About Porteon Systems

A two-person firm in Chesapeake, Virginia, built on firsthand experience securing and authorizing defense systems.

The company

Porteon Systems, LLC was formed in September 2026. It is veteran-owned and based in Hampton Roads, close to the Navy and defense installations it was set up to serve.

The name comes from porte, the French word for a gate or door. A gate is a point of control: it decides what passes and keeps a record of it. That is the work we do for the systems our customers depend on.

We are small on purpose. The two principals scope every engagement and perform it themselves, on site across Hampton Roads and remotely for customers nationwide.

The principals

Experience listed is each principal's own, gained with prior employers.

Claudiu (Alex) LaPorte

President & CEO

U.S. Navy veteran with a background in records governance, defense procurement, and enterprise IT support.

  • U.S. Navy veteran, 2010 to 2014.
  • Supported Microsoft Purview records management and Data Loss Prevention to protect Controlled Unclassified Information, aligned to Department of the Navy, DoD, and National Archives requirements.
  • Administered procurement and contract records under FAR and DFARS for maintenance of more than 40 naval vessels.
  • Performs vulnerability remediation, security patching, and Information Assurance compliance on Windows endpoints in a DoD enterprise environment.

Education and credentials

  • M.P.S. Artificial Intelligence, Georgetown University
  • M.P.S. Cybersecurity Risk Management, Georgetown University
  • B.S. Cybersecurity, Saint Leo University

Jemell D. Sanders

Chief Technology Officer

CISSP-certified security engineer with eight years in systems administration and information security for defense contractors.

  • Realigned more than 117 security controls from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 to Rev. 5 and maintained eMASS artifacts for ATO packages on standalone DoD systems.
  • Drove CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171 implementation across on-premise infrastructure.
  • Served four years as Senior Systems Administrator and ISSO, holding 99.9% uptime across classified and unclassified environments with DISA STIG compliance, SSPs, and POA&Ms.
  • Led six client migrations from legacy hosting to AWS with zero data loss.

Education and credentials

  • CISSP
  • CompTIA Security+
  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner
  • B.S. Information Science and Technology, George Mason University

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