Zia Islam

President and CEO

Zia Islam provides strategic direction for the corporation, bringing a fresh commercial perspective to Federal Government services. Prior to establishing Zantech in 2007, Mr. Islam spent 14 years at General Motors Corporation as a Senior Project Manager. He focused on continuous process improvement, earning the ASI Six Sigma “Black Belt Award” for Design and receiving the GM Chairman’s Honors award. He brings the same quality focus to Zantech. Mr. Islam received an M.S. degree in Systems Engineering from Ohio University. In addition, he holds B.S and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Aligarh University, having received an Aligarh University “Gold Medal” upon completing his Masters degree.

Dr. J. Greg Hanson (Greg)

Executive Vice President and COO

Dr. Hanson is responsible for all of Zantech’s operating activities, including business development, revenue and sales growth, contract management, execution and delivery. Dr. Hanson brings more than 30 years of experience in leadership positions in the Federal defense and civilian sectors as well as industry and academia. He has served as President, General Manager, COO, CIO, and CTO for high-technology and IT services companies ranging in size to more than $400M in annual revenue. Dr. Hanson was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the U.S. Senate where he was responsible for technology vision, strategy, and operations of a 500-person organization and a $150M budget. Prior to joining industry in 1997, Dr. Hanson had a distinguished career in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as Chief Software Engineer at USAF Headquarters. Dr. Hanson earned his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida, an MS in Information Systems from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, and a BS from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

R. Scott Milner (Scott)

Vice President for DHS Operations

Mr. Milner is responsible for Zantech’s DHS operating activities, including contract management, execution, client delivery, business development, revenue and sales growth. Mr. Milner brings more than 18 years of professional leadership experience in government and industry program management across the business, acquisition, and system engineering life-cycles for DHS and DoD clients. He has served as Director, Senior Associate, and Lead Systems Engineer for small and large IT consulting and aerospace companies. Most recently, Mr. Milner provided leadership to a diverse team of over 170 cross functional staff and a business portfolio of $90M across DHS. Mr. Milner earned his PMP from the Project Management Institute, an MS in Engineering Management/Systems Engineering from The George Washington University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Business Development Team

Missie Knight

Director, DOD and Federal Civilian Business Development

Missie Knight has more than 15 years of experience in direct sales in support of engineering and information technology services and human resource management. Ms. Knight has an extensive background in supporting mission-specific science, engineering and IT services, including business development, organizational leadership, and market analysis, within the Federal Government market. Prior to joining Zantech, Ms. Knight served as Director of Operations for Millennium Scan International (MSI) where she was responsible for business operations. Prior to MSI, she served in a number of leadership roles in the government contracting arena for Perot Systems Government Services (PSGS), QSS Group, Inc. and Aerotek’s Contract Engineering Services. Ms. Knight works primarily out of our Cincinnati, OH office.

Diane Cremer

Director, Business Development

Diane Cremer has more than 35 years of senior-level experience in new business development and capture management. Ms. Cremer is recognized for her ability to effectively prioritize activities and achieve defined objectives, and the ability to translate business requirements into major revenue sources. Ms. Cremer brings a strong skill set of business solutions, marketing and technical sales management from her involvement working with the DOD. Ms. Cremer is an active member in Armed Forces and Communications and Electronic Association (AFCEA), Women in Defense (WID), National Defense Industry Association (NDIA), Armed Forces Military Comptroller Association (AFMCA).

Taylor Marcum

Director, Business Development

Taylor Marcum has more than 17 years experience in business development. Taylor brings a strong skill set of identity management experience with biometrics and contacts in DOD, and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. Prior to joining Zantech, Mr. Marcum’s experience includes providing contract mission support services to the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), managing DOD National Capital Region (NCR) implementations of FIPs 201 and FICAM to include integrated PACS / LACS and multimodal biometric solutions.

Deanna Winstead

Proposal Manager and Marketing Lead

Deanna Winstead drives Zantech’s proposal development process with more than 12 years of experience supporting proposal efforts for Federal Government contracts as well as making contributions to social science research in the areas of education, workforce development, school violence prevention, substance abuse prevention, and child abuse and neglect prevention. Dr. Winstead’s proposal efforts have focused on federal government and civilian programs that primarily provide information technology, systems engineering, logistics support, and health IT services. Overseeing corporate marketing and branding are also key components of Dr. Winstead’s skill set. Dr. Winstead earned her PhD in Research Methodology from George Mason University, a MEd in Educational Psychology with a concentration in assessment, curriculum, and evaluation, and a BA in Psychology.