In 2003, Sonny Kakar founded and was the CEO of Sevatec, Inc., a national security technology firm focused on mission critical software solutions. Sonny led the strategic development, growth, and ultimate sale of Sevatec in 2020 to a private equity firm, which resold the combined entity in 2022 to IBM.

While CEO of Sevatec, Sonny founded SevaTruck Foundation in 2016, a non-profit food truck that serves hot, nutritionally balanced vegetarian meals to Title 1 schools and underserved communities across the Maryland, Virginia and DC region. Currently, SevaTruck serves approximately 2,000 meals per week to communities most impacted by socio-economic disparities and the effects of poverty.

Most recently, Sonny has launched an innovative co-working space concept called SevaSpaces. SevaSpaces focuses on building a learning and collaborative hybrid environment for the GovCon sector through access to expert speakers, shared services, business mentoring, and partnership opportunities across the ecosystem