IBSS’s talented professionals and exceptional leaders exemplify the passion, integrity, and ability IBSS brings to our business, employees, and clients.
We are proud of our diverse, inclusive, employee-centric corporate culture – an ethos that is carried from our CEO and President and collectively encouraged and sustained by every IBSS employee.
Leadership Team
Sonya Velasco
Owner & Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Velasco is responsible for IBSS’s vision and mission supporting our clients’s and employees’s success. With 25 years of management experience, she oversees all functional areas while developing and maintaining our long-term focus. Her work to instill continuous improvement processes has drastically transformed client organizations with increased information delivery. She has a B. Arch degree from Carnegie Mellon University, and Information Technology Infrastructure Library Service Manager Certification.
Bruce Arvand
President & Co-Founder
Mr. Arvand leverages his 20 years of leadership experience in the IT industry to actively contribute to our direction, management, and success. Under his management, IBSS has grown from a two-person, $80,000-revenue company in 1992 to a mid-sized company serving multi-million dollar contracts in the Federal Government marketplace. We have won many awards from Federal Government agencies including the SDB Contractor of the Year from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. He holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland with subsequent studies at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.
Navid Rahimi
Chief Information Security Officer
Mr. Rahimi advances our services in cloud and web application technologies for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He has applied his innovative problem-solving skills for Defense and civilian clients during the past decade. His technical leadership has been vital for the success of many programs. He earned his B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland.
Rahul Dayal
Vice President of IT Programs
Mr. Dayal is responsible for expanding the company’s Enterprise IT and Cybersecurity line of business. Mr. Dayal has worked in the IT industry for over 20 years, specializing in digital transformation and business optimization solutions for the public sector. He has excelled in a variety of leadership roles involving business growth, program management, IT strategy, the extension of core capabilities, and business transformation efforts. Mr. Dayal received his B.S. degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in Information Systems Management and holds professional certifications as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and an Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Practitioner.
Matt DeLao
Vice President of Business Development
Mr. DeLao brings more than 25 years of business development and capture experience in government contracting. He has built and implemented the business development life cycle process for small, medium, and large companies and understands the challenges of each. Mr. DeLao earned his B.S. degree in Economics from Ursinus College.
Craig Summers
Vice President of DevSecOps Programs
Mr. Summers has more than 25 years of experience in the federal space and has been successful at running various programs for small, medium, and large companies centered around software development and creating internal Centers of Excellence. He has a B.S. degree in Finance from Virginia Tech.