Dipak Thakker

Founder and Chairman

As the Founder and Chairman of Stellar IT Solutions, Dipak oversees the executive management team’s strategy and execution. Dipak brings over 20 years of experience in operations, management, and general administration. Through Dipak’s leadership Stellar has grown over 100% every year in last 5 years. Early in his career, Dipak rose through the ranks to become a Director at FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). As a Director, Dipak was responsible for research and development of predictive analytics using regression and artificial intelligence to detect Insider Trading and Fraud in all three major US stock markets - Nasdaq, NYSE and Amex. His team developed many complex predictive models using various algorithms, theories, and statistical analysis, and heuristics. Dipak is also an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry through his ownership of hotels and food establishments. Dipak currently serves on The Universities of Shady Grove Entrepreneurship Lab Advisory Council. Dipak holds an MBA in Finance and Investment Management from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland College Park, an MS in Software Engineering, from Gujarat University in India, and a BS in Math and Physics from Gujarat University in India.

Joshua Sircus

Chief Executive Officer

As the Chief Executive Officer of Stellar IT Solutions, Josh leads both government and commercial divisions. Josh has 20 years of experience in building teams in the finance and technology sectors. Previously, Josh co-founded fintech company Wild Oak Financial (dba Luav) and served as its Chief Operating Officer for 8 years. He successfully negotiated its sale to public company Digital Media Solutions (NYSE: DMS) in 2018. Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Josh served as a Special Agent for the FBI where he investigated violations of federal law related to complex financial transactions. Previously, Josh worked for FINRA, where he built the first regulatory division charged with investigating matters of fraud and insider trading related to PIPEs (Private Investments in Public Equity). Josh authored FINRA’s procedures for PIPE investigations and assembled its first investigative team. Josh previously worked in the private sector in the investment management division of Friedman Billings Ramsey (NYSE: FBR) and later as managing member of the hedge fund company Yashar Capital. Josh currently serves on the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Dean’s Alumni Advisory Board. He holds an MBA from the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business and a BS in Finance from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland College Park.

Prabhu Gowda

President - India Operations

Prabhu brings over 20 years of business and information technology leadership experience in healthcare and related verticals across several large corporations as well as start-ups in North America. Prior to joining Stellar, Prabhu has served as Technical Advisor to the Office of the National Coordinator and as Systems Architect for the National Institute of Health (NIH). Prabhu spearheaded several successful projects for companies such as Deloitte, Northrop Grumman IT and SAIC and has a proven track record of architecting and delivering reliable and scalable systems for clients in various fields such as Bioinformatics, Medicaid, Medicare, and Logistics. Prabhu has been an active contributor to open source implementations that involve FHIR specifications and has led high-caliber teams in J2EE software development with open source technologies. As President of India Operations, Prabhu's leadership skills, subject matter expertise, and focus on customer satisfaction continues to strengthen our onshore and offshore services and operations.

Jessica Williams

Director of Sales

Jessica has a 20-year proven track record in hospitality and tourism sales and marketing. Throughout her career, Jessica has worked with some of the highest end brands in the industry including Hilton, Marriott, and IHG. Jessica’s team was recognized as Hilton’s top Sales Team of the Year, consistently exceeding annual goals by 120%. Jessica’s strategic focus and skill sets include growth in overall ADR, Occupancy, RevPAR and total revenue. Through the development of long-term relationships, Jessica brings an understanding of the lifecycle of hotel sales, lead generation, sales & catering systems, and YOY production reporting systems. Jessica holds a BS in Hotel and Tourism Management from New Mexico State University.

Sindhu J (Sandy)

Director - Global Operations

Sandy brings over 16 years of experience in the field of technology consulting and operations. As the Director of Operations and Staffing, she works with the executive management team for decision making on operational activities, as well as executing on the Company’s strategic goals for consulting and staffing. Sandy supervises day-to-day operations and monitors staff from different departments of the Company. She oversees customer support and organizes the processes to enhance customer support by managing relationships with external partners and vendors.

Ed Wang

General Counsel

Ed Wang has over 15 years of experience providing effective advice on legal strategies and corporate initiatives to the executive management of government contractors, IT companies (platforms, products, and services), public affairs and strategic consulting firms, non-profits, start-ups, and other small businesses. A graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, Ed uses his broad skill-set to develop proactive strategies that reduce and mitigate risks by evaluating courses of action and identifying appropriate responses. He provides advice on transactions including negotiation of Federal contracts and subcontracts, IP licensing and technology transfers, and teaming, stock purchase, and JV agreements, and possesses the ability to explain complex legal matters to key decision-makers and stakeholders.

Cam Funkhouser

President - US Operations

Cam Funkhouser is a 35-year veteran of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority where he most recently served as the Executive Vice President of the Office of Fraud Detection and Market Intelligence. Currently, as the President of Stellar’s US Operations, Cam oversees strategy and business development. As a pioneer in leveraging technology to conduct big data analytics to perform market surveillance for securities traded on Nasdaq and the NYSE, Cam is well-respected in the financial industry for his expertise in exposing insider trading, market manipulation, corporate-disclosure fraud and other financial crimes on Wall Street. He brings the strategic insight of an experienced corporate executive and practical problem-solving skills to unique issues faced by government agencies and corporations. Cam holds an undergraduate degree in business from Georgetown University and a J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He is a member of the Virginia Bar Association.

Terry Lierman

Chair, Advisory Board

With over 40 years of consulting and communications experience, Terry Lierman has served clients within both private and public sectors across core industries including health, energy, and education. Terry is currently the founding partner of Summit Global Ventures LLC where he consults and invests in promising health, medical device, energy, and education related companies. Terry has or now serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board of Stellar IT Solutions, and is a co-chair of The Institute of Human Virology, The Global Virus Network, The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the LaFollette Center, University of Wisconsin.

Terry has previously served as the Staff Director of the U S Senate Committee on Appropriations as well as the Chief of Staff to the Majority Leader-of the U S House of Representatives. Terry has also served multiple boards and community service organizations including New York Life, The Advocacy Institute, Alliance for Eye and Vision Research, and Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities. He is also the co-founder of PANCAN, the pancreatic cancer action network and the Founder of the Children’s Research Institute at Children’s National Medical Center.

Bel Leong-Hong

Advisor

Bel is a technology and business strategist with over 50 years of experience in Government, in information technology, Knowledge Management, cybersecurity, and Management and strategies. Bel retired from the Federal Government as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for (C3I)* or DASD(C3I), after 30 years, and started IT consulting company KAI Global in 1999. Bel started her career as a computer science researcher at what is now NIST, and in 1982, published a seminal book on data dictionary, the precursor of data warehousing. At DOD, Bel served at various positions including Data Administrator, manager of the first DOD-wide major business processing improvement initiative which reformed 8 different functional areas.