianna brings clinical expertise, healthcare sales experience, and a strong customer perspective to AskMAE.ai™ as Director of Wellness Solutions. A Registered Nurse with critical-care credentials, she supports R & D by evaluating medical and wellness products from the user and healthcare-professional perspective, helping develop protective product guidance, while also leading wellness solutions outreach to medical professionals, hospitals, clinics, and healthcare organizations.
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Ken Walton
Director of Business Solutions
As one of the sales department heads, Ken brings decades of experience delivering IT, cloud, SaaS, PaaS, and technology solutions for organizations ranging from growing businesses to Fortune 100 companies. He supports business operations, competitive positioning, customer development, and B2B, B2C, and B2B2C strategy, while also contributing experience involving military and government-contracting environments.
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Kiara Paschal
Director of Relationship Stewardship
Kiara leads networking and customer service, building and maintaining lasting relationships, event planning, and fulfillment of customer expectations and contract commitments. She also serves as a Navy Ombudsman, so she brings extensive experience in communication, human support, resource coordination, organization, and community relations. Each of these is attuned for AskMAE since our products are built to help or heal humans.
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Jasmine Gonzales
Marketing Coordinator
Jasmine combines digital marketing, design, research, communication, and disciplined execution. A United States Navy veteran with a firm background in digital marketing finishing her Masters in Media Design, she has a strong ability to deeply understand what a company does, how its products work, and why they matter, then translate that knowledge into organized, compelling marketing and brand communication.
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