Our Advisors

Careers built inside the systems we work across.

Altigad is a boutique practice supported by a senior affiliate bench. Members bring depth in evaluation, public health, regulated science, federal systems, operations, and software, configured per engagement rather than carried as full-time overhead.

Academia & Research
Federal & Defense
Health Informatics
Logistics & Operations
Technology & Innovation
Cybersecurity & Compliance
Pharmaceutical & Bioanalytical
Strategic Execution & Intelligence

Advisory and affiliate activities are conducted independently. Institutional appointments held by individual members, including adjunct or research roles, are separate from Altigad engagements and do not imply university endorsement, representation, or use of institutional resources in client work.

Jacob Allen Freitag

Jacob Allen Freitag

Systems Strategy & Institutional Intelligence

Systems strategist with a decade across bioengineering research, strategic advisory, and federal ecosystem analysis, from restructuring a late-stage maritime innovation proposal awarded $320K, to a 40-day embedded diagnostic inside a 375-person CRO, to systems-level analysis of federal STEM funding ecosystems.

Areas of depth: Academia & Research, Strategic Execution & Intelligence

Henry ‘Hank’ Salmans III

Henry “Hank” Salmans III

Federal Cybersecurity & Defense Strategy

Retired USMC Major with TS/SCI eligibility and 35+ years of leadership spanning federal cybersecurity, enterprise IT modernization, and DoD program management, from the National Military Command Center to civilian agency environments including USDA and Marine Corps Headquarters.

Areas of depth: Federal & Defense, Cybersecurity & Compliance

Dr. Ruth Wetta

Dr. Ruth Wetta

Evaluation Methodology & Implementation Science

PhD, MPH, MSN, RN with 25+ years aligning clinical care, community health systems, and population health data infrastructure, from bedside nursing through national-scale health informatics product leadership at Oracle Cerner.

Areas of depth: Health Informatics, Academia & Research

Dr. Dominic Warrino

Dr. Dominic Warrino

Biologics, Biosimilar Strategy & Regulatory Compliance

PhD Immunologist with 30 years across biologics development, immunogenicity assessment, and biosimilar strategy. Senior Director of Scientific Services at KCAS Bio, with 11 publications, contributions to FDA 510(k) approvals, and co-leader of the AAPS Critical Reagents Focus Group contributing to industry bioanalytical standards.

Areas of depth: Pharmaceutical & Bioanalytical, Strategic Execution & Intelligence

Matt Rider

Matt Rider

Supply Chain Operations & Performance Optimization

Operations executive and co-founder with 25+ years across eCommerce fulfillment, reverse logistics, and manufacturing. Led 2M+ sq. ft. of fulfillment at Qurate/QVC delivering $11.7M in annual savings, drove 20 consecutive months atop Walmart's fulfillment network at Jet.com, and co-founded the first order-online drive-thru grocery operation in the U.S.

Areas of depth: Logistics & Operations, Strategic Execution & Intelligence

Maria Saavedra

Maria Saavedra

AI-Integrated Product Engineering & Cloud Architecture

Principal software engineer and founder of M7 Studio with 10+ years building production systems from startup to scale. Delivered features to 12M+ users at Screencastify, contributed to a product acquisition at Gather Learning, and builds AI-integrated platforms for early-stage founders across edtech and enterprise.

Areas of depth: Technology & Innovation, Strategic Execution & Intelligence

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