Architech Corporation Brings Commercial IT Best Practices to Federal Agencies for Building Standard Enterprise Architectures.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RESTON Reston, uninc. city (1990 pop. 48,556), Fairfax co., N Va., a planned community established in 1961. A suburb of Washington, D.C., Reston is organized in a series of residential villages and commercial areas. , Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2004 Former AT&T Executive to Lead Architech's New Government Services Group Architech Corporation, a provider of management and IT services and software solutions, today announced its new Government Services group, established to help federal agencies incorporate emerging technologies into existing enterprise wide systems. The company has appointed former AT&T executive, Bill Pickett Willie M. "Bill" Pickett (December 5, 1870 - April 2, 1932) was a cowboy and rodeo performer. Pickett was born in the Jenks-Branch community of Travis County, Texas. He was the second of 13 children born to Thomas Jefferson Pickett, a former slave, and Mary "Janie" Gilbert. to lead the new operation. Architech, which specializes in transforming complex IT environments into simple, user-friendly user-friendly - Programmer-hostile. Generally used by hackers in a critical tone, to describe systems that hold the user's hand so obsessively that they make it painful for the more experienced and knowledgeable to get any work done. solutions, formed the Government Services group to provide proven systems design, development and integration services, and enterprise testing services, to federal civilian agencies and state and local governments. "Government agencies can benefit from our proven success in delivering a quantifiable Quantifiable Can be expressed as a number. The results of quantifiable psychological tests can be translated into numerical values, or scores. Mentioned in: Psychological Tests return on technology investment for our commercial customers," said Joe Tedesco Te`des´co a. 1. German; - used chiefly of art, literature, etc. , chief executive officer of Architech Corporation. "We are excited to have Bill on board. His vast public sector experience will be invaluable as we establish a presence in the government arena." In his role with Architech, Pickett will oversee the company's business development and sales efforts in the government market working closely with systems integrators An individual or organization that builds systems from a variety of diverse components. With increasing complexity of technology, more customers want complete solutions to information problems, requiring hardware, software and networking expertise in a multivendor environment. and government customers. At AT&T, Pickett was responsible for business development of one third of AT&T's civilian agencies including the departments of Agriculture, Interior, Education, US Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval , and others. Prior to joining AT&T, Pickett was a senior manager at Cap Gemini Gemini (jĕm`ənī, –nē) [Lat.,=the twins], northern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Cancer, N of Canis Minor; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Ernst and Young. "We have an exciting opportunity ahead of us to help federal, state and local governments realize their IT goals more quickly by building the bridge between new technologies and databases and legacy systems and by making enterprise testing initiatives deliver more value," said Bill Pickett. "Architech, with its track record of proven results, can help agencies leverage their internal efficiencies and existing infrastructure by integrating people, processes and technologies." About Architech Corporation Established in 1998, Architech Corporation builds and integrates technologies to improve productivity and performance. Architech specializes in working one-on-one with government and commercial customers and their existing technology environments -- seamlessly blending the old with new solutions. The company is based in Reston, Va. For additional information visit www.architechcorp.com. |
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