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Team + Partners

Team + Partners

Senior leadership, technical specialists, academic collaborators, apprenticeship pathways, and project-based delivery pods.

Leadership

Rick Barretto

Founder · AI Systems Architect · Technology Strategy

Rick brings more than three decades of experience building technology ventures, training systems, esports environments, workforce programs, and AI infrastructure initiatives. His role at TLN focuses on strategy, client vision, AI-era technology development, partnerships, and project architecture.

Delivery Network

Technical Delivery Network

TLN works through a senior-led delivery network of technical specialists, designers, cybersecurity reviewers, AI workflow builders, QA support, project managers, and implementation partners. Team members may be engaged based on project scope, availability, client needs, and appropriate agreements.

AI developers
Software engineers
Cybersecurity specialists
Automation builders
Designers
QA reviewers
Project managers
Documentation specialists
Apprenticeship mentors

Academic + Workforce

Academic and Workforce Collaborators

TLN's broader network includes academic, workforce, and training collaborators who may contribute expertise, mentorship, research insight, or talent development support when appropriate.

Relationships across Indiana's university and workforce ecosystem help inform TLN's approach to AI education, cybersecurity training, and apprenticeship-supported technology development.

Apprenticeship Pipeline

Apprenticeship Talent Pipeline

Through related training pathways, including Hope Training Academy, TLN helps emerging talent gain supervised exposure to real technology work. Apprentices may support projects under mentor supervision, defined responsibilities, and human review.

Partners

Partners and Ecosystem

Technology Partner

CyberHope AI

CyberHope AI develops PrecognitionOS and governed AI infrastructure for accountable autonomous work. TLN is a licensed development and implementation partner for selected workflows.

Visit CyberHopeAI.com

Apprenticeship + Training Partner

Hope Training Academy

Hope Training Academy supports training, credentialing, coursework, and apprenticeship pathways in technology, cybersecurity, IT, coding, and AI.

Visit HopeTrainingAcademy.org

501(c)(3) Nonprofit Partner

Video Game Palooza

Video Game Palooza represents the nonprofit education and community-impact lineage connected to TLN's roots in games, technology, and youth opportunity. 2,000+ Hoosiers trained since 2018.

Visit VideoGamePalooza.org

Authorized MDR Partner

Arctic Wolf

TLN is an authorized Arctic Wolf partner for Managed Detection and Response (MDR), bringing enterprise-grade cybersecurity monitoring to clients.

Clear Roles, Clear Accountability

TLN assembles the right project team for each engagement. Contributors, partners, advisors, and apprentices are represented according to their actual role, availability, and relationship to the project.

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