Leadership

Science. Engineering. Business.

DATAPLASTICITY combines deep technical invention with customer-focused commercialization and strategic partnership development.

Dr. James LaRue

Co-Founder • Chief Executive Officer • Chief Scientist

Dr. James LaRue is an AI/ML research scientist and engineer with more than 20 years developing patented algorithms and solving difficult signal, imaging, and data problems. He holds a PhD in Engineering and Applied Physics and is inventor on a U.S. Patent covering the conversion of artificial neural networks into association networks and a U.S. Patent covering EEG analysis from the Striatal Beat Frequency approach. He has led R&D, validation, optimization, and deployment across healthcare, defense, federal research, and commercial programs, bridging scientific invention with practical implementation. By substituting the word “imaginary” for “artificial,” he has termed his latest project RAINNE – Real and Imaginary Neural Network Exchange. See Overview.

Tom Tavernetti

Co-Founder • Chief Customer Solutions Officer • Chief Business Officer (CBO)

Tom Tavernetti is a business development and customer-solutions leader focused on helping large enterprises turn AI, data, cloud, and software capabilities into measurable business outcomes. His work centers on understanding complex customer problems, building technology-backed business cases, developing strategic partnerships, and connecting organizations with the technical talent and solutions needed to execute. Colleagues describe him as a high-energy, persistent, customer-focused leader with a strong record in new business revenue and customer satisfaction. At DATAPLASTICITY, he leads commercialization, partnerships, licensing strategy, and customer solution development.