Mike Capps

Founder and Board Chair

2024 - Current

Howso makes AI you can trust. Advanced performance meets groundbreaking explainability.

CEO

2017 - 2024

Howso (formerly Diveplane) is a groundbreaking technology start-up dedicated to keeping the humanity in AI. We've built a human-understandable machine learning platform, and we've used that to build best-in-class anomaly detection, synthetic data, and decision systems for finance, healthcare, and defense.

Speaker, Advisor, Council Chair

2018

BENS is a unique nonpartisan nonprofit, comprised of patriot-executives who apply business practices to address the nation’s pressing security challenges. I'm proud of this work and my involvement with various organizations throughout DOD and the Intelligence Community. I chaired the Competitiveness Council, with 100+ patriot-executives focused on great power competition. I've also contributed to the Commission on the National Response Enterprise, and served on the second "Tooth to Tail" Commission reviewing the resource ratio between DoD combat readiness/effectiveness and back-office functions. Visits and speaking events to numerous to count!

Member of the Management Board

2015

Autarch LLC is a partnership of game-creators committed to releasing quality tabletop products. Comprised of gamers, writers, artists and publishers from New York City to Durham, NC that collectively loves forging new experiences and reveling in old masterpieces. Autarch is the publisher of the best-selling Adventurer Conqueror King System, a platinum bestseller on DriveThruRPG and a Three Castles Award finalist; and Ascendant, a logarithmic-powered super hero games system.

Member Board Of Directors

2019 - 2024

I love running :) With a portfolio of races serving over 110,000 runners annually, Capstone Races has grown to become North America’s premier running series! Our runners can always count on the same best-in class racing experience at every Capstone event, as we do everything we can to exceed your expectations before, during, and after the race.

Member Board Of Trustees

2016 - 2022

Children love to learn, explore and discover. At The Raleigh School, we capture that excitement by teaching in a hands-on, collaborative style.

TV Personality

2012 - 2020

The good folks at WAGTV asked me to appear regularly on Discovery, Science, and History channels as a technology expert on shows such as What on Earth?, NASA's Unexplained Files, and Combat Countdown.

Advisory Board Member

2014 - 2019

IEP serves interactive entertainment industry professionals by providing standardized certification programs, continuous education, expert workshops, and a wide array of member benefits. The board of advisors informs the curricula and process to make sure it's immediately relevant. In addition, IEP identifies the best and brightest in the industry through an elite career achievement program known as the Interactive Entertainment Masters. That's my focus in the organization, more to come on that soon!

Member of the Board of Directors

2014 - 2018

As the industry leader in Connected Play, Sphero is defining the future of fun. Founded by passionate robotics and software engineers, Sphero creates connected toys, fusing emerging technology with the latest innovations in robotics.

Member of the Board of Directors

2013 - 2016

Member of the Board of Directors

2007 - 2016

The mission of the AIAS is to promote and advance the worldwide interactive entertainment community; recognize outstanding achievements in the interactive arts and sciences; and host an annual awards show, the D.I.C.E. Awards, to enhance awareness of the interactive art form. The organization hosts the prestigious D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit, bringing together the top video game designers and developers from around the world and business leaders from all major publishers to discuss the state of the industry, its trends and the future. I've spoken, moderated, and emceed at the summit.