About Us
Melissa Foiles
Melissa Foiles is a compliance-first HR and talent acquisition leader with 15+ years spanning consumer reporting agencies, FCRA compliance, and the full talent lifecycle, who holds three master's degrees, a paralegal certificate, and a certificate from Harvard Business School, and who founded Acquairo to deliver an AI-powered hiring platform where regulatory rigor and operational performance are built into the architecture from the ground up.
Advisors
Anthony Petraco
Dr. Nathan Mondragon Ph.D
Dr. Nathan Mondragon Ph.D
Anthony Petraco is a seasoned Human Capital Management executive and serial entrepreneur with 40+ years of building high-growth organizations, including scaling Valiant Payroll Service to over one million employees and a $57 million recap before its sale, and currently serving as Founder and CEO of ProboTalent, an IBM Watsonx.ai Embedded
Anthony Petraco is a seasoned Human Capital Management executive and serial entrepreneur with 40+ years of building high-growth organizations, including scaling Valiant Payroll Service to over one million employees and a $57 million recap before its sale, and currently serving as Founder and CEO of ProboTalent, an IBM Watsonx.ai Embedded Solutions Gold Partner delivering AI-powered talent assessments, and Co-Founder and CEO of VOEDX, a marketplace revolutionizing background screening fulfillment.
Dr. Nathan Mondragon Ph.D
Dr. Nathan Mondragon Ph.D
Dr. Nathan Mondragon Ph.D
Dr. Nathan Mondragon is an HR and Talent Leader with a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and 30 years pioneering AI and psychometrics in talent assessment, having served as Chief Innovation Officer at HireVue, Chief I/O Psychologist at Taleo (Oracle), and Senior Strategist at Dell and Aon, and currently serving as President and
Dr. Nathan Mondragon is an HR and Talent Leader with a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and 30 years pioneering AI and psychometrics in talent assessment, having served as Chief Innovation Officer at HireVue, Chief I/O Psychologist at Taleo (Oracle), and Senior Strategist at Dell and Aon, and currently serving as President and Chief Strategy Officer at ProboTalent while advising U.S. Congress and global boards on responsible AI and the future of work.
Dr. Charles Handler, Ph.D
Dr. Nathan Mondragon Ph.D
Dr. Charles Handler, Ph.D
Charles Handler, PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, is a technologist, futurist, and selection systems scientist with nearly 30 years of experience helping global enterprises design legally compliant, ethically grounded, and scientifically rigorous talent assessment solutions, a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizat
Charles Handler, PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, is a technologist, futurist, and selection systems scientist with nearly 30 years of experience helping global enterprises design legally compliant, ethically grounded, and scientifically rigorous talent assessment solutions, a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, a civilian appointee to the US State Department Board of Examiners, and the only technically trained analyst covering the talent assessment marketplace, now serving as Chief Science Officer at ProboTalent.
Dr. Keith Weiner, Ph.D
Dr. Keith Weiner, Ph.D
Dr. Charles Handler, Ph.D
Dr. Keith Richard Weiner is a multidisciplinary informaticist and registered nurse spanning healthcare IT, clinical systems, and information security, with academic contributions to Columbia and Cornell curricula, and active leadership roles with HIMSS and the New York Academy of Medicine.
Christopher Blood
Dr. Keith Weiner, Ph.D
Christopher Blood
Chris Blood is a strategic finance executive with 20+ years of experience driving EBITDA growth, M&A integration, and capital allocation across private equity-backed and publicly traded environments, currently serving as CFO of ProboTalent and VOEDX where he bridges financial discipline and entrepreneurial growth to scale operations and accelerate go-to-market execution.
Michael Smedley
Dr. Keith Weiner, Ph.D
Christopher Blood
Michael Smedley is a Software Executive with 20+ years of SaaS product development experience in mission-critical payroll, scheduling, and workforce management systems, known for building high-performing teams and leading complex M&A technical due diligence and post-merger platform migrations across multiple transactions at Valiant and TrackTik.