As vice president of the Advanced Applications Group at Sirius, Ramana Reddy Depa helps clients digitize, build and optimize IT applications using open-source and cloud-native technologies. Mr. Depa supports business development for enterprise clients and solutions implementation, including overall application and cloud strategy. He also has in-depth process knowledge of cloud technologies, software development life cycle, enterprise/systems architecture, COBIT, ITIL, application security architecture, quality management, performance management, and project management.

Mr. Depa joined Sirius with the acquisition of Forsythe in 2017. At Forsythe, he built KillerIT, a Gartner-recognized IT portfolio valuation software product, and helped Forsythe in selling and delivering IT optimization and business management solutions to various clients, including one of the largest banks in the world.

Prior to Forsythe, Mr. Depa worked at Tanning Technology Corporation, an IT consulting company that he helped grow to 700 people strong. He played multiple roles as the practice director for enterprise architecture, and global solutions director of financial services solutions. Mr. Depa helped establish Tanning’s Europe operations in London and offshore operations in Hyderabad, and generated revenues of over $50 million. Before joining Tanning Technology Corporation, he worked for TCS and Invesco Funds Group as project lead.

Mr. Depa earned bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics from Osmania University, and in Computer Science from University of Hyderabad.