Deric J. McHenry

Founder, Ello Cello LLC  ·  MO§ES™ Constitutional AI Governance
Buffalo, NY  ·  716.260.0603  ·  deric.mchenry@gmail.com

Summary

Founder of MO§ES™, execution-layer constitutional governance for AI agents. Most governance systems operate before or after execution. MO§ES operates at the point of execution. Four patent applications filed Sep 2025 – Feb 2026. Registered trademark IC 042. Conservation Law of Commitment: openly falsifiable since Feb 2026, unbroken. Benchmarks published. 14 years running DJMP Inc. ($1M+ annual, 40 employees). Board service 2006–2018. BA Sociology & History, University at Buffalo.


Experience

Ello Cello LLC, Founder & Chief Architect Sep 2025 – Present
Software Publishing  ·  AI Infrastructure  ·  Forward Deployment Engineering
MO§ES™: Execution-Layer Constitutional Governance for AI Agents
Most governance systems operate before or after execution. MO§ES operates at the point of execution.
Commitment Theory
Products
DJMP Inc., President Jan 2011 – Present  ·  Buffalo, NY

Invisible Children, Pacific Northwest Roadie Internship

Patents & IP

Filing Application No. Date Subject
PPA 01  ·  MOS²ES 63/877,177 Sep 7, 2025 Constitutional governance architecture, signal encoding, compression substrate
PPA 02  ·  SCS Engine 63/883,018 Sep 17, 2025 Signal Compression System, lineage and sovereign compression layer
Utility 03  ·  CIVITAS 19/426,028 Dec 18, 2025 Civic infrastructure: SIGRANK, SigEconomy, public records, Agent City-State protocol
PPA 04  ·  Commitment Conservation 63/991,282 Feb 26, 2026 Semantic commitment conservation under recursive transformation
MO§ES™ Trademark 99408355  ·  IC 042 Sep 23, 2025 Software / governance protocol, Registered
Conservation Law V.05  ·  DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20029607  ·  5 versioned releases  ·  openly falsifiable since Feb 2026  ·  unbroken     Work sample: signomy.xyz/moses

Board Service & Governance

  • Horizon Health Services, Board Member, 2012–2018
  • KEDS, Board Member, 2006–2008
  • Executive Committees  ·  Corporate Planning  ·  Roberts Rules of Order

Education

  • BA Sociology & History  ·  University at Buffalo  ·  2009–2010
  • SUNY Geneseo  ·  2006–2009
  • University of Hawaii at Hilo  ·  2008

Skills

Constitutional governance architecture  ·  Execution-layer AI enforcement  ·  Multi-model compliance testing  ·  SHA-256 audit chains  ·  MCP plugin architecture  ·  Semantic signal processing  ·  Patent drafting  ·  Trademark registration  ·  Roberts Rules of Order  ·  Board governance  ·  Salesforce  ·  Strategic planning  ·  Brand development