Anil Cheriyan Archives

Anil Cheriyan, IT Mod 2020 — Anil Cheriyan speaks on a fireside chat at the 2020 IT Modernization Summit. (FedScoop)

Anil Cheriyan lands at global tech firm Cognizant after GSA departure

Cheriyan will report directly to Cognizant CEO Brian Humphries while overseeing the company's IT, strategy, alliance and business development.

Jul 20, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

Anil Cheriyan, GSA, TTS — Anil Cheriyan speaks March 28, 2019, at the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop. (FedScoop)

Exit Interview: Anil Cheriyan on TTS’s expanded importance in a pandemic

In a final interview as head of TTS, Cheriyan discusses what he's learned during his time in government, the importance of government tours of duty and what…

Jul 17, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

Bob DeLuca takes interim leadership of GSA’s TTS as Cheriyan leaves

DeLuca had hardly been on the job as deputy CIO at FDIC for a week before his former employer swooped in asking him to lead TTS in…

Jul 13, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

Tech leaders Cheriyan, DeLuca depart GSA

Anil Cheriyan and Bob DeLuca oversaw the expansion of the Centers of Excellence program, but now they're leaving the General Services Administration.

Jun 30, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

HUD issues first awards for IT modernization Centers of Excellence

Systems Engineering Solutions Corp. will help with cloud adoption and Booz Allen Hamilton will support HUD's customer experience transformation.

Jun 15, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

TTS’s demand has grown ‘significantly’ during the pandemic, Anil Cheriyan says

Anil Cheriyan recently joined FedScoop for a videoconference call to describe his team's partnership with other federal agencies during the pandemic and how the demand for it…

May 18, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. (REUTERS / Jason Reed)

FDA becomes ninth Centers of Excellence partner, hot on the heels of NIH

The General Services Administration will specifically assist the agency's IT community with modernization.

May 7, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

A close-up of the administration building at National Institutes of Health. (NIH photo)

NIH institute latest to join GSA’s Centers of Excellence initiative

The General Services Administration will help the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development modernize its information technology.

May 4, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Government Accountability Office, GAO — The GAO flag. (Ron Cogswell / Flickr)

GAO calls on GSA’s Centers of Excellence to help build Innovation Lab

The GSA program will help GAO with the backend IT development process for its new lab, including obtaining an ATO for cloud services.

Mar 3, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

Technology Transformation Services Director Anil Cheriyan talks about automating FedRAMP at the National Press Club on Feb. 21, 2020. (Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop)

TTS director shares plans to automate, improve FedRAMP

The Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law released recommendations to streamline the program that Anil Cheriyan said is agency will consider.

Feb 21, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir