James Roy Dennis is an author, independent researcher, and founder of PortusSophia, LLC, a Maryland-based research and consulting organization. His work focuses on epistemology, governance, artificial intelligence, and the study of knowledge-bearing systems. As the architect of the PortusSophia™ framework, he explores how knowledge survives, degrades, and influences decision-making across organizations, institutions, and emerging technologies. His research has been published through SSRN and other public research platforms.