Astegic, Inc. names Jay Kalath as Executive Vice President
FAIRFAX, Va., January 19, 2009 -- Astegic, Inc. today announced that Jay Kalath has joined the firm as an Executive Vice President.In this role, Mr. Kalath will be the overall lead for all aspects of Astegic’s consulting services division.His primary focus will be directed towards building and developing the public sector business area for the company through strategic partnerships, federal contract vehicles, small business opportunities and improvements in the existing infrastructure.Based on his past management and hands on experience, he will also focus on building upon the ERP (SAP and Oracle) and Enterprise Architecture capabilities of the organization.
With over 15 years of professional experience, at his last position, Mr. Kalath was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Bart & Associates Inc. (B&A) a midsize IT consulting firm with revenues exceeding 120 million and a consulting base of over 650 IT resources. In this role, he was responsible for establishing the company’s technical vision, building BD opportunity and pipeline, strategic partnering and leading all aspects of the company’s technology development and delivery services. Jay played an integral role in the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth. Specifically, he was the executive lead in charge of the ERP line of business, the healthcare product development team, as well as the corporate process improvement group within B&A. He also had two consulting roles at Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection as an Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) development team manager and an Enterprise Architect (EA) for cross agency integration and data sharing within and outside DHS.
Prior to joining B&A in 2002, Mr. Kalath held management, architecture and technical consulting roles for large integrators such as the Boeing Company and Booz Allen & Hamilton as well as few smaller consulting firms supporting a wide range of public and private sector clients.
