The Armada Group hires Sun's Vasanthan Dasan as CTO
The Armada Group, a leading Silicon Valley technology consulting firm, announced today that Vasanthan Dasan has joined Armada's executive staff as Chief Technology Officer and Executive VP of Engineering. Mr. Dasan comes to The Armada Group from Sun Microsystems where he served as the Chief Technologist for Sun’s Cloud Computing practice, responsible for providing global technical strategy and execution in the arena of cloud computing.
"Vasa brings an impressive depth of real-world enterprise business consulting experience and technical expertise to The Armada Group, especially in the Virtualization, Service Oriented Architecture, and Cloud Computing arenas" said Jeff Tavangar, Armada’s President and Chief Executive. "Customers expect Armada to be on the leading edge of major industry trends. Vasa’s addition to the team will give our customers’ access to the strategic advisory services they need to cut through the cloud hype, and make informed decisions when it comes to selection, implementation, and integration of a wide variety of cloud-based technologies.”
The new CTO position will have direct management responsibility for The Armada Group’s Smart Infrastructure engineering and IT consulting delivery teams, which provide cloud computing, virtualization and SOA strategy and implementation services to Fortune 500 clients, emerging technology companies, and cloud service providers.
Mr. Dasan's 17-year work history in the realm of engineering services is extensive. While at Sun, he served as Chief Technologist for Sun’s emerging Cloud Computing practice, Chief Technologist for the $5 billion dollar per year Sun Services Business Unit and, in his role as a Distinguished Engineer at Sun, served as a trusted advisor to leading global enterprises. Prior to Sun, Dasan held key engineering positions at Intergraph and Hewlett Packard.
“Cloud computing is at an inflection point as it climbs towards mainstream adoption,” said Dasan. “With its deep customer relationships and world-class technical talent, The Armada Group is uniquely poised to help drive that adoption and I am excited to join an experienced team.”
About The Armada Group
Since 1995, The Armada Group has been a premier Silicon Valley-based professional services firm that helps companies implement their next generation technology strategy. As a trusted advisor to leading global technology companies such as Cisco and eBay, Armada delivers the people and advice to build smart, scalable technology infrastructure that leverages the best practices, technology and business models to promote company growth. For more information about The Armada Group, please visit www.thearmadagroup.com or connect with us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/thearmadagroup), Twitter (http://twitter.com/TheArmadaGroup) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/companies/the-armada-group).
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