Meena Krishnan, Chairman and CEO
About Us
A strong believer in applying innovation at all levels, Meena is passionate about making a difference to Inoventures’ diverse customer-base. With 30 years of professional experience, Meena has delivered strategic solutions in the government, commercial and international markets. Realizing that change is the only constant, she believes in improving every aspect of performance with innovative methodologies to provide highest customer satisfaction. That is the single most differentiator at Inoventures.
Prior to serving the government contracting world, Meena was part of the Senior Management team at Verizon Business Research, supervising the development and implementation of econometric, forecasting and market segmentation models for Verizon Wireless, VISA, and various other business units, resulting in multi-million dollar portfolio assets and cost savings.
Meena strongly believes in helping the community. As the Chairman of a non-profit 501 (c) (3) Foundation called Save a Child Now, Meena works to effect the community positively. The foundation has won many national awards and has launched well-needed initiatives such as Project Touch, assisting close to 400 financially disadvantaged autistic children and young women in the US and around the Globe.
Meena is a Wharton Business School alumnus (WAM'13); she graduated Summa cum Laude with M.S. in Systems Engineering from George Mason University; She holds the Dean’s gold medal for graduating at the top of the class in M.S. Econometrics with Ph.D. Research Scholar experience in Econometrics. She also holds a B.S. in Mathematics.
Meena has been honored as the 2024 Woman Leader in Business by George Mason University, 2020 Enterprising Women Leader, 2019 HUBZone Business Owner of the Year, 2018 Women In Technology Leader, 2017 Minority Business Leader of the Year by Washington Business Journal and Inc 500 2016 Top 10 Women Business Leaders in the USA . She has been wriiten about in a book called The Founders by Michael Caldwell (available in Amazon) where in she shares her crucible story that lead to entreprenurship.
Meena loves running, reading books, watching football and movies with her two daughters and husband.
Alex Stern, Senior Operations Manager
Alex brings a combination of operational leadership, business development expertise, and data-driven decision-making to Inoventures. As Operations Manager, he leads day-to-day operations and business development activities for Inoventures helping ensure that the organization effectively supports its employees, customers, and strategic growth objectives.
Alex oversees a diverse portfolio of federal government projects, managing customer relationships, employee coordination, project performance, financial and administrative activities, and corporate reporting. He works closely with project teams and company leadership to address customer needs, resolve operational challenges, monitor performance, and ensure that projects remain aligned with contractual and organizational objectives.
In addition to his operational responsibilities, Alex plays a central role in Inoventures' business development efforts. He manages the full lifecycle of federal contracting opportunities, from identifying and evaluating opportunities through capture planning, teaming and partner coordination, proposal development, and contract administration. His experience includes technical proposal writing, pipeline management, recruiting, partner identification, and coordinating cross-functional teams to pursue new business opportunities.
Alex brings a strong analytical perspective to his work, holding a Master of Science in Data Science from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia. His technical background includes experience with R, Python, SAS, SQL, Excel, SharePoint, and Dynamics CRM, complementing his experience in performance reporting, strategic planning, and resource management.
Alex is interested in sports analytics and manages a blog on NFL analytics.
Karen Lou Dickey, Head of Corporate Finance
Karen brings more than 30 years of experience in accounting and finance, primarily for the federal government contracting industry, with expertise in corporate accounting, financial reporting, governance, and M&A activity.
Karen has held various financial and management positions with government contractors, of all sizes, in the D.C. Metropolitan area. She spent 17 years with Hadron, Inc. (later Analex and QinetiQ) climbing the corporate ladder from Accounting Clerk to Vice-President, Corporate Secretary. Karen also held key finance positions with Professional & Scientific Associates, Inc. (PSA), Serco, DRS, IDL Solutions, Inc. (a CACI company), and Primescape Solutions.
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Marymount University as well as an MBA from Virginia Tech. Karen is also a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Karen has run ten Marathons (26.2m) over the years and earned the "iron Woman" title in 2026. She is a great swimmer and completed the 4.4 mile Chesapeake Bay Swim in June of 2016. Karen is also a die-hard sports fan and an avid dog lover. She currently has 5 rescue dogs and is affiliated with numerous canine rescue leagues in the area.
Paula recently retired from the United States Department of Transportation as a senior executive Chief Information Officer and Associate Administrator for Administration. She has over 30 years of technical and management experience, including working for the Executive Office of the President.
Paula was a Federal 100 award winner for managing and influencing government systems, Who's Who in American Women, and received the Bronze Medal and Silver Medal for Leadership (three times). Paula has extensive experience leading the Homeland Security & Civilian Sectors for small and midsize government contractors, exceeding customer satisfaction, delivering highly sophisticated information technology solutions, and growing the civilian business.
Paula has a Master of Science degree in Public Administration, from the American University and a Bachelor of Art degree in Technology Management from the University of Maryland. She is a certified executive career coach.
Paula was recognized (and published as a “type of boss I want”) by Patricia P. Driscoll and Celia Straus for the book titled Hidden Battles on Unseen Fronts Stories of American Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD. Paula was interviewed (and published as a leader who gets results) by Jan Austin for the book titled What No One Ever Tells You About….Leading for Results….Best Practices from 101 Real-World Leaders.