The Team
Operators who have been in the room.
Apex Velocity is a consortium of senior technology executives — not a staffing bench. Nine founding CTOs with P&L responsibility, platform-building scars, and regulatory fluency, held to one standard of accountability.
Bob Stewart
Founding Member · Fractional CTO & AI Governance Architect
Former Motorola and EMC CTO who treats governance as an unlock, not a bottleneck. Architect of the AI-IRB, CGAI, and the AI-SDLC Institute. Led $1B in internet holdings at Motorola and delivered security solutions at EMC; Chairman & CTO of ACRES Global, a $140M consortium. Wharton, University of Pennsylvania.
LinkedIn →Mark Alcazar
Founding Partner · Fractional CTO, AI Strategy & Business Adoption
25-year Microsoft veteran who led 250+ engineers across Windows and AI platforms and holds 40 U.S. patents. Created the Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows Terminal and led Windows AI Foundry, sustaining 99.99% platform reliability. MSc & BSc, University of Pennsylvania / University of the West Indies.
LinkedIn →Tony Winter
Founding Member · Fractional CTO & Strategic Technology Leader
25+ year enterprise-transformation executive and former QAD CTO. Led a SaaS re-architecture that drove a 3.5× valuation increase and a $2B Thoma Bravo acquisition, building 250+ engineers across three continents. Two-time CTO of the Year (2016, 2019).
LinkedIn →John Fitzpatrick
Founding Member · Fractional CTO & AI-Augmented Operations Strategist
13-year Navy veteran and 7-year Microsoft Partner; CDMP-certified data-governance specialist who runs an AI assistant in production. Unified 23 disparate systems into a single master-data platform (40M+ records) and delivered 15+ MDM implementations across healthcare and manufacturing. U.S. Naval Academy.
LinkedIn →Brent Nowak
Founding Member · Fractional CTO & Strategic Technology Leader
Nearly 40 years in advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and medical technology. Founded or co-founded six ventures generating $60M+ in revenue and carried AI/ML medical devices through regulated development, plus mission-critical systems for NASA, DoD, and aerospace. PhD, Mechanical Engineering (Intelligent Systems).
LinkedIn →Tim Faith
Founding Member · Fractional CTO & Strategic Technology Advisor
Former Gartner VP Analyst and Workday Principal Advisor who brings analyst-grade market intelligence to growth companies — vendor evaluation, industry benchmarks, and technology strategy.
Konst Mroncz
Founding Member · Fractional CTO & IT Infrastructure Strategist
28+ years of IT-infrastructure and security leadership, ensuring AI deployments are built on stable, secure foundations — infrastructure leadership, security architecture, and environment stabilization.
Bobby Vemulapalli
Founding Member · Fractional CTO & Enterprise Automation Leader
Enterprise-automation specialist with 40+ company implementations who bridges AI strategy to operational execution across industries.
Christian Wiles
Founding Member · Automation Strategist & Governance-First AI Leader
18+ years in custom software and CRM automation and founder of Automate Today; creator of the F.L.O.W. Method (Functional Lean Organized Workflows). VP of Technology for the Napa Valley Wine Academy. VCU; graduate studies at McCombs, UT Austin.
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