Project Gamma

Warner Moore, Founder of Gamma Force and Tech Community Coalition
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Project Gamma is a podcast where technology meets entrepreneurship. Hosted by Warner Moore, vCISO and Founder of Gamma Force, each episode dives into the latest in cybersecurity, emerging tech, entrepreneurship, and effective leadership. Warner sits down with industry trailblazers and thought leaders to explore insights, challenges, and success stories in a casual yet insightful format. Whether you're in tech, leading a startup, or simply curious about the evolving digital landscape, Project Gamma offers invaluable knowledge straight from the experts shaping the future.

  1. 4d ago

    Ep. 24 - Life as an Open World RPG: Ry Walker on Building Astronomer, Tembo, and Betting on AI

    Ry Walker started his career building one of the first web agencies in the '90s, sold it right before the dot-com bubble burst, and led technology teams at multiple companies afterward. In 2015, he co-founded Astronomer, scaled it to a unicorn, and then started all over again, raising $20M to found Tembo. Ry talks with Warner Moore about why he sees life as an open world RPG, the night he was on the phone with an investor asking how to shut Astronomer down before a different call saved the company instead, and why he calls venture capital "liquid bravery." The conversation also covers where AI is headed: why Ry thinks the real transformation is a 10-year story, his case for private, self-hosted AI, how Tembo's cloud coding agents work, and the risk of centralizing an organization's knowledge into a single AI memory system. The conversation covers entrepreneurship, risk-taking, venture capital, AI adoption timelines, private AI, and lessons from three decades of building companies. 🔗 Connect: Ry Walker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rywalker/ Tembo: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tembo-inc/ Warner Moore:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/warnermoore/⁠ Gamma Force: https://gammaforce.io 📚 Mentioned in the episode: ➡️ The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek ➡️ Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse ➡️ The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman ➡️ The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

    Ep. 24 - Life as an Open World RPG: Ry Walker on Building Astronomer, Tembo, and Betting on AI

  2. Aug 20

    Ep. 23 - Observe Everything: Peter Dohm on Nation-State Threats, Cyber Risk & AI

    Peter Dohm has spent his career working with systems where failure can have serious consequences. He started in telecommunications during the early days of the internet, spent nearly 20 years at Battelle, including serving as CISO, and worked on cybersecurity problems involving nation-state adversaries and major defense systems. That experience shaped a principle that comes up throughout this conversation: observe everything. Peter talks with Warner Moore about why visibility becomes so important when you cannot assume every attack can be prevented, how humans can become valuable security sensors, and why some of the most useful signals may come from places security teams rarely look. He also shares the story of helping leaders rethink the cyber risk around a $20B weapons system by looking at the economics from an attacker’s perspective. Today, as CTO and employee number one at Black Mesa Technology, Peter is applying the same first-principles mindset to biomanufacturing, using AI and LLMs to help smaller manufacturers identify quality issues faster and reduce risk. The conversation covers nation-state cybersecurity, observability, incident response, attacker economics, first-principles risk management, AI in biomanufacturing, startup product-market fit, and what decades of working with complex systems have taught Peter about managing risk. 🔗 Connect Peter Dohm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-j-dohm/ Gamma Force: https://gammaforce.io Warner Moore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warnermoore/ 📚 Mentioned in the episode ➡️ The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy ➡️ Intelligence Matters podcast

    Ep. 23 - Observe Everything: Peter Dohm on Nation-State Threats, Cyber Risk & AI

  3. Jul 9

    Ep. 22 - From NASA to Amazon AI to Zaqa: Matt McCann on Building Trustworthy GenAI Agents

    Matt McCann has worked across defense contracting, NASA, computer vision for drones, Amazon AI, and now seed-stage startup life. That is not exactly the standard LinkedIn career path, and that is what makes this conversation so good. After six years as a software engineer, Matt co-founded PixElement, a computer vision company working with drone technology. After selling the company, he joined Amazon, where he worked on GenAI and reinforcement learning. Now, as Co-Founder and CTO of Zaqa, he is building GenAI agents for industrial customers, where mistakes do not just create bad chatbot answers. They can create real-world consequences. Warner Moore sits down with Matt for a conversation about reinforcement learning, AI agents that can show evidence, the difference between big tech and startup execution, raising capital, founder grit, family life, and the many versions of winning after an exit. 🔗 Connect Matt McCann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-matt-mccann-0494b512/ Zaqa: https://www.linkedin.com/company/105160161/ Gamma Force: https://gammaforce.io Warner Moore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warnermoore/ 📚 Books mentioned ➡️ The Lean Startup by Eric Ries ➡️ Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell ➡️ Blindsight by Peter Watts ➡️ The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu ➡️ Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Ep. 22 - From NASA to Amazon AI to Zaqa: Matt McCann on Building Trustworthy GenAI Agents

  4. Jun 23

    Ep. 21 - What If Your Life's Work Was Solving Society's Hardest Problem?

    Alex Frommeyer was completely out of money when he crashed a Kentucky Derby party, cornered two Sequoia-backed VCs over a mint julep, and walked out with a meeting that saved his company. That is just one chapter of his story. Over 14 years, Fro built Beam Benefits from a smart toothbrush into a real force in the employee benefits space. He ran out of money twice, got fired as his own CEO, and laid off two-thirds of his team before Beam hit $1M ARR in six months. Now, as Founder and CEO of Stack Health, he is starting over on a bigger, harder problem. Warner Moore sits down with Fro for one of the most honest founder conversations on Project Gamma yet. 🔗 Connect Alex Frommeyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfrommeyer/  Gamma Force: https://gammaforce.io  Warner Moore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warnermoore/  📚 Books mentioned ➡️ The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz ➡️ Zero to One by Peter Thiel ➡️ The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

    Ep. 21 - What If Your Life's Work Was Solving Society's Hardest Problem?

  5. May 26

    Ep. 20 - Startup to Acquisition: Lessons From a HealthTech CPTO

    What changes when you go from engineer to executive across every stage of a tech company? In this episode of Project Gamma, Mike Berkman, CPTO at ScriptDrop, joins Warner Moore to talk about building inside startups, growth companies, and large enterprises. The conversation covers CoverMyMeds’ rapid growth and acquisition, the realities of being a technical co-founder at an early-stage startup, and what it took to help mature ScriptDrop through acquisition by GoodRx. Mike also shares his perspective on AI, systems thinking, product leadership, and why future tech leaders need more than deep technical skills to succeed. If you’re building in tech, leading engineering teams, or trying to understand where software companies are heading next, this episode is packed with practical insight. 🔗 Connect with the guest and learn more Mike Berkman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/berkmanmd/ Gamma Force: https://gammaforce.io Gamma Force LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gammaforce Warner Moore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warnermoore/ 📚 Book mentioned The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge M.D.

    Ep. 20 - Startup to Acquisition: Lessons From a HealthTech CPTO

  6. Apr 20

    Episode 19 - Co-CEOs, AI Cycles & the Golden Age of Cybersecurity

    What happens when you split the CEO role in two? In this episode of Project Gamma, Andrew Wolfe (Co-CEO & CTO at Bloomfilter) joins Warner Moore to explain why the Co-CEO model works in practice, how leadership responsibility is actually shared, and why most companies get accountability wrong at the executive level. The conversation looks at what it actually takes to build tech companies today, from the differences between services and product businesses to how incentives shape decisions in VC-backed and public companies. It also challenges the idea that AI is replacing work, showing instead that cycles repeat, roles evolve, and demand for builders remains. Andrew also explains what he means by the “golden age of cybersecurity” and why AI is accelerating both attack and defense, forcing organizations to rethink how they approach risk and responsibility. If you’re building in tech, leading a team, or thinking about where AI and cybersecurity are heading, this conversation will give you a clearer way to think about it. 🔗 Connect with the guest and learn more Andrew Wolfe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-wolfe-5a127034/ Gamma Force: https://gammaforce.io Gamma Force LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gammaforce Warner Moore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warnermoore/ 📚 Books and resources mentioned ➡️ The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick M. Lencioni ➡️ The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith ➡️ Software is eating the world: https://a16z.com/why-software-is-eating-the-world/ ➡️ East of Eden by John Steinbeck

    Episode 19 - Co-CEOs, AI Cycles & the Golden Age of Cybersecurity

  7. Mar 24

    Episode 18 - From Engineer to Investor: Michael Supeck on Building, Fundraising, and Startup Growth

    What happens when an engineer starts asking why beyond the code? In this episode, Michael Supeck (Ohio Angel Collective) shares his journey from building startups to funding them and what actually separates founders who grow from those who stall. The conversation explores the shift from engineering to entrepreneurship, how systems thinking shapes better decisions, and what’s changing as GenAI redefines how software is built. We also get into what investors really look for in early-stage founders and why ecosystems like Ohio are gaining momentum. What we cover ➡️ The shift from engineering to entrepreneurship ➡️ Systems thinking in startups and investing ➡️ How GenAI is changing software development ➡️ What investors actually look for ➡️ Why Ohio’s startup ecosystem is gaining momentum 💡 Key ideas Don’t let perfect get in the way of good. Don’t be afraid to fail in public. 🤝 Connect with Michael LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikesupeck/ Email: mike@ohioangelcollective.com Pitch your startup: https://www.ohioangelcollective.com/pitch Join OAC: https://www.ohioangelcollective.com/join-us

    Episode 18 - From Engineer to Investor: Michael Supeck on Building, Fundraising, and Startup Growth

  8. Feb 9

    Episode 17 - Why Most Successful Founders Aren’t Dropouts: Orlie Benjamin’s Path from Law to Lasoh

    The startup world loves the dropout story, but many successful founders build companies after years of real-world experience. In this episode of Project Gamma, Warner Moore talks with Orlie Benjamin, Founder & CEO of Lasoh, about her path from law school to entrepreneurship, and how a non-linear career across strategy, customer experience, and marketing shaped the company she built. Orlie shares why customer-centric problem solving matters more than hype, how Lasoh empowers entrepreneurs by removing platform dependency, and what it took to move from MVP to 1.0 as a non-technical founder. This conversation is for founders, operators, and leaders who believe experience is an advantage, not a liability. 📚 Book mentioned: High Output Management by Andy Grove 🔗 Connect with Orlie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orliebenjamin/ 📩 Email: orlie@lasoh.io 🎙 Hosted by: Warner Moore, Founder of Gamma Force 🔐 Helping tech companies scale securely through fractional cybersecurity leadership 👉 Learn more: https://gammaforce.io

    Episode 17 - Why Most Successful Founders Aren’t Dropouts: Orlie Benjamin’s Path from Law to Lasoh
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Project Gamma is a podcast where technology meets entrepreneurship. Hosted by Warner Moore, vCISO and Founder of Gamma Force, each episode dives into the latest in cybersecurity, emerging tech, entrepreneurship, and effective leadership. Warner sits down with industry trailblazers and thought leaders to explore insights, challenges, and success stories in a casual yet insightful format. Whether you're in tech, leading a startup, or simply curious about the evolving digital landscape, Project Gamma offers invaluable knowledge straight from the experts shaping the future.

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  • Creator
    Warner Moore, Founder of Gamma Force and Tech Community Coalition
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
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