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V. Rishi Kumar

Hyderabad , March 18

SIERRA Atlantic, an enterprise integration solutions provider, plans two new centres during the next quarter - - in Dubai and Paris - - to tap the West Asian and European markets.

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sierra Atlantic, Mr Raju Reddy, who is based out of the company headquarters in Fremont, US, is in India, to chart out company plans. He spoke to Business Line about the company's recent acquisition of Sceptre, a consulting company, and how this has helped Sierra scale up its operations with new centres and tap other business streams.

Mr Reddy said, "Over the last 12 quarters, we have achieved sequential growth and continue to perform well. Three new offices were opened while we strengthened the Chicago office. Toronto, Dallas, Atlanta have been added to the footprint and we expect to open Dubai and Paris offices in the next quarter. The acquisition of Sceptre Consultants has given us presence in the Boston area and we have recently struck a big deal with Oracle."

Mr Reddy said Sierra is counted as one of the fastest growing companies in the US, quoting an endorsement by the Neo IT study, which has rated it among top 10 application development companies and AMR Research.

"Our composition is like that of Cognizant with operations all over but major development work is handled out of India. The Indian operations have grown to 1,000 plus people and we continue to expand here organically but are constantly on the look out for possible acquisitions, which can truly add value in terms of technology offerings," he said.

With regard to expansion here, Mr Reddy said, "We have added a new facility here and are in the process of initiating work on the technology campus in Hyderabad. This would enable us to have a capacity to host about 1,500 people."

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