Team
Our Team
Tony Vanchieri
Chief Revenue Officer
CDR (Ret.) Dennis Pendergist USN
OPINTEL Chief
Aiden Johnson
Chief Technology Officer
Capt. Jatin S. Bains
CEO
40+ years in maritime domain awareness with twenty years at ocean shipping companies. Graduate of LBS Nautical College and SCI Institute. US State Dept. delegate on Maritime Security to APEC 2006 Hanoi Vietnam. Served as maritime security Subject Matter Expert to US NORTHCOM, US EUCOM, and the Government of Singapore. Creator of military-grade CATE™ (Computer Assisted Threat Evaluation) System. USPTO Patent 6625584 on eLogistics. Wharton Management Program.
Tony Vanchieri
Chief Revenue Officer
Tony is a strategic business development executive with 30+ years of Federal government expertise. He was among the early Federal employees at the newly created Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Tony led complex $500M and large scope projects throughout the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) including the US Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, the Science and Technology Directorate, Office of the National Capital Region Coordination, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Administration, and the Domestic Nuclear Defense Office, leveraging insight into federal acquisition practices. Tony is a retired United States Marine Corps Veteran and a carrier qualified Naval Aviator. He has an M.S. in Systems Science and Operations Research from USC, California.
Dennis Pendergist
OPINTEL Chief
Opintel Chief who is a former naval intelligence officer and maritime anti-terrorism intelligence chief with 25+ years’ experience in the maritime domain. Dennis also served onboard US Navy combatants in the Pacific and Atlantic fleets and worked with the intelligence and acquisition community on C4ISR systems operations and integration. Dennis served in the US Navy for two decades, acted as intelligence chief for the SeaHawk Maritime Task Force and Savannah River National Lab as an operational national security trainer.
Aiden Johnson
Chief Technology Officer
Aiden has over a decade of experience developing machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions for stakeholders ranging from situational to tactical. With the infrastructure as code (IaC) approach, he builds solutions in the AWS environment that are scalable and efficient. He has a specific interest in the integration of data from disparate sources, such as IoT sensor data and satellite imagery. He holds an MS from Montana State University and is a US Army Veteran.
Capt. Salil Chitre
VP Maritime
Yavuz Alavi
Business Development Manager
Yavuz Alavi
Business Development Manager
Mr. Alavi is a results-driven and highly qualified leader; he brings over 20 years of experience in enabling full business potential through customer-centric sales strategies. Throughout his career, he has been recognized as a top-performing manager with success in driving sales, customer service, operational excellence, and team performance for market-leading organizations. He possesses a combination of data-driven decision making; ability to understand process deficiencies, and keen understanding of how people, whether employees, vendors, and customers impact business. He is an expert at translating leadership’s vision into executable plans for teams and has a solid commitment to establishing and maintaining meaningful relationships.
Prior to working in the private sector, Yavuz was working for the US House of Representatives as a liaison between his district and the DOJ, DOS, and USCIS. He has a BSIS from the University of Houston-Downtown.
Capt. Salil Chitre
VP Maritime
VP Maritime with 40 years in the Maritime and Commodities Industry holding P&L responsibility for ship ownership and operations, Commodity and Freight Trading, Managing Cargo Terminals, and Brokerage. Ship Captain, LBS Nautical College and the State University of New York. A subject matter expert on OFAC compliance and Supply Chain Sanctions in the Global Littorals.