Real Time Awareness and Predictive Analysis

 We define and measure changes in public attitudes and shape perceptions surrounding trending topics and current events.

Solving today's most pressing social challenges

Originally designed for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, our population-centric methodology and customized data analytics platforms enable clients to recognize potential challenges on the horizon and employ data-driven communication and engagement strategies that shape beliefs and influence behavior.  

Social Listening Tools

Uncover Public Sentiment and Forecast Potential Challenges: Data Analytics, Social Media Exploitation, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing

Social Risk analysis

Reveal Population-based Threats to Businesses, Governments, and Other Organizations: Protests, Litigation, Online Movements, Negative Sentiments, Ousted Elites, Scandals, PR Crises, Violence

Social Impact

Create Meaningful Change to Safeguard Operations, Personnel, and Reputations: Mitigate Risk, Safeguard Reputation, Increase and Improve Safety, Profits, and Efficiency, Manage Crises

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Get to Know Us

Leveraging decades of experience and expertise in international development, international business, real-world military operations, and social science competencies.

The ENODO Team

James R. Sisco

James R. Sisco is the Founder and CEO of ENODO Global. Jim draws upon an extensive military career in US Marine Corps special operations and Naval Intelligence to lead ENODO. He brings to ENODO a unique understanding of risk analysis and a wealth of knowledge and experience in leadership, management, intelligence analysis, strategy development, and counterinsurgency warfare, developed through military operations across the globe where he immersed himself in diverse cultures.

Career highlights include serving as Military Liaison to the Afghan President, supporting the US Director of Intelligence as an authority on Afghanistan, and establishing the US Navy’s Irregular Warfare Office. Jim earned a BA in Political Science and Economics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an MS in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University. Jim has been published in numerous professional journals and co-authored Left of Bang: The Value of Sociocultural Analysis in Today’s Environment.

Aswin Subanthore

Dr. Aswin Subanthore is ENODO’s Vice President (South Asia) and Director of Analysis. Aswin brings over 15 years of research and data analysis experience from his tenure in academia and leads ENODO’s analytical efforts. During his stint in academia, Aswin published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, taught at U.S. universities, and presented in renowned conferences. Aswin’s business development portfolio in ENODO includes expanding ENODO in South Asia, presently he is engaging key stakeholders to solve India’s numerous Social Risk problems. As the lead for ENODO’s training, Aswin oversees ENODO’s Social Training course and provides support to ENODO’s Executive Seminar Series.

Aswin holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Geography, an M.S. in Geography, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering, all from Oklahoma State University. Before leaving for the States from India, he earned a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Madras in Chennai, India.

Felipe Elias

Felipe Elias is a corporate strategist who served as Director of Latin American Affairs for several multinational corporations across various industries. He brings almost 30 years of experience in corporate relations and strategy as well as specific focus in finance and risk analysis for private and public sector clients.

Felipe comes from a diplomatic background and has lived and traveled in many countries around the world. He has immersed himself in the culture and traditions of these countries, studied behavioral aspects of their populations, and learned how to establish relationships and create human connections to effectively participate in community life throughout these regions.

Felipe holds a BS in Electronics Engineering and Information Technology, an MA in Cryptography and Network Security and an MBA in Finance.  He currently resides in Canada and is licensed by the Ontario Securities Commission and the Financial Services Commission of Ontario.

Keith Barber

Mr. Keith Barber has joined the ENODO team to lead its efforts in the Federal Market space. Keith has in-depth knowledge of the Federal Government having served in various positions in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC). Keith’s first-hand experience includes over thirty-five years of military and government service where he deployed to support combat operations, as well as implementing transformational strategies and capabilities across the DoD and IC. In addition to his business development responsibilities, Keith will manage and oversee new and existing projects for government clients.

The ENODO Advisory Board

Mary Andrade

Mary Andrade currently serves as the CEO of Ultimate Risk Services. Previously, Mary held positions at Ashoka Foundation, NextEra Energy and G4S where she implemented risk compliance as a member of the Divisional Risk Committee and Board Member in 11 countries.

Mary has extensive experience in risk analysis/mitigation as well as in corporate, tax, and labor laws, and accounting. Mary worked with the Big Four in international markets, specializing in oil and mining in South America. She also managed complex financial reviews in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa. She also has experience running and implementing multi-lateral loans with the IADB and in Global M&A.

Mary earned a BA in Inter-American Studies, Political Science and Economics from University of the Pacific–Elbert Covell College and a Global MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She has won awards from Harvard, MIT, KPMG, Thunderbird University, US Government, Wharton, and is a frequent presenter to industry groups.

James D. Filpi

James D. Filpi is a Senior Counsel with the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in the Office of the General Counsel of the US Department of Commerce, where he assists commercial leaders all over the world in developing legal infrastructure. Mr. Filpi has worked in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, as well as Central and South America.

Prior to joining CLDP, Mr. Filpi practiced law with the International Competition Group of the DC office of the law firm Goodwin Procter, LLP, where he advised clients regarding commercial transactions and federal administrative procedures. Mr. Filpi received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA in Psychology from the University of Virginia.

Mr. Filpi is a member of the American Bar Association Section of International Law and served as Co-Chair of the Middle East Committee. Mr. Filpi is also a member of the Maryland Bar Association Section of Business Law and the DC Bar Association Section of International Law.

Norman Hayes

Norman Hayes (Rear Admiral, United States Navy, Retired) is currently serving as Professor for the Master’s degree Cybersecurity Studies program, College of Professional Studies, George Washington University and is CEO of Deep Futures Consulting, LLC.

As a former Executive Vice President of Cybersecurity and Intelligence for two Alexandria, VA based companies, Mr. Hayes exercised broad authorities for contract management, business development, software development and growth strategies. He also served for three years as President, Naval Intelligence Professionals Charitable Foundation. As an Admiral he served as Director of Intelligence, United States European Command, and as the Director of the National Security Operations Center at the National Security Agency. Other career highlights include: Commanding Officer, Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center; Director of Intelligence, Combined Forces Command – Afghanistan; Executive Assistant to Director of Naval Intelligence, and Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Commander Seventh Fleet.

J. T. Swick

J.T. Swick II MD is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Penn State University. J.T. earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the West Virginia Institute of Technology. He then served as a warfare analyst with the Department of Navy. Some of his projects included United Nations sanctions verification, targeting analysis and complex network analysis in support of multiple peacetime and combat operations.

J.T. later earned his MD from Virginia Commonwealth University and was certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology. He served 13 years of combined service in the US Air Force and Air National Guard. His military experience includes missions in Central America, deployments to the Middle East as a Critical Care Air Transport Team physician in support of contingency operations, and assignments with Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).

J.T. is currently a flight surgeon in the Air National Guard and a student at the US Air Force–Air University.

Montgomery McFate

Dr. Montgomery ‘Mitzy’ McFate is a professor at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Formerly, she was the Senior Social Scientist for the US Army’s Human Terrain System, which she helped develop from a ‘good idea’ to a $150 million dollar-a-year Army program.  She has held positions at a variety of think tanks, including RAND and the Institute for Defense Analyses.  She was an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow at the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research, where she was awarded a Distinguished Public Service Award by the Secretary of the Navy. She has served on the Army Science Board and the Defense Science Board, and was an instructor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Dr. McFate received a BA from UC Berkeley, a PhD in Anthropology from Yale, and a JD from Harvard Law School.  She is the editor of Social Science Goes to War (Oxford University Press, 2015) and author of Military Anthropology (Oxford University Press, 2018). She was a key contributor to US Army Field Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency, and has published in such journals as Journal of Conflict Studies, Military Review and Joint Forces Quarterly

Douglas A. Smith

Douglas Smith has spent the last 25 years serving at the highest levels of government in national security and the private sector and is a serial entrepreneur having helped start numerous companies. Doug is currently a Managing Director for Kent Strategies, a strategic consulting firm, where he leads the firm’s engagements with national security work, private equity and international governments.

Smith brings over 25 years of global experience in government relations, business development, communications, coalition building, public policy, and creating and managing public-private partnerships among Federal, State and local governments, and private industry. He has managed large-scale special projects and initiatives both within and outside of government.

Douglas is a graduate of Beloit College where he received a BA in International Relations and Asian Studies. While at Beloit, he also earned a degree from the School for International Training in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

James B. Smith

Jim Smith’s career spans senior executive positions in the military, education, diplomacy, and international business. Mr. Smith is a former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, where he supported American business and education. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Smith headed a military airplane manufacturing facility and held senior management positions at two major multinational companies.

A retired Air Force Brigadier General, he was an F-15 fighter pilot and flew combat missions in Operation Desert Storm and served across the globe. He commanded the 18th Fighter Wing in Japan, the largest combat wing in the US Air Force and was later exercise director for Millennium Challenge, the most complex transformation experiment in US military history.

Mr. Smith holds a BS from the US Air Force Academy and an MA from Indiana University. He is also graduate of the National War College, where he later became Air Force Chair and Professor of National Security Strategy. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from Southern New Hampshire University, where he established the College of Engineering, Technology & Aeronautics, Daniel Webster College and the University of Maryland University College.

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