About Us

Vision

Creating a people-centric culture that empowers our team to deliver transformation capabilities to our customer.

Our people are our most important asset and investment. We place ownership-level responsibility directly in the hands of our valued teammates. Everyone on our team is given the opportunity and resources needed to thrive. Our transparent, close-knit culture focuses on driving team goals, providing rewarding experiences, and achieving organizational success.

Mission

Be the preeminent enabler of mission readiness to ensure our National Security against current and future threats.

Cydecor has supported the DoD, DHS, and DIA since 2005 and is recognized for delivering exceptional quality services. We are a Veteran-Owned Business with headquarters in Crystal City, VA. With offices operating across the US, we have the reach and ability to quickly adapt to all emerging customer needs.

About Our Leadership

Nader is the president and founder of Cydecor, Inc., a DoD consulting firm with offices across the country.

Nader spent more than six years as a nuclear engineering officer in the submarine community of the United States Navy. His areas of expertise include change management, project management, software systems design, and business process reengineering. While managing Cydecor, Nader has helped establish three new organizations for DoD including the Navy Irregular Warfare Office for the Chief of Naval Operations.

Nader became the first naval officer to qualify in submarines with a prosthetic leg. He helps companies and start-ups through mentorship and partnering and is a national speaker and the published author of “My Decision to Live” — an autobiography about his own success after many battles with adversity.

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Advisors & Consultants

Dennis Kelly

Dennis Kelly is a well-known and highly respected leader in the federal government contracting community and a Navy veteran. Previously, Mr. Kelly was President and COO of Centauri, LLC, prior to its acquisition by KBR Inc. (NYSE: KBR). He brings over 30 years of experience in the defense and intelligence community, having served in multiple chief executive officer, president, and chief operating officer roles with fast growth companies in the national security market including Anteon International, Tech Team Government Solutions, A-T Solutions, PAE IOMAXIS, Buchanan & Edwards and Centauri.
Rich Sawchak

Rich Sawchak is known for driving technology companies to succeed through financial scalability, operational excellence, and people-first culture. Rich has over 25 years of leadership experience, having been the CFO for four private equity or venture-backed companies and completing over 40 M&A and financing transactions during his career. Rich holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He also holds a master’s degree in Entrepreneurial Finance and Strategic Cost Management from the Olin Graduate School of Management at Babson College.
Rear Admiral (ret) Thomas J. Kearney, USN

RDML Tom Kearney is the Founder of the Kearney Group, LLC. He recently retired from the Navy after 23 years in the Submarine Force and 10 years directing acquisition programs at the Naval Sea Systems Command. During his last tour of duty RDML Kearney established the new Acquisition and Commonality Business Directorate at NAVSEA where he drove changes to better support small businesses, effect a common sense approach to acquisition, and improve government-industry relationships.
Tom Weston

Tom Weston retired as the Senior Vice President and CFO of ECS Federal, LLC, a leading provider of advanced technologies and solutions in the cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning and IT systems modernization areas. Tom has over 30 years of executive experience in the federal contracting industry, having served as CFO for both publicly traded and private equity held technology companies. During his career, Tom has led over 40 M&A and financing transactions as both a buyer and a seller. Tom graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and currently sits on the Board of Directors for several entities, where he also serves as chair of the audit committee.
SES (ret) Thomas F. Thoma

Mr Thoma is a retired executive from the Department of Defense where he served as part of the Senior Executive Service. Mr Thoma is an expert on DoD Acquisition and former Director of Acquisition for the Defense Information Systems Agency. Mr Thoma is currently President and CEO of T-Squared Enterprises, where he provides senior level consulting services to industry clients as well as the Federal Government.
David Frost

David Frost is a seasoned investment professional with over 28 years of expertise in investment banking and middle market lending. Mr. Frost is a Partner with Putnam Hill Capital Partners and previously held senior positions with Annaly Capital, Plainfield Asset Management and Houlihan Lokey. Mr. Frost’s industry experience includes advising and investing in aerospace, defense and government services sectors. Mr. Frost has a B.S. from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
In Memory of
Doug Ellis

Doug Ellis was co-founder of DecisionPoint in 1998 and has served as a Managing Partner since that time. He has over ten years of operational experience in the technology sector as well as 15+ years of experience in M&A advisory representation for technology companies. Ellis has been personally involved in successfully closing 50+ transactions in the software (SaaS and enterprise), social media, telecommunications, IT and managed/hosting services, and BPO sectors.

Executive Team

Raul Sagun,
EVP and Chief Growth Officer

▪ Responsible for developing, executing, and leading growth strategies and initiatives.

▪ 30+ years of experience winning strategic, programmatic, and technical service contracts.

Key Responsibilities

• Corporate Growth

• Business Development Lifecycle Management

• Strategic Planning

Prior Experience

▪ US Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command

▪ DCS Corporation

▪ Dell Technologies

▪ Camber Corporation

Education

• DAWIA Level III Systems Engineering

• BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rob Corl,
Director

▪ Responsible for Service Delivery, Staffing, and Program Management

▪ 5 years of industry experience, retired USMC LtCol

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning

• Organizational Development

• Portfolio P&L

• Customer Engagement

Prior Experience

US Marine Corps Combat Engineer Officer

Education

Master of Arts Leadership Development
Jim Halpin,
Vice President, Risk & Infrastructure

▪ Responsible for all compliance, risk management, infrastructure and cybersecurity operations.

▪ 25 years of industry experience managing military solutions delivery and compliance for DoD.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning

• Risk and Compliance

• Infrastructure and Cybersecurity

Prior Experience

▪ GE Aerospace

▪ InnovaSystems International, LLC

Education

• San Diego State University

• Adjunct Professor Cybersecurity UMGC
Marshall Kasten,
Chief Financial Officer

▪ Responsible for finance, accounting, budgeting, and project control

▪ 25+ years of expertise in finance, including significant roles in Big 4 consulting and public company government contracting

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Strategy

• Contract Management

• External Relations

Prior Experience

• ManTech International Corporation

• Aegis Research Corporation

Education

• MS Accounting, Virginia Tech

• BS Accounting, Virginia Tech
James Kilty,
Vice President, Software & Technology

▪ Responsible for software and data services engineering/architecture.

▪ 30 years of DoD enterprise data, workflow automation, and decision support systems delivery and sustainment.

Key Responsibilities

• Software Services Engineering

• Agile Process Engineering

• Strategic Planning

Prior Experience

▪ United States Department of the Navy

▪ Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego

▪ InnovaSystems International, LLC

Education

University of San Diego
Michael McCoy,
Vice President, Operations

▪ Responsible for contract delivery, customer satisfaction.

▪ 30 years of experience managing enterprise solution delivery for fortune 500 and DoD.

Key Responsibilities

• Customer Relationships

• Strategic Planning

• Contract Delivery

Prior Experience

▪ McDonnell Douglas

▪ InnovaSystems International, LLC

Education

• Purdue University

• Univ. of Southern California

• University of San Diego
Carissa Beach,
VP of HQ Business Operations

▪ Responsible for Service Delivery, Portfolio Management, Strategic Growth

▪ 10+ years of industry experience, program management, talent acquisition, business development, relationship building and client delivery

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio Management

• Strategic Planning

• Corporate Growth

• Customer Relations

Prior Experience

• Booz Allen Hamilton

• Northrop Grumman

Education

• MA, International Relations

• BA, Political Science

• BA, History

Company Perspectives

With Cydecor’s long history of support to the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community, we embrace the SOF’s culture of humility and service. Building from their Five SOF Truths, we created these five principles to help us serve our customers: