About the company.
Our Mission
Our Vision
Who We Are
Our Mission
Our Vision
Who We Are
Meet our awesome team.
Following his visionary leadership, the Bright Apps team has been able to create digitized process that have increased revenue, decreased cost and pushed companies into the next level of service.
Cloud Architectures
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Narrow AI & ML
Innovation Solutions
Creation of innovative ethical AI solutions to improve business models for industry as well as government. Leader of a team of innovative engineers creating disruptive technology to better enable business and government.
Focus on innovation transformations for Fortune 500 companies and government through disruptive technologies, AI, Quantum, Blockchain, custom web and mobile development from concept to release. Visionary leadership led to being awarded winner of the AFCEA Shark Tank and multiple international patents.
Cyber Security
Encryption
Networking Protocols
Policy Creation
Programming
Python
TensorFlow
C#
JAVA
C
International Patents
SIM-centric mobile commerce system for deployment in a legacy network infrastructure (#8639215)
Method and system for quality of service (QoS) monitoring for wireless devices (#8423014)
Method and system for quality of service (QoS) monitoring for wireless devices (# 7596373)
Mobile phone distribution system (#7058386)
Mobile phone system with host processor coordination and internal mobile phone accounting capabilities (#6650887)
Mobile phone distribution system having programming and tracking (#6243574)
Mobile phone with internal accounting (#6198915)
Mobile phone with internal call accounting controls (#5625669)
Mobile phone with internal accounting (#5577100)
Cellular phone accounting system (#5325418)
Quantum Technologies
QRNG
QKD
Cloud
AI/ML
Bob Stevens
CTO
Bob Stevens is a top-level developer and application/system architect with over 20 years of experience.
Valorie Robles
Chief of Staff
Valorie Robles has over 15 years of experience as a polished, highly ethical and articulate executive support and project management professional.
Canming Huang
AI / ML Data Scientist
Canming is an AI specialist with over 15 years’ experience doing data science, machine learning and image processing.
Christopher McGregor
Senior Engineer
Christopher McGregor is a full stack engineer that has been working with new innovative technologies for over 15 years.
Chris Weiss
Senior Engineer
Chris Weiss is a full-stack software developer with the ability to design and develop solutions from concept to product.
David Hutchings
Senior Engineer
David has spent more than 25 years building Internet solutions.
George Lund
Senior Engineer
Jateen Bhakta
Educator Innovator Dev
Jateen Bhakta is an Educator Innovator and Senior Software Developer with an emphasis of making all development easily accessible for others to learn and grow from.
Jean-Marc Beaujour
AI / ML Data Scientist
Jean-Marc is a physicist with a passion for solving complex problems.
Michal Kowoalski
Senior Architect Engineer
Michał is a very versatile computer scientist. It deals with ease all development tasks, designing and implementing CI/CD systems in various on-premise and cloud environments. Read full Bio
Michelle Macaraeg
Software Engineer
Michelle is a software engineer with a passion for building user-friendly web applications that deliver seamless end-to-end experiences.
Read full Bio
Piotr Halicki
Senior Architect Engineer
He is an expert solution architect. He integrated and designed enterprise level systems especially in the banking industry.
Following his visionary leadership, the Bright Apps team has been able to create digitized process that have increased revenue, decreased cost and pushed companies into the next level of service.
Cloud Architectures
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Narrow AI & ML
Innovation Solutions
Creation of innovative ethical AI solutions to improve business models for industry as well as government. Leader of a team of innovative engineers creating disruptive technology to better enable business and government.
Focus on innovation transformations for Fortune 500 companies and government through disruptive technologies, AI, Quantum, Blockchain, custom web and mobile development from concept to release. Visionary leadership led to being awarded winner of the AFCEA Shark Tank and multiple international patents.
Cyber Security
Encryption
Networking Protocols
Policy Creation
Programming
Python
TensorFlow
C#
JAVA
C
International Patents
SIM-centric mobile commerce system for deployment in a legacy network infrastructure (#8639215)
Method and system for quality of service (QoS) monitoring for wireless devices (#8423014)
Method and system for quality of service (QoS) monitoring for wireless devices (# 7596373)
Mobile phone distribution system (#7058386)
Mobile phone system with host processor coordination and internal mobile phone accounting capabilities (#6650887)
Mobile phone distribution system having programming and tracking (#6243574)
Mobile phone with internal accounting (#6198915)
Mobile phone with internal call accounting controls (#5625669)
Mobile phone with internal accounting (#5577100)
Cellular phone accounting system (#5325418)
Quantum Technologies
QRNG
QKD
Cloud
AI/ML
Bob Stevens
CTO
Bob Stevens is a top-level developer and application/system architect with over 20 years of experience.
Valorie Robles
Chief of Staff
Valorie Robles has over 15 years of experience as a polished, highly ethical and articulate executive support and project management professional.
Canming Huang
AI / ML Data Scientist
Canming is an AI specialist with over 15 years’ experience doing data science, machine learning and image processing.
Christopher McGregor
Senior Engineer
Christopher McGregor is a full stack engineer that has been working with new innovative technologies for over 15 years.
Chris Weiss
Senior Engineer
Chris Weiss is a full-stack software developer with the ability to design and develop solutions from concept to product.
David Hutchings
Senior Engineer
David has spent more than 25 years building Internet solutions.
George Lund
Senior Engineer
Jateen Bhakta
Educator Innovator Dev
Jateen Bhakta is an Educator Innovator and Senior Software Developer with an emphasis of making all development easily accessible for others to learn and grow from.
Michal Kowalski
Senior Architect Engineer
Michał is a very versatile computer scientist. It deals with ease all development tasks, designing and implementing CI/CD systems in various on-premise and cloud environments. Read full Bio
Michelle Macaraeg
Software Engineer
Michelle is a software engineer with a passion for building user-friendly web applications that deliver seamless end-to-end experiences.
Read full Bio
Following his visionary leadership, the Bright Apps team has been able to create digitized process that have increased revenue, decreased cost and pushed companies into the next level of service.
Cloud Architectures
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Narrow AI & ML
Innovation Solutions
Creation of innovative ethical AI solutions to improve business models for industry as well as government. Leader of a team of innovative engineers creating disruptive technology to better enable business and government.
Focus on innovation transformations for Fortune 500 companies and government through disruptive technologies, AI, Quantum, Blockchain, custom web and mobile development from concept to release. Visionary leadership led to being awarded winner of the AFCEA Shark Tank and multiple international patents.
Cyber Security
Encryption
Networking Protocols
Policy Creation
Programming
Python
TensorFlow
C#
JAVA
C
International Patents
SIM-centric mobile commerce system for deployment in a legacy network infrastructure (#8639215)
Method and system for quality of service (QoS) monitoring for wireless devices (#8423014)
Method and system for quality of service (QoS) monitoring for wireless devices (# 7596373)
Mobile phone distribution system (#7058386)
Mobile phone system with host processor coordination and internal mobile phone accounting capabilities (#6650887)
Mobile phone distribution system having programming and tracking (#6243574)
Mobile phone with internal accounting (#6198915)
Mobile phone with internal call accounting controls (#5625669)
Mobile phone with internal accounting (#5577100)
Cellular phone accounting system (#5325418)
Quantum Technologies
QRNG
QKD
Cloud
AI/ML
Bob Stevens
CTO
Bob Stevens is a top-level developer and application/system architect with over 20 years of experience.
Valorie Robles
Chief of Staff
Valorie Robles has over 15 years of experience as a polished, highly ethical and articulate executive support and project management professional.
Canming Huang
AI / ML Data Scientist
Canming is an AI specialist with over 15 years’ experience doing data science, machine learning and image processing.
Christopher McGregor
Senior Engineer
Christopher McGregor is a full stack engineer that has been working with new innovative technologies for over 15 years.
Chris Weiss
Senior Engineer
Chris Weiss is a full-stack software developer with the ability to design and develop solutions from concept to product.
David Hutchings
Senior Engineer
David has spent more than 25 years building Internet solutions.
George Lund
Senior Engineer
Jateen Bhakta
Educator Innovator Dev
Jateen Bhakta is an Educator Innovator and Senior Software Developer with an emphasis of making all development easily accessible for others to learn and grow from.
Michal Kowoalski
Senior Architect Engineer
Michał is a very versatile computer scientist. It deals with ease all development tasks, designing and implementing CI/CD systems in various on-premise and cloud environments. Read full Bio
Michelle Macaraeg
Software Engineer
Michelle is a software engineer with a passion for building user-friendly web applications that deliver seamless end-to-end experiences.
Read full Bio
Following his visionary leadership, the Bright Apps team has been able to create digitized process that have increased revenue, decreased cost and pushed companies into the next level of service.
Cloud Architectures
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Narrow AI & ML
Innovation Solutions
Creation of innovative ethical AI solutions to improve business models for industry as well as government. Leader of a team of innovative engineers creating disruptive technology to better enable business and government.
Focus on innovation transformations for Fortune 500 companies and government through disruptive technologies, AI, Quantum, Blockchain, custom web and mobile development from concept to release. Visionary leadership led to being awarded winner of the AFCEA Shark Tank and multiple international patents.
Cyber Security
Encryption
Networking Protocols
Policy Creation
Programming
Python
TensorFlow
C#
JAVA
C
International Patents
SIM-centric mobile commerce system for deployment in a legacy network infrastructure (#8639215)
Method and system for quality of service (QoS) monitoring for wireless devices (#8423014)
Method and system for quality of service (QoS) monitoring for wireless devices (# 7596373)
Mobile phone distribution system (#7058386)
Mobile phone system with host processor coordination and internal mobile phone accounting capabilities (#6650887)
Mobile phone distribution system having programming and tracking (#6243574)
Mobile phone with internal accounting (#6198915)
Mobile phone with internal call accounting controls (#5625669)
Mobile phone with internal accounting (#5577100)
Cellular phone accounting system (#5325418)
Quantum Technologies
QRNG
QKD
Cloud
AI/ML
Bob Stevens
CTO
Bob Stevens is a top-level developer and application/system architect with over 20 years of experience.
Valorie Robles
Chief of Staff
Valorie Robles has over 15 years of experience as a polished, highly ethical and articulate executive support and project management professional.
Canming Huang
AI / ML Data Scientist
Canming is an AI specialist with over 15 years’ experience doing data science, machine learning and image processing.
Christopher McGregor
Senior Engineer
Christopher McGregor is a full stack engineer that has been working with new innovative technologies for over 15 years.
Chris Weiss
Senior Engineer
Chris Weiss is a full-stack software developer with the ability to design and develop solutions from concept to product.
David Hutchings
Senior Engineer
David has spent more than 25 years building Internet solutions.
George Lund
Senior Engineer
Jateen Bhakta
Educator Innovator Dev
Jateen Bhakta is an Educator Innovator and Senior Software Developer with an emphasis of making all development easily accessible for others to learn and grow from.
Michal Kowoalski
Senior Architect Engineer
Michał is a very versatile computer scientist. It deals with ease all development tasks, designing and implementing CI/CD systems in various on-premise and cloud environments. Read full Bio
Michelle Macaraeg
Software Engineer
Michelle is a software engineer with a passion for building user-friendly web applications that deliver seamless end-to-end experiences.
Read full Bio
Following his visionary leadership, the Bright Apps team has been able to create digitized process that have increased revenue, decreased cost and pushed companies into the next level of service.
Cloud Architectures
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Narrow AI & ML
Innovation Solutions
Creation of innovative ethical AI solutions to improve business models for industry as well as government. Leader of a team of innovative engineers creating disruptive technology to better enable business and government.
Focus on innovation transformations for Fortune 500 companies and government through disruptive technologies, AI, Quantum, Blockchain, custom web and mobile development from concept to release. Visionary leadership led to being awarded winner of the AFCEA Shark Tank and multiple international patents.
Cyber Security
Encryption
Networking Protocols
Policy Creation
Programming
Python
TensorFlow
C#
JAVA
C
International Patents
SIM-centric mobile commerce system for deployment in a legacy network infrastructure (#8639215)
Method and system for quality of service (QoS) monitoring for wireless devices (#8423014)
Method and system for quality of service (QoS) monitoring for wireless devices (# 7596373)
Mobile phone distribution system (#7058386)
Mobile phone system with host processor coordination and internal mobile phone accounting capabilities (#6650887)
Mobile phone distribution system having programming and tracking (#6243574)
Mobile phone with internal accounting (#6198915)
Mobile phone with internal call accounting controls (#5625669)
Mobile phone with internal accounting (#5577100)
Cellular phone accounting system (#5325418)
Quantum Technologies
QRNG
QKD
Cloud
AI/ML
Bob Stevens
CTO
Bob Stevens is a top-level developer and application/system architect with over 20 years of experience.
Valorie Robles
Chief of Staff
Valorie Robles has over 15 years of experience as a polished, highly ethical and articulate executive support and project management professional.
Canming Huang
AI / ML Data Scientist
Canming is an AI specialist with over 15 years’ experience doing data science, machine learning and image processing.
Chris Weiss
Senior Engineer
Chris Weiss is a full-stack software developer with the ability to design and develop solutions from concept to product.
David Hutchings
Senior Engineer
David has spent more than 25 years building Internet solutions.
George Lund
Senior Engineer
Jateen Bhakta
Educator Innovator Dev
Jateen Bhakta is an Educator Innovator and Senior Software Developer with an emphasis of making all development easily accessible for others to learn and grow from.
Michal Kowoalski
Senior Architect Engineer
Michał is a very versatile computer scientist. It deals with ease all development tasks, designing and implementing CI/CD systems in various on-premise and cloud environments. Read full Bio
Michelle Macaraeg
Software Engineer
Michelle is a software engineer with a passion for building user-friendly web applications that deliver seamless end-to-end experiences.
Read full Bio
Our Advisor
Beri Kasper
Kasper accountancy
Owner / CPA
Beri Kasper is a CPA with over a decade of experience in public accounting. After ten years working with national and local accounting firms she opened Kasper Accountancy Corporation, a full-service accounting firm in 1992. For almost 30 years she has been providing financial statement, accounting and tax services to private companies and their owners. She has held roles as part time CFO and VP of Finance and Audit for a 1000+ employee Multinational IT Service Company. She has been sought out as an expert in her field. In 2019, she was sought out by Los Medanos Community College to teach managerial accounting as an adjunct professor. With a passion for not just her work but for the community, she active member of the Concord Diablo Rotary Club and has served on the board in many capacities. In addition she served on the Board of the Concord Chamber of Commerce for seven years and was Chamber President in fiscal year 1995-1996.
Chris Hutchings
Marketing / Branding
Chris Hutchings has over fifteen years of experience in motion graphics and graphic arts. After graduating from UCLA Film and Television he has over a decade of in film production and a passion for digital arts. Currently he is freelance motion graphics designer and print layout / logo design. Chris has decades of experience in the Adobe suite including After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and In Design. He has clients as varied as NATO, Molson/Coors, Fox, Disney, Google and, Bright Apps, LLC. Chris' portfolio site can be found at gargrazz.com.
Dan Manning
FirePower Concepts
Founder/Owner
Dan Manning is a facilitator, author, speaker, and creative thinker combining a career of military problem solving with the latest scientific research to unlock the power of applied creativity. His wide-ranging career in the United States Air Force provided a rich well of experiences around the world. Whether serving as an A-10 fighter pilot, warrior-diplomat in Central Asia, lead negotiator with Russian operational forces in Syria, or leading the air campaign against terrorists in the Middle East, Dan found creative thinking to be the answer to many of America’s toughest problems. Today, he helps businesses, non-profits, and governments apply creativity to their own hard problems. Dan earned his undergraduate degree from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama and his Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Oklahoma. Before deciding to turn to the pursuit of creativity full-time, he was an International Development PhD candidate at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dan is the author of Stuck on Stuck Street: Unstick your creativity for a better business and a better life.
Beri Kasper
Kasper accountancy
Owner / CPA
Beri Kasper is a CPA with over a decade of experience in public accounting. After ten years working with national and local accounting firms she opened Kasper Accountancy Corporation, a full-service accounting firm in 1992. For almost 30 years she has been providing financial statement, accounting and tax services to private companies and their owners. She has held roles as part time CFO and VP of Finance and Audit for a 1000+ employee Multinational IT Service Company. She has been sought out as an expert in her field. In 2019, she was sought out by Los Medanos Community College to teach managerial accounting as an adjunct professor. With a passion for not just her work but for the community, she active member of the Concord Diablo Rotary Club and has served on the board in many capacities. In addition she served on the Board of the Concord Chamber of Commerce for seven years and was Chamber President in fiscal year 1995-1996.
Chris Hutchings
Marketing / Branding
Chris Hutchings has over fifteen years of experience in motion graphics and graphic arts. After graduating from UCLA Film and Television he has over a decade of in film production and a passion for digital arts. Currently he is freelance motion graphics designer and print layout / logo design. Chris has decades of experience in the Adobe suite including After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and In Design. He has clients as varied as NATO, Molson/Coors, Fox, Disney, Google and, Bright Apps, LLC. Chris' portfolio site can be found at gargrazz.com.
Dan Manning
FirePower Concepts
Founder/Owner
Dan Manning is a facilitator, author, speaker, and creative thinker combining a career of military problem solving with the latest scientific research to unlock the power of applied creativity. His wide-ranging career in the United States Air Force provided a rich well of experiences around the world. Whether serving as an A-10 fighter pilot, warrior-diplomat in Central Asia, lead negotiator with Russian operational forces in Syria, or leading the air campaign against terrorists in the Middle East, Dan found creative thinking to be the answer to many of America’s toughest problems. Today, he helps businesses, non-profits, and governments apply creativity to their own hard problems. Dan earned his undergraduate degree from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama and his Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Oklahoma. Before deciding to turn to the pursuit of creativity full-time, he was an International Development PhD candidate at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dan is the author of Stuck on Stuck Street: Unstick your creativity for a better business and a better life.