Michael E. Johnson
Founder & CEO
Where innovation meets excellence.
Michael Johnson is a seasoned finance MBA, Digital Marketing Entrepreneur, and proven brand strategist who successfully launched the first Certified Minority-Owned Beverage Company in the U.S. with nationwide distribution and compiled an advisory board that included the former COO & CFO of Vitamin Water. Johnson has led cross-functional teams in collaborative efforts to drive channel sales revenue for Fortune 500 companies, including the Ford Motor Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Burger King, HSBC Bank, AstraZeneca, and Time Warner Communications.
Johnson was selected as a Top-5 finalist out of 200+ companies in the 2024 “AI for Good Entrepreneur of the Year” pitch competition hosted by the United Nations. He was invited to represent AI Entrepreneurs from the U.S. and Canada at the AI Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. He received the 2016 NV Magazine award for “Outstanding Leader in Technology,” the 2015 Long Island Economic Development “Minority Business of the Year” award, and he was honored as one of the 2011 Washington Post’s “Root 100”.
Michael Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Indianapolis.
Bella Miranda
Vice President of
Fund Development
Bella Miranda has spent over 16 years driving philanthropy, fundraising, entrepreneurship, and global initiatives at the highest levels. She has worked alongside world leaders, top executives, billionaires, and influential changemakers, shaping strategies and programs that create meaningful, lasting impact. An entrepreneur and CEO from a young age, Bella has dedicated her career to helping nonprofits grow, thrive, and expand their missions. She has held numerous executive positions, including as an executive for a Smithsonian-affiliated museum, and has contributed to initiatives spanning UNICEF USA, XPRIZE, Commercial Spaceflight Federation, Space for Humanity, Spaceport America, Virgin Unite, and other leading global nonprofits.
Featured in Forbes and Business Rockstars, Bella brings recognition and authority to her work. Currently serving as Vice President of Fund Development, she leverages her experience, insight, and leadership to elevate organizations and causes that transform communities and shape the future. An author and Strategic Intervention Coach, she is certified in fundraising, Strategic Intervention, MicroExpression Analysis, and Body Language Surveillance. With advanced studies in Strategic Leadership from Cambridge, Emotional Intelligence Training from Yale, and Strategic Communication from Purdue, Bella is committed to helping organizations and leaders unlock their full potential and achieve powerful, positive impact in the world.
Kurt Grutzmacher
Chief Data Scientist
Kurt Grutzmacher, a renowned Data Scientist and Systems Architect, helps guide
ASD.me's use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. He has a 30 plus year
history in computer networking, security and applications development building
applications and products used by high profile industries to collect, analyze and provide
insights into the threats, weaknesses and vulnerabilities. He has created and led teams
that conducted penetration tests, vulnerability assessments and architecture reviews for
the U.S. Federal Reserve System, Pacific Gas & Electric and the global customers of
Cisco Systems and Cylance, with a strong focus on the security of embedded medical
devices systems, such as Infusion pumps, for secure PHI data collection, device
management, and patient safety.
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Mr. Grutzmacher has developed, deployed and managed large networking
infrastructures, data collection and analysis platforms. While at Cisco he helped pioneer
the OpenSOC project, a novel method of using Apache Hadoop technology to gather
and analyze extremely large amounts of network traffic, protocol metadata, intrusion
detection systems, and other sources of security-related telemetry for analytics.
Greg Franklin
COO
Greg Franklin has over 25 years of public service experience. He has served as Assistant Secretary of Health Information Technology at the California Technology Agency, Deputy Director of Health Care Operations for California’s Medicaid program, and Assistant Executive Officer at CalPERS where he directed the purchase of health coverage for 1.5 million members at cost of over $5 billion.
Greg’s experience also includes holding deputy director positions in the California Department of Health Services over Health Information and Strategic Planning, Office of Vital Records, Center for Health Statistics, and California’s Office of Multicultural Health.
Most recently, Greg closed over $100 million in product and services deals while leading Optum’s State Government Solutions Western Region as the Vice President of Business Development. Additionally, Greg is retired from the United States Air Force Reserves as a Health Administrator after a distinguished career of more than 25 years.
Along with an extraordinary career, Greg also holds a B.S. in Business Administration from California State University, Sacramento, and a master’s degree in health administration from Golden Gate University, San Francisco.
