As the co-founder and President of Ascella Technologies since 2002, Amith Varghese focuses much of his time assisting clients address their technology needs. Amith also designed and implemented Ascella's back-office and customer- facing system infrastructure, based primarily on open source business applications and tools. He has also led projects for clients such as Department of Homeland Security, Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of the Interior, and the Virginia Department of Taxation.

Prior to co-founding Ascella, Amith was a senior technical consultant for Tallan, Inc. (a CMGI company).

Amith graduated at the top of his class with a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia.

Since co-founding Ascella Technologies, Jacob Varghese has led the administrative business processes, including financial management, HR and recruiting. He leverages more than 30 years of Information Technology experience to effectively support client engagements. Jacob's unique strengths include his ability to manage large organizations comprised of high-performance software engineers and technical specialists

Prior to Ascella, Jacob spent 25 years at American Management Systems (AMS). He left shortly before the firm was acquired by CGI, a major Canadian systems integrator. As a Vice President at AMS, Jacob led the Division- and Corporate-level software engineering organizations responsible for development and support of eight major proprietary software product lines that generated hundreds of millions in revenue to AMS. Jacob also served as a senior technical consultant for many of the firm's most visible clients in the government industry.

Jacob earned an MBA from Columbia University; a MS in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras; and a BS in Engineering from Mysore University.

Since joining Ascella in 2002, Ross Kory has provided consulting support to the Internal Revenue Service, the Securities & Exchange Commission, Department of Homeland Security, and other federal agencies. He brings deep expertise in business consulting, program management, and innovative ways to leverage technology.

Another veteran of American Management Systems (AMS), Ross retired as Senior Vice President in early 2002. While he was with AMS, Ross focused on federal, state and local government clients. In 2000, Ross took on the position of co-Managing Director of AMS Europe. In this role, he was responsible for a staff of 1,300 and annual revenues of $135 million focusing on the telecommunications and financial services sectors.

Ross graduated from The Wharton School with an MBA (with Distinction) in Decision Sciences, and a BA in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin.

Chris Stauffer leverages more than 26 years of Information Technology and large project management experience to help set the strategy and business development for Ascella. He brings his innovative and creative problem-solving capabilities to develop solutions to the needs of government agencies. Chris also focuses on delivering solutions to clients that have a quantifiable return on investment.

Prior to joining Ascella, Chris was at Accenture for over 26 years. As a senior executive at Accenture, Chris led the North American Tax & Revenue industry practice. In this role, Chris developed critical alliances with premiere technology product companies to jointly develop solutions to meet client business needs. In achieving technological advances for his clients, Chris has developed solutions that have received nationally recognized awards for innovation.

Chris graduated from Princeton University with a BSE in Aerospace Engineering.

BK Narayan, who is also an alumnus of AMS, retired in 2006 after more than 30 years in IT. BK joined AMS in 1973 after receiving his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia. During his first stint with AMS, BK was one of the firm's pioneering business system architects and was named Vice President in 1975. He was also a founder and key leader in AMS's government systems practice.

BK left AMS in 1987 to join IMC, a Northern Virginia-based 8(a) startup firm serving mainly government clients. During BK's 11 year tenure with IMC, the firm's revenues grew from $4 million to over $30 million. BK left IMC in 1996 to return to AMS as CFO in the $350 million state and local government business. Subsequently, he rose to the level of COO of CGI-AMS following the CGI buyout in 2004. BK was a key driver responsible for integrating AMS's operations with CGI.

In 2006, BK retired from AMS and accepted a position with Ascella focusing on creative strategies for growth. With over 32 years of business development, recruitment, and operational management experience, BK has consistently delivered top line revenue growth and bottom line margin improvement. BK's specialty areas include Financial Management, Human Resources and Case Management systems in the federal civilian and defense, state and local government, education and healthcare markets; and on the commercial side in the banking, insurance, telecommunications, utilities, and manufacturing.