On June 16, Sagewind Capital announced the appointment of Dalia Khanafseh as principal, portfolio operations. In this newly created role, Khanafseh will work directly alongside the leadership teams of Sagewind’s portfolio companies to support their growth and long-term success.
“The missions our portfolio companies support have never been more consequential, and the pace of change in defense and government technology has never been faster,” said Raj Kanodia, co-founder and president of Sagewind Capital. “Sagewind has always taken the long view, building businesses the right way, with the talent, infrastructure, and operational depth to deliver for their customers year after year. Bringing Dalia on board means our companies have even more support in doing exactly that.”
Khanafseh brings over 15 years of experience leading growth transformations at government technology businesses. She joins Sagewind from Astrion, where she served as Senior Vice President of Transformation, leading two consecutive integrations that built Astrion into a scaled, mission-focused government technology business. Prior to Astrion, she served as Director of Customer Success Strategy at Appian Corporation, where she led the development of a customer success methodology for Appian’s most strategic customers. Earlier in her career, Khanafseh spent more than a decade at LMI in operational and growth leadership roles.
“The businesses in Sagewind’s portfolio are solving hard problems for customers who can’t afford failure,” said Khanafseh. “I’ve lived a lot of the same challenges that our companies face – the hard integrations, the scaling decisions, the moments where everything is moving at once. I know how demanding this work is, and I’m genuinely excited to be a resource for our teams as they navigate it.”
This appointment follows Sagewind’s recently announced sale of Aechelon to ShieldAI, a milestone that reflects Sagewind’s track record of building defense and government technology businesses into market-defining platforms, the company said.
Source: Sagewind Capital
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