Sevatec Inc. announced Aug. 17 the appointment of Jaswinder “Manji” Matharu and Richard “Rick” Roth to its newly formed board of advisers, led by company Founder and Board Chairman Sonny Kakar.
“I’m so pleased to welcome these talented, versatile business leaders who possess a wealth of entrepreneurial leadership and experience across the government and technology industries,” Kakar said. “As Sevatec continues to develop new solutions to meet America’s national security objectives, we are fortunate to have the caliber of experience, vision and leadership in our board of advisers to guide Sevatec through its next phase of growth.”
“The firm is eager to harness the diversity of experience, leadership and expertise of this distinguished board,” Sevatec President and CEO Balan Ayyar said. “Sevatec is at a stage in its growth where our board of advisers will play an important role in shaping and validating our future.”
Matharu brings more than 20 years of experience to the position. He is founder, former president and CEO of Agilis International, a data warehousing and analytics company, which was acquired by Infogix in 2014.
Prior to founding Agilis, he served as CEO and in chief operations officer and chief technology officer roles at Sotas Inc. and as president and CEO of Strategic Signaling Systems & Networks prior to its merger with SOTAS Inc. Matharu is currently an investor and executive in several early-stage technology companies primarily focused on business intelligence and data sciences.
Roth brings more than 35 years of experience to the board. He has served as chief financial officer for five different companies during the past 20 years. In addition to his role as CFO at QSS Group, Roth also held senior finance positions with Intellisource, Sprint, Hughes Network Systems and Price Waterhouse LLP, among others.
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