Our Leadership

Shiva Ramasamy

Chief Executive Officer

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Shiva is a result-driven leader with 20 years of Government technology services, sales IT strategy and delivery experience.

As Chief Executive Officer, Shiva leads i-Link Solutions by:

• Overseeing all operations, strategic planning, finance, talent acquisition and personnel management.
• Overseeing Corporate development, innovation and technology investments.
• Conceptualizing, developing, and implementing solutions for complex business problems.
• Building and motivating high performance teams for business objectives.

Chocks Solaiappan

President

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As a co-founder of i-Link Solutions, Chocks has spent over 18 years growing i-Link Solutions’ federal, state and commercial business.

Chocks’ day-to-day focus includes:

• Creating and managing trusted relationships with clients and strategic partners.
• Driving strategic growth operations through highly innovative solutions.
• Leading clients through transformation of their organizations using innovative technologies and business practices.
• Navigating and resolving complex delivery issues.

Devon Wright

Director Government Relations

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Devon Wright has always had a knack for customer relations, a skill he has been using at i-Link Solutions since 2017.

Devon supports i-Link Solutions in many ways including:

• Utilizing his 30 years of experience with US immigration laws to provide strategic direction to i-Link Solutions.
• Ensuring i-Link Solutions is compliant with all government rules and regulations.
• Identifying and capturing new State and Commercial opportunities.
• Acting as Program Manager for i-Link Solutions’ expanding NY-HBITS contract.

Saro Ramakrishnan

Sr. Technical Director

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Saro has 28 years of experience working across various Federal agencies, Financial services, and commercial industry providing IT Leadership, Strategy, Proposal Support, Solution Architecture, and Enterprise Architecture successfully. He comes from a strong Development background. He has helped organizations from different positions in their Digital Transformation journey leveraging emerging technologies, and new products with an enterprise vision, focus on cybersecurity, efficiency, scalability, and cost optimization. He has strengthened the IV&V process, enhanced automation to deliver quality products that customers can entrust upon. He is certified in both AWS and Azure. He has finished his Master of Information Technology from Virginia Tech with concentrations in AI/ML, Cyber Security, IoT, Big Data, and IT Leadership.

Saro supports i-Link Solutions in many ways including:

• Providing Technical leadership comprising solutions, strategies, program execution, and improving customer satisfaction across our Federal, State and Commercial engagements.
• Supporting business on proposal responses, leaderships on strategic direction, growth, and engagements with potential and existing team partners.
• Driving Technology Innovation by managing Innovations Lab, helping existing and potential customers through solutions from Innovations Lab.
• Planning and executing technical strategies on company’s internal investment activities.

Joe Schray, PMP

Director, Program Management

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Joe Schray is Director Program Management at i-Link Solutions, a national provider of strategic IT technology solutions serving defense, state, and federal government customers.

Prior to joining i-Link Solutions in August 2022, Mr. Schray enjoyed 33 successful years with Raytheon Technologies, where he held a number of key positions, most recently serving as the Associate Director of the Navy Unmanned and Mission Management Solutions Program Area.

Joe supports i-Link Solutions in many ways including:

• Leading i-Link Solutions’ Program Management in the Federal Services space.
• Developing new strategies to support Business Development and company revenue growth.
• Leading standards for business capture and managing new pursuits.
• Supporting proposal development and business capture management.

Rina Weber

Sr. Human Resources Manager

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Rina Weber is the Sr. Human Resources Manager at i-Link Solutions, a national provider of strategic IT technology solutions serving defense, state, and federal government customers.

Prior to joining i-Link Solutions in 2023, Rina contributed 21+ years in HR, excelling in compliance, organizational development, employee relations, rewards strategy, talent acquisition, and workforce management. Engaged in government contracting since 2010, she collaborated with diverse agencies, from small to large enterprises.

Rina supports i-Link Solutions in many ways including:

• Handling employee performance, relations, and maintaining a corporate culture of work-life balance at i-Link Solutions.
• Focus on matters that will attract and retain top talent.
• Leading diplomatic solutions to common and complex situations alike.
• Compliance reporting, HRIS implementations and other key Human Resources functions.

Natassia Da Silva

Contracts Manager

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Natassia joined i-Link Solutions in 2017 as a contract manager. Her extensive experience has contributed to i-Link Solutions’ growth.

Natassia supports i-Link Solutions in many ways including:

• Managing the full contract lifecycle for Government and Commercial clients.
• Exceptional contract oversight and management skills.
• Ensuring i-Link Solutions’ compliance and adherence to all federal, state and local regulations.
• Monitoring delivery schedules, pricing and terms and conditions.

Lisa Diernisse

Federal Contracts Manager

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Lisa Diernisse is the Federal Contracts Manager of i-Link Solutions. Lisa has 35 years of experience in the federal contracting sector including 17 years in supervisory/management roles. She has served in numerous agencies as a Contracting Officer with an unlimited warrant, up to the GS-15 and Division Director levels, and on the industry side for approximately half her career as an acquisition subject matter expert consultant, project manager and corporate contracting manager. 

Lisa has a uniquely broad and deep understanding of federal contracting, in all facets of acquisition, gained through working for or in every branch of the military, four agencies of the DoD 4^th Estate as well as the General Services Administration, Dept. of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Naturalization Service, Dept. of Treasury, FDIC, and the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. She is DAWIA III certified in acquisition and is a Certified Public Contracts Manager (CPCM).

Lisa supports i-Link Solutions in many ways:

• Manages federal contracts and subcontracts including contract reporting and compliance.
• Negotiates and executes teaming agreements and subcontracts.
• Assists with business development efforts and proposal submission; drafts and executes contractual portions of proposals.

Manju Balakrishnan

Compliance & Immigration Manager

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Manju Balakrishnan is the Compliance and Immigration Manager at i-Link Solutions. Manju joined i-Link Solutions in August 2020.

Prior to joining i-Link Solutions, she worked in immigration related roles for a sizable IT staffing and recruiting firm. Manju’s unique background has provided her with expert insight into the day-to-day immigration challenges that companies, and employees encounter in a dynamic and expanding business environment. This perspective has proven to be incredibly valuable to i-Link Solutions employees and their onboarding process.

Manju supports i-Link Solutions in many ways, including:

• Providing guidance to our employees with their immigration life cycles from initial evaluation to permanent residency. 
• Ensuring the company and employees are compliant with the most current federal and state immigration laws.

Jason Olsavsky

Senior Federal Recruiter

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Jason Olsavsky is the Sr. Recruiter at i-Link Solutions and has over 25 years of technology focused recruiting experience in support of US Federal Government agencies (Civilian, DoD, IC) and Commercial companies across the US.

Throughout his career, Jason has been responsible for full lifecycle recruiting, managing personnel in the field, recruiter training, recruiting policy & procedure development, and labor pricing & cost analysis – while working for diverse small/medium sized businesses to some of the largest HR Services companies in the world.

Jason supports i-Link Solutions in many ways including:

• Focused recruiting in support of i-Link Federal Government contracts.
• Work with management on key internal hiring.
• Further develop and formalize the i-Link Federal recruitment process.
• Work with i-Link Federal team on pricing for future Federal program bids and proposals.
• Assist HR in onboarding of i-Link personnel.

Mary Grace Humes

Proposal Coordinator

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Mary Grace Humes is the Proposal Coordinator for the Federal Services department at i-Link Solutions, a national provider of strategic IT technology solutions serving defense, state, and federal government customers.

Prior to joining i-Link Solutions in July 2022, Mary Grace participated in a Finance Leadership Development Program with a firm in the Richmond, VA area.  Mary Grace graduated from Christopher Newport University, where she was a member of CNU President’s Leadership Program.  During several internships, Mary Grace has supported federal government proposal efforts in a similar proposal coordinator role. 

Mary Grace supports i-Link Solutions in many ways including:

• Provides assistance in identifying, researching, and qualifying opportunities to build a pipeline that is consistent with achieving the company’s strategic goals. 
• Assists in capture management activities.
• Supports proposal/response development: Coordinates between internal and external proposal resources, and assists in developing, reviewing, and editing technical, cost, management, and past performance proposal content.