Tim Brennan

Tim Brennan is the CEO and Founder of SysArc. He founded the company in 2004 and has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry within the D.C. market. Tim is responsible for managing all of SysArc’s teams and operations as well as setting the overall vision and strategic direction for the company. He excels at reducing costs for SysArc’s clients and producing tangible results surrounding the use of technology. Tim is passionate about building a meaningful and lasting enterprise that is centered around client satisfaction and success, and providing employees with a great place to work.

Tim started his career at Booz Allen as a software engineer and moved on to start his own software development company , Dynamic Software Systems, when he was in his twenties. After selling his company, he was involved in the rapid growth of several technology start-ups during the internet boom in the 1990’s until he eventually started SysArc.

When not working, Tim enjoys fishing, boating, local live music and going to as many Washington Nationals games as possible.

Vijay Takanti

As SVP of Innovation and Informatics at Exostar, Vijay is responsible for the strategy and product road map, design, development, and customer delivery of Exostar solutions. Vijay has more than 20 years of experience in electronic data processing, application design and development, and information security solutions. He joined Exostar through the acquisition of Evincible® Software in 2004, where he was the founder and CEO. At Evincible®, Vijay developed solutions that bridge the integration chasm between business applications and security components, such as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

Prior to founding Evincible® Software, Vijay served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the Society of Worldwide Interbank Telecommunication (SWIFT), where he architected the Next Generation of the SWIFT Net architecture. SWIFT is the financial industry-owned cooperative supplying secure messaging services and interface software to 7,000 financial institutions in 197 countries, processing on average an estimated USD 6 trillion of payment messages.

Vijay is recognized as an expert on the evolving technologies related to  identity management and cybersecurity, and he has engaged with a variety of enterprises on these topics. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communications from JNTU in Hyderabad, India; a Master’s Degree in Computer Sciences from the Indian Institute of Technology in Khargpur; and an MBA from George Mason University, Virginia.

Kevin Hancock

Kevin Hancock has over 20 years experience in secure collaboration with distributed teams and partners in highly regulated markets. He has led Sales Engineering, Customer Success, and Professional Services Teams across a broad technology spectrum including Agile Development and DevOps tools and practices; Zero Trust Networking; and Identity and Access Management just to name a few. Focusing on driving adoption, managing change, and helping customers learn, Kevin joined Exostar in May 2021 as Director, Sales Engineering.