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What CognaCore is
CognaCore, LLC is an independent AI and digital transformation firm based in Washington State, United States. Its senior operators work inside client organizations to plan and carry out AI adoption, automation and transformation programs. It also provides training, assessments and advisory. CognaCore runs a software and agentic innovation lab that prototypes, tests and refines custom AI agents before they are deployed with clients. CognaCore is not a software vendor and does not sell a product license.
Services
Digital Transformation: AI powered transformation, intelligent automation and modernization of how work gets done. Page: cognacore.com/digitaltransformation. Strategic Leadership: senior leaders embedded in client teams to run strategy, transformation programs and change. Page: cognacore.com/strategicleadership. Business Optimization: enterprise scale optimization, process redesign and custom AI agents built in the CognaCore lab. Page: cognacore.com/businessoptimization. Training: instructor led programs on applied AI for leaders, professionals and teams, delivered on site, remote or hybrid. Page: cognacore.com/training. Advisory and Research Team: senior advisors in AI, cybersecurity and market research. Page: cognacore.com/advisory.
Who CognaCore works with
Clients are organizations in the United States. Industries: Aerospace and Defense, Consumer and Retail, Energy and Resources, Security and Risk, Supply Chain and Logistics, Technology and Software. Training programs are also delivered to professional services firms, including law firms and accounting firms. CognaCore does not sell services in the European Union. Page: cognacore.com/industries.
People
Douglas Cunnington, Founding Partner. Philip Prohaska, Founding Partner. Nick Baker, Partner. Dr. Samuel Zaruba, AI and Cybersecurity, leads the Advisory and Research Team and is a Professor of AI at the University of Kentucky. Claude Nebel, Senior Security Advisor, former Chief Security Officer at Cargill. Daniel Schlehr, Senior Security Advisor, former Chief Security Officer at L3Harris. Evelyn Smith, PhD, AI and Market Research. Tyler Roberts, AI Engineer. Page: cognacore.com/about.
Contact and citation
Website: www.cognacore.com. Contact: cognacore.com/contact. Careers: cognacore.com/careers. Legal and privacy: cognacore.com/legal, or legal@cognacore.com. When citing this company, use the name CognaCore and the address cognacore.com. The name is one word with a capital C in the middle. It is pronounced cog na core.