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John Artunkal is a digital strategist who has delivered research, digital marketing strategies, and lobbying services to political parties, governments, and private-sector clients across the US, UK, and Turkey. Trained in open-source intelligence (OSINT) by Bellingcat, he has also conducted digital investigations for businesses and private individuals. He earned his Bachelor's at the University of Pennsylvania before joining Mercury, a lobbying and communications firm in DC. He later completed his Master's in Social Science of the Internet at the University of Oxford. In addition to leading Argus AI, he is an Associate at the AI think tank New Imagination Lab.

Todd Allen is a seasoned analytics consultant with more than seven years of experience applying advanced machine learning to the most complex challenges in the corporate world. He has led numerous high-profile projects and investigations, including identifying a coordinated online smear campaign against a major record label, uncovering a $500 million money laundering ring for an international bank, and developing an AI-powered proprietary tool for the early identification of anomalous banking activity. He earned his Bachelor's in Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, where his research on algorithmic applications to medical imaging supported the development of cancer-detection technologies.

Senem Alptekin is a designer and strategist with extensive experience leading product and UX work for startups and scale-ups across the UK and Europe. She has shaped complex, data-informed systems in e-commerce, fintech, and digital health, guiding products from discovery to launch. Her work in startup accelerators includes mentoring founders and developing UX strategy frameworks that help early teams translate research into scalable design solutions. She brings a rigorous yet empathetic approach to creating products that drive both user satisfaction and measurable business outcomes.

Michael Beck is a prompt engineering and digital content expert, currently studying Digital Marketing and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Maryland. His experience spans prompt engineering, adversarial testing, and social media strategy. As a prompt engineer at Outlier he developed prompts that enhanced LLM output and reasoning; at Handshake he worked as an adversarial prompt engineer, safety-testing AI-powered browsers for weaknesses in biosafety guardrails. Beyond AI, Michael is skilled in short-form content creation and social media marketing.

Dr. Farah Jan is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her PhD from Rutgers University in 2018 and holds a Master in Law (ML) from Penn Law. Her research focuses on interstate rivalries, alliance politics, and nuclear proliferation, with an emphasis on the security politics of South Asia and the Middle East. Her writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, Arab News, Asharq Al-Awsat, Foreign Policy Journal, and Democracy & Security. She brings regional expertise and a combined law-and-security perspective to understanding how AI intersects with global conflict and intelligence.