Mark Pietrasanta

Mark Pietrasanta brings to Aquilent more than 20 years of experience as a proven technology industry leader. His passion for technology, and all of its possibilities, has successfully guided Aquilent’s cutting-edge solutions strategy, allowing customers to realize the full benefits of innovative technology effectively and efficiently.

Mr. Pietrasanta is a 2010 recipient of the Federal Computer Week Federal 100 Award, which annually acknowledges “individuals in government and industry who have played pivotal roles in the federal information technology community.” This prestigious award was given to Mr. Pietrasanta for his work in Cloud Computing. He has led Aquilent’s involvement in developing its Technology Strategy Solution, which incorporates how Aquilent can assist federal agencies with their Cloud Computing strategies. He also took the lead in Aquilent’s role with GSA’s Office of Citizen Services (OCS) and USA.gov, establishing the OCS Cloud Computing vision very early on, and then building a roadmap to achieve that vision.

As the lead technical strategist at Aquilent, Mr. Pietrasanta is responsible for identifying and nurturing novel technologies and executing them into viable solutions. He works as a strategic partner with customers, helping them identify, plan, and achieve their technology strategy, while fulfilling the goals of a transparent and participatory democracy. Mr. Pietrasanta currently directs the ongoing development of cloud computing and virtualization and is focused on implementing this increasingly important solution strategy in the federal government that will ultimately save billions of dollars.

With a broad base of experience in a variety of platforms, environments, and Internet-based technologies, Mr. Pietrasanta has provided extensive solution, development, and integration services to a diverse mix of businesses. Prior to joining Aquilent in 2003, Mr. Pietrasanta was the Regional CTO for Commerce One where he also served as the product manager for the company’s suite of products that provided real-time transactional integration with the Uniform Code Council’s (now GS1 US) electronic exchange via XML and Web Services. As Vice President of Technology for AppNet, Mr. Pietrasanta directed the technology strategy and execution of the nonprofit division, which included such clients as the World Wildlife Fund, CARE, and UNICEF. In addition, he oversaw various business and IT systems for Discovery Communications, including its cable affiliates and global programming. He also held a five-year tenure as a senior technologist at Fannie Mae, where he was responsible for development, training, and project management, including the development of Fannie Mae’s full web-based architecture for high-volume transaction processing. His background also includes development work for Morgan Stanley & Co.