Who we are

Strategic consulting for organizations where the stakes are too high for guesswork.

Dr. Philip D. Mann, PMP, PMI-RMP

Founder & Principal Consultant

Dr. Mann brings decades of experience spanning aviation safety, university research, and organizational leadership. He founded Vector Strategic Consulting to serve a specific need: helping leaders in safety-critical industries make better decisions under pressure.

His work sits at the intersection of risk management, project leadership, and AI governance — fields where analytical rigor isn't optional, it's operational.

He is the author of The SCAR Framework: A Systematic Approach for AI Decision-Making in Critical Systems (Amazon link), and has published 90+ articles on AI governance, aviation safety, risk strategy, and organizational culture.