CMS awards Enterprise Shared Services (ESS-II) Recompete Contract to Ventera

Ventera has been awarded the Enterprise Shared Services (ESS-II) recompete contract by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This is a five-year engagement to continue our work on this program, providing shared services and tools in support of the Application Development Organizations (ADOs) for the Center for Clinical Standards (CCSQ) Health Care Quality Information Systems (HCQIS) ecosystem. Since …

Ventera Awarded Three-Year Contract with USDA FPAC

Ventera is thrilled to announce we have been awarded a contract for the Odin task order under our USDA FPAC NRCS ELM-4 BPA contract vehicle. The project is a three-year endeavor providing development, modernization, and enhancements support, and operations and maintenance for the Natural Resources and Conservation Service. The NRCS provides America’s farmers and ranchers with financial and technical assistance to …

Ventera Celebrates After-School All-Stars 10-year Anniversary

Ventera employees and their families joined the After-School All-Stars for their spring “un-gala” fundraiser event, celebrating 10 years of ASAS providing free, comprehensive after-school programs designed to assist under-resourced students in the DC area. It was a lively evening of celebrations at the historic RFK grounds in DC that included local food trucks, live music, and student performances. “It was …

Chief Data Officer Role for a Business Domain

BACKGROUND There have been several articles about the role of a Chief Data Officer (CDO) of an enterprise. In this white paper, I discuss the role of a CDO in a business domain within the enterprise. By “business domain”, I am referring to a business area within an enterprise which could either be a line of business (LOB) having a …

Data Strategy for a Business Domain: An Application of Data Mesh

BACKGROUND There have been various articles about enterprise data strategy. In this white paper, I discuss the data strategy for a business domain within the enterprise. By “business domain”, I refer to a business area within an enterprise which could either be a line of business (LOB) having a P&L or a shared service such as finance, HR, IT or …

Ventera Awarded Five-Year Contract with DHS S&T

Ventera is excited to announce we have been awarded a five-year follow-on contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate for development and maintenance of the S&T Analytical Tracking System (STATS). STATS is a web-based system supporting financial and acquisition tracking information. In conjunction with DHS, Ventera developed STATS to replace several old legacy systems …

How High Will Mortgage Defaults Go?

In my article on Aug 5, I had said that we are likely to see a major decline in house prices leading to a large number of mortgage defaults. By now, house prices have started to drop with the Case-Shiller Index (CSI)  showing declines for three months now in various western metros. The national CSI and the purchase only FHFA …

Ventera’s Internship Program Is Back and Better Than Ever!

When Covid first appeared in 2020, it turned nearly everything within the business community upside down. Among the impacted practices were internships; many companies saw their programs halted entirely or shifted online in a last-minute attempt to salvage an opportunity for college students and up-and-coming business professionals.  Two years later, Ventera is delighted to announce that we have returned to …

Producing Better Outcomes for the Business and Users

Successful product development is a balance between 1) solving a real problem, 2) creating a product that’s easy to use and 3) making financial sense for the company building the software. And that’s exactly where business analysts (BA) and user experience researchers (UXR) come in. Plainly put: BA represents the business’ needs — the business that’s selling the product and …

What’s Next for the Housing Market?

Even though today’s jobs report has been much better than expected, overall the economy still shows signs of slipping into a recession and, further, the Fed remains on the path to increase interest rates very significantly. Consumption, the most important component of GDP, is starting to slow down with retail sales, adjusted for inflation, declining for a few months now. …

Ventera Welcomes Gopal Sharathchandra as new SVP of Financial Solutions

Ventera welcomes Gopal “Sharath” Sharathchandra as new Senior Vice President of Financial Solutions, the latest expansion in the company’s effort to bolster industry expertise in banking and finance. Sharath will support Ventera’s Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning practice focusing on serving commercial clients to enhance their efficiency, adaptability, and delivery of business value. “We are thrilled to have Sharath on …

The Washington Post Names Ventera a 2022 Top Washington-area Workplace

For the second year in a row, Ventera has been selected as a 2022 Top Workplace by The Washington Post. The selection is based solely on employee feedback gathered through an anonymous, third-party survey designed to identify the top-ranking workplaces in the region. Employees rated their organizations on such issues as where the company is headed, how much managers encourage …

Ventera Introduces Women in Technology Subcommittee

Last week marked the official kickoff meeting for Ventera’s newest sub-committee, Women in Technology.  Though the group is still working to define its official mission statement, their objective is to create a space for women to learn the latest technologies, grow their skills, network, and deliver more value to the organization as well as the next generation of women technologists …

Ventera Sponsors Study Session for Bucknell Engineering Students

Ventera Full Stack Developer and former Bucknell Engineering student Jordan Faith is always drumming up new ways to give back to his alma mater. This year he worked with the Director of the University’s Engineering Success Alliance Jason Milner to coordinate a study session for ESA students during finals week. Ventera sponsored the event.  Altogether about 30 students from the …

Ventera Celebrates Autism Acceptance Month

Blue was the color of our latest company lunch, as team members, both in-person and remote, sported the color to show support for autism acceptance. Wearing blue during the month of April has become a symbol for the Light it Up Blue campaign, a movement created by Autism Speaks to foster understanding and acceptance for those with autism.  “This was …