Miles Jamison 
- Kesecker will establish a direct-to-government business line at Venntel
- Venntel will pursue data collaborations in maritime security and sanctions enforcement
- Kesecker previously led public sector sales and partnerships for Kpler
Venntel has appointed former Kpler and SAIC executive Brian Kesecker as vice president of national security. Kesecker, a 2026 Wash100 Award winner, announced his appointment Sunday in a LinkedIn post.
What Is Kesecker’s New Role at Venntel?
Kesecker is tasked with establishing a direct-to-government business line for Venntel. He is also responsible for developing partnerships with other commercial data providers. These efforts are intended to connect the company’s activity-based digital device intelligence with other information sources used in national security missions.
Venntel has identified maritime domain awareness, counter-proliferation, economic warfare, sanctions enforcement, counter-narcotics and supply chain security as potential areas for data collaboration.
Kesecker has also emphasized the need for centrally managed government data contracts as federal agencies adopt artificial intelligence-driven systems that rely on commercial datasets. He has said separate data agreements for individual tools can lead to duplicated contracts, inconsistent oversight and operational security risks.
Venntel also plans to work with WhiteSpark Labs to integrate its activity-based intelligence with other commercial data sources. Kesecker has identified expertise in integrating commercial telemetry data within Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information-cleared environments as important to the company’s growth.
Who Is Brian Kesecker?
Kesecker brings experience in government business development, national security and commercial intelligence data partnerships to Venntel. His career includes eight years working with defense and intelligence teams at Kpler and Sayari Labs, where he focused on incorporating ownership, trade and maritime data into mission workflows.
He spent three years at Kpler, where he served as executive director of government business and strategy, global head of defense and intelligence, and strategic adviser for the U.S. government business. Kpler promoted him to global head of defense and intelligence in March 2025, where he led public-sector sales and partnerships for North America.
During his tenure, Kesecker helped expand Kpler’s public sector presence and guided its strategy for defense, intelligence and civilian agencies seeking commercial intelligence sources. He was instrumental in establishing the company’s defense business over a two-year period.
His defense business responsibilities also included Kpler Defense, which the company developed to provide maritime threat intelligence directly to defense and intelligence analysts and operators. The offering draws on space-based imagery, automatic identification system vessel tracking, logistics insights and commodity trade flow data.
At Sayari Labs, he supported the company’s national security and law enforcement customer group through business development. Those customers focused on financial intelligence and supply chain risk analysis.
Kesecker also served as a federal account executive at Chainalysis, where his work focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain analytics for federal investigative agencies. He was director of business development at LG-TEK, where he oversaw capture management efforts.
His earlier roles included national security business development at SAIC and support for the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Program. At SAIC, his business development work supported Department of War initiatives. He supported the DISA program as a communications senior systems analyst, contributing to mission assurance efforts. He has also held federal account management positions at CenturyLink and Lexmark. He started his career as a senior solution consultant at Meridian.
