Leadership & Governance
The people accountable for
how DareTechX delivers.
Our board carries direct responsibility for strategy, security and delivery across every engagement — from applied AI and SaaS platforms to the cybersecurity that protects them.
Vision & Mission
What the board is steering towards.
Our vision
To be the engineering partner American businesses trust with the systems they cannot afford to get wrong — artificial intelligence in production, software that scales, and security that holds under scrutiny.
Our mission
To close the last mile between promising technology and working systems. We embed senior engineers inside our clients' teams, own the problem end to end, and hand back platforms our clients can run themselves.
Board of Directors
Named accountability, not an anonymous leadership page.
Every seat on our board carries a defined remit. Clients in regulated sectors ask who is accountable when something goes wrong — this page answers that before it is asked.
Board Member
Therita McNeil
President & Managing Director (USA)
Therita McNeil is President & Managing Director (USA) at DareTechX. She leads the US business with responsibility for strategic growth, partnerships, client relationships and executive management across the firm's software, AI and cybersecurity engagements.
- USA Branch Leadership
- Business Development
- Strategic Partnerships
- Executive Management
- Client Relations
Board Member
Syeda Shahnoor
Chief Executive Officer
Syeda Shahnoor is Chief Executive Officer of DareTechX. She provides overall organisational leadership spanning technology strategy, applied AI, programme management, business operations, growth strategy and the long-term direction of the engineering organisation.
- Executive Leadership
- AI & Technology
- Programme Management
- Business Strategy
- Operations & Growth
Board Member
Emmanuel Powe
Chief Operating Officer
Emmanuel Powe is Chief Operating Officer at DareTechX. He focuses on operations management, public relations, stakeholder engagement, business communications and the organisational execution that keeps delivery consistent across US engagements.
- Operations Management
- Public Relations
- Stakeholder Relations
- Business Communications
- Organisational Execution
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Governance
How the board operates
Strategic oversight
The board sets direction and reviews performance against it every quarter. Growth decisions are made on evidence, not on optimism.
Security and risk governance
Client data and regulated workloads sit under board-level accountability. The risk register is reviewed at board cadence, never left to a project team.
Delivery assurance
Major engagements are reviewed independently of the delivery team. If a programme drifts, it reaches the board before it reaches the client.
Leadership Principles
How this board expects the firm to behave.
Accountability has a name.
Every engagement maps to a named director. Clients always know who answers for it.
Decisions in the open.
Scope, risk and cost are discussed with clients directly, not managed around them.
Security is a board matter.
Posture and compliance are governed at board level, not delegated to a checklist.
Measured on outcomes.
The board reviews what shipped and what it changed — not hours billed.
Want the board's view on your programme?
Engagements above a certain scale get board-level review as standard. Tell us what you are planning.