Leadership

Tiffanny Gates

President & Chief Executive Officer

Tiffanny Gates is responsible for establishing and guiding Novetta’s corporate strategy as well as overall performance.

Prior to Novetta, Tiffanny was the Vice President for Cyber Strategies at Raytheon, Blackbird Technologies. She was responsible for the program performance and development of custom hardware and specialized software development solutions in the Cyber/Cloud-based Advanced Technologies business areas with a specific focus on computer network operations. Prior to joining Blackbird, Ms. Gates was the Sr. Vice President, Strategy & Business Development for Mission, Cyber & Technology Solutions (MCTS) Group, a $1 Billion business unit at ManTech International (MTI). In this role, she served as head of Business Development for the fastest growing business sector at ManTech. Ms. Gates came to ManTech International with the successful merger and integration of her company, Emerging Technologies Group (ETG) in August 2008. She served as the President and CEO of ETG for more than five years with a successful track record of growth, recognition in the computer forensics and analysis community and successful coordination of global operations. Ms. Gates holds a B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.

 

Rich Sawchak

Chief Financial Officer

Rich Sawchak is responsible for corporate finance, accounting, contracts, compliance, information technology, security, and treasury management; he also serves as the Corporate Secretary.

Rich comes to Novetta from Shafer Corporation, where he served as Executive Vice President and CFO and was responsible for all aspects of finance, accounting, contract administration, compliance, human resources and recruiting. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and CFO of Paradigm Solutions. At Paradigm, Rich was responsible for the finance, accounting, corporate development, recruiting and information technology functions. Rich has extensive experience in financial management, corporate finance, and the execution and integration of acquisitions for public and private equity backed companies. During his tenure, Paradigm Solutions was purchased by CACI International of Arlington, VA. Rich holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurial Finance and Strategic Cost Management from the Olin Graduate School of Management at Babson College.

Brian Hobbs

Senior Vice President, Growth & Business Development Strategy

Brian Hobbs is responsible for Novetta’s growth and business development strategy. Mr. Hobbs has more than 15 years of experience in business development leadership roles serving the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community with career bookings exceeding $5 billion.

Prior to Novetta, Mr. Hobbs was the Vice President of Corporate Capture for KeyW. In his role Mr. Hobbs oversaw all strategic corporate captures and standardized the capture process for the company at the enterprise level.

Prior to KeyW, Mr. Hobbs served as Executive Director of Business Development for Blackbird Technologies, Inc. As Executive Director, Mr. Hobbs standardized BD and Capture efforts for Blackbird and led corporate level efforts primarily focused on Special Operations. Hobbs also served in senior capture management roles with both Six3 Systems, Inc. and CACI International, Inc. During his time at CACI, Mr. Hobbs received the Wing Award for sales excellence, and the CACI Intel BD Team MVP award for driving top line growth. Mr. Hobbs’ business development expertise includes special operations, full-spectrum cyber operations, ISR, and advanced analytics. Throughout his career, he has secured numerous significant prime contract awards, such as: SOCOM Wide Mission Support (SWMS), a $900 million multiple award ID/IQ; INSCOM Global Intelligence Services Contract, a $5.04 billion multiple award ID/IQ; Counter Insurgency Targeting Program (CITP), a $500 million single award ID/IQ contract; Intelligence Support Services Afghanistan (ISSA), a $1.5B multiple award ID/IQ contract to name a few. Mr. Hobbs holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT and has completed coursework in organizational change, leadership, and growth at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

Chris Hagner

Senior Vice President, Products and Technology

Chris Hagner is responsible for leading Novetta’s overall product strategy and development.

Prior to joining Novetta, Chris was Director of Defense Intelligence at White Oak Technologies (WOTI). In this role, he oversaw the development of mission-critical large-scale data solutions for defense and intelligence customers. Prior to joining WOTI, Chris held a number of technical leadership positions at The Motley Fool, Soapbox.com, and Noblestar Systems. Chris graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Economics. He has also earned an MBA from George Mason University. Chris is presently studying Organizational Consulting and Change Leadership at Georgetown University.

Bryan Rich

Senior Vice President, Open Source Intelligence Technology

Bryan is responsible for the development of Novetta’s next generation of open source technology capabilities. Bryan was founder of Global News Intelligence (GNI) that was acquired by Novetta in 2014 and has more than 20 years of supporting customers  across government, aerospace, defense, energy, and finance.  Prior to joining Novetta Bryan was a TV and Radio producer and received awarded a Neiman Fellowship of Journalism at Harvard University for building a quantitative methodology for mapping journalist and media behavior in conflict. His professional work has been featured in major media such as the Huffington Post, The Atlantic Monthly on-line, The Washington Post, and Nightline with Ted Koppel, The International Herald Tribune, Le Figaro and the Financial Times. He received a BA from Middlebury College  in English Literature and has lived and worked in Asia, Africa, Europe, The Middle East, South Asia and Latin America. He was awarded State Department Commendation for his work creating a network if independent media outlets in Syria. Bryan speaks French, Spanish and Italian.