Pete O'Dell is the Chief Executive Officer of www.Perdata.ai, a startup addressing the worldwide loneliness epidemic by helping people meet other people in real life based on shared interests and passions. He serves as a Director of Swan Island Networks, a global open-source intelligence provider he helped found after 9/11. He has four years of military service in the United States Army and has a BA and MBA in Business. He’s a fanatical global fly fisherman, bourbon lover and a poor golfer. His new book co-authored with his co-founder Johan Wikman is Dying for Friendship and Community: Two old friends attack loneliness. He lives in Alexandria Virginia with his life partner Bari Duda.