Chairman of the Board
General Elias Thorne (Ret.)
Former Commander with four decades of operational command. Directed multinational stabilization campaigns across three continents. Known for doctrine: “Continuity above all.” His strategic oversight provides the framework for QuantumUmbra’s long-horizon governance.
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director
Charles H. Kessler
CEO since 2019. Combines combat-proven leadership with corporate execution. Principal architect of QuantumUmbra’s “Assurance Model,” integrating deterrence, intelligence, and infrastructure resilience. Kessler’s leadership ensures every division operates to a single measure: the absence of disruption.
Independent Director
Dr. Amara Ishikawa
Former head of advanced bio-defense at RIKEN. Specialist in neural augmentation protocols and genomic resilience. Instrumental in establishing biotech as a strategic pillar of continuity. She continues to shape ethical boundaries and technical direction for human resilience initiatives.
Independent Director
Admiral Marcus Vey (Ret.)
Architect of global maritime resilience frameworks. Oversaw fortified supply chains and secure port systems. Advises on urban continuity under systemic duress. Vey’s experience guarantees that QuantumUmbra’s infrastructure designs endure both natural and manufactured crises.
Independent Director
Jesse K.
Former senior operative within a G7 intelligence service. Expertise in predictive lattice systems and pre-incident neutralization. Known for turning pattern recognition into policy and practice. He ensures that foresight is embedded at the board level, linking intelligence to governance.
Independent Director
Karl H.
Built large-scale workforce resilience programs for multinationals. Advises on demographic stress testing, population stability, and human capital continuity for public and private sectors. His perspective anchors QuantumUmbra’s assurance in the long-term resilience of populations as well as systems.