Huntsville, AL – September 17, 2019 – Sentar, a leading cybersecurity company, today announced the appointment of Darren Kraabel as President. He joins the executive leadership team at a time of tremendous growth for the company following 100% growth since 2017. “Darren brings extensive growth strategy and operations experience to Sentar. We are on a trajectory to become one of the largest cybersecurity solution providers for the Federal Government, and Darren’s experience in the Large Business competitive environment will be key to sustaining and accelerating our recent success,” says company Founder, Peter Kiss.
Prior to joining Sentar, Darren was a Senior Vice President with Jacobs, where he held a variety of roles including Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, eventually leading one of the company’s largest, $1.3B, business units focused on cyber, analytics, and IT solutions. Darren also previously served as a USAF Officer beginning in 1993, in which he assisted in the development of leading-edge combat capability for Special Forces units.
CEO, Bridget (Abashian) McCaleb, said, “Significant growth brings new opportunities for Sentar and all our employees. Darren will be an incredible asset to our leadership team, and help us harness the momentum of our recent expansion by enhancing our strategy and strengthening our operations to secure new projects across our existing client base, while also expanding to serve new clients.”
“I’m honored and excited to join the Sentar team – a team that has established a reputation for innovative technical solutions for today’s most difficult cybersecurity and analytics challenges”, says Kraabel. “I’ve been a passionate advocate of thinking cyber first as critical infrastructure owners integrate digital technologies into their environment. The opportunity to bring Sentar’s patented solutions to address converged IT/OT cyber challenges for critical infrastructure, while working alongside Sentar’s amazing employees, is tremendously inspiring.”
About Sentar
Founded in 1990, Sentar is a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) providing advanced cybersecurity and Intel solutions and services that empower customers to securely leverage computing and network assets to their fullest potential. Sentar’s innovative cybersecurity technologies and services protect networks and host computer resources from cyber attackers and malicious insiders. Sentar has offices in Huntsville, Alabama; Charleston, South Carolina; Columbia, Maryland; and San Antonio, Texas. For more information, visit www.sentar.com.
Media Contact: Portia Waite, Mobile: (619) 630-0826, portia.waite@sentar.