Pete O'Dell is the Chief Executive Officer of Perdata.ai, a startup addressing the loneliness epidemic by helping people make friends based on shared interests and passions. Mr. O'Dell is a seasoned executive in multiple industry segments, primarily in technology and security. Before founding Perdata, he served in the C-Suite for a number of high growth startups and was president of retail products for Autodesk. He serves as a Director of Swan Island Networks Inc, a global open-source intelligence provider he helped found after 9/11. He is the author of Silver Bullets (interoperable data) and Cyber 24/7: Risks, Leadership, Sharing (board/executive focused). He has four years of military service in the United States Army and has a BA and MBA in Business. He’s a fanatical global fly fisherman and a poor golfer.