Founded by leaders who clearly understand the consequences of being unprepared.

Joshua has spent more than 20 years building ventures across information technology, industry, and military affairs. As a Military Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, he specializes in contingency operations, wargaming, risk mitigation, and complex program management. That work drives Sterling's exercise design: model the threat realistically, stress the plan, and find the gap before the adversary does.

His background in AI innovation and continuous process improvement keeps the focus on validated outcomes. He helps organizations cut wasted time and cost while building preparedness that adapts as conditions change. Joshua has also served on the boards of several non-profit veterans and financial services organizations across the Southeast.

Michael is an attorney and information security professional who works where technical exposure meets legal and organizational consequence. His practice covers information risk management, security governance, enterprise risk management, AI governance, and threat modeling, backed by hands-on work in data protection and privacy, cloud security, regulatory compliance, internal audit, and incident response across complex organizations.

His legal training shapes how Sterling reports risk. A vulnerability becomes a regulatory, liability, and governance question that executives and boards can act on. His current focus is governance frameworks for AI security and information risk that align with enterprise risk management and hold up in real organizations, not just on paper.