Leadership & Advisors
Michael Frank
Michael Frank is the co-founder and CEO of Radiant Intel. He has spent the past decade analyzing global risk, advising Fortune 500 firms, and pioneering AI applications in strategic analysis. Before launching Radiant Intel, Michael was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he focused on AI and geopolitics. Prior to that, he led Asia technology policy research at a leading global intelligence firm, where he was at the forefront of integrating machine learning into macroeconomic and geopolitical analysis. Michael holds a master's degree in public policy from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in international relations and economics from Colgate University. His expertise has been featured in major media, and he routinely briefs executives and policymakers on the implications of AI, economic statecraft, and global risk.
Robin Bew
Robin Bew is a distinguished economist and former leader at a prominent global intelligence firm. He joined in 1995 as a global economic forecaster, became Chief Economist in 1997, and was promoted to Editorial Director in 2006, overseeing analysis across all business-to-business divisions. In 2013, he transitioned into commercial leadership as Managing Director (also listed as CEO), shaping global strategy, spearheading acquisitions, and expanding emerging-market operations. Before this tenure, Bew served as a macroeconomist at the UK Treasury. During his 27-year career, Bew drove editorial excellence and commercial growth—leading global forecast, credit-risk, and custom-research teams—while building teams across Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East.
Ryan VanGorder
Ryan VanGorder is the Chief Executive Officer of Opto Investments, a Silicon Valley–backed fintech firm that empowers RIAs and fiduciaries to build, fundraise, and manage bespoke private-markets programs through an institutional-grade platform. He began his career in 2001 at Qualios, a Seattle-based hedge fund-of-funds, where he honed his expertise in alternative investment strategies before the firm was acquired by BlackRock in 2007. At BlackRock, VanGorder rose to Managing Director, leading finance for the Asia-Pacific region and gaining firsthand experience as the firm's alt assets grew from approximately $20 billion to several hundred billion.
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2430 Group
2430 Group is a co-founder of Radiant Intel and an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization built and led by former senior CIA officers and national security professionals. Its leadership includes multiple former CIA Chiefs of Station, the Agency's first Chief of Tradecraft and Operational Technology, senior Operations and Paramilitary Officers, and Targeting Officers with field experience across five continents, alongside veterans from the broader U.S. Intelligence Community, Special Operations, and Silicon Valley. Drawing on this background, 2430 Group applies advanced intelligence tradecraft to protect critical innovation from state-directed theft, cyber and infrastructure attacks, and disinformation campaigns, with a particular focus on competition with China and Russia.
Dimi Kellari
Dimi Kellari is a co-founder of Radiant Intel, bringing a wealth of experience in early stage venture building and bringing technology products to market. Dimi has spent the last decade building and commercializing advanced hardware and software technologies in biotech, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, robotics, and the broader climate space. He is currently a co-founder and CEO at Neion Bio, a biotechnology company pioneering novel technologies for biologics production. Prior to Neion, he spent 4 years running product and engineering at Cavnue, a technology company building infrastructure for autonomous vehicles. He was previously an Investor at Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, a Product and Strategy Manager at Alphabet's Moonshot Factory, X, and a Senior Analyst at McKinsey & Company. He started his career as an Aerospace Engineer in the future projects division at Airbus, before serving as a Materials and Mechanical Engineer at CERN. Dimi holds master's degrees from MIT and Imperial College London.