About Us
Roman Solene
Roman, called Rom by family and friends, is president and CEO of Desert Compass LLC. He is a veteran of 7 years in the United States Marine Corps. After his tour in the Marines he spent the early part of his career in the legal profession before transitioning into business administration and development. He has been a stalwart advocate for business transformation and continuous improvement, and for the past 26 years has worked in various industries helping his clients transform their business model and practices. His past experiences include being President and CEO of TRXdata, Inc., a company focused on supporting the finance and accounting and customer service functions of several brand-name airlines and other aerospace related entities. Over the past decade, his focus has been on supporting communications, manufacturing, consumer products, and media and entertainment clients. Rom is a licensed pilot and motorcycle enthusiast.
Dr. Navid Yazdi
Dr. Yazdi is resident AI advisor for aerospace and electrical engineering, and manufacturing production design. A passionate advocate for procedural optimization and disciplined rigor within engineering, he has a keen focus on identifying likely failure points in engineering designs. With the rise of AI across industries, Dr. Yazdi has leveraged this new frontier to incorporate it into his role of advising clients on how best to deploy AI and GenAI within their organizations to optimize the engineering design process, and eliminate waste and reduce costs within manufacturing and production environments. In addition to his aerospace and electrical engineering background, Dr. Yazdi also practiced medicine in the early part of his career. Dr. Yazdi is a licensed commercial pilot, with over 3,000 flight hours.
Anna Nowak
Anna is Vice President and Chief Client Partner for Desert Compass LLC. Anna brings almost two decades of industry management experience and is responsible for oversight of Desert Compass' customer base. Her expertise is in working with our clients to design and implement project plans that ensure optimal service delivery while mitigating all risk factors. Her primary focus when working with clients is to always work with a broad range of AI tools to identify opportunities for automation and elimination of inefficiencies. Anna has gained a deep appreciation for various corporate cultures and corporate operating environments, having worked with some of the most renowned Fortune 500 companies as well as much smaller entities, including start-ups. An engineer by training, Anna brings discipline and an engineer's eye to solutioning and solving challenging client operating environments. Anna's passion for her children's future has led her to work with a handful of educational institutions to help them optimize their operations within the current restrictive budgetary environment and without having to sacrifice programs or services.