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2 GENERAL INFO

CONTENTS

                                  

3 IMMIGRATION UPDATES
4 HUMAN RESOURCES UPDATES
7 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
8 WHAT THE TECH?
9 TECH JOBS OUTLOOK
10 SAFE T Y IS A STATE OF MIND
11 EVENTS AT THE INDIA OFFICE
12 STOCK MARKET FIREWORKS
14 WHAT’S HAPPENING: SSTECH TAMPA
16 JOB OPENINGS: NOW HIRING
17 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
18 EMPLOYEE MILESTONES
19 WELCOME TO SSTECH!

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IMMIGRATION 3

I M M I G R AT I O N

UPDATE S
                                    

The US State Department is now reporting that it is taking between 60-90 days to obtain a Visa appointment
at the US Consulates in India. This is as a result of heavy demand for visa services. If you will be travelling
to India, please plan accordingly.

USCIS Processing Times for H-1B Petitions & I-140 DOL Processing Times:
Petitions:
• H-1B LCA’s are taking 7 days.
The following processing times apply:
• PERM Prevailing Wage Determinations are taking
• Vermont Service Center is currently processing 90 days.
(regular, non-premium) H-1B Amendments &
Extensions received on or before September 28, • PERM Initially submitted in February 2016.
2015.
• PERM subject to Audit Review – November 2015.
• California Service Center is currently process-
ing (regular, non-premium) H-1B Amendments & Passport Renewal Reminder:
Extensions received on or before November 2,
2015. As a reminder, it is your responsibility to make sure
that your passport is valid at all times. If your passport
• Texas Service Center is reporting that it is taking will be expiring within the next 6 months – please
4 months to process I-140 Petitions. apply for a renewal.

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4 HUMAN RESOURCES

HUMAN RESOURCES

UPDATE S
                                    

EMAIL HANDLING • Expense forms and receipts for the month must
be submitted to the designated staff member of
Please ensure that when sending Out- each office location no later than the 10th of each
Of-Office/Work-From-Home reminder month. They will then submit all original expense
emails that the email includes the dates documents to the Tampa office for processing. You
the employee will be out and who will be covering the do not need to submit the forms/receipts directly
position during the absence. Also be sure the email to Lisa Rau.
is addressed to HR, the direct supervisor, the branch
manager, and the local receptionist. If there are any • Manual expense reports need to be signed by your
questions please be sure to reach out to me. Thank manager. Unsigned expense reports will not be
you and have a great day! processed.

CARE OF COMPANY EQUIPMENT • As the expense report forms and receipts are
mailed to the Tampa once a month, reimburse-
Please be reminded that all equipment issued to ment checks are being issued once a month as
employees belongs to the company and is to be used well. Once processed, the checks will be sent to
for business purposes only. It is the responsibility of employees by USPS.
the employee to keep their equipment secure and
handled with reasonable care so that it is not lost, Any pending expense reimbursement requests
stolen, damaged, or otherwise rendered unusable in Portal must be re-submitted manually in order
except through normal wear and tear. Negligence to ensure proper processing. These forms can be
in the care and use of company equipment will be accessed at Z:\SSTECH Forms\General.

considered cause for disciplinary action. A For additional information, please contact Sabreen
payroll deduction may also be withheld Dimero at [email protected] or Jennifer
from an employee’s paycheck to cover Candiano at [email protected].

the fair market value of each COMMON LANGUAGE
item lost or damaged as a result
of negligence.

EXPENSE REPORTS REMINDER As a common courtesy to your co-workers, please use
only English, the common language, in the office. Keep
• The expense reports function in Portal is currently all conversation at an acceptable level to not disturb
out of service. As such, employees must submit the concentration of those
manual expense report forms to submit requests. working in close proximity.
Please refer to my previous memo below for addi-
tional information regarding this manual process. SSTech highly values the mul-
ticultural diversity among

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HUMAN RESOURCES 5

its employees and strives to maintain a culture of coordinate with a member of your team to run
cohesive inclusion for everyone. However, concerns TeamViewer in your office laptop/desktop and
regarding the use of languages other than English connect with your home desktop/laptop.
have been expressed recently, and in the past, as it
can create a hostile work environment… likely there • BlueJeans video conference must be installed on
are others who feel similarly, but have kept it to them- your home system to allow you to attend meet-
selves. If you do feel the need to speak in a language ings via video conference.
other than English, please do so in the break room or
somewhere away from the main work area. • If you experience any delays with your connectiv-
ity to the server, please submit a service request.
Emails sent by HR in the past have requested all
employees to use only the English language; so, for As a reminder, a copy of the policy can be found at Z:\
many employees, this is a reminder. Please under- SSTECH Forms\General. For additional information,
stand, employees who continue to use languages please contact Sabreen Dimero at Sabreen.Dimero@
other than English in the office will face disciplin- sstech.us or Jennifer Candiano at [email protected].
ary action.
CHANGE IN PAYROLL PROVIDER
WORK FROM HOME REQUIREMENTS
We are excited to announce that,
SSTech’s Work from effective October 1st, 2016,
Home Policy estab- we will be changing our payroll
lishes standard pro- provider from ADP to Paylocity.
cedures and sets Your September earnings, paid
expectations for all in October, will be issued by
employees conduct- Paylocity.
ing company busi-
ness at home. We This change is designed to simplify the way in which
hope that you have all taken the time to familiarize employees submit their timecards and receive/review
yourselves with this policy. their pay statements, as well as streamline the manner
in which the company conducts new employee
For those who have obtained manager approval to onboarding and administer the benefits enrollment
work from home, the following applies: process.

• Employees must be available via Lotus Sametime Prior to its launch, all employees will receive an email
Connect during their regular working hours. In notification from Paylocity containing information on
addition, your Sametime status profile must be how to set up individual accounts. Employees will
updated with the phone number at which you can also receive instructions on how to utilize Paylocity
be reached. to perform various employee functions, including but
not limited to accessing pay statements and submit-
• You must have a fully functioning laptop or desktop ting timecards. Please note that beginning the week
to use while working from home. of October 3rd, 2016, all employees will need to
begin entering their timecards in Paylocity in order to
• For those who already do not have one, please ensure proper processing of October earnings.
request a VPN token prior to working from home
via a service request. This will enable you to have In addition, please note the following reminder:
access to server. employees will not be able to access old ADP pay-
stubs from their respective Paylocity accounts. As a
• If you do not have a VPN token, or if your request precaution, before October 1st, 2016, we encourage
to work from home is of an urgent nature, you all employees to download and save all existing pay-
may access the server via TeamViewer. Please stubs from ADP in order to guarantee access to past

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6 HUMAN RESOURCES

pay statements after the company’s ADP account is to organize and clean your desks of random and scat-
terminated. tered papers, and clear the area under your desk of
stored items, boxes, etc.
If you have any questions regarding this change,
please contact Durga Prasad Yalamanchili at 703- We appreciate your contributions to the upkeep of a
870-7407 x417 or Sabreen Dimero at 727-723-0801 tidy, professional office environment…!! :)
ext. 311.
INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY
OFFICE BADGE EXPECTATIONS
The following is an excerpt from the Employee Handbook:
This is a friendly
reminder that We recognize that severe weather conditions or haz-
each workday ardous commuting conditions may occasionally cause
you are expected delays (road conditions, school/child care opening
to bring, and use, delays/closings, etc) or make it difficult for employ-
your own door ees to report to work on time, or at all.
badge for access
to the offices. While employee safety is paramount, you are
expected to make a diligent effort to report to work
Recently, there has been an increase of corporate when conditions have improved. If you are delayed or
employees without their badges who ring the door- determine that you are unable to report to work as a
bell. While it is understandable that occasionally a result of hazardous weather, traffic conditions, and/
badge is forgotten or temporarily misplaced, please or school/child care closings, inform your supervisor
understand that the repetitive doorbell ringing is dis- as soon as possible. Your late arrival to the office will
ruptive to the office. In addition, there is a legitimate be excused and no missed time will be required to
security concern if a badge is lost. be made up. An employee who is unable to report to
work may have the option to work from home upon
If you have lost your badge, please inform your proper manager approval of the request. You may elect to
office contact as soon as possible: take the day off… your absence will be excused, but
to be paid, a PTO leave request must be submitted;
Main Contact: Linda Johnson ([email protected]) if you have no PTO available, your time off will be
unpaid.
Virginia: Mona Gandhi ([email protected])
If it becomes necessary to close the office due to
Texas: Venkat Abburi ([email protected]) severe weather or other emergency, every effort will
be made to notify employees in a timely
WORK AREA ORGANIZATION manner. Employees have the option to
provide their personal email address to
Everyone strives to work efficiently and effectively be included on a Weather Advisory
with assigned tasks. However, upon recent inspec- contact list which will provide the
tion, many offices/work areas are particularly clut- employee with any necessary office
information and updates.
tered and disorga-
nized…and this can Work from home is a last resort option
greatly decrease and should not be requested if the
productivity! office is open, unless there is a specific
hardship for the employee to report to work.
As this is a required In such situation, prior manager approval is
effort, please take required to avail of this option.
some time today

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EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS
                                    

MIDYEAR BENEFIT ENROLLMENT CHANGE MEDICAL INSURANCE RENEWAL COMPLETE

Employees who experience a qualifying life event may The renewal process for the company’s medical insur-
make mid-year changes to their benefit enrollments. ance plan with United Healthcare has been com-
Such life events include marriage, divorce, birth of pleted. Effective 06/01/2016, our plan information
a child, gain/loss of other coverage, and extended is as follows:
travels abroad in excess of 3 months.
Policy #: 0908537
Effective immediately, please note the following Medical Plan Name: AE27 / 02V
changes to the mid-year benefit enrollment process:
Because of this change, you will receive a notice from
Prior to processing the requested changes, employ- United Healthcare stating that your prior coverage
ees must submit documentation of their qualifying life has been terminated. Please be assured that this does
event along with the applicable enrollment form(s). not mean that you no longer have health insurance –
Both forms must be submitted to Trupti Kapoor within this notice simply means that your coverage under the
30 days of the qualifying life event. Supporting docu- old policy number has ended and replaced by cover-
ments to support the life event can include, but are age under the new policy number listed above. You
not limited to, a birth certificate or hospital letter for will not experience any gaps in coverage as a result
a newborn child, marriage certificate, divorce decree, of this policy number change.
letter from an employer or insurance provider indicat-
ing the effective date of the gain/loss of existing cov- You will receive a new health insurance card contain-
erage, and travel itineraries documenting the travel ing the new policy number and medical plan name.
duration. Please note, the requested changes will not Effective immediately, please use this card for all of
be processed until all requested documents are sub- your medical and pharmaceutical needs. For those
mitted within the specified timeframe. who have not yet received the new cards, please
create an account online at www.myuhc.com using
This process change is designed to ensure that both the new policy number. Doing so will allow you to
the employee and the company are in compliance print a temporary ID card to use in the interim. If you
with federal regulations regarding healthcare cover- do not receive your card within 7-10 business days,
age under the Affordable Care Act. please contact HR for further assistance.

For additional information, please contact Trupti For your reference, you can access the plan benefit
Kapoor at [email protected], Sabreen Dimero at summaries and rate sheet at http://bat.ly/L20XA.
[email protected], or Jennifer Candiano at
[email protected].

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8 IN THE NEWS

WHAT THE

T E C H ?CYBER SECURITY
AS A CAREER

                                    

Posted July 18, 2016 on by Jamey Tucker, Technology Reporter

You already know about the high cost of a college to continue for a masters degree, the government
education. And even with a degree, there’s no guaran- will cover that too. Cybercorps will also pay tuition,
tee you’ll find a job. But in one career, you’ll not only books and fees for students wishing to earn a doctor-
get the education for free, but a high paying career ate, with the stipend growing to as much as $30,000
once you graduate and the jobs are made possible by a year.
cyber-­terrorists.
“For every year they give your their stipend and cover
There are hundreds of cyber-­ terrorism attacks aimed your tuition, fees and books, you must work for the
at companies and governments every minute. Most government for that year and that’s where you want
of these are from state­sponsored terrorist organiza- to work anyway,” said Anderson.
tions overseas, but in the United States there aren’t
enough people trained and qualified to stop them. Those governmental cyber-­security technician jobs
pay very well. We found Homeland Security jobs
Cyber-s­ ecurity expert Patty Anderson explained the paying as much as $185,000 per year while the small-
challenges. “The government has over 200,000 jobs est salary is in the $60s.
open and unfilled for cyber security technicians,” she
said. When the student fulfills their obligation to the gov-
ernment, they’ll be in high demand for companies
The number of job openings is growing while many hiring their own cyber-security positions. It’s expected
jobs go unfilled for years.
“There’s such a shortage of over the next few years, there
this skill set there is a provi- will be an additional 1­million
sion to give you college tuition job openings for someone who
and a stipend,” said Anderson. can help put a stop to these
“It’s called Cybercorps.” cyber attacks.

Cybercorps is a government For more details on the Cyber­
program that’ll pay all of Corps program and a list of col-
tuition, all books and fees and leges, universities and techni-
a $15,000 stipend. If you want cal schools participating, visit
https://www.sfs.opm.gov/

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IN THE NEWS 9

TECH JOBS:

O     U     T   L    O    O     K          
Posted July 15, 2016 on by Tekla S. Perry

More Job Automation But More Jobs Too, Say U.S. Tech CEOs

There’s good news on the technology job search Or, as the report from KPMG puts it:
front, according to preliminary results of a survey by
consulting firm KPMG. The firm queried 138 U.S. tech The majority of technology companies
CEOs, and 95 percent expect to increase the size of plan to increase their human workforce
their workforces over the next three years. Some 55 at least 6 percent over the next 3 years
percent expect to grow at least 6 percent. (The full while adding cognitive systems to create a new class
report will be released in August.) of digital labor to enhance human skills and expertise.

This growth in tech jobs for humans might have been Bob Melk, president of job search firm Dice, said soft-
even larger, however, but some positions will be filled ware engineers in particular should benefit from this
by automation and machine learning systems: about trend towards workforce automation and machine
three quarters of the tech CEOs expect automa- learning. Dice sees “a high demand for software engi-
tion and machine learning tools to replace at least neers and software developers, representing 7.5
5 percent of their sales, marketing, technology, and percent of all jobs posted.”
manufacturing workforces.

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10 S A F E T Y

S A F E T Y I S A STATE OF MIN D

SLIPS AND FALLS

                                    

A monthly column dedicated to the safety and well-being of the SSTech family.

According to the • Keep frequently used items in easily reachable
areas
U.S. Department
• Wear shoes with good support and slip resistant
of Labor, slips, soles

trips and falls • Arrange furniture to provide open walking
pathways
make up the
• Keep drawers and cabinet doors closed at all times
majority of general
• Install handrails on all staircases on both sides
industry accidents.
• Remove tripping hazards (paper, boxes, books,
These account for clothes, toys, shoes) from stairs and walkways

15 percent of all • If you have young children, install gates at the top
and bottom of stairs (unlatch the gate in order to
accidental deaths pass – don’t climb over them)

per year, the sec- • Ensure adequate lighting both indoors and
outdoors
ond-leading cause
• Remove debris from exterior walkways
behind motor
• Adjust gutter downspouts to drive water away
SUDHA PISIPATI vehicles, about from pathways
25 percent of all
• Periodically check
Business Analyst reported injury the condition of
walkways and steps,
SSTech Tampa Office claims per fiscal and repair damages
immediately
year, and more

than 95 million

lost work days per year (about 65 percent of all work

days lost).

There are a variety of situations that may cause slips,
trips and falls. The following list presents some tips
for preventing them in everyday work and home
situations.

• Clean up all spills and peels immediately

• Stay off freshly mopped floors

• Secure electrical and phone cords out of traffic
areas

• Remove small throw rugs or use non-skid mats to • Never stand on a
keep them from slipping chair, table or other
surface on wheels

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E VE N T S AT THE

INDIA OFFICE

                                    

On Sunday, June 19th, the staff joined in the first year
birthday celebration of Phani Yalamanchili’s daughter,
Diya Yalamanchili.

From left to right: Avinash Thipparthi, Bhanu, Hemalatha, The India Office’s HR and Billing Team, from left to right:
Phani with Diya, Kantu Praneetha, Raja Uppala & his son, Hari Kiran Veeramachaneni, Sunil Gunti, Nizamuddin, Mahesh
Ramana Lukalapu, Radhika Mukkala, Kiranmai. Bairi, Laxman Madcherla, Jose Panicker, Ravi Pusuluri, Venkata
Durga, Raja Uppala, Raghu Ram, Bhanu Tummala, Srikanth ,
On Thursday, June 2nd, the staff joined in the first year Balakrishna.
birthday celebration of Nehith Sai, son of Accounts
Assistant, Hemalatha Duggirala.

From left to right: Ranga Rao Veeramachaneni and his wife, The India Office’s IT Team, from left to right: Kiranmai,
Father in Law & Mother in Law of Hemalatha and her spouse Prasanthi Ponnaganti, Babitha Kasturi & son, Ravi Thota,
beside her. Swapna Kosuri, Hemalatha, her mother and son Nehith Sai,
Monika Yarlagadda, Radhika Mukkala, Ramana Lukalapu.

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12 K E Y 2 O P T I O N S

FOCUS ON

STOCK MARKET FIREWORKS

                                    

The fireworks are just getting started in the Stock Markets

I hope everyone Most investors who are new to the options world
had a safe and are most familiar with call options. Calls are popular
happy 4th of July! because buying them is a lot like buying a stock, only
with a ramped up reward-to-risk ratio. When the
The US Stock stock goes up, call options go up a lot. Put options
offer the same reward profile but makes money when
Market sure has the stock or index goes down in value. As many of you
know, it takes a while for stocks to go up, but they
had a lot of fire- can come down rapidly.

works over the As a refresher, buying a put option gives you the right
(but not the obligation) to sell a specific stock at a spe-
last 7 years. Stocks cific strike price and by a predetermined expiration
date. What does that accomplish exactly?
have had a great
Basically, buying a put lets you bet against a stock or
run since 2009, an index like the S&P 500.

but like all good Let’s say that our imaginary example XYZ Corporation
has shares of its stock currently trading for $5. But
things, at some this time, you think that the stock is overpriced and
it’s headed lower in the next couple of months — so
point it has to you buy an XYZ Corp. $5 June put option. Your put
option gives you the right to “sell shares” of XYZ for
MICHAEL McNELIS come to an end. $5 anytime between now and June’s options expira-
tion date (the date isn’t important in this example).
Options Strategist In a seven year
So, if you’re right, and XYZ falls down to $2, your puts
Key2Options span, the S&P give you the ability to make $3. Sell it for $5 and buy
it back for $2.
index is up roughly
In every other way, buying puts works just like buying
200%. Despite the recent correction after the Brexit calls: your risk is limited to the cost of the options
(because if XYZ’s price rises above $5, you wouldn’t
vote, we’re still in one of the biggest stock rallies in bother with it), and the cost of the options is deter-
mined by intrinsic value and time value.
history. Generally speaking though, stocks are very

expensive compared to historical values. Price earn-

ings ratios and Price to sales ratios are at an extreme

high, making stocks very expensive.

What can you do if this bull market is ending?

Just to be clear, I’ve made it no secret that I’ve been
expecting 2016 to be a bad year for the markets. I
have said that we could see possibly a 40% correction,
taking the S&P to the 1250 area. Today, I’ll show you
how you can use a plain, simple options strategy to
protect your portfolio against the next crash.

How? By buying put options.

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K E Y 2 O P T I O N S 13

With puts, intrinsic value is found by subtracting the these options as betting on a long shot in a horse race.
option’s strike price from the stock’s current price.
Remember, you want to minimize the cost of your
In a big way, put options are a lot like insurance. portfolio’s “insurance policy”. That cost has two
factors: time value and intrinsic value. We need plenty
When you buy a $200,000 homeowner’s insurance of time on our “insurance policy” — so unfortunately,
policy for your house, you’re saying that you want to our time value is going to cost more. To make up for
be able to get $200,000 for your home if a catastro- that higher time value, we’ll use a put option that has
phe takes place. With our XYZ put example, you’re zero intrinsic value. That way, our insurance policy
saying that you want to be able to get $5 for shares only pays out on a really big move down, but it’s cheap
of XYZ — even if some catastrophe destroys shares’ to buy.
value.
So, let me show you how that would work if the Stock
For instance, you can buy a put option on a market Market does crash!
S&P 500 and get paid out when the stock market
drops! To insure against a crash, you need to buy a put As of this writing (early July 2016), the S&P trades
option with two characteristics: it’s got to be cheap, for around $2085 per share. Let’s say we want our
and it’s got to have plenty of time to play out. “insurance policy” to kick in if the index crashes, we
could buy the SPX $1350 December 2016 put. That
The best way to do that in one step is by buying a put gives us the right to sell the SPX for $1350 per
long-term put that’s way “out of the money.” Out of share anytime between now and December 2016.
the money options have zero intrinsic value. Think of
That option currently costs $4.75, which means a
total investment of $475 for a contract ($4.75 per
share time’s 100 shares in a contract).

If the market crashes, and SPX falls through $1350,
your insurance policy starts paying out.

During the recent Brexit market fall, this option
doubled in value. If the SPX does go down to $1250,
your $4.75 option will be worth a minimum of $100!

Just like a regular insurance policy, if you don’t use
it you’re only out what you paid for your premiums
or $4.75.

The Stock market tends to go in cycles. Remember
the internet bubble of 2000? How about the crash in
2008? Hmm every 8 years…. That would make 2016
a year to crash again.

The question you have to ask yourself is… is it worth
a chance to invest $4.75 to make $100?

I’ll take my chances!

Remember, with Key2Options, you can Plan your
Trade and Trade your Plan.

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14 H A P P E N I N G S

W H AT ’ S H AP P E NIN G

SSTECH TAMPA

                                    

TAMPA OFFICE - SUMMER PICNIC

The Tampa Office participated in a company-spon- fun games, great food, and smiles all around. We sin-
sored picnic at John Chesnut Park in Palm Harbor, cerely hope that everyone enjoyed gathering with
Florida, on Saturday, July 9th. Corporate employees friends, associates, and other loved ones. A special
and their families to enjoy the food and office compe- thank you as well to Caitlin Callahan, Teresa Figueroa,
titions, which included corn hold, a scagenger hunt, a Andrew Vincent, Trupti Trivedi, Shivani Trivedi, Kat
Jenga competition, a kickball game, hot potato races, Sabatula, Kerri Callahan, Carla Jimenez, and Reina
water balloon contests, and a pie eating competition. Bryant for all their hard work in making this event a
success!!
We would like to extend a very warm thank you to
everyone who joined us for the afternoon filled with

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H A P P E N I N G S 15

TAMPA OFFICE VOLUNTEERS - CLEAN UP THE CAUSEWAY

Each year, thousands visit Tampa’s beaches for This year, SSTech teamed up with Second Chance
Independence Day and leave exploded fireworks Charity of Palm Harbor (founded by CEO, Sreedhar
debris and harmful plastics on the shoreline. The Veeramachaneni’s daughter, Vimala) and Keep Tampa
day-after beach clean-up is a service initiative that Bay Beautiful to collect trash and fireworks on the
was started in 2005 by the City of Tampa Parks and morning of July 5th at Ben T. Davis Beach and the
Recreation Department in partnership with Keep Courtney Campbell Causeway.
Tampa Bay Beautiful.

Field associates Ishtiaq Ahmed and Chris Lumnah,
recently received kudos for a job well done. Among
the client’s praise was the following excerpt:

“[They] continue to do a fantastic job for [our company]
and our customers. I was at a meeting last week when
someone stated ‘Can I just say how great our SQL engi-
neers are?’ What great praise! But I don’t need anyone
to tell me how great they are - I have personally experi-
enced what a comprehensive and tremendous job you
two do. Thanks for all you do.”

Way to go, Ishtiaq and Chris!

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16 G E N E R A L I N F O

JOB OPENINGS:

NOW HIRING
                                    

Help us find the missing piece! SSTech’s current job EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM
openings are listed below.
All open positions are eligible for a referral reward.
For more information or to apply for a position, send There are no limits on the number of referrals an
an email to Recruiting Director, Mahi Paul, at mahip@ employee can make, nor is there a limit on the number
sstech.us. Be sure to send your resume and a brief of referral bonuses that can be collected.
cover letter with the job title and office location listed,
salary expectations, and availability. For more information, email Trupti Trivedi at trupti.t@
sstech.us.

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G E N E R A L I N F O 17

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

OPPORTUNITIES

                                    

SAP UX (USER EXPERIENCE) ONLINE TRAINING WEB APPLICATION SECURITY
(OWASP TOP 10)
SAPUI5 Contents: SAP NetWeaver Gateway Contents Contact: Praneetha Yalamanchili
• SAPUI5 Overview • SAP Gateway Overview [email protected]
• SAP UI Development Toolkit for • OData Overview (203) 535-3105
• SAP Gateway Service Implementation
HTML5 • SAP Gateway Hub Functionalities BUSINESS ANALYSIS
• Programming Applications • Advanced OData Options Contact: Karim Gaber
• SAPUI5 Developer Studio • SAP Gateway Security [email protected]
• Creating a SAPUI5 Project • OData Service Consumption (727) 723-0801 x303
• Model – View – Controller
• Databinding SAP Fiori Contents SAP BUSINESS OBJECTS, UNI-
• Databinding - OData • Overview of the SAP Fiori solution VERSE DESIGNER, WEB INTELLI-
• Resource Handling / Localization • Introduction to SAP Fiori Apps GENCE, WEB INTELLIGENCE RICH
• Styling & Theming • SAP UX strategy relating to SAP Fiori CLIENT REPORTS DEVELOPMENT,
• CVOM Charts • Fiori Launchpad overview and func- XCELSIUS DASHBOARD DESIGN-
• SAPUI5 Mobile ING, BUSINESS OBJECTS
• Create a Mobile App Project tions Contact: Prahadhir Kumar
• Optimizing SAPUI5 • Fiori Launchpad configuration [email protected]
• SAP User Experience Strategy • Theme Designer overview (615) 699-5433
• SAP User Experience Tools and Tech- • Introduction to Hana Cloud Platform www.Helpism.com
• Introduction to Web IDE
nologies AUTOMATION QA TRAINING
HP QUICK TEST PRO
The instructor has been working in the SAP UX space for the last 8 years in the US. Manual Testing, Quality Center,
He is well-versed in SAP User Interface technologies and has extensive experi- Other Tools
ence working on most UI technologies, including WebDynpro (ABAP/Java), SAP Contact: Raj Yaramala
NetWeaver portal, SAP UI5, Fiori, CRM WebUI, and Adobe Forms. [email protected]
(267) 467-4766
For more information, call Satish N V Godavarthi at (972) 979 4522 or email satish-
[email protected].

DO YOU TRAIN? JAVA/J2EE
Contact: Srinivas Gaddam
Are you interested in conducting your [email protected]
own training sessions in other skill (904) 616-6045
sets? SSTech would be happy to assist
you with coordinating this effort. SQL SERVER TRAINING (T-SQL,
SSIS, SSRS)
Contact David Gonu at (727) 723- Contact: Farhan
0801 x313 or email [email protected]. [email protected]
(701) 446-8865

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EMPLOYEE
MILESTONES
                                    

Best wishes to the employees below who are celebrating special milestones this month!

BIRTHDAYS WORK ANNIVERSARIES

JULY AUGUST JULY

Mohammed Ziyauddin - 7/3 Sunil Choudary Ballamudi - 8/1 Brent Savard - 1 year
Siva Vallabhaneni - 7/4 Valluri Venkata Durga Chowdary - 8/2 Reshma Pokharkar - 1 year
Vinisha Soni - 7/8 Maruthi Kumar Pendem - 2 years
Mahi Puvvula - 7/10 Danielle Fernandez - 8/7 Mounika Yarlagadda - 2 years
Teresa Figueroa - 7/11 Gorantla Venkatesh - 8/7 Srinivasa Rao Veeraboina - 2 years
Sravanthi Kusuma - 7/11 Hema Latha Duggirala - 2 years
Jennifer Candiano - 7/12 Bhavana Atluri - 8/7 Bhanu Prakash Tummala - 2 years
Swapna Kosuri - 7/12 Venkatram Kanuru - 8/9 Kumar Chaitanya Kodali - 2 years
Durga Prasad Yalamanchili - 8/10
Raghu Ram Channamallu - 7/13 David Quish - 3 years
Raghava Ram Arepalli - 7/14 Venkat Abburi - 8/11
Harsha Tilokani - 7/16 Keerti Vanam - 8/11 AUGUST
Rahul Karnati - 7/16 Ponnaganti Prasanthi - 8/12
Venkata Daruri - 7/20 Sriramoju Someshwar - 8/12 Rudra Raju Sita Rama Raju - 1 year
Moshami Patel - 7/22 Mohammed Abdul Muzeeb - 8/13 Valluri Venkata Durga Chowdary - 1 year
Kasturi Babitha - 7/25 Krishna Gaddala - 8/13
Michael Malizola - 7/26 Jennifer Balcom - 8/14 Ramisetti Kiranmai - 1 year
Mukkala Radhika - 8/14 David Gonu - 1 year (Tech Pillars)
Rudra Raju Sita Rama Raju - 7/28 Venkata Muvva - 8/14
Neeraja Kilaru - 8/15 Gaddala Krishna - 1 year
Hemalatha Vishnuvardhan Reddy - 7/31 Mohan Gandhi Jogi - 8/15 Venkat Abburi - 2 years
Maruthi Kumar Pendem - 8/15 Himanshu Desai - 2 years
Srilaxmi Mothukuri - 8/17 Danielle Fernandez - 2 years
Rudri Sreedhar - 8/18 Ashok Pokharkar - 2 years
Bhanu Prakash Tummala - 8/20 Sravanthi Kusuma - 3 years
Uppala Rajavaraprasad - 8/23 Ravi Kumar Pusuluri - 3 years
Praneeth Lingamaneni - 8/23 Sridevi Yarlagadda - 4 years
Satish Abburi - 8/27
Konduru Sahitya - 8/31

ACCIDENTAL OMISSION
In the last issue of Bits & Bytes, we inadvertently omitted Jayashree T. Rajagopalan, who celebrated a 2 year anniver-

sary with SSTech in June 2016. Sorry about that, Jayashree...and congratulations!

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WELCOME TO

SSTECH!
                                    
We extend a warm welcome to the following new members of the SSTech family!

ROHITH VALLABHANENI RAGHU RAM CHANNAMALLU PRANEETH LINGAMANENI
Java Developer - Trainee Senior Consultant Management Trainee

Virginia Office India Office Tampa Office

SANDEEP SUNCHU KISHORE CHIGURUPATHI DENNIS CHARLEBOIS
Java Developer - Trainee Software Associate VP, Big Data Practice

Virginia Office India Office California (Remote)

SHARUBALA GUNASEKAR AJITH PRASAD KANURI SATISH ABBURI
Quality Analyst Intern High School Intern VP, Big Data Engineering

Tampa Office Virginia Office California (Remote)

CHIRANJEEVI SNEHA KOTU SAITEJA BEVARA BRAD KEKST
.NET Developer Intern High School Intern Director, Big Data Solutions

Tampa Office Virginia Office California (Remote)

LAXMIKANTH MANGA FARMAN ELLAHI MICHAEL TENG
Senior Consultant - SharePoint Immigration Manager Director, Big Data Engagement

India Office Virginia Office California (Remote)

BHAVANA ATLURI JAIRANY YARLAGADDA
Java Developer - Trainee IT and Marketing Intern

Virginia Office Tampa Office

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