Meet the Team
We are a team of dedicated professionals, ready to do what ever it takes to make your business secured.
Harpreet Walia
Harpreet Walia is a dynamic and highly accomplished entrepreneur with more than two decades of global executive leadership experience. He has established a long-standing and impressive track record of developing and executing global business strategies and directing worldwide growth. As WaveStrong’s CEO, Harpreet is leading the company through its next stage of growth and solidifying its position as the leader in CyberSecurity Consulting and Services domain. His unique business sense, technical acumen, vision for the future of the industry, and unwavering focus on culture have contributed to his building a world-class MSSP in the North America market. Based on his wealth of experience, Harpreet brings vital knowledge of operational direction and strategies as a board director and chairman in different companies in United States and Canada. Harpreet graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Computer Science program at University of Southern Mississippi.
Dan Joslin
Accountable for client engagements, strategic planning, channel programs and operations focused on the execution of WaveStrong’s successful GTM. This includes talent development, partner and employee training initiatives, executive communications, and partner advisory boards.
I lead a team focused on increasing revenue and margin with global partners by unlocking new routes to market for WaveStrong with global system integrator partners, cloud hyperscalers, consultants, security staffing, managed services, existing channels, ISV, data center and industry IOT partners. Led ELT level strategy in cloud marketplace alternative consumption models.
From working with our resale channel, managing our direct sales teams, and marketing to driving solution innovation, co-sell programs (and tools), navigating collaborate/compete partnering motions, I am accountable for incubating new ecosystems and partnerships, and opening untapped business value with new route-to-market initiatives focused on sustainable growth and profitability.
Joe DunnCarter
Joe’s IT sales/management career spans 20+ successful years, working for the second largest software company in the world to numerous start ups. His experience and expertise is working with enterprise clients to provide Security/Compliance, Infrastructure, Data Center Solutions, Managed Services, Disaster Recovery, Change Management, Optimization & Programming Tools, Data Networks, Storage, Servers, Wireless, Telecommunications, Consulting, Mobility and Staff Augmentation
Whether selling or managing a sales team, his goal is always to deliver value to the client and drive profit while maintaining ethical and professional standards.
Specialties: Driven and motivated to succeed while building strong and trusted relationships, listening to my clients needs, formulating/delivering solutions that solve real business problems, deliver value and provide ROI.
Robert Israel
Rob has over 25 years of diversified leadership in Leadership, Consulting Personnel and Sales Management. A technology leader with a proven record of defining and delivering IT strategy and capabilities across the enterprise, Rob is responsible for driving growth and working with clients to map a go-forward strategy for emerging technologies across the Northeast. Rob spent ten years with IBM where he was a recognized leader in Security Services and Software and led the Public Sector team for North America Security Services and Software. Rob has an extensive background that includes 6 years with the United States Navy running IT operations, as CIO and CISO at John C. Lincoln Health Network in Phoenix, Arizona as well as a sales leader for both Dell and EMC. Areas of expertise include executive engagement, solutions delivery, customer support, infrastructure, cloud adoption, security and technical services. Industry experience includes Healthcare, Life Sciences, State and Local Government as well as Higher Education. Rob’s ability to deliver valued results, build strong and productive partnerships with business unit leaders and clients, and establish IT as a business enabler led to him being recognized as BEST of IBM in 2019.
Ali Wilson
Ali Wilson has 13 years of cybersecurity sales leadership and consulting experience in various sized organizations across multiple industries. As Director of Sales for the Northeast, Ali helps organizations execute effective cybersecurity strategies through all stages of initial planning, building, management, and ongoing advisory services. Ali brings further value to her clients by maximizing their existing technology investments while bringing a large ecosystem of best of breed solutions and capabilities to the table.
Harold Perera
With over 25 years of experience in technology sales, Harold has a proven track record of successfully navigating various roles focused on solving customer business challenges through innovative technological solutions, with a strong emphasis on cybersecurity. He thrives on building strategic relationships and delivering tailored solutions that empower businesses to achieve their digital transformation objectives securely and effectively. Harold brings a consultative perspective to every engagement, ensuring that clients receive comprehensive and strategic guidance tailored to their cybersecurity needs.
Dr. Saket Kaushik, CISSP
Dr. Saket Kaushik is a cybersecurity practitioner with more than twenty years of experience in the field - as an academic with several peer reviewed publications, as a security software developer, as a solutions architect, as a security consultant and as a security team leader solutioning and delivering security solutions for customers.
Saket currently serves as the Director of Security (MSS) at WaveStrong, Inc. Prior to this, he worked as the Vice President, Identity and Access Management at AIG, and as an Assistant Vice President Information Security at Moody‘s Corporation. Saket has also worked as a Senior Consultant and as a senior member of technical staff at Oracle. Additionally, he has held positions as a Graduate Lecturer and Adjunct Professor at George Mason University. Saket’s research interests include the application of formal methods in distributed systems, particularly flexible control over email systems through separation of policies and mechanisms, as well as new avenues in semantic web.
Saket earned a BTech degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Subsequently, he attended George Mason University and earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science. In addition to these degrees, Saket Kaushik also obtained a certification as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Jim Rodriquez
Executive bringing over 25+ years of high-impact experience facilitating high-growth and Fortune 500 organizations in defining vision, mission, objectives, and goals of corporate IT and information security programs to realize bottom line gains, amplify performance, strengthen system architecture, maximize throughput, and improve corporate economic posture.
Most recently Jim was head of Professional Services and Delivery at TUV Rhineland (formerly OpenSky) for 7 years Providing Risk and Compliance Services, Cybersecurity Expertise, and Enterprise Secure Technology solutions for strategic clients. He also brings Security Software and Product expertise.
As head of Professional Security Services, he will be responsible growing the practice, managing the delivery team and having an eye toward improving the operation.
Janet Anderson
Experienced Human Resources / Office Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and biotechnology industries. Skilled in Corporate Communications, Marketing Support, Payroll, Human Resources, and Financial management. Strong administrative professional with an HR Management Certificate from USCEB focusing on Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration. Recently earned the SHRM-CP certification.
Raj Sehrai
Raj Sehrai has extensive experience in talent acquisition, pipeline development, and sourcing for contract, contract-to-hire, full-time positions and SOW projects (W2, C2C). He is entrepreneurial, has diverse cultural knowledge, and he is passionate about building relationships and collaborating with clients to find the best and brightest in talent.
Alan Littlefield
Jonathan Ghahreman
Jonathan Ghahreman is a Cybersecurity Executive Consultant at WaveStrong, with over 18 years of experience with notable roles such as N.A. SIOC Manager at IBM, Deputy Director of SOC/MSS Operations for CGI Federal, Security Analyst with the NNSA, and IT and network security operations manager in the United States Marine Corps. He has been recognized with a Distinguished Employee award from IBM and has received consecutive awards for his significant contributions at CGI, CGI Federal, TRNXS, and Clark County School District. Jonathan specializes in formulating strategic security measures, leading incident response teams, and optimizing cybersecurity technologies to strengthen organizational defenses across various industries. Advising and consulting to many Fortune 500 companies, he has delivered cybersecurity programs, frameworks, and optimization strategies. His expertise in adopting agile processes, integrating emerging technologies, and adhering to best practices has significantly improved security and operational efficiency, marking a transformative impact on clients within the cybersecurity realm. Jonathan holds a Master’s in Internet Security and a Bachelor’s in Information Systems Security.