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.
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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.
Last Thursday Karsun Solutions welcomed children into our offices to celebrate Take Your Child to Work Day. The annual event was hosted at Karsun’s Herndon, Virginia Headquarters. This year’s events focused on dual themes of internet safety and digital citizenship.
Karsun employees educated the kids on topics such as online research techniques, identifying unsafe situations online, and protecting personal information. In a session on the danger of too much screen time, kids were asked to think about ways they can create quality time with family and friends by unplugging. In addition to learning new board games, kids participated in teambuilding and communication activities.
Children participate in internet safety activities with Karsun Staff
The Karsun executive team also hosted a question and answer session. CEO Sundar Vaidyanathan and COO Terry Miller introduced kids to their parents’ jobs and Karsun’s role as the Enterprise Modernization Experts! They finished the day making posters thanking their parents and Karsun employees for their hard work.
Take Your Child to Work Day is one of the several ways Karsun builds a culture focused on work-life balance and professional growth. This yearly activity is one of several offered to employees including a yearly family picnic, monthly celebration events, and employee clubs. To learn more about opportunities offered to Karsun team members visit our Employee Events page.
On Monday, April 24th 2017 Karsun Solutions celebrated the opening of its fifth office location. The new space adds much-needed capacity as Karsun continues its steady development. During the event, Karsun’s CEO, Sundar Vaidyanathan, said a few words reflecting on the organization’s expansion only a year after opening its fourth office space in April 2016. The Karsun Executive Team answered questions about the company’s vision for the future and upcoming opportunities for employee personal growth.
The new space adds much-needed capacity as Karsun continues its steady growth. The organization was recently added to Washington SmartCEO’s Future 50 list. Companies are selected based on a three-year average of employee and revenue growth. In support of this buildup Karsun’s Talent Acquisition Team is currently filling positions in Herndon, Virginia. To learn how to Do Extraordinary check out Karsun’s Employee Events, Karsun Innovation Center, Karsun Academy and Corporate Awards.
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.
Karsun Solutions was selected among Washington SmartCEO’s Future 50 award winners. This program recognizes 50 of the region’s fastest growing, mid-sized companies. These companies represent the future of the region’s economy and embody the entrepreneurial spirit critical for leadership and success. The winners are chosen based on a three-year average of employee and revenue growth. Earlier in October 2016, Karsun Solutions was ranked among the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing US Companies.
SmartCEO also interviews Karsun Co-Founder and CEO, Sundar Vaidyanathan. In that interview, he discusses Karsun’s strategy of seeking out niche IT modernization opportunities and then delivering solutions to customers with high satisfaction. The key to this strategy is bringing together talented teams through a collaborative environment and innovative culture. Read the complete interview here
From left to right Terry Miller, COO; Kartik Mecheri, Chief Architect; Sundar Vaidyanathan, CEO
Karsun Solutions LLC was included in Washington SmartCEO’s 2017 Best-Run Book. The organizations selected represent the Mid-Atlantic region’s best-run companies. These include companies demonstrating a strong commitment to corporate culture, strategic vision, and fast growth. Indeed, inclusion in the book is a testament to Karsun’s innovative culture. The Karsun Innovation Center (KIC) is an in-house research and development unit which partners with vendors to address complex problems facing Karsun customers. The Center is also responsible for the organization’s transformative GoLean methodology. GoLean enables lean driven automation of Agile and DevOps processes.
Karsun’s selection also reflects the firm’s rapid growth. The organization was recently ranked among the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing US Companies. The company was ranked in the Inc. 5000 in both 2015 and 2016.
About Karsun Solutions
Karsun Solutions is a premier IT and consulting services company. Offering 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. Established quality, development, and information security practices, including CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001:2008, ISO 20000, and ISO 27001 certifications, make Karsun a preferred partner for any organization, be it public sector or private enterprise.
Karsun Solutions Chief Executive Officer Sundar Vaidyanathan was recently interviewed in CEOCFO Magazine. Mr. Vaidyanathan delved into Karsun’s founding vision and the future of IT modernization within the federal government. He recalls the founding of the Karsun Innovation Center (KIC) as an early adoption of this vision. The KIC developed GoLean which forms the backbone of the organization’s methodology. GoLean is designed to enable lean automation of Agile and DevOps processes. With GoLean Karsun teams achieve faster delivery with reduced cost by focusing on resource optimization.
Moving beyond Karsun’s modern software development portfolio Mr. Vaidyanathan also discussed the organization’s cloud solutions and advanced analytics products. He concludes the interview by revealing Karsun has released a GoLean offering for commercial customers.