Adp: Col. Kevin Randle (ret), Phd

Jacques F. Vallée is a principal at Documatica Financial and a diversified investor. He earned a Bachelor Degree in mathematics from the Sorbonne, a Master Degree in astrophysics from Lille University and a PhD in Computer Science /AI from Northwestern University (1967).Based in Silicon Valley, Jacques has served as a founder and general partner in five venture funds, including NASA’s “Red Planet Capital”. In his early career Jacques worked at Paris Observatory and at the astronomy department of the University of Texas in Austin, where he co-developed the first computer-based map of planet Mars. Moving to California after management positions with Shell and RCA, he implemented (with Jake Feinler) the first Network Information Center on the Arpanet and later served as a principal investigator for DARPA and NSF. Jacques has published several textbooks about computer networking and has maintained a long-term interest in unidentified flying objects, currently (2020) serving on the expert committee of the French C