ADVANCED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

ADVANCED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
Official Website: http://www2.assyst.net
Official about page: http://www2.assyst.net/about-us
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Location: 22866 Shaw Road,Sterling, VA 20166. United States
Founded: 1993
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Phone: 703-230-3100
Fax: 703-230-0640

Background

"Advanced Software Systems, Inc. provides information technology solutions to federal, state, and local governments, and Fortune 500 companies. It offers business alignment, managed, software engineering, acquisition planning, contract management, account management, program management, and business process outsourcing services.

The company serves independent software vendors; and insurance and finance, transportation and logistics, business and legal, banking and insurance, and non-profit companies." [Businessweek

"Advanced Software Systems Inc. (Assyst) is a global CMMI level 3 information technology solutions provider with a track record of successfully delivering end-to-end IT services to Federal, State and Local Governments and Fortune 500 companies. Our experienced functional and technical IT professionals are driven by a passion for technology, and share our Vision of being The One-Point Source (TOPS) in catering to the computing needs of our diverse clientele.

Assyst brings proven methodologies and processes, global expertise in application development, and a legacy of best practices and ready-to-fit frameworks to expedite the development cycle and reduce the total cost of ownership. Our ongoing investments in best practices, domain knowledge, technology, and infrastructure result in agile and rapid service delivery, providing our clients with the ability to quickly respond to the evolving needs of the marketplace. Our proven capabilities in designing and developing applications across varied technology platforms and business domains, as well as an efficient project management model ensures proper requirements capture and delivery of systems that fully meet those requirements." Assyst

"Federal

Assyst is a professional and technical services provider of Information Technology (IT), business applications and software engineering services for Civilian and DoD government clients. Assyst applies mature processes tailored for the Federal government market place to support acquisition planning, contract management, account management, and program management - the key success factors for performing multi-year, multi-team contracts. Assyst’s approach combines an Agile methodology for rapid deployment with the CMMi model to balance process and documentation requirements with service delivery.

Assyst continuously strives to improve performance by focusing on rapid service delivery, designing flexible solutions, and optimizing processes to improve quality and throughput. Assyst has established business processes and systems to support large task orders for Federal government clients. Assyst uses Earned Value Management, PMBOK, and principles established by the Project Management Institute (PMI) to manage the delivery of services. Assyst has mature processes that are repeatable, managed and optimized; we have Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) that incorporate industry best practices and help reduce risk. Assyst has experience developing solutions in response to Performance Work Statements (PWS), working on projects and task orders on fixed-price terms based on milestone deliverables.

Assyst is a subject matter expert in implementing enterprise solutions that improve IT Governance, Portfolio Management, IV&V, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. Assyst offers extensive experience with commercial best practices, and we have a strong mission-support focus, and firmly established global alliances. Assyst is a leading provider of information technology, managed services and life-cycle solutions in the commercial sector and we know how to transfer commercial practices and technology to work in government agencies.

Assyst is involved in developing solutions for government that exploit newer technology areas such as SOA, Web Services, and Web 2.0. Assyst is developing templates to better define our SOA projects, developing services for better user interaction and using technology and techniques such as AJAX, DHTML, Flash or JAVA API with WSRP to better support more complex use cases, and better addresses interoperability.

Some of the newer technologies used by Assyst are based on common standards and include eXtensible Markup Language (XML), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI), Web Services Description Language (WSDL), and Representational State Transfer (REST).

Assyst has expertise in commercial and industry solutions that have potential applicability in the Federal sector. Areas of continuous investment include Social Networking, Collaboration, SOA, Web Services and Web 2.0. Areas of expertise include Refactoring, RSS, Mashups, Google Search, Flickr, BitTorrent, and Wikis. Assyst’s knowledge in AJAX, REST, and SharePoint, and our agile approach for rapid deployment allow us to attract and engage the best and brightest technologists. Our implementation team brings innovative technological solutions that enhance the workplace environment and improve business processes resulting in higher quality services." Assyst

• "Assyst, Northern Virginia – Oct 2008: Advanced Software Systems, Inc. (Assyst) is pleased to announce the acquisition of MYEZ Connect, Inc., d/b/a MEC Technologies (MEC), headquartered in California with offices in Kolkata, India. With this acquisition Assyst expands its operations in the U.S. and India by adding offices on the West Coast as well as East India. Mr. Somnath Banerjee, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MEC Technologies joins Assyst’s corporate team as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and will head the technology solutions division of Assyst..."

• "Assyst, Northern Virginia - April 2008: Assyst has been tasked to help an international financial institution to migrate their existing web-based Proposal Tracking and Management System to SharePoint..."

Products

"Ancillary Services

ASSYST provides ancillary support of the integrated IT solution. The ancillary support includes activities such as advanced research and development, custom application development, data entry, training, subject matter expertise, server racks, mounts, and similar items, and construction, alteration, and repair in various technology areas. Areas where ASSYST provides ancillary services include the following:

• Wireless Technology

• Social Networking Technology

• Integrated Security Management

• Health IT

• Green Computing

Reports

1.24.13: Source Businessweek profile on Advanced Software Systems, Inc.

Tech & Business Partners

"Assyst, McLean, VA – November 2005: Assyst wins 5-year contract from a Federal Agency to support total processing systems, revenue systems, and treasury systems. The contract covers three critical areas of support –Information Systems Services, Systems Security Services and Strategic Business Services, and is available for other agencies wishing to utilize the contract. Assyst is supporting Information Systems Services. "

People Responsible

Board Members

Stephen Ritterbush Ph.D.

Fairfax Partners, LLC 61

"Dr. Stephen W. Ritterbush is a Partner at Fairfax Partners, LLC. He founded the firm in 1989. He is a Senior Partner at Fairfax Media Partners, LLC. Dr. Ritterbush is also a Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Fairfax Partners I, II, and III. He co-founded Fairfax Partners II in October 1996 to create and invest in growth companies.

Dr. Ritterbush also serves as an Outside Director at Gallagher Marine Systems.

He served as the Managing Director at USBX Advisory Services LLC.

Dr. Ritterbush also served as the President at Traxus Technologies, Inc.

In conjunction with Johnson & Johnson, Inc., he formed two separate co-investment partnerships: VanMed, Inc. and MedVest, Inc. Together with Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Ritterbush was a Co-Founder of three medical device companies and one drug company.

In addition, he was a Founder of APACHE Medical Systems, Inc.

From late 1989 to mid 1991, Dr. Ritterbush was the President and Chief Executive Officer at Greater Washington Investors, where he, along with the staff of Fairfax repositioned a stagnant, underperforming portfolio, ultimately resulting in an 11-fold increase in the company’s share price. There, he managed investments in more than 35 technology companies.

From 1986 to 1990, Dr. Ritterbush was a Founder, Senior Corporate Officer, and Director at ICF Kaiser International, Inc. and served as the President at American Venture Investments, Inc. From 1981 to 1986, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Arthur D. Little Far East, Inc. in Singapore, where he worked primarily with the United States technology and venture capital companies seeking to establish operations in Asia.

While in the Far East and later in Washington, Dr. Ritterbush worked at Advent International of Boston to establish and develop venture capital funds in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.

From 1979 to 1983, he worked at Arthur D. Little, Inc. in Cambridge as a Management Consultant. Dr. Ritterbush was responsible for developing and implementing corporate strategies to expand business in Asia.

He is currently the Chairman of HealthAspex. Dr. Ritterbush presently serves on the Board of Trustees of Union College and is the Chairman of the Finance Committee.

He was also awarded a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship to the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Dr. Ritterbush holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, an M.S. in Geophysics from the University of Hawaii, and Undergraduate degrees in Liberal Arts and Engineering from Union College."

Alan Wade

Advanced Software Systems, Inc.

"Mr. Alan Wade serves as the President of Wade Associates, Inc.

Mr. Wade has a thirty-five-year career in the Central Intelligence Agency. He served as the Chief Information Officer of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since 2001 and served as its Director of Communications, Director of Security. He served in the federal service until 2005. He served as Chief Information Officer of the United States intelligence community since 2001.

He was involved in technical programs in the United States and oversaw, principally in the areas of telecommunications and technical security.

He serves as a Director of Chiliad Inc. and Composite Software Inc. He serves on the boards of Composite Software in San Mateo, CA, Chiliad Inc. in Washington D.C., JSI Telecom in Sterling, VA and LexisNexis Special Services in Washington DC.

He serves as a Non Executive Director of Detica Inc.

He has been a Member of Federal Cyber Advisory Board at Benchmark Executive Search since October 2011.

Mr. Wade serves as a Director of Advanced Software Systems Inc., IdenTrust, Inc., Applied Communication Sciences and VeriFIDES Technology Corp.

He serves as a Trustee at The Aerospace Corporation.

He has been a Member of Board of Advisors at VeriFIDES and Advanced Software Systems since July 2006.

He has been a Member of the Technology Advisory Board at Cleversafe Inc. since August 2009.

He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Trusted Computer Solutions Inc. (now Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions, Inc.),

Revive Systems Inc., MiserWare, Inc. StackSafe, Inc., Civitas Group LLC and Endgame Systems, LLC and more.

• • He has been a Member of Advisory Board at Triumfant, Inc. since January 8, 2008, Fortified Holdings Corp. since January 28, 2008 and Abraxas Corporation since February 2008.

He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Criterion Systems, Inc.

He served as a Director of SafeBoot BV since August 24, 2006.

During his career, his contributions were recognized several times. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Board for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech.

He received the Meritorious and Distinguished Officer designations and was a recipient of the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the Director of Central Intelligence's Director's Medal.

Mr. Wade holds a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1973. In 1978, Mr. Wade holds a Master's in Electrical Engineering from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C."

Wade Associates, Inc 8601 Ordinary Way, Annandale, VA 22003. Phone: (703) 963-2933 Manta

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Joseph Perta

Advanced Software Systems, Inc.

"Mr. Joseph M. Perta served as Vice President of Bernstein Investment Research and Management of Advanced Software Systems, Inc.

Mr. Perta is responsible for the management of institutional and private client assets in discretionary investment accounts that include U.S. and international equities, fixed income, and alternative investment portfolios.

Mr. Perta serves as an advisor to senior corporate officers and investors for twenty-five years, initially as a management consultant specializing in mergers and acquisitions and served as a financial advisor to institutional investors.

He has been responsible for leading clients' corporate growth programs in the development and implementation of a variety of growth strategies.

Mr. Perta serves as Director of Advanced Software Systems, Inc.

Mr. Perta served as a Director of GridPoint Inc., since November 2005.

Mr. Perta holds a B.A. degree in history from Trinity College and an M.S.F.S. degree in international relations and economics from Georgetown University."

David Gibson

Fairfax Partners, LLC

" Mr. David E. Gibson served as an Executive Vice President for all Citibank Emerging market's corporate business since 1995.

In 1992, Mr. Gibson became Executive Vice President of CitiCorp. / Citibank, and in 1993, he returned to corporate banking as Executive Vice President for Central and Eastern Europe, The Middle East, Africa, and the Indian subcontinent based in London.

Mr. Gibson has broad experience in corporate banking around the globe.

He joined Citibank New York in 1969. In 1975, he was named Vice President of Citibank while working in Japan. Mr. Gibson served as World Corporation Group Country Head for Citibank Brazil for three and a half years and as Chief-of-Staff for the Caribbean, Central and South American Banking Group based in New York.

In 1981, he was appointed Senior Vice President of Citibank and Division Head of the Australia and South East Asia Division of the Institutional Bank based in Singapore. At the creation of the Private Banking Group in 1985, Mr. Gibson was appointed Group Head.

He serves as Board Member of Advanced Software Systems, Inc.

Mr. Gibson is an Emeritus trustee of the Darden Foundation for the Darden Graduate School of Business, a Founding Sponsor and now emeritus trustee of the College and Graduate school of Arts and Sciences, and a current trustee of the Miller Center Foundation for the Miller Center of Public Affairs, all at the University of Virginia.

He is a trustee of the Montpelier Foundation for the protection and management of President James Madison ancestral home, a member of the Advisory Board of FairFax Partners, venture investors, and a member of the board of proprietary mutual funds distributed by the Citigroup Private Bank.

He served in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam and Washington, DC prior to joining Citibank. Mr. Gibson graduated from the University of Virginia in 1962, and received his law degree from University of Virginia in 1965."

Charles Anderson

Advanced Software Systems, Inc.

Mr. Charles A. Anderson serves as the Chief Executive Officer of CSCL, and SDVOSB founded in 1994. Mr. Anderson joined CSCL as Vice President, government marketing in 1996 focusing on the Federal Sector. He was engaged in market analysis, competitive analysis, strategic planning in terms of program focus, call plan development and coordination, advertisement plan development and coordination, and overall proactive marketing and proposal support.

Mr. Anderson also served in the US Military and retired from the military with an honorable discharge.

Mr. Anderson serves as Director of Advanced Software Systems, Inc. Mr. Anderson serves as Assyst Board Member.

Mr. Anderson served as Director for DOD Strategic Planning for Boeing Information Systems, an operating division of Boeing Company.

During his military service he was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal with four campaign stars, the Korean Service Medal, the Service Defense Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Legion of Merit.

Key Executives

Sunil Kumar, Founder,CEO

"Mr. Sunil Kumar founded Advanced Software Systems, Inc. in 1993 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Kumar has 20 years experience in the Information Technology field. He is responsible for overseeing the key components of Advanced Software Systems growth including strategic planning, business development, selection and evaluation of the board members, supporting the operations and administration of the board and interfacing between the board and the staff and he is also responsible for recommending the yearly budgets and prudently managing the organization's resources and growth within the budget guidelines. Mr. Kumar also oversaw the implementation of a Advanced Software Systems-wide Employee Stock Option Plan, Employee Stock Ownership Plan and other benefits plans to motivate employee participation.

Mr. Kumar started his career as with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) supporting their custom development and MRP implementation on the VAX platform in India and Boston, Massachusetts. He was involved in pre-sales, design, development and implementation of a number of clients using VAX/VMS including Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Westinghouse and Kelloggs.

Mr. Kumar served in various capacities including Software Architect, Program Manager and Project Manager, leading enterprise wide initiatives for organizations such as IBM, Boeing (formerly, McDonald Douglas), Nortel Networks, Comsearch and International Monetary Fund.

Vice President of Monetization (The Wizard) at xAd [1], formerly V-Enable,"Sunil is responsible for the implementation of all our performance-driven campaigns. His group leads monetization, new partner integration, and advertising operations. Through his past experience in network architecture, Sunil participated in the rise of the storage over IP industry, working with industry leaders to bring quality technology to the market – a mission he now focuses on the mobile industry."

His experience ranges from managing and designing custom software solutions to implementing COTS ERP solutions.

He holds an MBA Marketing with an undergraduate in Physics, Mathematics and Statistics."

Shyama P. Mandal, President

"Mr. Shyama P. Mandal serves as President of Advanced Software Systems, Inc. (Assyst). Mr. Mandal is responsible for executing the strategies and vision of Advanced Software Systems. He joined Assyst in 1994.

In his career spanning over 20 years, he has held key positions in implementing large-scale information technology systems using leading-edge technologies.

Mr. Mandal started his career as a software engineer with CMC Ltd. At CMC, Mr. Mandal worked on implementing first nationwide data network based on IBM's Systems Network Architecture (SNA) in India. He also developed and implemented corporate MIS system for CMC. He later participated in re-engineering of mainframe based system used by London Underground for their time table and signal data generation. Mr. Mandal then led the design and implementation of the system for timetabling and operation plan generation system using UNIX and RDBMS for the world's largest and oldest metro railway.

Mr. Mandal worked as a consultant at IBM to automate the process of application of maintenance and upgrades to software portfolio in OS/390 environment using System Modification Program Extended (SMP/E).

Mr. Mandal has also worked at The World Bank as lead for financial system on VAX/VMS to disburse payment across the globe. He also consulted extensively at other international financial organizations to re-engineer, design, develop and deploy financial transaction systems.

Mr. Mandal holds an MS in Computer Engineering and a BS in Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India." Businessweek

Joseph A. Anderson, COO

"Mr. Joseph A. Anderson has been Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Software Systems, Inc., since 2004. Mr. Anderson served as Director of Operations of Advanced Software Systems, Inc. since 1997, and served as its Vice President of Operations in 1999. Mr. Anderson oversees aspects of Advanced Software Systems domestic and international operations, including corporate services, operations and sales and marketing services.

From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Anderson served as Deputy Director of Operations for RDI International an organization primarily involved in providing consultation services to the World Bank, USAID, Food Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNDP and several U.S. Universities.

Mr. Anderson determined resource allocation, shaped and developed the strategy and implemented systems required to organize and support international scientists, lawyers, and administrators. Mr. Anderson ensured the proper report structure within the organization, and encouraged managers and consultants to evaluate and take actions consistent with the overall strategy.

From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Anderson served as a production coordinator, production engineer, and operations manager for HDS, Inc., an engineering firm that developed systems, communications equipment, and devices for several federal, state and local agencies. Mr. Anderson managed technicians, engineers and other managers, he set performance goals, and developed operational goals that were tied to long-term goals. Mr. Anderson monitored division performance against performance goals, and he ensured adherence to annual budget.

He holds B.S. (Industrial Engineering) from University of MTSU, and MBA from University of Virginia Tech."

Vinay Shirke,Chief Information Officer and PPM Practice Director

"Mr. Vinay Shirke has been the Chief Information Officer of Advanced Software Systems, Inc. since 2005 and serves as its PPM Practice Director. Mr. Shirke served as Vice President for Technical Services of Advanced Software Systems, Inc. in 1999. He has been instrumental in defining and re-engineering of the business processes within Advanced Software Systems. He manages Advanced Software Systems's long-term strategic technological vision, and ensures that Assyst clients can leverage the process and the technology edge that it strives to achieve continuously. He also is responsible for establishing and directing for Assyst‘s internal system needs to accomplish its business needs.

He started his career as a software engineer with a division of Sony in their internal IT department designing and developing custom Financial Accounting and Materials Management System. He later joined for one of the leading pharmaceutical companies as a software architect in their ERP team, and helped build a custom ERP system consisting of Financial Accounting, Production Planning, Material Management and Manufacturing.

Prior to joining Assyst, he served as a lead architect in re-engineering the core business systems for Comsearch, a telecommunication firm based in Virginia from Prime to Sun Solaris. Mr. Shirke lead the business process re-engineering, database design and migration effort for this initiative." Businessweek

Saju Varghese, Senior VP of Program Solutions

"Mr. Saju Varghese serves as Senior Vice President of Program Solutions at Advanced Software Systems, Inc. Mr. Varghese joined Assyst in 2004 and is responsible for leading, developing and managing programs in the Federal, State and Local sectors and ensuring that customer expectations relating to performance and quality are achieved.

Mr. Varghese is responsible for building the customer base of Advanced Software Systems and for better utilization of corporate resources to improve services provided to customers. He also advises the President and the Chief Operating Officer on strategic initiatives and business growth areas.

Mr. Varghese has over 16 years of experience in the IT industry primarily in the areas of Program Management, Project Management and Business Development. Prior to joining Assyst, from 1996 to 2002, he worked for Satyam Computer Services where he was responsible for Client Relationship Management and Business Development. He was instrumental in formulating the vision and strategy for their public sector vertical and leading their business development efforts.

His other engagements with IT organizations were with Kshema Technologies, Frontier Information Technologies Limited and Graphtech Computers.

He is also PMP and ITIL Certified. Mr. Varghese has a Masters Degree in Engineering Management with a specialization in Knowledge Management from George Washington University and an MBA from Osmania University." Businessweek

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