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 Modern Monetary Theory 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, consultant, author, educator, and innovator in the synergistic fields of Applied Epistemology, Sustainability, and AI. His background includes 25 years in Big Four consulting (IT, Enterprise Networks, Knowledge Management, and Corporate Sustainability), a 4-year stint as Special Advisor to the United Nations on its Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI) project, and his cutting-edge innovation of Context-Based Sustainability and Accounting. Dr. McElroy co-founded Artificial Epistemics, LLC in 2026.