Maj. Jaison Desai, U.S. Army Reserve, is a senior solutions architect, SMX Technologies, supporting the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. In the Reserve, he serves on the Science and Technology Task Force, Military Intelligence Readiness Command. Previously, he served on active duty and was chief data analytics officer for the 7th Army Training Command, Germany. He deployed twice to Iraq. He holds a doctorate in engineering and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.