A Diverse Team. One Goal in Mind.

SmarTek21’s leadership team brings together 30+ years of combined experience, shaped by careers across leading global companies and a wide range of industries. Their collective perspective, expertise, and commitment to people guide our teams forward and help turn bold ideas into meaningful outcomes.

Leadership Built Around Responsibility.

Our leadership doesn’t just strategize. We set the standard for hard work, innovation, and staying ahead of industry expectations.

Prioritizing the client

We develop secure, compliant solutions that improve patient outcomes and streamline healthcare operations.

Staying close to delivery

From strategy to implementation, our leadership remains connected to your teams, decisions, tradeoffs, and execution.

Thinking beyond the now

Every decision made keeps in mind the ever-changing landscape of the digital world.

Executive Leadership

Meet the People Leading the Work.

Business, technology, operations, engineering, and growth expertise brought together within one leadership team.

Al Lalji

Founder, Chief Executive Officer

"The strongest teams know what matters, why it matters, and who is accountable for moving it forward."

~ SmarTek21 leadership

Janice Krpan

Chief Operating Officer

Shawnna DelHierro

Chief Technology & Growth Officer

Dion Nair

Chief Executive Officer of South Africa, Middle East and Europe

Leadership

Expertise Across Enterprises.

Our strength lies in combining scale, expertise, and disciplined execution to deliver enterprise-grade results across industries.

Chris Boll

Executive Vice President of Global Sales & Alliance

Scott Lawrence

Sales Advisor to C-Level

Malika Ladak

Executive Vice President of Global Human Resources

Scott Pfeiffer

Executive Vice President of Global Finance

The Smartek21 Advantage

Leadership Built Around the Work, not Above it.

Who We Are

Global IT services and engineering firm helping enterprises innovate faster, smarter, and more competitively at scale.​

Track Record

Serving Fortune 500 clients across diverse verticals since 2006, accelerating billions in revenue.​

Our Talent

800+ specialists in AI, Cloud, Data Engineering, and more.​

Our Clients

Trusted by leading global enterprises across technology, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, and consumer industries.

Board Members & Observers

An Assembly of Professionals from every Industry.

Our leadership doesn’t just strategize. We set the standard for hard work, innovation, and staying ahead of industry expectations.

Al Lalji

Ashray Prasad

Walt Vester

Marty DeMonte

Richard Anfang

Martyn Molnar

Industry Advisors

Perspective Beyond the Business.

Industry advisors expand our perspective and help connect our strategy to the shifts happening across markets, industries, and technology.

Mayur Prabhu

Insurance & Technology Advisor

Francois Scheffer

Founder, Advisor

Theo Danzfuss

Founder, Advisor

Get in Touch

Let's Build what Comes Next.

We look forward to partnering with you to move AI from strategy to production, with the engineering depth, governance rigor, and delivery speed to drive measurable business outcomes.

Industry Advisors