Executive Management Team

Joseph Granata
President & CEO

Mr. Granata has over 17 years of experience in the management, marketing and development of Information Technology related services and software. He has a proven history of success incorporating executive leadership, intuitive business acumen, analytical and problem solving abilities, executive conflict resolution ability, project management skills, and a strong customer service orientation.

In 1993, Mr. Granata co-founded Professional Services Corporation (PSC), a company providing a wide range of information technology consulting services designed to meet the needs of growing businesses. PSC is a stable, profitable, growing company generating over $4 million in annual revenue in 1999 and currently employing approximately fifty people. In his role as co-founder, Mr. Granata is responsible for overseeing all aspects of business development, proposal development, client relationships, contract negotiations, and sales training and management.

Prior to co-founding PSC, Mr. Granata was employed by AGS Information Service, Inc., as a Business Development/Marketing Manager where he was responsible for all aspects of AGS business and program development efforts within the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Earlier in his career, Mr. Granata developed software for one of the first true time-sharing operating systems that were commercially available at the time. Mr. Granata received a BS degree in computer science. He is an MBA candidate, with emphasis in Finance, at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, and has completed over 60% of the course curriculum.

John Granata, Ph.D.
VP, Technology

Since receiving his doctorate in 1990, Dr. Granata has been 100% focused on helping organizations leverage cutting-edge technology to meet their business needs. Along the way, he has co-founded three successful information technology consulting firms.

In 1990 he co-founded MathWare, Inc. to help high-tech companies leverage new advances in chip and algorithm design. In 1993 he co-founded Professional Services Corporation to help organizations migrate their business solutions to the then emerging Client/Server model. In 1999 he co-founded SureCode Technologies, Inc. to help enterprises more effectively leverage open source solutions based on the HTTP protocol.

During his tenure at these firms, Dr. Granata has had the opportunity to gain hands-on and in-depth experience in all aspects of the software development life cycle and has been instrumental in helping numerous clients develop leading edge software products and Client/Server solutions. He has served as lead programmer, software architect, project manager, and principal investigator on numerous government and commercial projects and has received high grades and letters of recommendation from every customer he has worked with.

Dr. Granata received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1990 from City College of New York (CCNY). His doctoral studies were fully supported through two honorary fellowships awarded to him by the City University of New York (CUNY).