Deborah Hunt is the founder, president and CEO of iPower LLC. An experienced professional and recognized visionary leader, Ms. Hunt has more than 30 years of executive level IT managerial and technical experience. Adept at providing hands-on leadership and direction in CMMI, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), NIST 800-171, biometrics systems engineering, quality assurance, internet and telecommunications arenas, she has consistently exceeded client expectations by appropriately matching scarce resources against competing priorities.
Ms. Hunt also served as an advisor to George Mason University's PTAC/SBDC and has been an adjunct professor at American University. Prior to founding iPower in 2001, Debbie was the Vice President/Director for IT Consulting and Integration Company where she was responsible for oversight, business development, business administration, and human resource management of a wide spectrum of IT programs, projects and task orders. During her tenure she grew her department by 100% and attained the company’s first SEI CMM certifications.
Debbie holds M.S., Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and B.S., Mathematics, Greensboro College. She is a certified PMP, certified CMMI Lead Appraiser, and a Certified CMMC Assessor (CCA).
Christine Saurini
Senior Manager
Christine Saurini is iPower LLC’s Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement and Co-Chair of iPower’s Program Management Office (PMO). In these roles, Christine is charged with ensuring iPower organizational goals and objectives are achieved while providing top quality service to our clients.
In her Continuous Improvement role, Christine is responsible for the delivery of process innovation and continuous improvement initiatives across the company to assist the CEO in strategically planning and driving iPower’s success and growth of the business and to ensure the organization and staff have the required certifications to be the leaders in our industry.
Christine has spent her career in continuous improvement and quality leadership positions for both government and commercial sectors. She holds an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University as well as multiple certifications to include ISO 9001/ ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, CMMI Professional, Six Sigma, and Certified CMMC Assessor (CCA). Christine is also the iPower Facility Security Officer (FSO) and Insider Threat Program Senior Officer (ITPSO). She is a thought leader in the continuous improvement, quality, and cybersecurity industries who has consulted hundreds of customers and participated in and lead teams in numerous appraisals, audits, and assessments.