Meet the Team.
The leadership of The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc., the researchers, engineers, and operators building the Trust Identity Protocol, the AI Trust Registry, and the Global Seal of Trust. Every profile is named, sourced, and publicly disclosed.
ProfileDinesh MendheFounder and Chairman
ProfileDr. Sofia MartinezChief Executive Officer
ProfileTushar BhendarkarChief Technology Officer
ProfileSairamakrishna KarriDirector of Engineering
ProfileTashi PaldenChief Operating Officer
ProfileSean ApplebyChief Scientist- ProfileZaid KhanVice President of Finance
ProfileZahid MudaqiqData Protection Officer
ProfileEknath MundheHead of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, India
ProfileRam Waman GhonmodeChief Business Officer
ProfileVishal Rajesh KothekarChief Product Officer
ProfileAnuraag KarangleEU Policy and Regulatory Affairs Lead
ProfileYogesh FundeProject Manager
Meet the Fall 2026 Interns.
Students from Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Fordham, the University of Washington, Southwest Baptist University and the Australian National University, working on the go-to-market and the AI research behind the Trust Identity Protocol this fall. The cohort includes a Harvard fellow who documented more than 30 failure modes in AI coursework, a clarinetist on a GRAMMY-winning recording, a valedictorian building a tool that tracks children's reading, a contributor to Australia's JoeyLLM language model, a PhD researcher in authorship attribution, and researchers in robotics, computer vision, design and responsible AI.
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Leonard Amo-KodiehGo-to-Market InternHarvard University
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Rui ChuAI Research InternUniversity of Washington
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Kebin LeeGo-to-Market InternColumbia University
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Ameya MehtaAI Research InternFordham University
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Aditya AnirudhAI Research InternFordham University
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Wen SunAI Research Scientist InternAustralian National University
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Eric WeiGo-to-Market InternCornell University
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Mohan Krishna PasupuletiAI Research Scientist InternSouthwest Baptist University
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Robert SpencerGo-to-Market InternFordham University, Gabelli School of Business
Meet the Members.
The independent stewards of the Trust Identity Protocol, drawn from higher education, research, journalism, fact-checking, enterprise AI law, and the creator industries. Each seat is named, sourced, and publicly disclosed.
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Ross ThorpeChairmanChief Executive Officer, Rooverse
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Kathleen HomMemberAmerican Bar Association, Cybersecurity Legal Task Force, AI and Cybersecurity Law
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Niamh LenihanMemberFounder, Centre for Digital Ethics
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Issa NesheiwatFounding MemberFounder and Chief Executive Officer, Apex Modular Solutions
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Vladimer KobayashiMemberProfessor, University of the Philippines Mindanao
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Christopher StottFounding MemberFounder and Executive Chair, Lonestar Data Holdings Inc.
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Gareth EvansMemberChief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Timpi
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Tory CenajFounding MemberFounder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health
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Dinesh MendheFounder SeatFounder and Chairman, The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc.
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Dr. Sofia MartinezEx Officio ObserverChief Executive Officer, The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc.
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Benjamin WildMemberFounder and Chief Doodler, Ben Wild Studios
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Ram Waman GhonmodeMemberChief Business Officer, The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc.
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Tushar BhendarkarMemberChief Technology Officer, The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc.
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Prof. (Dr.) Ajay KumarMemberVice President, IETE New Delhi, and Professor and Head of Computer Science and Engineering, RTCIT Ranchi
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Mostafa ElkordyMemberSenior Cybersecurity Solutions Officer, UNICC
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Niyam BhushanMemberDesign Leader, Entrepreneur and TEDx Speaker- ARProfile
Atman RathodMemberCo-Founder and Executive Director, CMARIX InfoTech
Meet the Advisors.
Subject-matter experts who advise the Council on specific workstreams. Their role is consultative: they inform the Council's decisions without holding a vote, bringing depth in security, policy, journalism, and infrastructure.
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Dale WhittakerAdvisorAdvisor and Principal Officer, US Education R&D, Gates Foundation
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Nate AngellAdvisorFounder, Nudgital
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Alan D. JagolinzerAdvisorProfessor of Financial Accounting and Vice Dean for Programmes, University of Cambridge Judge Business School
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Hema DeyAdvisorFounder and Chief Executive Officer, Iffel International Inc.
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Matt AbramsAdvisorCo-Founder, $1 Billion for Trust
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Tricia WangAdvisorChief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Advanced AI Society
Meet the Ambassadors.
Country representatives for the Trust Identity Protocol. Each Ambassador carries the mission into their own country, and represents TIP in conversations with creators, institutions, regulators, and platforms in that market.

