Mission
INTEPO develops governed infrastructure for the physical far edge—where power, communications, sensing and computing must remain dependable under changing operating conditions.
Modern operations increasingly depend upon distributed infrastructure supporting energy systems, communications networks, transportation, public safety, industrial operations and defense capabilities. The continuity of these systems increasingly determines the continuity of the missions and services they support.
Infrastructure should not merely support operations.
It should preserve operational continuity.
INTEPO addresses this challenge by embedding governance directly within the infrastructure layer. Through deterministic power authority, authenticated communications and governed mission orchestration, distributed systems can respond locally to available resources, environmental conditions and defined mission priorities.
Our Experience
INTEPO builds upon more than a decade of engineering and field experience developed through BTU Research in resilient power, communications and distributed infrastructure systems.
That foundation includes infrastructure deployed in demanding operational environments—from maintaining communications during hurricane-related power loss, to supporting secure federal-building communications and perimeter-security operations at one of Europe’s largest steel-production facilities.
These deployments demonstrated that infrastructure cannot depend solely upon centralized control, continuous connectivity or stable utility power. Those lessons now inform the INTEPO architecture, where power, authenticated communications and mission workloads are governed locally through Sentinel, Hermes and Prometheus.
Leadership
INTEPO is led by engineers and infrastructure architects focused on building resilient systems for demanding operational environments.
The leadership team brings together expertise in infrastructure architecture, distributed systems engineering, operational deployment environments, and global infrastructure development.
Platform Executive Leadership (INTEPO, Inc)
Responsible for platform architecture, governance, and the development of the INTEPO infrastructure platform.

Michael Kanarellis
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Architect of the INTEPO Platform and its resilient edge infrastructure architecture. Michael leads the strategic and architectural development of the platform and its evolution as a sovereign-grade infrastructure environment for distributed operations.

Chief Technology Officer
Charlie McAndrew
Leads platform engineering and technical development across the INTEPO infrastructure stack including node architecture, firmware systems, and platform integration.

Chief Operating Officer
Ted Lafferty
Oversees operational execution across manufacturing, deployment operations, supply chain management, and infrastructure delivery programs.

Vice President – Infrastructure Expansion
Jason Kanarellis
Responsible for strategic partnerships, sovereign market development, and global infrastructure expansion.

Director of Systems Architecture
Michael Miller
Responsible for systems integration across the INTEPO platform ensuring interoperability between governance layers, infrastructure nodes, and mission intelligence environments.
Executive Operations Leadership (INTEPO USA, INTEPO Türkiye & Central Asia, future regions)
Responsible for deployment, operation, and regional execution of INTEPO infrastructure platforms across operational environments.

Bryan Athon
President INTEPO USA
Responsible for manufacturing, deployment, operation, and regional execution of INTEPO infrastructure platforms across the United States .

Korey Yildiz
Managing Director INTEPO Türkiye
Responsible for manufacturing, deployment, operation, and regional execution of INTEPO infrastructure platforms across Central Asia.