Srinivas Rautwar Elevated to CIO at American Systems

Srinivas Rautwar, a 25-year IT industry veteran, has been promoted to chief information officer at AMERICAN SYSTEMS, effective Aug. 25.

The Chantilly, Virginia-based company specializing in mission essential and information engineering services said Tuesday Rautwar succeeds Brian Neely, who retired after over 20 years in the role.

As part of his new responsibility, Rautwar will drive the strategic direction, focusing on planning, technology management, security and information management across the employee-owned company. According to Rautwar, he will focus on harnessing emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, while continuing the company’s security-first culture and addressing government compliance requirements.

AMERICAN SYSTEMS CEO John Steckel on Rautwar’s Appointment

“After conducting a thorough search of internal and external candidates, Srinivas was a natural choice to fill this position on our Executive Leadership Team. He is an accomplished senior IT leader with a proven track record of driving enterprise capabilities by leading IT vision, strategy and large-scale project initiatives,” said John Steckel, president and CEO of AMERICAN SYSTEMS.

Rautwar’s Career Highlights

Rautwar has spent the last 18 years with AMERICAN SYSTEMS, most recently serving as the director of IT operations. He previously served as a senior IT specialist at IBM and a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Before that, Rautwar was a senior consultant and programmer analyst at Cognizant.

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