Leadership

Insyndia's founders have a wealth of knowledge and experience in IT infrastructure architecture, business operations, project management, program management, software development and architecture, security management and consulting, software testing, technical writing, sales and marketing, and many other facets related to business and technology. The management team consists of three core members:

Kevin Casey | CEO | Insyndia Corporation
Kevin Casey has over 20 years of experience advancing the strategic goals of organizations worldwide in the government and commercial sectors. Mr. Casey was influential in meeting or exceeding the sales milestones and financial projections for five start-up companies with global sales pipelines including Top Layer Networks and Alcatel. Most recently, Mr. Casey served as the VP of Field Engineering at Security Software Company and was responsible for overseeing worldwide technical sales.

Kevin spent much of his youth in the developing world, specifically Africa and the Middle East.  This provided him a unique perspective on how to accomplish tasks in environments that are not conducive to their success.  This extensive experience in hostile and inhospitable regions gave him the experience to deliver where many others simply cannot.  Mr. Casey is also a decorated Persian Gulf disabled Army veteran.  In addition to his Insyndia CEO duties, Mr. Casey is driving Insyndia’s infrastructure practice.  Mr. Casey studied at the University of Heidelberg and the Microcomputer Technology Center in Boise, Idaho.

John Haggard | Managing Partner | Insyndia Global
John is a pioneer in the design, development, and delivery of advanced state-of-the-art information security products for 65% of international corporate, government, and educational institutions for over 25 years. He has extensive experience ranging from large mainframe enterprise systems to large Internet distributed systems. He was a member of an elite team that developed and deployed the world's first extended user authentication infrastructure for authentication beyond passwords in the mid 1980's. John served as the ACF2 Development Manager for SKK. Inc., then as Product Owner of the Security, Control, and Audit division of CA (NYSE: CA) until 1994. Since then John, has led startup companies deploying biometrics and one time passwords servicing international financial institutions. John served as President, COO, and CTO of VASCO Data Security International (Nasdaq: VDSI), bringing that company into the market in 1994. Since 2000, he has served on the board of directors for numerous intellectual property companies in the field of advanced smart card technologies related to authentication and security. John has a BS in Computer Science, from Northern Illinois University.

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Lance Gaines | Partner | Insyndia Global
Lance Gaines has been a business entrepreneur with extensive experience supporting commercial and government sectors. With more than 15 years at different start-ups, Lance is an expert in the nuances that take companies off the ground, from the basic business fundamentals and management process to identifying and retaining talent. Lance is passionate about applying the appropriate solution to the correct problem that benefits all stakeholders.

At 22, he co-founded and managed a technology and media company executing successfully on many projects in a variety of industries. Lance later joined Avanade, a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft. He worked as a systems engineer and with the internal corporate strategy group. Most recently, prior to founding Insyndia, Lance was employed at a security software development company where he was an integral driver for the development of the company’s product suite servicing both commercial and government customers. He worked with a team of software developers and engineers in a fast paced environment, holding many different positions including CTO. Currently he is an active member of the Insyndia management team, directing business operations and performing technical consulting with many different customers.  Lance is an accomplished technical evangelist and systems engineer and has had the privilege to speak at many different conferences and events.

Kenneth McLarin | Managing Partner | Descry Staffing & Consulting
Kenneth McLarin has over 15 years of experience leading teams and delivering real world solutions to solve complex technical and business problems.  Prior to joining Insyndia, Kenneth spent 8+ years with Allyis, a consulting company that specialized in Technical consulting and staffing with Microsoft.  As a Senior Account Manager, Kenneth was charged with growing and expanding business opportunities through recruitment and development of key talent. His leadership at Allyis contributed to the unique employee-friendly company culture that motivated results and ensured client expectations were exceeded.

Working closely with Microsoft, Kenneth developed teams and solutions across multiple platforms and groups.  These successes led to explosive growth at Allyis, resulting in six consecutive years of recognition by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the 100 fastest growing companies in the Northwest Region.  In 2009-2010, Kenneth booked sales in excess of 7 million USD.  Efforts to protect company culture also led to Allyis being recognized by Washington CEO magazine as the “Best medium sized company to work for.” Kenneth now leverages this recognized experience with his natural leadership ability in guiding Insyndia’s global professional staffing business.