Leadership Team

Deepali Jain

Ms. Jain is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of KriaaNet, Inc. Her primary focus is on leading the strategic growth and direction of the firm, while ensuring the highest level of customer and employee satisfaction. As a major in accounting, Ms Jain is responsible for company’s profitability while delivering KriaaNet’s promise of quality, high value solutions and performance. As a Cisco certified Engineer herself, Ms Jain along with her Senior management team, work closely with federal government clients and industry partners to help customers realize their mission. Through social media, Ms Jain is very connected with the industry. As one of the original founders ten years ago, Ms Jain has always looked at her role through a different lens. Her philosophy is simple: follow passions, create, and work hard. This growth philosophy and work ethic helped to transform an infrastructure small business into one of the fastest growing government contractors in the D.C. Metropolitan area.

Shailendra Jain

Mr Jain is an accomplished CTO and founding member of KriaaNet Inc. Mr Jain has over 23 years of demonstrated success in the IT Industry and expertise in the US Federal and Commercial markets. Throughout his professional career including KriaaNet Inc and 16+ Years at Cisco as an Engineering leader, Mr Jain has worked to build a top-notch technical team. He constantly inspires employees to achieve above and beyond personal and professional goals, while focusing on results and accountability. As a CCIE, he is recognized as a savvy and highly motivated, hands-on Player-Coach Technical Leader with strengths in building influential customer/partner relationships, leading executive conversations and taking ownership working with cross-functional teams. He has successfully run numerous multi-million dollars programs in his various roles at Fortune 500 companies.

Sachin Chandra

Sachin joins KriaaNet in a dual hatted role of VP for Growth and Innovation and Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Sachin is a proven leader who combines his entrepreneurial acumen with a strong technology and innovation mindset to drive value for Federal customers, resulting in long term capability focused growth.

His track record includes new customer acquisition across Defense and Civilian markets. He provides strategic solutions, applying his acumen with IT modernization including Agile DevOps, Data Analytics, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber/IA/ZeroTrust, Digital Transformation Services, as well as data center facility, logistics and professional management requirements.

He is intimately familiar with implementation of procurement solutions for contract writing, workflow/workload management, enterprise data integrations – having provided both technology recommendations and cost-effective solution strategies to various Federal customers. He has also provided leadership with Health Solutions to include Electronic Health Record (EHR) programs; Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) IT support, medical device implementations, SCADA/cybersecurity, health analytics, and health research programs.

John Metzger

John is the Sales Director responsible for managing KriaaNet’s focus on expanding successful IT mission-based outcomes for our clients in the federal government and with select federal systems integrators.  John brings over 30 years of experience supporting federal government agency mission goals through the implementation of IT based technology solutions.  Before joining KriaaNet, John held sales and business development positions for various companies, including MCI Telecommunications, SafeNet, Blue Ridge Networks, LTI DataComm, Integrio Technologies, Sysorex Government Solutions and Integration Technologies Group. John earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from James Madison University and an MBA from George Washington University.

Srikant Iyer

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Lead and Pricing Manager, I am highly specialized in building high-performing teams and developing compliant, competitive pricing strategies for Government proposals. I bring expertise in workforce planning, candidate sourcing, and aligning talent with mission-critical requirements, while ensuring cost models meet standards and agency guidelines. My dual focus on acquiring top talent and delivering cost-realistic proposals enables organizations to strengthen their capabilities, win contracts, and achieve operational excellence in government projects.

Puraskaar Anand

Mr. Anand leads Talent Acquisition, People Operations, and workforce strategy at KriaaNet Inc., partnering closely with executive leadership to support mission-critical engagements across Federal Defense, Civilian, and Enterprise IT sectors. He directs full-lifecycle delivery for high-consequence requirements, specializing in cleared technical recruiting (Public Trust, Secret, Top Secret/SCI), DoD 8140/8570 workforce compliance, and GWAC proposal capture staffing. In addition, Mr. Anand oversees end-to-end People Operations, employee relations, subcontractor governance, and corporate total rewards.

With over a decade of experience architecting high-velocity talent delivery models, Mr. Anand previously directed large-scale recruitment operations for Tier-1 Investment Banks and Fortune 500 technology leaders, managing high-performing recruiting squads and sustaining industry-leading SLA performance across complex digital transformation programs.

Mr. Anand holds a Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) from Punjab Technical University, along with Six Sigma Green Belt credentials and specialized certifications in AI-augmented enterprise workflows.

Juvelle Barro

Ms. Barro has been an experienced Sales Representative for over 4 years in the industry. Ms. Barro graduates with a bachelor’s degree of Science in Entrepreneurship with Latin honors. She has an experience in customer service, in sales, and in real estate companies. She is a team player and is responsible for sourcing new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls and emails. Her scope also includes routing qualified opportunities to the appropriate sales executives for further development and closure. Ms. Barro plays a fundamental role in achieving the company’s ambitious customer acquisition and revenue growth objectives.