President & CEO, Sentek Consulting
Greater San Diego Area
President & CEO, Sentek Consulting
Greater San Diego Area
Entrepreneur and corporate manager with specific expertise in technology solutions, marketing to government and commercial executives, International business, and leadership of small to medium organizations | EMBA Anderson Business School, UCLA. | B.S. Molecular Biology San Jose State University | Former SEAL Officer, U.S. Navy
Business and practice development | Government Contracting | Security company management | Command and Control Systems | Special Operations | Large scale ($20M plus budget) IT project management | Southeast Asia and Africa | Mergers and acquisition | P&L
(Privately Held; Defense & Space industry)
June 2001 — Present (8 years 2 months)
Founder and CEO. Sentek is the firm of choice for spearheading and supporting government and commercial IT programs. Sentek has both broad and deep experience and qualifications in C4ISR, Information Assurance, and Information Operations. We provide engineering and program management support to government customers around the world.
Sentek's management team includes retired senior military and government personnel, each with decades of experience in areas such as IT architecture, C2 systems, Anti-terrorism, and Special Operations. Our professionals have developed a reputation for providing unique expertise to assist our clients in meeting their requirements, expanding their programs and accomplishing their missions. We are an SBA 8(a) SDB, SDVOSB and CA certified DVBE.
Sentek has received numerous citations to include the 2007 Inc 500 Fastest Growing Companies (#269),2008 Inc 5000, 2007 & 2008 San Diego Business Journal 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies (#32), and the 2007 Washington Fast 50.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Security and Investigations industry)
February 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Co-Founded, built and managed company with a national presence in over 20 cities, providing unique security services to the entertainment industry domestically and abroad. Services were focused upon intellectual property protection, executive protection and other specialized security services. GES has offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, and New York, over 400 agents and a client base of Fortune 100 clients. Sold the company in July 2006 to private investors.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
September 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 4 months)
Managing Director of a leveraged buy-out partnership, targeted at small companies with valuations of between $2M and $10M.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1999 — June 2001 (2 years 4 months)
Chief technical architect, product development manager, and project manager for a Knowledge Management Portal product integrated with underlying financial applications.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
August 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 8 months)
Managed various IT enterprise projects, including a knowledge management portal development project serving 30,000 users.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
December 1997 — August 1998 (9 months)
Worked on and managed multiple projects, including an enterprise Activity-Based Costing initiative, multiple enterprise Business Process Reengineering projects, and several knowledgement management initiatives.
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
September 1988 — December 1997 (9 years 4 months)
Held a variety of leadership operations positions, participating, coordinating, and leading multiple special operations teams internationally.