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Unissant

Unissant, Inc. is an American information technology company based in Herndon, Virginia.

The company has a second facility in Houston, Texas.¹⁾

History

Unissant was founded on August 19, 1999, possibly under the name b.i.methods (or BIMethods).²⁾ The company was a protege to Science Applications International Corporation under the Treasury Mentor-Protege program.

Services

Unissant offers a range of services in cybersecurity, data and advanced analytics, DevSecOps (development, security, and operations), and cloud services.³⁾ The company's clientele are primarily in the sectors of banking & financial services, health & life sciences, and federal civilian and national security.

Government Contracts

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

In November 2020, Unissant was awarded a $182.3 million contract to support the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s passenger vetting systems, the Targeting and Analysis Systems Program Directorate (TASPD). This contract was awarded under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) CIO-SP3 Small Business Government Wide Acquisition Vehicle.⁴⁾ The company is partnered on the project with Linkware and Science Applications International Corp.

Unissant also won a $47.2 million order to develop analysis and targeting software in addition to managing the CBP's “big data” cluster. Centrifuge and Rock Elm are partnered with Unissant for the second award.⁵⁾

Unidentified Contracts
Contract #	Database/Portal	Department	Notes
GS-10F-0300U	General Services Administration	-	-
GS-35F-0298T	General Services Administration	-	-

Affiliations

Industry

Unissant is partnered with Amazon Web Services, Automation Everywhere, Confluent, Oracle, Qlik, SAS, Tableau, and UiPath.⁶⁾

On February 6, 2020, ISeeYouCare, Inc. announced it had entered a strategic partnership with Unissant for the company’s award-winning Universal Smart Health Card Data Management System, a health tracking technology.⁷⁾

Personnel

Unissant, Inc. Personnel
Name	Position	Other Affiliations	Notes
Manish Malhotra	Chairman & CEO	Virgina Innovation Partnership Corporation, TiE-DC, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, TrainEdge, BT Group, AT&T, MCI WorldCom, Intelligent Systems, Escorts⁸⁾	-
Kenneth Bonner	President & CGO	American Council for Technology – Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), Standard Technology, Accenture Federal Services, MHS Genesis, General Dynamics Information Technology, Meta Solutions, IBM, United States Air Force, Tricare, Bonner Healthcare Recruiting, Emdeon Practice Services, Shands HealthCare, Misys Healthcare Systems, Imed Systems & Consulting⁹⁾	-
Jango Unwalla	Chief Knowledge Officer	Optimos	-
Vishal Deshpande	Chief Data & Advanced Analytics Officer	FI Consulting, Armedia, Amazon Web Services	-
Macon Hardy	SVP Business Development	Cherokee Federal, Defense Health Agency, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Booz Allen Hamilton¹⁰⁾	-
Monty D’Ambrosio	SVP Business Development	United States Department of Health and Human Services, CSRA, General Dynamics Information Technology, United States Navy, GovCIO, A Square Group, Aquilent, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Northrup Grumman, Baltimore Gas & Electric¹¹⁾	-
Parvez Ahmed	VP Finance	Marshall Communications, Management Information Consulting, RAS Investments¹²⁾	-
Stephen Gehring	VP Health IT & Federal Civilian Business Unit	Fannie Mae¹³⁾	-
Sean Gilman	VP National Security Business Unit	Brillient, Unisys, Quasars, ECS Federal, Germane Systems¹⁴⁾	-
Rob Simmons	Cybersecurity Practice Lead	MITRE, United States Air Force, Odyssey of the Mind¹⁵⁾	-
Sumeet Shrivastava	Board of Advisors Member	ANSTEC, Keane Federal Systems, Array Information Technology, CGI Federal, TiE-DC, Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation, GO Virginia, George Mason University, NTT, George Mason University Foundation, WashingtonExec, Children's Science Center, Northern Virginia Technology Council¹⁶⁾	-
Former¹⁷⁾ ¹⁸⁾
Sean Kelley	Executive Vice President, IT/Dev Operations (former)	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Leidos, United States Navy, United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Senior Executive Service, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Office of Attending Physician, SANS Institute, Government Innovation Technology Executive Council (GITEC)	Appointed November 16, 2018.¹⁹⁾ Hired at General Dynamics Information Technology on November 4, 2020.²⁰⁾
Terence Di Benigno	Senior Vice President, Business Development (former)	US Department of Homeland Security, MAXIMUS, American Council for Technology – Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Northern Virginia Technology Council	Hired September 30, 2019.²¹⁾
Travis Szabo	Senior Vice President, Business Development (former)	Octo Consulting, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), CSRA (now General Dynamics Information Technology)	Hired July 15, 2019.²²⁾
Beth Hiatt	SVP Operations & Delivery (former)	PayPal, b2t Solutions, Fannie Mae Corporation, ProLink Services	April 2015 - May 2019.²³⁾
Jay Wright	Senior Program Director; VP Financial Services (former)	Actualize Consulting, Freddie Mac, Opt2Web Technologies, Hewlett-Packard	September 2011 - March 2017.²⁴⁾

COVID-19

¹⁾

Contact Us. Unissant Corporate Website. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://archive.ph/GpmNB

²⁾

UNISSANT, INC. (2014). FedMine. https://web.archive.org/web/20220524015340/http://cloud.fedmine.us.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/userDownloadedfiles/Co_DUNS_623884660-UNISSANT_INC_1395683284_212574.pdf

³⁾

Unissant Solutions. Unissant Corporate Website. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://archive.ph/79q9A

⁴⁾

Rivers, B. M. (2020, November 16). Unissant Team Wins $182M CBP Vetting Tech Support Contract; Manish Malhotra Quoted. GovCon Wire. https://archive.ph/7Svh9

⁵⁾

Rivers, B. M. (2020, October 13). Unissant Books $230M in CBP Task Orders for Analytics, Targeting System Modernization Services. GovCon Wire. https://www.govconwire.com/2020/10/unissant-books-230m-in-cbp-task-orders-for-analytics-targeting-system-modernization-services/

⁶⁾

Partners & Affiliates. Unissant Corporate Website. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://archive.ph/jdiB9

⁷⁾

Unissant Inc. (2020, February 6). ISeeYouCare, Inc. Announces Strategic Alliance Partnership with Unissant, Inc. GlobeNewswire News Room. https://archive.ph/PMZ5O

⁸⁾

Experience - Manish Malhotra. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/manish-malhotra/details/experience/

⁹⁾

Ken Bonner, LFACHE. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenbonner/details/experience/

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Experience | Macon Hardy. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/macon-hardy-4a4a316/details/experience/

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Experience | Monty D’Ambrosio. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/monty-d-ambrosio-118b836/details/experience/

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Parvez Ahmed. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/parvez-ahmed-a51707180/

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Stephen Gehring, PMP, CSM. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephengehring/

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Sean Gilman. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/seangilman/

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Rob Simmons. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-a-simmons/

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Sumeet Shrivastava. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumeetshrivastava/

¹⁷⁾

Delivering Simplicity Through Innovation. (2020, August 8). Unissant Corporate Website. https://archive.ph/toGQ6

¹⁸⁾

Delivering Simplicity Through Innovation. (2015, October 2). Wayback Machine; Unissant Corporate Website. https://archive.ph/hvCMJ

¹⁹⁾

Meagher, J. (2018, November 16). IT and Cybersecurity Expert Sean Kelley Joins Unissant as EVP, IT/Dev Operations. Unissant Corporate Website. https://archive.ph/2IHq3

²⁰⁾

Nelson, M. (2020, November 4). Former VA Official Sean Kelley Takes VP Role at General Dynamics IT Unit. GovCon Wire. https://archive.ph/eDbqF

²¹⁾

Meagher, J. (2019, September 30). Terence Di Benigno joins Unissant as Senior Vice President, Business Development. Unissant Corporate Website. https://archive.ph/NudFx

²²⁾

Meagher, J. (2019, July 15). Unissant bolsters leadership team, adds Travis Szabo as Senior Vice President. Unissant Corporate Website. https://archive.ph/UjSpj

²³⁾

Beth Hiatt. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-hiatt-3177a710/

²⁴⁾

Jay Wright, PMP. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-wright-pmp-6944a37/

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