Government IT Solutions
Innovative, Secure and Outcome-Based Solutions

Wayne Lucernoni leads operations, strategy, growth, integration activities, and program execution for Belcan’s Government IT Solutions business. Wayne has spent his career in senior leadership positions in the defense and intelligence community. He was the former President of Harris IT Services before it was acquired by Veritas and also served recently as the Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) Group President at ASRC Federal. Wayne is a CPA who has held senior finance roles and also has experience running large complex government programs. He holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Accounting / Economics from James Madison University, and has completed The Executive Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Wayne is a thought leader in the industry who has helped shape technology innovation for the federal government. He has participated or served on numerous boards which focused on customers, technologies, non-profits, universities, and policy matters.

Terry Thornton is Senior Vice President of Operations & Defense Programs. Terry joins us from TJ Westlake, an SDVOSB, where he served as CEO.  Prior to TJ Westlake, he was an executive at Harris Corporation, where his career included leadership roles as effective COO during the 18-month spinout of Harris Mission Sustainment to private equity, VP/GM for Intel and Space, VP/GM for Air Force and DoD, VP/GM for Intel, Civil & Health, VP for the NRO’s $1B Patriot program, and VP for the $700M Navy Marine Corps (NMCI) program. Previously, Terry worked in start-up businesses, culminating with him leading the 2007 integration of the $400M Multimax acquisition into Harris. Terry started his career in software and systems engineering with Sperry/Unisys and Lockheed Martin after graduating with a BS in Industrial Technology, with minors in Mathematics & Electronics, from the University of Wisconsin-Stout and has completed The Executive Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. 

Terry leads all program operations in Government IT Solutions, with a special emphasis on leadership development and strategic growth, while also leading the Defense Programs portfolio.

Bruce Thoms is Vice President of Special Programs, focusing on Special Operations Programs and the Intelligence Community. In that role he is responsible for operational excellence in all aspects of program performance, organic growth, and expanding core capabilities, which include Data Science, Agile Development, Data Migration, C4 and Intelligence System Support, Cloud Services, and Software Architecture.

Prior to joining TELESIS in May of 2013, he served as Senior Program Manager and Director for a large defense systems support provider and Logistics and Operations Manager under Program Manager Mission Command.  His experience includes full spectrum of IT services, postproduction/deployment software support, software development, logistics, C4ISR and Intelligence systems support, Geo-Spatial Intelligence products, and logistics.  Mr. Thoms supported these positions globally and deployed numerous times in support of units and military organizations.

Mr. Thoms is a University of Iowa graduate, holds a BS in Information Systems and a Master’s Business Administration, along with numerous certificates in project and process management. He is a former Army officer serving numerous command and staff positions around the world.

Dan has over 20 years of leadership and technical experience supporting both the public and private sector.  His career at Belcan spans the past 10 years and he is responsible for performance and growth for Belcan’s Foreign Affairs programs.  His customers include the Department of State (DoS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Transitioning from the private sector to supporting the Department of Defense (DOD), Dan has spent the past 16 years working with federal government customers.  He holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Information Systems with a concentration in Security Administration.  Dan holds certifications in Project Management Professional (PMP), ITIL Foundations, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and is a Certified Technology Business Management Executive (CTBME).

Darryl Bowles originally joined TELESIS Corporation in Jan. 2019 with over 25+ years of experience successfully leading large CONUS and OCONUS IT Enterprise support programs.  Prior to joining the Government IT Solutions (GITS) team, Mr. Bowles served as the Service Delivery Director with Digex Inc, Program Director with Peraton Corporation and held several Senior Program Manager roles with Lockheed Martin.  Darryl provided strategic growth and tactical guidance for multiple 24 x 7 x 365 IT Operational teams in rapidly evolving environments. He also served as an adjunct professor at Montgomery County Community College (Takoma Park Campus).

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management / Computer Science from the University of Hartford, a certificate in Accounting from Pace University and two master’s degrees (Computer System Management and Telecommunications Systems Management) from the University of Maryland-University College.  Darryl holds several industry certifications including but not limited to: Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Associate Business Continuity Professional (ABCP) and ITIL Foundation. Upon accepting his current role as Vice President of Civil and Regulatory Program Solutions, he is laser focused on delivering real-world, streamlined and highly effective enterprise IT and engineering solutions that drive value for GITS customers.

Dave Prasad is Vice President of C5ISR & Mission at TELESIS and in that role is responsible for excellence in all aspects of innovation for program performance, organic growth, and expanding core capabilities, which include Satellite and Radio Communications, Cloud Services, Software Solutions and Next Generation Technologies. Prior to joining TELESIS, Dave was the owner of Insight Engineering Solutions Inc serving as CEO and CTO. His experience includes full spectrum of IT services, Satellite Communications, Network design, software development,  and help desk operations. Mr. Prasad has been supporting PM Mission Command MCSC for the last 17 years supporting globally deployed Military units and other organizations. He is an Army Infantry veteran serving numerous units globally. Combining this with his IT background gives him a unique perspective and insight into innovation of technology to help resolve problems and foster rapid innovation.

Monisha Mandal serves as the lead for the Cloud, Cyber & IT Modernization capabilities and the Quality division at Belcan Government IT Solutions. She is responsible for implementation and management of Quality and Security Certifications for Belcan Government IT Solutions. Ms. Mandal is responsible for expansion of the capabilities related to Cloud, Cyber and IT Modernization technologies, providing insight to new offerings, implementations and capabilities from solution providers and cybersecurity practices. She is also currently spearheading the development of the TELESIS OpenFISMA+ tool which is a suite of modules for tracking risks, POA&Ms, Vulnerability Management, Security Authorization, FISMA and CMMC controls. Outside of the capabilities role, she created a team to begin monitoring internal processes and controls and assess the risk associated with those processes and controls.  With over 20 years of diverse experience, Ms. Mandal identifies potential new areas of compliance, certifications and risk management frameworks to implement certifications such as ISO, FISMA and CMMI. Ms. Mandal has a Master’s degree, is PMP and CISA certified, and is a CMMC – Registered Practitioner.

Heather joined Belcan in May of 2018 as the Vice President leading the Enterprise IT business. With the acquisition of Telesis Corporation, Heather was appointed as the Vice President of Growth and BD Operations. Prior to joining Belcan, Heather spent 20 years with CACI/L-3, a large government contractor, where she led strategic growth for large scale Enterprise IT programs with responsibility for account strategy, business process improvement, customer and vendor relationship management, and workforce development. Heather brings 29 years’ experience supporting government contracts serving both the Department of Defense and Federal agencies. Government clients include: Department of State, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, General Services Agency, Department of Defense (Army, Air Force, SOCOM & Defense Intelligence Agencies), Department of State, Department of Labor, Department of Justice, Federal, State and Local Agencies. Heather holds a BS in Management Information Systems from the University of Maryland, University College.

Belcan has more than 21 years providing 24/7/365 mission critical support to the Department of Defense, including the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force. Specifically, Belcan provides:

• Full lifecycle of information management services, support stakeholders globally, and ensure 100% availability for mission critical services.
• Situational awareness capabilities to leaders and Soldiers that have fundamentally changed American warfare by drastically improving our capability to execute full spectrum operations.
• Mission support products, including computer hardware, software, communications, and network management infrastructure to form an integrated system.
• Agile system/application design, development, testing, disaster recovery operations, security patching, computer operations, and operations and maintenance.
• Cybersecurity operations that include architecture reviews, documentation reviews, security scanning, and scanning results reviews.
• Maintain automated Assessment and Authorization (A&A) tools, provide guidance for package development, and submit formal recommendations to the Authorizing Official (AO) regarding approvals or disapproval regarding Authorization to Operate, Interim Authorization to Test, and Authorization to Connect.

Belcan provides a broad range of Special Operations IT Services and support to the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), and Navy Special Operations Command (NAVSOC). Since 2016, we have expanded our SOCOM presence from a single task order to 14 engagements world-wide. Focus areas of our support include:

• Providing Distributed Common Ground Surface-Special Operations Forces (DCGS-SOF) IT Modernization via our expertise, guidance, and a precise blueprint to ensure the successful transition to the SAFe development methodology.
• Providing system engineering and design services to produce a modernized platform to reduce complexity and inter-dependencies, simplify support, and automate acquisition tasks.
• Support the SOCOM Command Data Office (CDO) Strategy by leveraging Data Science (DS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) services and solutions
• Collect and analyze requirements when potential system solutions involve the use of ML, AI, and other advanced analytics techniques.
• Leveraging Big Data sets to design, build, and integrating various data sources. They develop complex queries and ensure accessibility while optimizing the performance of NoSQL and Big Data sets.
• Design and develop highly scalable, machine learning applications, using both pipelines and services, to process large volumes of data; design tools to train machine learning models using data from across the enterprise.

For 22 years, Belcan is a committed solutions partner for the Department of State. In this capacity, we enable rapid migration of mission-critical enterprise systems from legacy environments to the cloud to minimize service disruptions and modernize clients’ infrastructure and applications, while providing full lifecycle cybersecurity services, encompassing defense, resilience, analytics, and compliance to nearly 300 world-wide locations. Functional support includes:

• Full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to include the development, deployment, and disposition of information systems, as well as the integration of technical components, Information Technology components, organizational components, and documentation.
• Operations and maintenance (O&M) on IT systems include all software and hardware associated with mainframes, client/server, web-based applications, and networking
• Assess options and recommend solutions for network improvements and technology upgrades, including development of technical feasibility briefings/reports and trade-off studies for proposed services.
• Manage the protection of critical infrastructure, assurance of agency information, and operations protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability, restoration, authentication, non-repudiation, protection, detection, monitoring, and event react capabilities

Belcan offers experience in supporting every cabinet-level agency within the U.S Government with 60 ongoing task orders reaching 50 unique clients. This broad range of experience gives Belcan unique understanding, knowledge, and experience with Government’s myriad of networks, operating environment, and guiding regulations that, through our internal Technical Communities of Practice (TCoP) our managers and senior staff share successes and lessons-learned that our team have applied across Government. Key support Belcan provides includes:

• Cloud Integrations & Services infrastructure development services and support; cutting edge Cloud solutions development and implementation by leveraging Belcan’s AWS Partnership status.
• Custom Application Development and Integration (Agile/DevSecOps) including implementing public and private cloud platforms, migrating local data centers to the Cloud, and converting legacy mainframe applications to outward-facing web-based solutions.
• Implementing a scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) private cloud infrastructures using AWS and Microsoft Azure platforms.
• Providing Cyber Tool Integration and Management, FISMA and FISCAM/NIST expertise, complete end-to-end audits of systems for ATOs, data center reviews, vulnerability scans, and subject-matter expertise (SME) on cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities/risks.
• Providing multi-tier Helpdesk/Service Desk Support where, through the application of leading edge tools and practices, have significantly improved first call resolution through the application of agent training, Tier 0 self-help, and effective Knowledge Management.