APEK.AI

Leading innovative tech company. APEK is a Virginia-based AI engineering and automation firm, specializing in the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI agents and enterprise automation solutions. With over 20 years of expertise, APEK empowers organizations and government agencies to transform operations, streamline workflows, and achieve measurable impact through custom AI systems and strategic advisory services.

CEO, Managing Partner

Voice2Me.ai

Voice2Me - owned by APEK.AI. Leading enterprise-grade AI voice technology innovation to transform customer experiences at scale. Pioneering multi-model AI architecture that delivers human-like conversations while handling thousands of concurrent interactions. Helping organizations reduce operational costs while enhancing customer satisfaction through voice intelligence solutions that bridge technology and humanity.

CEO, Chief AI Officer

Vector7.ai

As a founding council member of Vector7, I help shape an elite executive network uniting global leaders in AI, business, and policy. Vector7 provides a private, trusted arena where decision-makers exchange foresight, build influence, and remain relevant in the AI era.

Founding Council (Board Member)

The One 23 Group

Led post-M&A transformation and restructuring of government services platform company. Orchestrated migration to new ERP system in under 5 months while establishing GAAP and DCAA compliant business practices. Directed M&A due diligence activities and financial operations oversight.

Executive Vice President

Virtana Corp.

Driving operational transformation and strategic growth initiatives that resulted in 30% OPEX and 120% EBITDA improvement. Leading cross-functional teams to streamline business processes, establish corporate KPIs, and implement go-to-market strategies that improved ARR by 20%.

Executive Vice President of Operations

Siemens Government Technologies

Oversaw operational health of $500M+ federal IT portfolio serving USAF, DOD & DOE. Led execution excellence and compliance while building high-performing teams and establishing strategic partnerships.

Executive Director of Operations

General Dynamics Information Technology

Managed performance of $400M+ international portfolio across 50+ countries for USCIS. Built effective customer relationships while ensuring operational excellence and compliance in complex global environments.

Senior Director of Revenue Operations

Global Linguist Solutions, LLC

Led business account managers and program analysts overseeing $4.9 billion INSCOM international projects portfolio in the Middle East. Managed CONUS and OCONUS program functions and reporting.

Senior Operations & Strategy Advisor

Deltek

Led global SaaS software sales operations, driving team performance and quarterly target achievement through effective coaching and mentoring while growing company reputation through industry events.

Director of Sales Operations

Managed financial planning, compliance, and operational oversight for government contracting programs. Ensured contract compliance with federal regulations while optimizing program financial performance. Developed standardized reporting processes and implemented financial controls that improved program visibility and accountability across international operations.

International Program Coordinator

At 19, I left home and moved to another country with no money, no safety net, and no plan - just the belief that I was meant for more.

Since then, I’ve walked through fire more than once: divorces, parenting alone, financial struggles, personal losses, and making bold moves of leaving a successful corporate career, to rebuild my life totally from scratch…

Each chapter of this journey was not easy and sometimes terrifying, yet it became important stepping stones of who I am today.

It is what allows me to do what I do best - 
help leaders and organizations evolve through change with clarity, courage, and connection.

⭐️ Who I Am

I help organizations bridge human intelligence and artificial intelligence through agentic voice technologies, leadership enablement, and transformation strategy.

My mission: make AI adoption feel human, effortless, and profitable.

I’m CEO of APEK.ai, leading teams that build secure Agentic AI & Voice Solutions for Enterprise - helping organizations modernize operations and humanize their communication through intelligent automation.

With over 20 years in enterprise transformation, leadership strategy, and reinvention, I blend AI innovation with human insight to help people and businesses grow from the inside out.


⁉️Who I Help

	•	Enterprises ready to evolve beyond legacy systems and embrace secure, human-centric AI.
	•	Executives and founders navigating reinvention, burnout, or uncertainty about their next chapter.
	•	Leaders in transition who look successful on paper but quietly ask, “What’s next for me?”

When People Come to Me (and my team)

They come when success feels heavy, change feels impossible, or they’ve outgrown the version of themselves they used to be.
They come when transformation stops being a concept - and becomes personal.

💡 My Belief

True reinvention happens when technology and humanity evolve together.

That’s why my mission is to help people and organizations:
	•	Adopt AI intelligently.
	•	Reinvent fearlessly.
	•	Lead with voice, not noise.


Eva Karnaukh

One of the hardest lessons adulthood teaches you is this:

Not everything in your life deserves an audience.

👉 Privacy is power.
👉 Not secrecy.
👉 Not isolation.

Just the awareness that some things thrive when they’re protected, not publicized.

Here are a few things wise people keep quiet:

1️⃣ Your exact income or savings
👉 Not everyone needs access to your numbers

2️⃣ Your next big move
👉 Work in silence. Let results introduce you.

3️⃣ Your family issues
👉 Healing happens in safe spaces, not public conversations.

4️⃣ Your insecurities
👉 Share them with people who help you grow, not those who weaponize them.

5️⃣ Your money struggles
👉 Many will judge before they understand. Protect your peace while you rebuild.

6️⃣ Others’ secrets
👉 If someone trusted you, honor that trust - it says more about you than them.

The older I get, the more I see that maturity isn’t about being open with everything…
It’s about being intentional.

Your life elevates the moment you stop oversharing and start curating who gets access to you.

What’s one thing you’ve learned to keep private?

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CEO APEK.ai | AI and Human Dynamics | Guiding leaders to align tech, people and decisions to elevate performance and reinvent in the AI era

Progressive Business Coach for Founders, Teams & Rebels In Corporates | We boost profit & sanity beyond bureaucracy - with self-managing teams, systems & human-centric AI | $50M+ scale-ups & 9-fig exits | Keynote speaker

You’re the brave one, with everything on the line.
Whether you’re starting out, building a team, or scaling to exit, you want a trusted guide riding shotgun.

I deliver clarity in decisions, discipline in delivery, and practical human-centric AI that turns data into insights, automation into time back, and leads into predictable pipeline and revenue.

Ex-CEO & PwC-trained Chartered Accountant, I've led or advised start-up to £50m+ scale ups, 9 figure exits, turnarounds, and AI rollouts for founder-led SMEs/SMBs. £75m funds raised to date. I don’t just coach it. I’ve lived it.

I work with founders, and the leaders they trust.

My no-BS, emotionally intelligent coaching clears the mental, emotional, and operational blocks that hold you back. This unlocks performance across the business.

I call out the bullsh*t, push where others won’t, and hold you to growth—without losing the big picture.

How we do it:

We use my Profit & Sanity framework - a simple Diagnose → Design → Deploy system - to turn plans into outcomes across the following core areas:

Foundations & Systems: Lock in purpose, culture, operating rhythm, and cash discipline. AI can’t be applied to a broken system.

Inclusive Culture: Build environments that harness diverse thinking to fuel innovation and sustainable growth.

AI & Automation: Apply practical tools to grow revenue, reduce cost, and scale what works.

Choose your path:

Content: 
🔔 Follow for straight-talk on leadership, AI, org design, and the emotional side of growth.

Newsletter: 
📨 Subscribe to Founder Group Therapy for disruptive strategies and real-world stories.

Engagements: 
🎤 Keynotes on the future of business in an AI world.

Advisory, Coaching & Fractional: 
💬 1:1 and more involved sessions - based around my profit & sanity framework - tailored to your business; 

🏢 Company-wide programmes fusing AI, cashflow, and practical coaching.

My mission is to remove your blockers and propel you toward durable, compounding growth. While having a life. 

Your revolution - personal and professional - starts here.

Si Conroy

You don’t need another genius on your team.
You need someone who finishes what genius starts.

You try to be the big thinker and the finisher.
That’s why you feel stretched, stalled, or stuck in the weeds.

History proves the same pattern again and again 👇🏼

1. Walt & Roy Disney 🎢
Walt imagined worlds.
Roy kept the money and risk under control.
→ Without Roy, Disneyland was a beautiful overdraft.

2. Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak 🍎
Jobs set the bar for meaning and design.
Woz built the boards, circuits, and machines.
→ One raised the vision.
→ One stayed in the lab until it worked.

3. Page & Brin with Eric Schmidt 🔍
Page and Brin explored ideas fast.
Schmidt added systems, hiring discipline, and real structure.
→ Exploration + execution.
→ Research + company-building.

4. Bowerman & Knight (Nike) 👟
Bowerman experimented with soles.
Knight built the brand and supply chain.
→ One tinkered.
→ One scaled.

5. Dalí, Picasso & their dealers 🎨
The artists reshaped culture.
The dealers priced, sold, and defended the work.
→ Art has no impact if no one sees it.

6. Watson & Crick + Rosalind Franklin 🧬
Watson and Crick built bold models.
Franklin produced the images and data that proved them right.
→ Vision + proof.
→ No data, no double helix.

We retell these as stories of lone geniuses.
They never were.

If you’re a founder or leader 🧠
Ask yourself:

1. Which mode do you default to — imagination or execution?
2. Who balances you out?
3. Where are you forcing yourself (or someone else) to carry both roles?

Your next breakthrough may not be a new idea.
It may be the right pairing.

Where do you need to remix the brains in the room?

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Profit & sanity for founder-led SMEs/SMBs | Ex-CEO, PwC-trained Chartered Accountant | Fix the basics → build systems & teams → layer human-centric AI | Founder Coach & Fractional CFO

Nothing kills motivation faster

than seeing laziness rewarded.

McKinsey found that top performers can be 400% more productive than the average employee – and up to 800% in complex roles.

When poor performers coast, you don’t just lose fairness.
You lose your best people.

Here’s the real problem:
High performers and low performers need different support.
Treating them the same drags everyone down.

Below is the simplest way to build two clear paths.

7 ways to develop your good team members:

1. Give them autonomy, not extra work
 ↳ Let them choose how to reach the goal. Don’t load them with more tasks.

2. Rotate them into high-impact roles
 ↳ Short roles like “Sprint Owner”, “Customer Insight Lead”, or “Debrief Host”.

3. Use a simple decision process
 ↳ Gather input.
 ↳ Consult the right people.
 ↳ Make the call.
 ↳ Share the reasoning.

4. Pair them with strong peers
 ↳ Growth comes from equals, not from carrying others.

5. Show a clear path forward
 ↳ Make the next skill and next level visible.

6, Increase challenge, not hours
 ↳ Give harder problems, not heavier loads.

7. Let them fix one broken workflow
 ↳ Ask: What would you redesign first?
 ↳ Then give them room to do it.

7 ways to improve your struggling team members:

1. Make work clear and visible
 ↳ Use simple plans, checklists, or weekly expectations.
 ↳ Confusion is often the real issue.

2. Separate skill issues from system issues
 ↳ Fix unclear workflows before judging performance.

3. Create small, specific commitments
 ↳ “Deliver X by 3 pm” is better than “Improve this week”.

4. Use short, frequent check-ins
 ↳ Five minutes for clarity beats a long, vague meeting.

5. Focus on one skill at a time
 ↳ Remove overwhelm. Build momentum.

6. Let them shadow someone who excels
 ↳ People learn fastest by seeing the work done well.

7. Set a clear improvement window
 ↳ Define the timeframe and support.
 ↳ Standards stay high. Dignity stays intact.

Most leaders avoid this work because no one taught them how to run two paths at once.

But if you want a team that grows instead of stalls?

Build a system that lifts your strongest people and helps your struggling ones rise, without treating everyone the same.

💭 When have you been frustrated by the treatment of a low performing colleague?

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Box someone in and you miss their humanity.
Too quiet. Too loud.
Too foreign. Too old.

Too queer.
Too “not like me.”

But what if we stopped sorting and started seeing?

Because behind every accent is a story.
Behind every call centre voice is a family.

Behind every faith is a fear overcome.
Behind every difference is the same beating heart.

When we unbox others, something powerful happens:
We return to the source.
We remember we are one.

You see - 
It’s not just about diversity checklists or “inclusive” language.

It’s about choosing kindness as a leadership skill.

About treating the cashier, the colleague, the stranger on the bus -
with the same reverence we reserve for our ‘inner circle.’

Whether they grew up in a war zone or a wealthy suburb...
Whether they believe in God, Gaia, or nothing at all...
Whether they’re transitioning, grieving, celebrating, or surviving...

They are us.
We are them.

🌍 We’ve all danced.
💔 We’ve all felt lonely.
🌈 We’ve all longed to be seen.

So next time you feel the urge to divide - 
Pause.
Choose to connect.

🌀 Let’s lead with love.
And build teams where every human belongs.

What’s one stereotype you’ve unlearned recently?
Let’s swap stories.👇

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♻️ Share this to remind someone that we’re all more alike than we think.

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