Todd LeBaron — Navy veteran, Air Force AI engineer, STRATCOM wargamer, global consultant, company founder, and AI platform architect.
Started on PDP-11s and Apple IIes in the early ’80s. Flew anti-submarine warfare missions in the Pacific. Ran DARPA AI research at Rome Labs with teams from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford. Directed nuclear deterrence wargaming systems at STRATCOM on 30-year-old mainframes.
Left the military for the private sector — Andersen Consulting, then London to lead EMEA services at Callidus. Came back to Austin and founded OpenSymmetry, grew it to a $30M professional services firm across 17 industries.
Now in Scottsdale building AI Code Rally — an enterprise governance platform for AI-assisted development. Everything from the military discipline to the AI research to the consulting to the company-building feeds into what we’re creating.
The machines changed. The mission didn’t.
The big iron era. Green screens and JCL job cards.
Genera OS. The most exotic machine I ever touched.
Green phosphor CRT. Applesoft BASIC. That ] prompt.
ANSI art and 14.4k modems.
Those rounded pushpins and distinctive scrollbars.
The purple-teal Indigo Magic desktop. The coolest workstation ever made.
Dark gray panels. Where the web was born.
Yellow tab bars. Ahead of its time.
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Founder · AI Evangelist · Veteran
Scottsdale, AZ · LinkedIn →
Captain — Director, Strategic Wargaming Systems USAF, USSTRATCOM · Offutt AFB, Omaha NE Managed the operation and replacement of a 30-year-old mainframe-based Strategic Wargaming System for STRATCOM’s nuclear deterrence platform.
1st Lieutenant — Artificial Intelligence Engineer USAF, Rome Labs · Rome NY Managed a $25M DARPA AI R&D effort across Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and Stanford. Lisp Machines, expert systems, military planning AI.
Petty Officer 2nd Class — Aviation ASW Operator USNR · NAS Point Mugu, Oxnard CA Rated flight crew performing Anti-Surface Warfare and ship interdiction missions on P-3 Orion aircraft across the Pacific.
Founder & Managing Partner — ŒXITS, LLC · Scottsdale, AZ Executive-in-Residence consultancy. Advisory services for KPMG, Accenture, BHG, and technology startups.
Founder — AI Code Rally · Scottsdale, AZ Enterprise AI governance platform. Policy enforcement, audit trails, multi-tenant governance for AI-assisted development.
Chief Development Officer — Real Good Spirits Go-to-market strategy advisor to CEO. Raised $38M Series A round.
Founder & CEO — OpenSymmetry Inc · Austin, TX Built a $30M professional services firm from zero. Global consulting engagements across 17 industries.
Head of Services, EMEA — Callidus · London, UK Multiple technical leadership roles at an early-stage startup in the nascent SPM space.
Senior Solution Architect — Andersen Consulting · Denver, CO Architecture and consulting for Fortune 500 clients.
Director of Engineering, EMEA — Clear with Computers · Minneapolis, MN Built the EMEA software development organization from the ground up.
Bachelor of Science — Physical & Computer Science Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ
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Todd LeBaron — Navy veteran, Air Force AI engineer, STRATCOM wargamer, global consultant, company founder, and AI platform architect.
Started on PDP-11s and Apple IIes in the early ’80s. Flew anti-submarine warfare missions in the Pacific. Ran DARPA AI research at Rome Labs with teams from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford. Directed nuclear deterrence wargaming systems at STRATCOM on 30-year-old mainframes.
Left the military for the private sector — Andersen Consulting, then London to lead EMEA services at Callidus. Came back to Austin and founded OpenSymmetry, grew it to a $30M professional services firm across 17 industries.
Now in Scottsdale building AI Code Rally — an enterprise governance platform for AI-assisted development. Everything from the military discipline to the AI research to the consulting to the company-building feeds into what we’re creating.
The machines changed. The mission didn’t.
The big iron era. Green screens and JCL job cards.
Genera OS. The most exotic machine I ever touched.
Green phosphor CRT. Applesoft BASIC. That ] prompt.
ANSI art and 14.4k modems.
Those rounded pushpins and distinctive scrollbars.
The purple-teal Indigo Magic desktop. The coolest workstation ever made.
Dark gray panels. Where the web was born.
Yellow tab bars. Ahead of its time.
Placeholder — Todd will add personal anecdotes for each era.
Placeholder — Todd will add project details.
Founder · AI Evangelist · Veteran
Scottsdale, AZ · LinkedIn →
Captain — Director, Strategic Wargaming Systems USAF, USSTRATCOM · Offutt AFB, Omaha NE Managed the operation and replacement of a 30-year-old mainframe-based Strategic Wargaming System for STRATCOM’s nuclear deterrence platform.
1st Lieutenant — Artificial Intelligence Engineer USAF, Rome Labs · Rome NY Managed a $25M DARPA AI R&D effort across Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and Stanford. Lisp Machines, expert systems, military planning AI.
Petty Officer 2nd Class — Aviation ASW Operator USNR · NAS Point Mugu, Oxnard CA Rated flight crew performing Anti-Surface Warfare and ship interdiction missions on P-3 Orion aircraft across the Pacific.
Founder & Managing Partner — ŒXITS, LLC · Scottsdale, AZ Executive-in-Residence consultancy. Advisory services for KPMG, Accenture, BHG, and technology startups.
Founder — AI Code Rally · Scottsdale, AZ Enterprise AI governance platform. Policy enforcement, audit trails, multi-tenant governance for AI-assisted development.
Chief Development Officer — Real Good Spirits Go-to-market strategy advisor to CEO. Raised $38M Series A round.
Founder & CEO — OpenSymmetry Inc · Austin, TX Built a $30M professional services firm from zero. Global consulting engagements across 17 industries.
Head of Services, EMEA — Callidus · London, UK Multiple technical leadership roles at an early-stage startup in the nascent SPM space.
Senior Solution Architect — Andersen Consulting · Denver, CO Architecture and consulting for Fortune 500 clients.
Director of Engineering, EMEA — Clear with Computers · Minneapolis, MN Built the EMEA software development organization from the ground up.
Bachelor of Science — Physical & Computer Science Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ
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Each era recreates the desktop experience of that machine