Louise Wasilewski
CEO
Louise Wasilewski is CEO and co-founder of Acivilate. She has spent twenty-five years in business and technical roles in media and communications technology innovation. Her experience includes KPMG Consulting, operational and technical responsibilities at Cox Communications, and sales, marketing, business development and product management at various technology vendors.
Ms. Wasilewski is a member of the Greater Gwinnett Reentry Alliance, the NCJA and APPA and leads APPA’s PAPDeX data exchange effort. She has spoken at APPA and ACA and was published in Policy and Practice. She is passionate about improving criminal justice outcomes because it is an issue that has affected her family.
Ms. Wasilewski holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Systems from Southampton University and an MBA from Emory University. She holds five patents.
Dana Malament
VP of Operations
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.
Tony Zolnoski
Director of Engineering
Tony Zolnoski has over 15 years of hands-on software development expertise, with 5+ years spent as a VP. He has a passion for technical leadership, and has honed his skills as a Lead Developer by guiding teams through complex projects with innovative solutions. His technical direction was crucial in the end-to-end development and successful launch of a cross-platform mobile app using Flutter. As a VP, he leveraged his development background to steer companies through pivotal changes, including a strategic merger and acquisition fuelled by private equity.
Tony holds a Professional Certificate in Technical Project Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has three AWS certifications including Solutions Architect, Cloud Practitioner, and the newest certification in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
Jacob Baird
Director of Agency Relations
Jacob is a 13-year law enforcement veteran with over 10 years of experience in Restorative Justice Programming. He began his law enforcement career with the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office (GCSO), where he developed and operated the Gwinnett Reentry Intervention Program (GRIP). He then moved to the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office, where he created their reentry programming and operated the Rockdale Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RRSAT) program. Jacob later returned to GCSO to continue his work with GRIP, achieving the rank of Sergeant and becoming the Section Administrator. In his last role before joining Acivilate, Jacob served as the Community Engagement Officer for the Lawrenceville Police Department (LPD). He is also responsible for creating Project FIRST, a program designed to address the misalignment of service provision for criminal justice-involved citizens in the City of Lawrenceville.
Jacob holds a Bachelor's Degree in Speech Communication from the University of Georgia.
All staff have been background checked through the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. All software services are hosted within the US in AWS GovCloud, under CJIS conformant conditions. All customers are directly supported by our staff (US persons on US soil).