Senior Advisor

Chris Flaesch is a Senior Advisor to AlphaSix, supporting product management, go-to-market, and product strategy for QuantumDrive, the company's AI-powered productivity platform for federal agencies. Chris founded and led Govolution, a pioneering government payments platform, from startup through a profitable exit, growing it to serve 600+ federal, state, and local agencies (including the U.S. Treasury) which processed billions of dollars per year in transaction volume. He later served as Global General Manager at DXC Technology, where he held P&L ownership of a $7.2 billion platform and cloud infrastructure business spanning 51 countries and 6,500 professionals. He is currently Managing Principal of Echelon Gateway Advisors, an independent advisory practice focused on AI infrastructure partnerships and technology go-to-market strategy.

Senior Advisor

John Fleming is a seasoned federal technology and cybersecurity executive with deep experience leading mission‑critical programs across the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. With a career spanning senior roles at Accenture Federal Services, SAIC, and other major integrators, he has built and managed high‑performing teams delivering secure cloud modernization, enterprise IT transformation, and advanced analytics capabilities for national‑security customers. John is known for his ability to bridge technical depth with strategic clarity — aligning complex engineering efforts to real operational outcomes. His background includes program leadership, solution architecture, cybersecurity governance, and large‑scale systems integration across classified and unclassified environments. He holds a Master of Science in Applied Information Technology from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Mary Washington. John is also a certified PMP and CISSP, underscoring his blend of technical rigor and disciplined program execution.

AI Practice Leader

Christopher Steel is the AI Practice Leader at AlphaSix and principal architect of Quantify. Chris has over 20 years of experience in technology strategy and leveraging AI/ML, Big Data, and cloud to implement enterprise class solutions, with a specific focus on enhancing government customers' capabilities. Chris was the chief architect on Pay.gov and has been developing bleeding-edge AI solutions for the past 10 years, bringing a wealth of knowledge to the Quantify team.