Our Team#
Leadership#
Dyke Minix — CEO#
Dyke brings 20 years of financial services leadership experience combined with deep hands-on AI expertise to JOV.AI.
What He Brings:
- Senior financial services executive — Managing Director at B. Riley FBR, Director at Performance Trust Capital Partners, 11 years as Head Fixed Income Retail Trader
- Institutional trading expertise — Fixed income securities, derivatives, options, and trading systems across multiple broker-dealers
- Regulatory precision — From an industry where compliance mistakes cost millions
- AI power user — Tests hundreds of tools to understand what actually works; uses Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and dozens of other platforms daily
- Fintech innovation — Co-founder of Brainacity, developing machine learning-powered trading models
Industries Served:
Financial services, asset management, broker-dealers, investment advisory firms
The Path to JOV.AI:
After two decades managing multi-million dollar trading operations where regulatory precision and risk management were daily requirements, Dyke became obsessed with AI tools—not as a casual observer, but as a power user who pushes their limits. He knows which tool to reach for when, and more importantly, which ones to avoid.
His mission: help business owners skip the frustration and get straight to results.
Education: Indiana University, Kelley School of Business (BD, Marketing)
Ben Vierck — CTO#
Ben brings 30 years of software engineering and machine learning experience to JOV.AI, with a track record spanning Fortune 100 companies to successful startups.
What He Brings:
- Fortune 100 leadership experience — VP Engineering at Fujitsu, Software Development Manager at Dell/Quest Software, Software Engineer at Microsoft
- Patent-level innovation — Co-author of five patent applications in deep learning and neural network optimization
- Proven AI delivery — Founder of Positronic AI (2015-present), executing complex AI projects where other firms failed
- Award-winning technical leadership — 2011 Editor's Best Award Winner, StartupGrind Global 2018 Top 50 Startup
- Successful entrepreneur — Founded two companies: Positronic AI (deep learning platform) and Devfarm Software (award-winning PowerShell tools)
Industries Served:
Healthcare (EEG disease diagnosis), Manufacturing (counterfeit detection), Financial Services (trading models), Enterprise Software
Technical Expertise:
Developed deep learning models for medical diagnosis, fraud detection, and predictive analytics.
His philosophy: the lightswitch has flipped. In 2008 dev cycles collapsed from 2-3 years to 2-3 months. In 2025 they collapsed again to 2-3 days. Organizations that recognize this shift will thrive; those that do not will be left behind.
Our Approach#
Our mission guides everything we do: leveraging emerging technology to improve people's lives.
Confident — We back our recommendations with decades of Fortune 100 experience and proven results. When we tell you a solution will work, it's because we've implemented it before.
Innovative — We stay ahead of the curve, testing hundreds of AI tools and pioneering new approaches. Our team holds patents in deep learning and has been recognized with industry awards for technical innovation.
Valiant — We tackle the hard problems that other service providers won't touch. Complex integrations, regulatory requirements, mission-critical systems—we thrive where others retreat.
AI-Native Operations — We don't just recommend AI tools. We use them to run our own business. Every client engagement benefits from our daily experience with these platforms.
Business + Technology — We combine real business operating experience with deep technical expertise. We understand both sides of the equation—P&L pressure and technical constraints.
Boots on the Ground — We implement. We don't hand you a strategy document and wish you luck. We show up, build the systems, and make sure they work.