Ken is a skilled leader with deep experience managing and navigating health and human services systems as well as managing internal and external communications for those same systems. He has expertise at all levels of government, including extensive work with health and human services agencies, health care systems, and local health agencies. He has led the development of a Medicaid innovation/ population health management program (Whole Person Care). He has also overseen teams tasked with compliance, HR and labor relations, privacy, finance, legal, and communications. Ken leads all business processes, product management, and client relations.

Nicole is a "Jill of All Trades" at Apriqot. She manages projects, conducts data analysis, and oversees our communication initiatives. In addition to her work at Apriqot, Nicole is also a master's student in data analytics at Northeastern's Roux Institute. Previously, she served in public education for a decade, working with learners over the entire developmental spectrum, from preschool to college. The throughlines of her career are an insatiable curiosity about how to make information compelling to diverse audiences and a commitment to organizations and projects focused on serving the public good.

Tim has years of experience conducting health related consulting projects in the public sector and health care industries. He founded and led a national management consulting practice that served all levels of government, health care payors, and health systems. He has helped clients with many different challenges, from implementing large-scale complex health information systems to designing health policies and programs to advance population health. Tim provides strategy, input, and advice for Apriqot’s client services development activities, as well as product and service design and development guidance to help our clients use data and information to improve population health outcomes.

Kevin has spent years developing methods to improve population estimation and public health surveillance. At the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Kevin has led technical teams working on epidemiology, statistics, demography, survey methodology, informatics, and geography. Over the past two decades Kevin has served as Senior Scientific Advisor, Director of Methodology in the Epidemiology Division, and Director of Data Science and Research for Family and Child health. His responsibilities have included developing the current system for the city’s neighborhood-level population estimates, directing the GIS center, acting as technical privacy officer, leading in-house technical consulting efforts, and serving in multiple data governance roles. Kevin leads the development of Apriqot’s core products.

Orijeet is a Master of Science student at Northeastern University's Boston campus, where he delves deep into the world of computer science. As a graduate researcher at the Institute of Experiential AI, Orijeet combines his passion for data science, machine learning, and software development to drive innovation. Hailing from a family of medical practitioners in India, Orijeet has witnessed firsthand the challenges and devastating impact of public health issues. He is inspired to channel his expertise towards addressing these pressing concerns. His deep-rooted desire to effect positive change in public health fuels his ambition to join Apriqot and to revolutionize the field through data-driven solutions.

Rafael G. Ramos, Ph.D. is a geospatial researcher with extensive experience in mapping and analyzing human & environmental data. He has a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California Santa Barbara, MS & BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Campinas and was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE). He has proposed and implemented new methodologies to improve data quality in geospatial applications and conducted studies on urban & environmental crimes, deforestation & conservation, health demographics, and vulnerability to extreme weather events. Dr. Ramos is currently affiliated with INPE, a collaborator at the Center for Studies on Violence at the University of São Paulo (NEV-USP), and a consultant at Apriqot, Inc.