Heritage

Senior operators. Lean by design.

Helix is a firm of senior operators — people who have run businesses with P&L responsibility. We keep our teams lean and senior on purpose, working shoulder to shoulder with the largest private equity firms in the world.

We were a product company: we built AI products and hold pending patents in agentic AI architectures — that heritage is why we know the market cold and how to stitch the right capabilities together.

Our work is grounded in three sciences most AI firms ignore: cognitive science (how experts decide), behavioral science (how organizations change), and biomimicry (how intelligent systems coordinate at scale).

Practitioner-led — the speed and value of a boutique, without the baggage of large consulting firms.

Backed by pending patents in agentic AI architectures.

The people

Our Team.

Operators who've built, run, and sold businesses. Not advisors who make presentations.

Leadership

Sean S. Murphy, Founder and CEO of Helix Decision Science

Sean S. Murphy

Founder & CEO

EY · Marsh · BDO · Founder of Lootok (sold) · Founder of Helix

Rafiq Ajani, Chief Technology Officer

Rafiq Ajani

Chief Technology Officer

McKinsey · Koch Industries

Dermot Carey, Chief Product Officer, Helix Decision Science

Dermot Carey

Chief Product Officer

Koch Industries · Helix Decision Science

Tuan Thomas, Chief Success Officer, Helix Decision Science

Tuan Thomas

Chief Success Officer

Koch Industries · Accenture

Maxim Kormilitsin, Chief Data Scientist, Helix Decision Science

Maxim Kormilitsin, PhD

Chief Data Scientist

Amazon · Koch Industries · AT&T

Tim Berryman, Managing Director, Helix Decision Science

Tim Berryman

Managing Director · AI SWAT Team & Global Accounts

Georgia-Pacific

Board of Directors

Validated at the highest level.

Bill Flynn, Director, Helix Decision Science Board

Bill Flynn

Director

Amtrak · Atlas Air Worldwide

General Joseph Votel (Ret.), Director, Helix Decision Science Board

General Joseph Votel (Ret.)

Director

U.S. Central Command · U.S. Special Operations Command

Adam Melton, Director, Helix Decision Science Board

Adam Melton

Director

GPA Global

Avi Sahi, Director, Helix Decision Science Board

Avi Sahi

Director

OGCI Climate Investments · Johnson Controls · NIKE

Board Advisors

Senior operators and capital-markets leaders.

Patrice Bonfiglio, Board Advisor, Helix Decision Science

Patrice Bonfiglio

President, Sarissa Capital

David Blaha, Board Advisor, Helix Decision Science

David Blaha

Chief Revenue Officer, Extend; former Regional VP, American Express

Strategic Advisors

A network of operators, scientists, and domain experts behind every engagement.

Dr. Gary Klein

Founder, ShadowBox; cognitive scientist

Josh Wright

Fellow, Princeton; former CEO, ideas42

Patrick Sweeney

American Kestrel Global Strategies; U.S. national-security technology

Stacey Malo

Founder & CEO, Summerset Capital; family-office capital

Matt McQueen

MC Global Advisors; former Chief Communications Officer, Peraton; Northrop Grumman

Dov Gardin

SVP, Telix Pharmaceuticals; former Regeneron

Brent Pickens

TrueBlue; former Bemis, Mars

Jeromy Carriere

Datadog; former Facebook, Google

Richard Ross

Decision Strategies Group; former Atlas Air, McKinsey

Mark Buchanan

Physicist & author (Nature, New Scientist)

Brian Monks

Angel investor; former UL

Steven Kuzma

Angel investor; former partner, BDO/EY

David Binder

former Nestlé

Christopher Rivera

Samsung; former NYC Emergency Management

Steven Doka

Deutsche Bank; former Deloitte, PwC

Thomas Wagner

SIFMA; former Citi, HSBC

Bob Jett

Bunge; former Stryker

Alex Davies

3M

Gary Kallenbach

former Chief Procurement Officer, UPS

Stuart Glickman

VP Global Supply Chain, Emergent BioSolutions

Navigate AI with confidence

Start with a Proof of Value.

Two weeks to scope it. A 30-day Proof of Value on your own data. Find out fast whether the math works — and move forward with confidence.

AI Imagination to Application — at speed, scale, and profit.

Helix Decision Science

AI Imagination to Application
At speed, scale, and profit.