Sreedhar Veeramachaneni

In 1999, Sreedhar Veeramachaneni, while working as an individual IT consultant for a banking institution, saw the need to form a single organization which could offer its clients full-life-cycle applications and staffing services to cover all their IT needs. Starting with a handful of people in Clearwater, Florida, he drove the company’s growth to over 700 employees, three main offices, and two Development Centers.

All along the way in this journey, Sreedhar focused on the elimination of middlemen in the IT staffing process in order to reduce the cost to the client, as well as drive profitability. The resulting gain in value for the dollar spent by the client became the foundation for System Soft Technologies’ success, both over the past sixteen years, and going into the future.

System Soft now has received several industry commendations, including certifications by the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), and the “Fast 100” Asian American Business awarded by the U.S. Pan American Asian Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC).

Mr. Veeramachaneni has been recognized by the National Republican Congressional Committee several times, including the Businessman of the Year award in 2003 and the Congressional Order of Merit in 2006. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and is an avid bicyclist.

Ashok Yarlagadda

With over twenty-two years of experience in the IT industry, Ashok Yarlagadda joined System Soft Technologies in 2014 as Chief Information Officer, and is responsible for leading the solutions and products divisions.

In his role at System Soft, Mr. Yarlagadda has driven several critical technical and business initiatives. These include: designing industry-standard delivery methodologies with clear, demonstrable differentiators which help clients overcome their challenges and improve key performance indicators of their businesses; offering solutions that are perfectly suited for fast-changing technology trends; and fostering an enriched work culture under which the developer’s own motivation helps clients derive best value for their dollar. Innovation and uniqueness are his ideals, and he strives to ensure that these are embedded in all services and products offered by System Soft Technologies.

Prior to joining System Soft Technologies, Ashok spearheaded a large global delivery team at Capgemini Financial Services, where he lead business growth in Latin America from the ground up, and was directly responsible for customer experience worldwide. He accelerated the utilization of new, progressive delivery models which increased solution and products maturity, and also attained long-standing and successful business relationships with multiple clients for Capgemini with improved customer satisfaction.

Mr. Yarlagadda enjoys reading books, watching movies and playing volleyball during his spare time. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science and Engineering.

Mike Russo

Mike has spent over 43 years working in state government.  He has worked in leadership positions in many state agencies to include the State Auditors Office, Department of Law Enforcement, Agency for Enterprise Technology, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and most recently at Florida State University.

Over the past 16 years he has been instrumental in creating cybersecurity programs in government within the state of Florida. Mike was responsible for developing Florida's Office of Information Security while serving as the state's first Chief Information Security Officer.  He has also created similar programs at the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as the Director of Cybersecurity and at Florida State University as the Director of Information Security and Privacy. Mike has received numerous leadership and cybersecurity awards to include Government Technology Magazine's "Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers" award.

Mike is a certified project management professional, a certified information systems security professional and holds a number of other international certifications.  He is currently a cybersecurity and privacy advisor for Florida State University and is actively mentoring cybersecurity professionals around the nation.

Venkat Abburi

Venkat Abburi is the Director at System Soft supporting Global Delivery and Strategic Partnership programs. He also specializes in Program Management, Account and Contracts Management, Creating Centers of Excellence, Alliance Management, and ERP implementation management. Venkat brings business process and technical approach expertise to System Soft clients to achieve the targeted business outcomes in implementing Strategic IT initiatives.

Before joining System Software, Mr. Abburi held multiple positions in Practice Management and Account Management at Wipro. Prior to that, he lead IT applications at American Tools, a Newell Rubbermaid company, where he greatly expanded the sphere of applications via delivery excellence models created under his leadership.

Venkat holds a Master’s of Science degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M Kingsville. His interests include reading and professional football.