Team – NooNetwork

Brad deGraf has forty years experience in the design and development of state of the art software systems, from military training systems to high-end computer animation to internet-powered social software. More

Payson R. Stevens’ multi-faceted career reflects two passions: earth science/environmental protection and art in multiple media (painting, experimental video, photography, writing). More

Tyler deBrauwere is a young tech entrepreneur who bridges the gap between theory and practice by synthesizing his background in philosophy with technology. More

From 2009 to 2016, Brad was co-founder and CEO of Sociative, best-of-breed in social news. Sociative’s focus was applying Smartocracy, a concept and algorithm for meritocratic collective decision-making using social graphs, which he conceived in 2005, long before liquid democracy was a thing (whitepaper . Sociative was sold to EdCast in 2016, where Brad is a chief technology architect and VP of Customer Engineering. From 1980 to 2000, Brad was an acknowledged pioneer in computer animation in the entertainment industry, particularly in the areas of real-time characters, ride films, and the Web. In 2000, Wired called Brad “an icon in the world of 3D animation.” Prior to his computer career, he studied sculpture and architecture at Princeton, earned a BA in Mathematics from UC San Diego, and spent five years building custom furniture.

Payson R. Stevens’ multi-faceted career reflects two passions: earth science/environmental protection and art in multiple media (painting, experimental video, photography, writing). He did PhD studies at Scripps Institution of Oceanography mentored by the renowned scientist, Roger Revelle. The two companies he founded, InterNetwork, Inc. and InterNetwork Media, Inc. consulted with NASA, NOAA, and the USGS on global change/climate issues (Earth System Science, Mission to Planet Earth/1980-2000). Both companies were digital age pioneers and received many awards for cutting-edge work, including the Presidential Design Award for Excellence from Bill Clinton/1992. Stevens is the co-author of the acclaimed, Embracing Earth: New Views of Our Changing Planet (1992) and contributing author to the best-selling college textbooks. Stevens lives half the year in a remote area of the Indian Himalayas where he is involved with nature conservation and rural community projects. He was an advisor to the Great Himalayan National Park/GHNP (2000-15), co-founder of Friends of GHNP /2000-present), and successfully spearheading GHNP’s Inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (2014).
www.paysonrstevens.com
www.greathimalayannationalpark.com

Tyler deBrauwere is a young tech entrepreneur who bridges the gap between theory and practice by synthesizing his background in philosophy with technology. Originally aiming to become a professor of philosophy, Tyler set those aspirations aside when he realized that greater global wellbeing and change comes from the ground up via technological innovation. Shortly after graduating at the top of his class at SUNY Geneseo in 2015 with a BA in philosophy, Tyler joined Live XYZ (January 2016 – July 2020) where he worked for several years alongside its founders to develop, launch and manage the startup and its suite of data products. When he’s not bringing cutting edge tech into fruition, Tyler enjoys traveling the world, seeking out other lovers of wisdom in his pursuit to understand the mysteries of the human condition and the universe. More information on Tyler can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-debrauwere/