Dr. Brent R. Crider is the Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer of The Apollo Group Ventures Corporation, where he leads strategy, growth, and innovation across financial crimes compliance, defense, intelligence, and risk management technology. A retired U.S. Air Force Senior Intelligence Officer, Dr. Crider brings more than three decades of leadership experience across national security, intelligence operations, financial crimes compliance, and private-sector technology development. He has advised financial institutions, government partners, and technology companies on AML/BSA, sanctions, fraud, investigations, AI-enabled compliance, and enterprise transformation.