Salient CRGT appoints Ian Graham as vice president, data analytics and business solutions

Salient CRGT, Inc. of Fairfax, VA announced on December 14 the addition of Ian Graham as vice president, Data Analytics and Business Solutions. He will lead the growth of their data analytics and big data services to further develop their growing portfolio of regional and national accounts. In addition to his growth responsibilities, he will focus on Salient CRGT’s data analytics consultant care, practice development and provide analytics expertise and thought leadership.

Graham comes with a wealth of experience within the industry, having spent nearly 20 years of progressive leadership experience in federal IT, leading large-scale, high profile federal government project initiatives, and a track record of growing organizations both organically and through new opportunities. He joins Salient CRGT after successfully serving as Vice President for the federal division at Qlarion, an information technology and services firm that provides data analytics to the public sector. He brings a deep understanding of data applications to the decision-making process that can provide customers with powerful tools to improve their performance and productivity. Graham has held a number of leadership positions with federal contractors including Guident Technologies, Inc. where he was instrumental in helping establish the company’s market-driven model, and CACI International Inc., where he was responsible for the management and direction of enterprise-wide data warehouse projects in the Department of Defense.

“We are pleased to welcome Ian to our Data Analytics and Business Solutions team as his wealth of experience and industry knowledge has made him a key addition to our team,” said Tom Ferrando, president of Salient CRGT. “As our customers look to us for new innovations, his thorough understanding of business technology applications will be a driving force that expands our market leading solutions in data analytics to customers and helps them raise productivity, improve decision making, and gain a competitive edge.”

“Ian brings an entire career dedicated to data analytics,” said Ken Raffel, senior vice president, Data Analytics and Business Solutions. “As the challenges of managing and interpreting big data grow, Ian’s experience plays a key role in providing and implementing high quality solutions for the best return on investment to help our customers work smarter and use data analysis insights to transform their operations.”

Graham has been recognized as a rising IT professional by The Washington Post Business section, was awarded a national Best of Breed for Top IT Programs, Public Sector, by Government Computer News for his leadership on an EPA program, and has been a presenter at multiple national IT conferences.

Source: Salient CRGT