 Andras Szakal is Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect
of the IBM Federal Software Group. His responsibilities
include developing e-Government software architectures
using IBM middleware and managing the IBM federal government
software IT architect team.
Andrasl holds undergraduate degrees in Biology and Computer
Science and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from James
Madison University.
IBM has repeatedly recognized him for his role in building
the IBM federal government software business.Andras has been
a driving force behind IBM's adoption of federal government
IT standards and is a member of the IBM Software Group Strategy
Team. He and his architect team have been responsible for
helping the federal government move e-Government into the
On-Demand era. His team has been directly involved with multiple
high profile successful government software and services
engagements based on open standards and open source. These
engagements include the following programs: US Air Force
GCSS-IF, Department of Education Office of Student Financial
Aid Modernization, FBI Trilogy, IRS Modernization, Customs
Modernization, SSA Modernization and the e-filing initiatives
at the USDA.
Andras is a proponent of service oriented and web services
based enterprise architectures and participates in open standards
and open source product development initiatives within IBM. |
