Jacob is a 13-year law enforcement veteran with 10+ years of experience in Restorative Justice Programming. He started his law enforcement career with the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) where he developed & operated the Gwinnett Reentry Intervention Program (GRIP). He then joined the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office where he developed their reentry programming while also operating the Rockdale Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RRSAT) program. Jacob returned to the GCSO to continue working with GRIP, eventually achieving the rank of Sergeant as well as becoming the Section Administrator. In his last role, prior to joining Acivilate, he was the Community Engagement Officer for the Lawrenceville Police Department (LPD) and still volunteers as a part-time officer for them in support of Project FIRST, a program he developed for the City of Lawrenceville to address the misalignment of service provisioning for criminal justice involved citizens.

Jacob holds a Bachelor's Degree in Speech Communication from the University of Georgia.

Dana Malament has over 20+ years experience working across Technology, with ~10 years in consulting. She has acted as a Business & QA analyst, a QA & development team manager, a project, program, and portfolio manager, and a PMO lead. She is adept at translating a vision, strategic plan, or roadmap into a successful implementation, organizing cross-functional teams and budgets to turn plans into actions. She has personally managed the delivery of multiple large-scale projects at companies such as Cox Communications, Verizon, and Coca-Cola, and has either led or been an active evangelist in defining or redefining company operating models and delivery processes to elevate organization and program management effectiveness.

Dana earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University.

Adam Mercer is the Chief Agency Officer at Acivilate, focused on building relationships between Agencies, providers and clients with the purpose of creating higher likelihood of positive outcomes for returning citizens. He has over twenty-two years in solutions-oriented sales to justice-involved agencies at the local, State and Federal levels. This includes over twenty years providing communications, network, education and security solutions for both incarcerated and re-entering populations. In that time, Adam was responsible for bringing cutting-edge technology solutions to jail and prison environments that enabled and empowered staff to create more value, find efficiencies across multiple departments/divisions, and increase productivity.

Adam has a degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Mobile, and has been trained and certified across multiple technology platforms including Microsoft, Cisco and Google. He has previously managed the networks and production databases of some of the largest companies in the Corrections market space.

Erick Gomez is the VP of Engineering at Acivilate. With over 20 years of experience in developing software systems and over 10 years spent in FinTech, Erick has a proven track record of leading engineering teams to success. Before joining Acivilate, Erick held multiple technical leadership roles at various firms, where he helped develop and implement technology solutions that transformed their operations and enhanced their bottom line.

His passion for software development and his strategic mindset has enabled him to identify opportunities for scaling and expansion while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement and constantly leveraging technology to improve the human experience and contribute positively to the world.