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HERNDON, Virginia —Karsun Solutions Software Development Practice announced that it has been appraised at Level 5 of the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)®. The appraisal was performed by Maverick Quality Advisory Services (MQAS). CMMI® is a capability improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes that ultimately improve their performance.

An appraisal at maturity level 5 indicates that the organization is performing at an “optimizing” level. At this level, an organization continually improves its processes based on a quantitative understanding of its business objectives and performance needs. The organization uses a quantitative approach to understand the variation inherent in the process and the causes of process outcomes.

“With this appraisal, we will now be recognized by our customers and the market as a high maturity organization,” said Sundar Vaidyanathan. “Holding our Software Development Practice to this standard emphasizes our commitment to excellence as a core value.”

The federal IT modernization experts, Karsun Solutions enables enterprise transformation for its government customers including Modern Software Development, Cloud Solutions, and Advanced Analytics. The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Aviation Administration, and General Services Administration are among their current customers. They are an established firm, with a DCAA Approved Accounting System and CMMI Level 5 – DEV appraisal, and ISO 9001, ISO 20000 and ISO 27001 certifications. At the time of the software development unit’s appraisal, fewer than 50 organizations in the United States were rated CMMI Level 5 DEV.

Karsun Solutions Software Development Practice delivers a full suite of services using its quantitatively based GoLean methodology. The GoLean.io lean management toolkit gathers data and events across the development lifecycle. Process visualizations are used to monitor and guide transformation efforts.

“Karsun Solutions is committed to a robust, performance-driven approach to agile development,” Badri Sriraman, Vice President Karsun Innovation Center, said. “Through GoLean we empower a continuous learning culture focused on delivering exemplary customer outcomes.”

The CMMI® Institute (CMMIInstitute.com) is the global leader in the advancement of best practices in people process, and technology. CMMI Institute’s promise is to inspire cultures of continuous improvement that elevate performance and create sustainable competitive advantage.

CMMI Institute offers market-driven solutions that provide insights for baselining and optimizing key organizational capabilities, cybermaturity, and data assets to elevate business performance. For over 25 years, thousands of high-performing organizations in a variety of industries, including aerospace, finance, healthcare, information technology, software, defense, transportation, and telecommunications, have achieved sustainable business success through adopting the CMMI and proved they are capable business partners and suppliers. To learn more about how CMMI can help your organization elevate performance, visit CMMIInstitute.com.

HERNDON, VA – As the 2019 government shutdown continues, Karsun Solutions LLC, an IT modernization contractor for the government, encouraged its employees to hit the books. Offering class as an alternative to absences, employees strengthened their skills supporting Karsun Solutions’ software development, cloud solutions, and advanced analytics practices. The option to pursue professional development and continuing education classes was offered through the company’s Karsun Academy program.

Karsun Academy, initially created to ensure team members earned industry certifications in emerging technology, has grown alongside Karsun Solutions. With a growing headcount, the company was already adding partner-led training to its catalog of classes. During the shutdown, academy participants accessed the extensive menu of certification programs and partner-led training sessions. The company also expanded their offerings adding classes in topics including Angular, Java, C#, PowerShell and Azure. New competencies were reinforced with coursework on Microservices, Domain Driven Design, Web Application Security and Testing Automation.

“Karsun Solutions hires employees for the journey, not the program.” said Karsun Solutions Chief Architect Kartik Mecheri adding “We consider ourselves the Enterprise Modernization Experts. Using this opportunity to deepen employee expertise is part of our commitment to establishing an enterprise-wide culture of innovation.”

David Eden, a Karsun Solutions employee participating in training in Oklahoma City added, “Despite the shutdown, we are making the most of our time away from our normal duties by training on technologies that will help us better serve the Federal government and the American public once we return to our work. Examples are web application security, cloud technologies, and automating the build and deploy processes so we can provide secure, stable, and scalable solutions more quickly, securely and reliably than ever before.”

Team members have access to company thought leaders throughout the year. The organization encourages employee knowledge sharing through its weekly brown bag program. The Karsun Innovation Center, an in-house research and development unit established early in the company’s founding, offers numerous opportunities for employee advancement. Team members may cycle in, receive additional training through one of the organization’s centers of excellence or challenge teams, then return to their teams as embedded experts.

Karsun Solutions is also preparing for more growth in the coming year. Even as the shutdown continues, the talent team is actively hiring. They are prepared to hire in the Greater Washington D.C. and Oklahoma City regions. Bolstered by Karsun Academy, the team feels confident in their ability to rapidly onboard the next generation of team members.

For more information on joining the Karsun Solutions team visit the Karsun Careers Page at karsun-llc.com/careers.

About Karsun Solutions

Karsun Solutions is a fast-growing, innovative enterprise modernization firm. Recently awarded Best Company Culture by Comparably.com, its teams deliver modern software development, cloud, and data solutions to customers at government agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Aviation Administration and General Services Administration. Leveraging GoLean, Karsun teams drive digital transformation and help its government customers Do Extraordinary. Learn more at Karsun-LLC.com.

HERNDON, VA – The General Services Administration awarded Alliant Solutions Partner (ASP) the Database and Middleware Systems (DMS) Task Order under the Alliant Small Business contract vehicle. Karsun Solutions is the managing partner of this Joint Venture, and will be the only JV member executing on this contract. This is a single-award contract with a ceiling value of $35 million that spans more than five years. Under this contract, Karsun will be supporting the General Services Administration (GSA) Office of the Chief Information Officer (GSA IT) by providing IT services to manage, support, and modernize its database and application middleware server infrastructure.

“We are excited to expand our support of GSA by providing database and middleware modernization services. This will be key to GSA’s mission going forward,” stated Kartik Mecheri, Karsun’s co-founder and Chief Architect.

About ASP’s Managing Partner – Karsun Solutions LLC

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 GoLean.io® 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 Solutions, supports multiple $100 million+ contracts as a prime. This includes the GSA CAMEO Small Business contract which includes initiatives supporting acquisition planning, solicitation writing, contract award and contract administration functions. It also includes the Federal Aviation Administration’s $145 million Software Solutions Delivery contract. In this capacity, Karsun supports the FAA’s Office of Information Technology (FAA AIT). Other Karsun Federal government customers include the Department of Homeland Security, Smithsonian, and Government Accountability Office.

Beginning in 2015, Karsun has ranked yearly among the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing US Companies. Karsun Solutions’ quality, development, and information security practices include CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000:2011 and ISO 27001:2013 certifications.

HERNDON, VA – Karsun Solutions LLC (Karsun) completed a novation for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading-Edge Solutions (EAGLE II) Functional Category 1 (FC1) Unrestricted Vehicle. The organization recently acquired the DHS Software Development Business Unit from EPS Corporation. With this acquisition and the completion of the novation, Karsun is now a prime contractor on the EAGLE II vehicle.

EAGLE II is a multiple-award indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. With a ceiling value of $22 billion, EAGLE II is the primary information technology (IT) services vehicle at DHS. The vehicle provides a flexible means of meeting DHS’s IT needs quickly, efficiently, and cost effectively.

The EAGLE II vehicle includes three functional categories. Karsun Solutions is a prime contractor under Functional Category 1 – Service Delivery. In this capacity, the Karsun Solutions team may deliver Integration, Software Design/Development, and Operations and Maintenance services.

“We are thrilled to expand our opportunities to serve the Department of Homeland Security,” said Karsun Solutions Chief Executive Officer Sundar Vaidyanathan. “This is an exciting opportunity to spread our enterprise modernization expertise within the Federal community.”

Karsun Solutions is the primary contractor on multiple $100 million plus contracts. The organization is the prime contractor on the General Service Administration’s (GSA) CAMEO Small Business contract, which includes initiatives supporting acquisition planning, solicitation writing, contract award and contract administration functions. It is also the prime contractor on the Federal Aviation Administration’s Software Solutions Delivery contract. In this capacity, the organization supports the FAA’s Office of Information Technology (FAA AIT). Additional IT modernization contract vehicles include GSA’s IT 70 and Alliant Small Business vehicles and FAA’s eFAST vehicle. Other Federal government customers include the Smithsonian and Government Accountability Office (GAO).

About Karsun Solutions

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ- The Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract to Herndon, Virginia based Karsun Solutions. With a $145 million ceiling value and a five-year period of performance, the contract provides technical support services in support of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Information Technology (FAA AIT). These Software Solution Delivery support services assist in the implementation and continuing support of enterprise-wide software application and database development. Karsun will also perform maintenance related activities related to solution development and the sustainment of existing systems.

“We are excited to support the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Information Technology (FAA AIT) with the development and maintenance of enterprise-wide software applications and databases,” said Karsun Solutions CEO Sundar Vaidyanathan. Karsun enables “the agency to seamlessly connect, interact, and respond to employees, customers, and other stakeholders more easily and reliably. The Karsun team looks forward to providing innovative, cost-effective and high quality IT services to FAA . ”

Karsun Solutions is a small business that can support a $100 million+ contract as a prime. It is currently supporting the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As the prime contractor on the $110 million GSA CAMEO Small Business contract, the organization is delivering on initiatives supporting acquisition planning, solicitation writing, contract award and contract administration functions. It is also engaged with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to modernize its Balanced Workforce Strategy decision support system.

About Karsun Solutions

Karsun Solutions is pleased to announce that Jay Kondapalli has been promoted to Program Manager for the CAMEO Small Business contract. Jay previously served as the Technical Program Manager on CAMEO. He brings over 19 years of experience leading and developing solutions to modernize enterprise-wide IT strategy/systems that are scalable for enhanced performance aligned to business missions. Jay is responsible for providing the technical strategy and the overall delivery for multiple application portfolios. He is also responsible for modernizing and streamlining the portfolio by providing cloud solutions, software development services (Agile, DevOps practices, Microservices) and leading teams that support large IT transformation efforts.

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. Jay is a current member of ACT-IAC’s Partners Program and is expected to graduate in 2017. 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 LLC; Software Development and Maintenance Unit today announced that it has been appraised at Level 3 of the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® for Development. The appraisal was performed by DQS Certification India Private Limited. CMMI® is a capability improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes that ultimately improve their performance.

An appraisal at maturity level 3 indicates the organization is performing at a “defined” level. At this level, processes are well characterized and understood, and are described in standards, procedures, tools, and methods. The organization’s set of standard processes, which is the basis for maturity level 3, is established and improved over time.

Karsun’s Software Development portfolio offers Agile development and DevOps services using its proprietary GoLean methodology. This Agile-based framework applies the principles of Lean, Kanban and CMMI® to all phases of the software development lifecycle.

The CMMI® Institute, a subsidiary of Carnegie Mellon University, is dedicated to elevating organizational performance through best-in-class solutions to real-world challenges. The Institute is the home of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® for Development, Services, and Acquisition; the People Capability Maturity Model; and the Data Management Maturity Model (DMM)^SM, which are capability improvement models that create high-performance, high-maturity cultures. The models are used in thousands of organizations worldwide to deliver business results that serve as differentiators in the global market.