Chae Song is the latest member of the Karsun Solutions leadership team to graduate from the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council’s (ACT-IAC) Partners Program. The ACT-IAC Partners Program readies senior executives for leadership within their organizations. Graduates of the yearlong program were recognized at ACT-IACs Executive Leadership Conference (ELC) in Philadelphia. As a Partner, Chae follows in the footsteps of prior Karsun Solutions ACT-IAC Fellows including Co-Founder Sundar Vaidyanathan (2010), COO Terry Miller (2010), Badri Sriraman (2015), Rajaji Bellamkonda (2016), Juan Robles (2017), and Jay Kondapalli (2017). Karsun Solutions also recently announced Sudhir Duggineni was selected for 2019 ACT-IAC Voyagers Program.
About Chae Song
Ms. Song is a recognized leader, with 21 years of experience in delivering a broad portfolio of IT solutions and services to clients across the acquisition, financial, telecommunications, healthcare, and public sector industries. She has extensive experience in technical program and project management specializing IT modernization initiatives and application maintenance for federal and commercial clients, including business process improvement, financial planning, and management, agile software development, implementation, and maintenance enterprise applications. Ms. Song has strong business acumen and in-depth technical knowledge in applying Agile methodology, DevOps model in AWS Cloud environment, instituting software development standards and project management methodologies leveraging industry best practices, and CMMI. She has a proven track record of successfully managing and delivering IT modernization initiatives and is an effective leader with strong interpersonal and communication skills. Ms. Song’s abilities to mobilize diverse project teams to deliver solutions with business values have been demonstrated for numerous Federal clients.
Program Leadership – Portfolio Program Manager GSA CAMEO Small Program
The General Services Administration (GSA) CAMEO Small Program is a complex large-scale systems development/modernization program for GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). CAMEO Small Business is a five-year prime contract with a ceiling value of $110 million. This is a cornerstone transformation effort for FAS aimed at streamlining acquisition processes, modernizing IT applications/infrastructure while simultaneously preparing the organization for change. This modernization effort is expected to bring benefits not only to FAS but also to the GSA enterprise and other federal agencies. Ms. Song is currently managing GSA’s enterprise initiatives — FAS Sales Reporting Modernization Program and Acquisition Gateway Program.
Prior to Karsun, Chae worked for Deloitte Consulting, Vangent (now Pearson), and the Unisys Corporation. Chae also worked for startups and has formed and ran her own company as an entrepreneur. She led the capture and delivery of large‑scale systems integration efforts for clients in the Federal and Commercial Sector industries to enhance their capability to offer new business processes and improved service delivery. Chae also led the strategy and implementation of various mission‑critical, complex enterprise applications for federal agencies/commercial customers.
Chae holds M.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and B.S., Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems from George Mason University.
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.
Sudhir Duggineni with past Voyager Program graduate Juan Robles
Karsun Solutions is proud to announce that Sudhir Duggineni was accepted into the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council’s (ACT-IAC’s) 2019 Voyager Program. This year-long professional development program targets managers working in the federal IT industry and government. Fellows are identified as rising stars within their respective organizations. The competitive program only accepts 32 participants a year.
About Sudhir Duggineni
Mr. Duggineni is a highly motivated, goal-oriented Project Manager at Karsun Solutions. He successfully delivered a $10 million modernization project for the General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). He is currently leading a Federal Aviation Administration initiative. A recognized leader, he has 14 years of experience in supporting and managing a number of IT solutions and services to clients across the acquisition, financial, and public sector industries. He has actively pursued industry standard certifications including Project Management Professional, ITIL, Scrum Master, Product Owner (CSPO) and Process Manager (CSPM) and engaged in groups like ACT-IAC for continuous learning opportunities.
About Karsun Solutions
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.
Karsun Solutions has a long legacy of participants in the ACT-IAC fellows program. Past graduates include CEO Sundar Vaidyanathan (2010), COO Terry Miller (2010), Badri Sriraman (2015), Rajaji Bellamkonda (2016), Juan Robles (2017), and Jay Kondapalli (2017). Additionally, Chae Song is a member of ACT-IAC’s 2018 Partners Program class.
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.
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 Solutions is proud to announce that one of its Directors, Rajaji Bellamkonda, has successfully completed the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council’s (ACT-IAC’s) 2016 Partners Program. Mr. Bellamkonda was one of 32 participants to undergo a year-long professional development program that prepares senior executives in industry and government for the next level of leadership in their respective organizations. The ACT-IAC Partners graduated at this year’s Executive Leadership Conference (ELC) held in Williamsburg, VA. Rajaji follows in the tradition of several Karsun employees graduating from this prestigious program including Co-Founder Sundar Vaidyanathan (Class of 2010), COO Terry Miller (Class of 2010), and Karsun Innovation Center Director Badri Sriraman (Class of 2015).
About Rajaji Bellamkonda
Rajaji Bellamkonda is a Director with Karsun Solutions. He is a strategy and enterprise Information Technology (IT) leader that combines ‘Big Four’ consulting skills with systems integration experience to deliver complex programs. Rajaji is an outcomes-driven Director focused on delivering large scale IT modernization programs in a cost-effective manner while keeping a focus on business development and organizational transformation. Prior to joining Karsun, Rajaji served as a Change Management Lead at Deloitte Consulting and held various leadership positions at Optimos (now Maximus Consulting) and KPMG Consulting. He is a graduate of the ACT-IAC Partners Program and was the Small Business Alliance lead in 2015. Rajaji holds a Master’s Degree in Simulation and Modelling and a Diploma in Management and Leadership Essentials from Harvard Business School.
In July Karsun launched Karsun Academy, an on-site training and certification program for its employees. The two areas of focus initially were AngularJS and AWS certifications. At the conclusion of the most recent program several employees received their AWS Associate or Professional certifications. Karsun offers training for AWS Certified Developer – Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, and AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certifications.
Karsun Academy is one of several programs offered by Karsun Solutions designed to help employees achieve their personal and professional goals. All employees also have the opportunity to engage with the organization’s in-house research-and-development unit, the Karsun Innovation Center. If you’re ready to join a team that embraces growth visit our job postings and connect with our Talent Acquisition Team at hr@karsun-llc.com.
This year, students will pay $200 million for coding boot camps. That’s an estimated 18,000 students attending camps. Given such boot camps can cost upwards of $10,000, company-sponsored training can be an invaluable benefit for employees.
At Karsun, innovation is a core value. Training teams in the newest technologies and tools is not a matter of simply checking off a contract requirement. This method deepens the knowledge pool of veteran developers and engineers while bringing the newest members up to speed. Every employee is an expert!
As a growing organization, Karsun recently expanded on-site training opportunities. This summer we launched our newest series of in-house training programs – Karsun Academy. We kicked off with an AngularJS program and are developing a series of other programs including Drupal and AWS that will run throughout the year.
If you want to learn more about Karsun’s culture of innovation, connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you’re ready to join a team that embraces personal and professional development visit our job postings, follow our blog for the weekly job opening announcements and connect with our Talent Acquisition Team at recruiting@karsun-llc.com.