Joseph M. Firestone PhD
Joseph M. Firestone is the author or co-author of more than 11 books, and hundreds of articles, blog posts, white papers, and reports on Knowledge Management, Policy Analysis, Political Science, the Macroeconomics (MMT) approach to Fiscal Policy, Trade Agreements, Information Technology (Distributed Knowledge Management Systems, Enterprise Knowledge Portals), Adaptive Scorecards, Risk Intelligence, Value Theory, Epistemology, Social Science Methodology, and Psychometrics. Dr. Firestone co-founded Artificial Epistemics, LLC in 2026.
Mark W. McElroy PhD
Mark W. McElroy is an ex-KPMG partner, sustainability accountant, author, consultant, and educator in the theory and practice of Knowledge and Sustainability Management. His background includes 25 years in Big Four consulting, a 4-year appointment in 2019 as special advisor to the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) on its Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI) project, and his pioneering development of Context-Based, Multi-Capital Performance Accounting. Dr. McElroy co-founded Artificial Epistemics, LLC in 2026.