HERNDON, VA – Karsun Solutions announces the formation of a new Data Practice within the Karsun Innovation Center (KIC). Leveraging his 20 plus years in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing, Shaunak Ashtaputre was named the practice lead. This new practice will focus on data modernization, advanced analytics, and data security as key growth areas.

The organization’s continued investment in Data Modernization innovation is an extension of Karsun Solutions’ Enterprise Modernization and Advanced Analytics expertise. Through this new practice the organization will expand its DevSecOps offerings by melding data integration resources into KIC ongoing initiatives. Some key objectives include:

• Building a Data Modernization Innovation Lab within KIC
• Identifying and nurturing partnerships with key vendors and their ecosystems
• Establishing a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Data Modernization and DataOps
• Attracting and nurturing expert-level talent in Data Modernization and Advanced Analytics
• Guiding and assisting with RFP/RFI responses in the areas of Data and Advanced Analytics
• Creating expertise in data migration and modernization related to AWS services
• Creating a cohesive practice and level of expertise across Karsun programs and contracts

With the implementation of the new Data Practice Karsun Solutions continues to establish itself as a one-stop Data-Migration and Modernization shop.

About Shaunak Ashtaputre

Shaunak Ashtaputre has more than 20 years of industry experience, with extensive engagements in Business Intelligence Data Warehousing and other business intelligence initiatives including strategy, architecture, data management, security, design, and delivery across several industry verticals including the Public Sector. Prior to joining Karsun, he ran an analytics consulting small business for several years. Under Karsun Solutions Advanced Analytics practice he currently leads GSA’s analytics, data warehousing, and big data platform. He is responsible for new business across the business intelligence and big data verticals.

About Karsun Solutions

Established in 2009, Karsun Solutions is a premier consulting firm delivering a portfolio of enterprise modernization services to its federal and commercial customers. Its core competencies include Modern Software Development, Cloud Solutions and Advanced Analytics. Its proprietary GoLean® software development methodology combines Agile, Lean, Kanban and DevOps practices throughout the software development lifecycle. The GoLean.io Software-as-a-Service provides a lean management tool-kit combining the best of these practices. Beginning in 2015, Karsun has ranked yearly among the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing US Companies. It was also recognized among the Washington Business Journal’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies. Karsun’s quality, development, and information security practices include CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000 and ISO 27001 certifications.

HERNDON, VA- Karsun Solutions, LLC is pleased to announce the organization was named a 2018 Moxie Award finalist. The Moxie Award recognizes bold and innovative companies in the DC metro area.

“I want to congratulate our team for enabling us to be recognized among the boldest and most innovative organizations in the D.C. metro community,” Karsun Solutions Chief Executive Officer Sundar Vaidyanathan said. “Innovation through technology and the creativity of our people propels our success and the success of our clients.”

Innovation is one of the organization’s core values. A proactive approach to developing technology solutions accelerated the company’s growth as it won multiple $100 million plus prime contracts serving the U.S. Federal Government. Karsun leadership prioritizes investment in innovation. The Karsun Innovation Center (KIC) is the organization’s in-house research and development unit. KIC teams identify real-life business challenges, prototype solutions, and expand the organization’s product offerings.

Finalists were recently announced by Sarah Cody, the 2018 Moxie Award executive chairwoman.

“We received an unprecedented number of entries,” Cody said. “We look forward to revealing the winners at the 2018 Moxie Award celebration on Oct. 11 at The Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner.”

A complete list of finalists can be found at https://moxieaward.com.

About Karsun Solutions

Established in 2009, Karsun Solutions is a premier consulting firm delivering a portfolio of enterprise modernization services to its federal and commercial customers. Its core competencies include Modern Software Development, Cloud Solutions and Advanced Analytics. Its proprietary GoLean® software development methodology combines Agile, Lean, Kanban and DevOps practices throughout the software development lifecycle. The recently released GoLean.io Software-as-a-Service provides a lean management tool-kit combining the best of these practices. Beginning in 2015, Karsun has ranked yearly among the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing US Companies. It was also recognized among the Washington Business Journal’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies. Karsun’s quality, development, and information security practices include CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000 and ISO 27001 certifications.

Karsun Solutions’ Jay Kondapalli has graduated from the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council’s (ACT-IAC) 2017 Partners Program. The yearlong program prepares senior executives for leadership within their organizations. As a Partner, Jay follows in the footsteps of prior Karsun ACT-IAC Fellows including Co-Founder Sundar Vaidyanathan (2010), COO Terry Miller (2010), Badri Sriraman (2015), Rajaji Bellamkonda (2016), and Juan Robles (2017).

In June, Mr. Kondapalli was announced as the Program Manager for the $110 million General Services Administration (GSA) CAMEO Small Business contract. Prior to joining Karsun Jay held leadership positions at Booz Allen Hamilton and Unisys Corporation supporting the delivery and operations for multiple complex applications in GSA Federal Acquisition Service. He was involved in the Acquisition Process Improvement (API) and IT Alignment Project that maximizes the effectiveness of GSA’s offerings to help its customers in acquisition.  He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in India and a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications.

Karsun Solutions was named among the 50 fastest growing companies in Washington, DC and the surrounding area. The Washington Business Journal recently recognized Karsun Solutions among its 50 Fastest Growing Companies. The award acknowledges organizations in the greater DC region undergoing phenomenal growth. In addition to its established work as the prime on the General Services Administration’s $110 million CAMEO Small Business contract, the organization was recently awarded a $145 million contract with the Federal Aviation Administration. In August the organization was listed in the Inc. 5000 for the third year in a row.

Karsun celebrates growth at our April 2017 Town Hall

About Karsun Solutions

Established in 2009, Karsun Solutions is a premier consulting firm delivering a portfolio of enterprise modernization services including Modern Software Development, Cloud Solutions, and Advanced Analytics. Its proprietary GoLean® software development methodology combines Agile, Lean, Kanban and DevOps practices throughout the software development lifecycle. The recently released GoLean.io Software-as-a-Service provides a lean management tool-kit combining the best of these practices. Karsun’s quality, development, and information security practices include CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000 and ISO 27001 certifications.

Karsun ranked among the 2017 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private U.S. Companies. This is the firm’s third year in a row ranking on the Inc. 5000. The Government services provider has seen 243% growth in its trailing 3-year annual revenue and moved up 900 places from its 2016 ranking.

Founded in 2009, Karsun offers a portfolio of Enterprise Modernizations services to Federal and commercial clients. The organization’s premier clients include the General Services Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Their recently launched GoLean.io Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) brings the best of Karsun’s proprietary GoLean methodology out of the Federal space and into the commercial realm. Karsun’s established quality, development, and information security practices, including CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000, and ISO 27001 certifications, make them a preferred partner for any organization, be it public sector or private enterprise.

Read the complete Inc. profile here.

Sundar Vaidyanathan, Chief Executive Officer of Karsun Solutions, has been elected to a second term on the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) Executive Committee. He will continue as a Vice Chair at Large on the Industry Advisory Council’s Executive Committee. Committee members were announced at ACT-IAC’s recent annual Management of Change event.

Mr. Vaidyanathan is a Co-founder of Karsun Solutions and a thought leader on Enterprise Modernization. He is a graduate of ACT-IAC’s Partners Program and previously served on ACT-IAC’s Best Practices Subcommittee. In February 2017 he was selected as a Washington SmartCEO Future 50 award winner.

About Sundar Vaidyanathan

Sundar Vaidyanathan is the Co-founder and CEO of Karsun Solutions. In this role, he is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company, developing and executing long-term strategies, and driving business results. Sundar epitomizes Karsun’s commitment to modernizing enterprises through technology innovations. Sundar is a proven leader with deep expertise in developing strong customer relationships, a passion for building high-performance teams, and a disciplined focus on delivery excellence. Prior to founding Karsun Solutions, he held leadership roles at Unisys Corporation and KPMG Consulting, driving strategy and implementation of complex multi-million-dollar IT programs.  Sundar is active in the federal IT community and has served in leadership positions at technology-focused industry organizations such as the American Council of Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC). He currently serves on the board of ACT-IAC. Sundar holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science and an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.

HERNDON, VA- Karsun Solutions is proud to announce that Juan Robles has graduated from the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council’s (ACT-IAC’s) 2017 Voyager Program. The program targets managers working in the federal sector identified as rising stars within their respective organizations. The competitive program only accepts 32 participants a year. This year’s class was recognized at the annual ACT-IAC Management of Change event.

Mr. Robles is the Director of Business Development at Karsun Solutions. He has held P&L responsibility on a portfolio of contracts at GSA, DHS, and other Federal agencies. He received the 2015-2016 Distinguished Service Award from AFCEA Bethesda for his service as Treasurer on the Young AFCEA Bethesda board of directors.

Karsun GoLean.io is a lean management toolkit created to address the essential missing link, Continuous Governance (CG) in Agile and DevOps Practices. This solution enables unprecedented facilitation of modern software development with a central focus on continuous governance. Designed with agile approaches (Agile, lean, Kanban and DevOps), Karsun GoLean.io comes preconfigured to enable best practices integrated into its development tool-chain.

Karsun GoLean.io empowers businesses to capitalize on evolving technologies and further develop innovative outcomes to engage with customers and entering new markets rapidly. The solution provides on-the-fly DevOps performance and diagnostic insights at the highest level of granularity. Process visualizations are rendered proactively as Karsun GoLean.io implements its well-orchestrated automations across the delivery pipeline. Gamification tools are also incorporated to establish healthy competition across teams, elevating IT organizational performance.

“Today Karsun is redefining the capability to help organizations become agile by cost-effectively developing and deploying software applications, pushing out new business features almost instantly to their customers as needed” – Kartik Mecheri, Karsun Co-Founder

Karsun Golean.io delivers detailed views of Key Performance, Health, and Diagnostic metrics across the dimensions of Progress, Code, Quality and DevOps. The solution’s visualizations ensure real-time predictive visibility to the code development, deployment, and operations. Using Karsun GoLean.io enables organizations to rapidly develop quality software, minimize failure rates and enable frequent releases with new features.

For more information, visit GoLean.io. Follow GoLean.io on Twitter at @goleanio – https://twitter.com/goleanio.

Join industry analyst Jason Bloomberg and the GoLean.io team for their ‘The DevOps Missing Link: Continuous Governance (CG)’ webinar on June 15th at 1:00pm EST. Register Here!

About Karsun Solutions:

Karsun Solutions was established in 2009 with a dedicated focus on helping organizations achieve true Enterprise Modernization. Its core competencies include Agile Development, Cloud Transformations and Advanced Analytics. Karsun has been recognized as one of the INC 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in 2015 and 2016. Its CEO, Sundar Vaidyanathan was awarded Washington SmartCEO’s ‘Future 50’ and its co-founder Kartik Mecheri was awarded FCW’s ‘Federal-100’. For more information, visit www.karsun-llc.com.

Sundar Vaidyanathan, Karsun Solutions Co-Founder and CEO

Karsun CEO Sundar Vaidyanathan appeared on Executive Leaders Radio on March 9, 2017. As one of Karsun Solutions’ co-founders, he delves into his approach to entrepreneurship. He identifies the strategic importance of thinking ahead and risk mitigation in building the organization over the last seven years. Reflecting on leadership lessons learned from his father, he observes discipline and rigor are necessary to deliver customer-focused innovations. This is a driving factor behind Karsun’s Enterprise Modernization practice.

In discussing Karsun’s workplace culture Vaidyanathan observes organization looking to attract people driven by their work are built on collaboration and innovation. In January Karsun was honored among Washington SmartCEO’s Best-Run Companies. The award identifies entrepreneurs building businesses with strong corporate culture, strategic vision, and fast growth.

Visit Executive Leaders Radio to hear the complete interview.   

Karsun Solutions announced it received its ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Certification. The firm is proud to have achieved certification of its Quality Management approach, certified by an accredited certification body against the standards developed by the International Standards Organization. Karsun’s established quality, development, and information security practices, including CMMI Level 3 (DEV), ISO 20000:2011, and ISO 27001:2013 certifications, make them a preferred partner for any organization, be it public sector or private enterprise. View Karsun’s complete list of awards and certifications here.

About Karsun Solutions

Karsun Solutions is a premier IT and consulting services company with a culture of innovation.  We offer a portfolio of Enterprise Modernization services to both Federal agencies and commercial clients. Karsun combines years of institutional knowledge, emerging technologies, and customer commitment to ensure delivery excellence.