The nKode project team is a unified collaboration between Arcanum Technology LLC and Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, blending Arcanum's proprietary innovation with McCrary's elite cybersecurity, intelligence, and computational expertise.

Brooks Brown, as the inventor and Co-founder of nKode, provides the foundational vision and architectural expertise essential for driving this innovative authentication solution forward. His role as Chief Development Architect positions him uniquely to guide the project's technical direction.

Donovan Kelly, with over seven years of software development experience across defense, healthcare, media, and authentication sectors, including prior work as a Space Ground Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin, is ideally suited to lead the technical implementation of nKode. As CTO of Arcanum Technology LLC, he is actively developing nKode as a cutting-edge multi-factor authentication (MFA) system.

Dr. Craig Whittinghill serves as the Deputy Director for Applied Research and Services at the McCrary Institute. As a Navy Veteran with 29 years of service as a Naval Intelligence Officer, he brings extensive leadership in high-stakes cyber and intelligence operations.

Jonathan Sherk is a Principal Cybersecurity Research Engineer at Auburn University’s McCrary Institute. He leads a USDA grant on rural cybersecurity and co-leads Alabama’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. As an NSA-certified, CYBERCOM-accredited Red Team Lead, he has performed adversarial assessments on EUDs and Army products at the Threat Systems Management Office. His military service includes Army Special Operations in the 112th Signal Battalion and 7th Special Forces Group

Dr. Luke Oeding, an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Auburn University, contributes advanced algebraic and computational expertise critical for nKode's underlying mathematical frameworks. His research focuses on applications of algebraic geometry and representation theory to tensors, quantum information processing, signal processing, and collaborative navigation. 

Dr. Farah Kandah, an IEEE Senior Member and Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Auburn University, as well as a faculty affiliate with the McCrary Institute, provides specialized knowledge in cybersecurity, networking, and emerging technologies like IoT and quantum credentials. His research encompasses distributed computing, computer security and reliability, computer communications (networks), trust management in wireless mesh networks, and more.

- **Brooks Brown**: Chief Development Architect and Co-founder at Arcanum Technology, inventor of nKode.
- **Donovan Kelly**: Chief Technology Officer at Arcanum Technology.
- **Dr. Craig Whittinghill**: Deputy Director for Applied Research and Services at McCrary Institute.
- **Jonathan Sherk**: Principal Cybersecurity Research Engineer at McCrary Institute.
- **Dr. Luke Oeding**: Associate Professor in Mathematics and Statistics at Auburn University.
- **Dr. Farah Kandah**: Associate Professor in Computer Science and Software Engineering at Auburn University, faculty affiliate at McCrary Institute.