Meet the Team
Adam Sohn is a growth strategist, senior executive and board member for multiple organizations. He is a former Wall Street equities trader, C- level business development executive, and served in public service in appointed roles at the request of two Governors. Adam served as CEO for the Network Contagion Research Institute, widely regarded as pioneers in the development of methods and algorithms that identify and forecast cyber social threats to vulnerable communities. His interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Non-Profits, FinTech, MarTech and Capital Raising companies exemplifies his hunger to learn from others and apply his network and knowledge to make a meaningful difference in the world.
Alex is the Director of Intelligence at Narravance, specializing in online extremism and the intersection of technology and harmful behavior. He holds a Master’s degree from New York University and is a fellow at Rutgers University, as well as an affiliate of the NYU Institute for the Study of Emerging Threats. His research has been featured in NBC News, The Atlantic, The Brookings Institution, NPR, Forbes, Vice News, and other prominent media outlets.
Pratik is the Head of Product and Machine learning at Narravance, helping us build meaningful products and improve our technology to analyze social data. He has previously build AI models for Apple and NASA JPL focusing on text understanding and anomaly detection. Pratik holds a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of California San Diego. He has given talks on his AI research at AIAA SciTech, ICDM, and IJCAI.
Adam is the Senior Equity Analyst leading the ChatterFlow project, with over 25 years of experience in financial markets. A distinguished Wall Street figure, he has been recognized as one of its top traders, with his expertise featured in publications like Business Week and Stocks and Commodities Magazine. Following a successful trading career, Adam served as a fund manager at Group 10 Holdings, where he structured diverse equity and debt financing vehicles and played a leading role in taking companies public.
Beyond his professional achievements, Adam is an affiliated faculty member at the University of Maryland, where he directs and teaches at the Social Media and Market Dynamics Lab (SMMD) within the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets. He holds a bachelor’s degree in pure mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a master’s degree in applied mathematics from UCLA.