A-TEK - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Director of Cybersecurity
• DIRECTOR, CYBERSECURITY / PROJECT MANAGER

Chris LeGrand joins A-TEK's leadership team serving as Director, Cybersecurity. As a Cyber leader with experience across various information security disciplines, Chris specializes in leading 24/7/365 Security Operations Centers (SOCs). Chris has a history of strategically leading and building cutting-edge SOCs. He has the proven ability to foster organizational change and drive Cyber growth in numerous markets. As a former civil servant, he led the first federal government SOC to offer Security Operations Center as a Service (SOCaaS) to government customers.

Job Titles:

• CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
• Member of the Leadership Team

Crystal Hair brings two decades of diverse experience in Federal and Commercial technology realms, focusing on digital modernization, transformation, and innovation. With a foundation in data analytics, cloud migration, digital transformation, and a fervor for leveraging technology to unlock business opportunities, Crystal is poised to play a pivotal role at A-TEK. As our Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Crystal is dedicated to defining, planning, and executing technology strategies that align with A-TEK's mission, business objectives, and our clients' critical needs. In her previous positions, Crystal has demonstrated her ability to cultivate and nurture high-performing technical teams, drive the development of essential technical competencies to fuel corporate market expansion, oversee large-scale cloud migration and modernization initiatives, and fortify technological capabilities through strategic alliances with industry leaders such as AWS, Microsoft, UIPath, Informatica, and more. Crystal holds an M.S. and B.S. in Information Systems Design from Virginia Tech, along with certifications including AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional and Associate, and Open Agile Architect, among others, underscoring her commitment to ongoing professional development and mastery of cutting-edge technologies.

Job Titles:

• ACCOUNT MANAGER
• Member of the Leadership Team
• VICE PRESIDENT

In his role as Vice President and Account Manager, Edward "Ted" Schmitt leads A-TEK's Federal Health Division, which focus on delivering "Health IT" services to U.S. Federal customers. He leverages the domain expertise of our highly skilled subject matter experts to achieve mission success for our customers. Ted is charged with leading and executing programs that enable customers to meet their mission requirements with high levels of customer satisfaction. He is responsible for identifying and capturing growth opportunities to further leverage the expertise, talents, and dedication of our employees.

Job Titles:

• CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
• Member of the Leadership Team

Kathleen Dickson is the Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for all financial and accounting functions and serves as a trusted business advisor to A-TEK's Chief Executive Officer. In this role, she is integral to ensuring A-TEK's financial stability and growth. Kathleen brings over 20 years of financial leadership experience in the government contracting industry. She is responsible for the execution of A-TEK's internal and external reporting and full compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). She provides executive oversight of financial services, banking, insurance, risk management, and outside accounting and regulatory authority relations. In addition to her executive role, Kathleen serves as treasurer of the A-TEK Board of Directors. Kathleen holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting with a minor in Business Administration from Strayer University.

Job Titles:

• CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
• Member of the Leadership Team
• PRESIDENT

Kathryn (Kathy) Freeland, M.B.A. leads the company's strategic vision and direction with a well-crafted Strategic Plan with a focus on the key tenets that drive company success: customer experience/engagement resulting from the services and solutions provided, service/solution delivery, organizational excellence, employee engagement, and the business acumen that drives growth, maintain financial viability, and increases overall company value.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Leadership Team
• CHIEF STRATEGY / CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER

Reuben Maher brings over 25 years of proven experience driving corporate growth, operational excellence, and digital transformation. As Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at A-TEK, Reuben is focused on supporting A-TEK's growth trajectory in the areas of strategic business development and digital innovation solutions which aids in responding to the needs of our clients in the Federal Government market. In previous roles, Reuben drove global innovation and digital strategy, led the enterprise-wide effort to develop a global Predictive Analytics Innovation Hub, stood up and led an enterprise growth and sales organization, maintained line of business P&L responsibilities, and was part of the select management team responsible for a successful M&A transaction. Reuben has been a contributing author to multiple Forbes articles, including "Generative AI: Cybersecurity Friend and Foe" (focus on LLMs) and "What You Should Know About The TikTok National Security Debate" as well as author of a Generative AI blog post titled "ChatGPT versus Google Bard… According to ChatGPT." He has been a keynote and featured speaker at numerous conferences, trade shows, podcasts, and webinars including, but not limited to: NASA Digital Transformation Showcase, Baird's Government and Defense Conference, Dell Technologies Forum's FedScoop Series on Digital Transformation, and the Project Management Institute (PMI) EVM World conferences. Reuben earned his M.B.A. from American University with a concentration in Management of Global Information Technology and a Bachelor of Arts from Oral Roberts University in Theology. He also holds numerous management and technical certifications including his Project Management Professional (PMP), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), AWS Business Professional, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, Azure Building Cloud-Based Apps, and ServiceNow Customer Service Management certifications.

Job Titles:

• EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
• Member of the Leadership Team

Stephanie is the Executive Vice President overseeing service delivery and growth activities for the Federal Civilian division of A-TEK. She has more than 20 years of management and leadership experience in all facets of service delivery, business development, proposal creation, capture planning, and operational management. Stephanie is an experienced leader with a proven track record of effectively providing strategic and tactical analysis of client requirements across all aspects of service delivery. She possesses in-depth knowledge of the Federal Civilian/Health market and partners with agencies to harness the power of IT to enhance collaboration, efficiency, and data-driven decision-making. Ms. Cumberbatch is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of George Mason University. She is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and is ITIL v3 certified.