Srikant Mantravadi

Senior Mission Architect

OMNI

Srikant Mantravadi is the Senior Mission Architect for OMNI’s Space and Command and Control Portfolio. He works with OMNI’s customers to define their most complex mission problems and works with the OMNI team to solve those problems and deliver mission outcomes. A career space, cyberspace, and combat planner, he retired from the Air Force in 2014 from HQ Air Force Space Command as the Deputy Chief of the Cyber Networks Division, where he was responsible for all cyberspace requirements support. He culminated a 20-year career in various cyber communications, and information assignments. Srikant worked in assignments with DIA, SOCEUR, NATO, USAFE, the Air Force Inspection Agency, and software development for the Defense Support Program. Srikant brings a disruptive mindset to creatively and energetically break down stovepipes and roadblocks. He has 12 years of industry experience as a capture manager, solutions architect, Chief Technology Officer, and mission architect. Srikant provided direct support to innovate and transform missions including Air Force Cloud One, Air Combat Command cybersecurity and cloud capabilities, the Combined Air Operations Center-Experimentation, and IT services for the Air Force National Capital Region. In addition, he has supported United States Special Operations Command, United States Army Pacific, the National Reconnaissance Office and the Navy Overmatch software factory. A critical feature of his time in industry, Srikant has provided multiple customers prototype capabilities for multi-level security, hybrid cloud, and AI/ML and worked with agencies across the federal government to transform these prototypes to production grade capabilities. He graduated with a bachelor’s from Duke University in 1994 and received a master’s from American University in 2002. He also is a Certified Information Systems Security Association Fellow and a Certified Cloud Practitioner.

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