Atul Patki

President & CEO (Final Secret Clearance holder from DoD/Navy Yard – Feb 23, 2007)

He co-founded TeKnoFirm in 1999 with a focus on Database management, Data Architecture, client/server computing, web-based applications, and design services. He is responsible for the company’s strategic vision, development of ideas, and making the company profitable. He also provides direction, motivation, energy, and professional leadership to the management team to translate the vision into result-oriented policies and programs. He oversees the marketing and business development efforts to get government and private sector businesses and maintains an extensive professional network resulting in strategic alliances with other reputed companies.

Atul loves to derive solutions for any complicated issue and think outside the box for business solutions. He adopts a critical approach to problem-solving in the abstract. He believes that this approach enables clients to get the perfect solution the first time and saves time and resources in the future. As the co-founder of TeKnoFirm, Atul instills a no-nonsense, roll-up-your-sleeves approach to providing complete IT solutions to complex business problems.

Before TeKnoFirm, Atul held positions such as Sr. Database Admin (Lead position) in Andrews and as a Sr. Consultant or in a lead role in various other clients. His main contribution to the company is getting direct clients like Fannie Mae, Equant (Formerly Global One), AOL, and Government agencies like US Census Bureau, Lockheed Martin, and Evolver.