Robert Levine - CEO

Robert Levine brings more than 25 years of technology management experience to SENA Systems that includes significant customer and vendor side enterprise software and knowledge. Robert has served as SENA’s CEO since 2001 and with the SENA management team has overseen its growth in the US and the India operations center as well as its merger with aurionPro Solutions LTD.  Prior to joining SENA Systems, Robert worked for Venture Consulting Group, Inc. a provider of management services to early stage and restructuring companies, as a strategic business advisor to both public and private companies.

Prior to VCG, Robert served as the VP of Business Development for Transindigo, a startup e-infrastructure company providing mission critical solutions for securely managing transactional entitlements and authorizations that was sold to RSA. Robert also served as the co-concept originator, interim CEO and technical advisor to Transindigo prior to its launch in January 2000. Prior to Transindigo, Robert served as Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Strategic Ventures and as Managing Director in Bankers Trust's Technology and Operations Group where he was a member of the management team responsible for Global Technology Infrastructure. Robert served on the board of IQ Financial, a global software supplier of front, middle and back-office financial services technology selling to global financial firms that was later sold to Misys.  He also served as the technical advisory board of mFormation a wireless network management products and services company. Robert was a founding member and Vice President of SIMC, a nonprofit organization, that focused on advancing the capabilities of middleware in the financial services industry.  Robert is a strong believer of community service and currently serves in a Line Officer capacity as Sergeant of his local community EMS Rescue Squad

Maneesh Bhandari - President

Maneesh Bhandari founded SENA Systems in 1999. Maneesh has over 17 years of experience in Application Security & Identity Management. Prior to forming SENA Systems, Maneesh was VP of Security Architecture at Citigroup. In this role he architected and managed one of the first successful application security products and framework in the industry called CitiSAFE. This platform provided Web & legacy Single Sign-On, Authorization, and Provisioning and was deployed globally at Citigroup across the business lines. Maneesh was also the primary architect on a security authorization partnership project between Citigroup and Hewlett Packard that led to their Presidium line of products. Since starting SENA Systems, he has worked with a wide range of clients as a trusted security advisor including many large global financial services companies. Maneesh has represented in several standards organizations such as The Open Group, OMG, OASIS (SAML, SPML), SIMC and holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, and MBA from Stern School of Business, New York University. Maneesh is also on the industry advisory board of Electrical and Computer Engineering department of New Jersey Institute of Technology and Aravali Institute of Management, Jodhpur, India.

Peter Brannigan - Global Delivery Manager

Peter Brannigan has been delivering projects to Fortune 100 companies for over 14 years.  Prior to SENA Systems, Peter was a director at Viecore Inc. a world class Systems Integration Company for Voice Recognition systems.  He was responsible for the overall planning and coordination of resources, projects and technologies with multiple business partners.  He was accountable for the day-to-day management and delivery of high end customer solutions.  Recent engagements included the overall responsibility for the global deployment of Voice Recognition solutions for General Electric in eight countries on three continents.  Other clients include E*Trade Bank, Southwest Airlines and Fidelity National Information Services.  He also held responsibility for the hiring, growth, training, and retention of technical staff in the Financial Services Practice.  Peter earned his B.A. in Economics from University College Cork in Ireland.

Rajnish Roy - India Delivery Manager

Rajnish Roy brings more than 9 years of application/product development and management experience to SENA Systems that includes significant off-shore application development experience. As the regional delivery manager, Rajnish is resposible for all projects delivered from the Software Development Center. Prior to joining SENA Systems, Rajnish led various off-shore development projects for TechSpan. Prior to joining TechSpan, Rajnish was a senior developer with Citigroup and contributed to the design and development of an application security product. Rajnish holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, India.

Swapnil Mehta – Director, Global Access Management Practice

Swapnil is the Global Director of the Access Management Practice and a member of SENA’s Office of the CTO covering – Authentication, Single Sign-On, Strong Authentication, Entitlements and Federation. He has been working in the field of Identity & Access Management for more than 10 years and has wide experience in designing and implementing Access Management solutions. Since joining SENA in 2001, he has been the leading force behind SENA’s Access Practice and has been instrumental in the rapid expansion of SENA’s capabilities. In his capacity as the Practice Director, Swapnil facilitates sales and relationship management with clients and vendors as well as working to ensure the technology solutions exceed customer expectations.  Prior to joining SENA, Swapnil worked at Citigroup. He holds a B.E. in Instrumentation Engineering from BITS Pilani, India

Ravi Boppe – Director, Global Intellectual Property & Authorization Practice

Ravi serves as the Director of Global Intellectual Property & Authorization Practice and is a member of SENA’s Office of the CTO covering the authorization domain with a focus on fine-grained entitlements. Ravi has worked in the technology field for more than 12 years and brings broad management and technical expertise covering application architecture, development and information security. Since joining SENA, Ravi has led efforts to manage SENA’s intellectual property, as well as various client engagements designing and implementing fine-grained authorization solutions. In his capacity as a Director, he is responsible for sales, client and vendor relationships, strategic planning and growth of the practice globally. Prior to joining SENA, Ravi held positions managing application architecture and security for IT solutions in the Manufacturing sector. Ravi holds a BS from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, a MS and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech.