Tech. Sgt. Patrick Trester joins Human Creative

Sep 8, 2025

Human Creative is pleased to announce the addition of Tech. Sgt. Patrick Trester to its team. Tech. Sgt. Trester is an experienced software developer* and has served in NCOIC Command & Control (C2), Cyber Security, and Emergency Management for the US Airforce for over eleven years. His experience is commended by an endorsement from the United States Air Force.

Patrick Trester
Human Creative
Chief Software Engineer

Trester will fill the role of Chief Software Engineer and oversee the beta development stage.

“We’re excited to have Patrick onboard with his extensive experience in secure software development and are confident in his ability to refine our product. We expect Patrick’s addition will enable Human Creative to bring our beta version to market this fall,” said James Brooks, Chief Technology Officer.

Tiffany Ward, CEO, commented: “We are pleased with Tech. Sgt. Trester’s vast experience in AI software development and believe his unique skills fit perfectly with our company’s mission. He has already proven his skill and enthusiasm for our project and we look forward to his innovation and incisive AI experience impacting Human Creative’s Certified Human Content(™) system.”

Human Creative exists to preserve trust and human originality in various written and artistic forms by monitoring the process of human creation and certifying its productions. We believe that human ingenuity is categorically different from generative-AI because it involves intentionality and thus deserves to be set apart. The era of widespread generative-AI adoption is also a time of deepfakes, political instability, and mistrust of institutions across society. We know that credibility is an essential foundation for business, education, and creative arts, and our aim is to restore and protect credibility at every level in which it is needed. Human Creative certifies that written and other creative works were produced without generative-AI through our real-time monitoring software and seal system.

P.S. This press release was written without the use of generative-AI. But wouldn’t you like to know for sure…?

Conor Quinlan

Software Developer Intern
Conor is a Senior at West Virginia University, majoring in Computer Science with a focus in Cybersecurity.
conor@humancreative.org

Derek Burger

Chief Financial Officer
Derek Burger, plant controller with Keter, has spent over a decade in operational accounting and finance. Currently managing the finances for a plant with $55-$65 million annual revenue, his recent work has focused on developing metric based reporting to drive cost reductions and operational efficiency improvements. Derek's experience involves educating and guiding plant leadership through a pivotal leadership change and major operational turn around.
derek@humancreative.org

Patrick Trester

Chief Software Engineer
Tech. Sgt. Patrick Trester is an experienced software developer and has served in NCOIC Command & Control (C2), Cyber Security, and Emergency Management for the US Airforce for over eleven years. Commended with an endorsement from the U.S. Air Force, he was also the recipient of the Air Force Global Strike Command Innovative Professional of the Year award.
patrick@humancreative.org

Ben Ward

Chief Marketing Officer

Benjamin Ward, Account Operations Manager for Inner Action Media – the marketing agency of record for the West Virginia Lottery – co-founded Human Creative. He received an M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2018 and is an avid reader and writer on the topic of AI and culture.

ben@humancreative.org

Dr. James Brooks

Chief Technology Officer
Dr. James Brooks, professor at Grove City College, is a co-founder of Human Creative. Brooks received his PhD in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2014. James has been involved in technology development of autonomous systems for over two decades resulting in the development of large margin business segments with several hundred million dollar annual revenues and over 50 issued US patents.
james@humancreative.org

Tiffany Ward

Chief Executive Officer
Tiffany Ward, author and editor, received her M.A.B.S. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2018. Prior to co-founding Human Creative, she ran a sales organization which serviced over 2300 regular customers, with gross annual sales over $1,000,000. From 2018-2019, she authored a successful fictional trilogy under a pen name.
tiffany@humancreative.org

AI Detectors are inconsistent and can be easily bypassed...I'm becoming more and more convinced that this will be one of the only ways to verify authentic student work.

- Vince Anastasi, Writing Instructor
Grove City College