Our Team

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Mr. Smalling joined EvolvingFX, LLC in 2022 and focuses on developing and commercializing its technology innovations.  Mr. Smalling has significant experience in developing and leading the implementation of strategic growth initiatives for large-scale international businesses. He successfully negotiated several cross-border mergers & acquisitions and developed multiple joint venture partnerships in Europe and Latin America. 

Over a 20+ year professional career, Mr. Smalling held senior management positions with Prudential Financial, Inc. and Aetna, Inc. where he helped build and manage their international asset management, insurance and retirement businesses. Mr. Smalling led Prudential's efforts to build a global retail retirement business leveraging the company's core capabilities in designing and marketing variable annuities, producing innovative investment and income guarantees while hedging risk. At Prudential, he also led the development and global expansion of an international retail asset management and distribution business through acquisition. During this period, Prudential entered seven new countries in five years adding over $100 billion in assets under management. He directed all strategic initiatives in Europe & Latin America and served on the Board of Directors of several Prudential companies and fund platforms. 

Previously, Mr. Smalling served as a Vice President and Regional Director at Aetna International, Inc., where he helped to develop and implement a Latin American expansion strategy. These activities focused on acquisitions and the formation of significant joint ventures with top-tier insurers and banking groups. Mr. Smalling helped to expand existing operations in Mexico and led the entry into two new countries (Brazil and Venezuela). He shared P&L responsibility for the Latin American region which generated nearly $100 million in annual profit. 

Mr. Smalling also held professional positions at Booz Allen & Hamilton in New York City where he provided strategic advice to companies in the healthcare and energy sectors and helped them to solve complex and pressing business issues. He served as an officer in the United States Air Force reaching the rank of Captain. Mr. Smalling is a graduate of Columbia University earning an MBA in Finance and a BS in Mechanical Engineering.  

Dr. Archer is a former National Institute of Health (NIH) Fellow and a world recognized authority on exercise, obesity, and cardio-metabolic diseases. He has extensive training in computational physiology, data analytics, and agent-based modeling (a form of AI).

Dr. Archer's research has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, ABC News, Fox News, CNN, and U.S. News & World Report. He has given Keynote lectures and presentations to organizations as diverse as the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Press Foundation, the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, the World Sugar Research Organization, and the Mexican Government. His popular-media articles were published in The New Scientist, The Washington Post, The Hill, RealClear Science, and many other venues.

Dr. Archer currently focuses on designing exercise technologies to help people with limited mobility and physical challenges improve their musculoskeletal and cardio-metabolic health. 

Dr. Nelson is an expert in mechanical design and received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University (BYU). As a former National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Fellow, he worked on international collaborations including an NSF GROW grant in the Netherlands and The Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 

His research focuses on origami-inspired mechanisms and deployable structures, and has led to patents with applications in medicine, aerospace, and automotive design. 

Dr. Nelson is currently a Professor at the University of Southern Indiana (USI), Director of the Mechanical Engineering program, an Instructor at Launchspace Services, and a consultant at USI's Center for Applied Research. In 2022, he was the recipient of the Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award given by the American Society for Engineering Education.