The Team

Walter Lautz - Chief Executive Officer

Walter is the co-founder of Forseti. He has seven years of experience in the financial services industry most recently with Merrill Lynch and now serves as President of Peerless Capital Company Inc, a Los Angeles, CA based Family Office. He has 4 years experience in software development, public safety, and victim advocacy. He has a M.S. from Jonkoping International Business School in Sweden.

Warren Lautz - Chief Operating Officer

Warren is the co-founder of Forseti. He has three years of experience at the Department of Homeland Security. He has 6 years experience in software development, public safety, and victim advocacy. He has a B.S. and M.M. in Homeland security from the University of Maryland.

Matt Heyne- Chief Technology Officer

Matt has 25 years of information technology experience, including 10 years in the public sector, working directly with police, public safety, and victim advocacy. He has innovated solutions for first responders and support staff, enabling them to achieve seamless end-to-end communications and the highest levels of efficiency in the field. Matt is MCSE, VMWare, Cisco, and ITIL Certified.

Dr. Bret Ringdahl, PhD. - Chief Clinical Officer

Dr. Ringdahl is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s Ph.D. program in counseling psychology, with a subspecialty concentration in clinical health psychology. Dr. Ringdahl completed his predoctoral internship training in health psychology at the Washington DC VA Medical Center with specialized competency-based training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP), among other evidence-based treatments. Dr. Ringdahl holds a particular interest in the co-treatment of mental health, substance abuse disorder, and chronic medical illness.

Brandon Knight - Chief Marketing Officer

Brandon is a storyteller and curator with over a decade of combined experience as an industry leader, collaborating in creating transmedia content that is designed to empower, inspire and create conversations. He has 10 years of film and television production experience, including producing video assets for Google, Top 100 music artists, and major publicity agencies. Brandon is certified in Avid and Adobe production software, with a degree in both Film and entrepreneurship from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Lillian Esedebe - Intern (Jan 2022-May 2022)

Lillian is completing her Bachelor of Science in Communication and Media Studies at the University of Albany. She was responsible for establishing Forseti's social media and marketing initiatives and was integral to our outreach and community relations.