Gregory Menvielle (Using AI Technology to Assess Both Mental Health and Performance) - Episode 1221
Behind The Shield
James Geering
4.9 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Gregory Menvielle is an IT Veteran and co-founder of the mental wellness platform Okaya. We discuss his childhood in France, the evolution of the internet, the global mental health crisis, using AI to proactively assess mental health, forging performance, firefighter health, wearables and so much more.
Greg Menvielle is CEO of Okaya (SmartTec Inc.), an AI-powered readiness platform whose AI, Sanora, conducts multimodal check-ins — analyzing voice, facial cues, and language — to generate readiness scores across cognitive, physical, and emotional dimensions. Okaya serves first responders, Department of Defense personnel, and clinical populations, and holds a U.S. Air Force SBIR Phase II contract with active Air Force Reserve deployments.
Greg has spoken at Mobile World Congress and multiple Intel Innovators Program conferences, and previously wrote about the European tech scene for RudeBaguette. He holds an MA in ancient languages from the University of Chicago and a BA in economics from UCLA — a path he credits with teaching him to decode complex systems, whether Hieroplyphics or software.
https://www.okaya.me/firefighters-readiness?utm_source=james
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Pioneer Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing, and this week it is my absolute honor to welcome on the show, |
| 0:06.6 | IT pioneer and co-founder of O'Keyer, Gregory Montviel. Now, in this conversation, we discuss a host of topics. |
| 0:16.5 | From his childhood in France, the evolution of the internet, the pros and cons of social media, |
| 0:23.5 | the global mental health crisis, using AI proactively in assessing mental health, |
| 0:30.1 | forging performance, biomarkers and physical indicators, integrating wearables, and so much more. Now, before we get to this incredible |
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| 1:20.0 | to you Gregory Monviel. Enjoy. Well, Greg, I want to start by saying thank you so much for taking the time and come on |
| 1:48.5 | the Behind the Shield podcast today. |
| 1:51.2 | Well, thank you for having me, looking forward to it, James. |
| 1:55.2 | So where on planet Earth will be finding you this afternoon? |
| 1:59.2 | Well, this afternoon, I mean Dallas, Texas. |
| 2:03.5 | Brilliant. So almost afternoon for you then. |
| 2:07.5 | Let's start the very beginning of your journey then. |
| 2:10.1 | So based on your accent, I would imagine you're not a born-or-bred Texan. |
| 2:14.6 | Tell me where you were born and tell me a little bit about your family dynamic, what your parents did, how many siblings? |
| 2:22.2 | Sure, absolutely. Well, yes, you and I are on the other side of the pond originally. I grew |
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