April Nadeau, SVP of Department of Defense Programs at Sentar

April Nadeau serves as senior vice president of Department of Defense programs at Sentar, a woman-owned small business that specializes in systems engineering and cyber intelligence.

Sentar says it provides solutions in data protection, cyber vulnerability mitigation, proactive threat identification, integrated systems security and cyber resilience.

In her role as SVP, Nadeau is responsible for multiple projects across Sentar’s Navy, Marine Corps and health information technology programs.

Sentar said Nadeau is also a member of its board of directors and is responsible for developing strategic ways to improve the company’s reach and reputation.

According to Sentar, Nadeau’s efforts earned the company recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina for 2016 through 2020 and as one of the Best Places to Work in San Antonio for 2020.

She joined Sentar in March 2013 as her current division’s manager and was promoted to her SVP role in February 2016.

As division manager, she managed programs and processes for task orders from the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Nadeau said she also served as a technical recruiter for Sentar, responsible for screening applicants for technical roles such as software engineer, cybersecurity engineer, intelligence analyst, malware analyst, systems engineer and computer programmer.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Tulane University.