New Leadership Announced for AST’s E-Business Suite Practice

NAPERVILLE, Ill. - March 5, 2014 - PRLog -- AST Corporation’s Oracle E-Business Suite practice has been the foundation for the company’s 18-plus years of consistent and diversified growth.  During that time AST attained a respected and dominant market position among Oracle System Integrators for E-Business Suite projects, while concurrently adopting of several new practice areas.  Today AST announces that its E-Business Suite practice will gain a new momentum by naming Prasad Nettem as Senior Practice Director.

“We are excited to have Mr. Nettem as part of the AST family”, said Tony Catalano, COO of AST Corporation.  “We look forward to leveraging his business acumen and extensive experience with the Public Sector to drive the growth of our ERP practice and further enhance the excellence of our delivery.”  Mr. Nettem will have the overall responsibility of growing and managing AST’s E-Business Suite services, and will be actively involved in the delivery, management and quality assurance of its E-Business Suite projects.

Prior to joining AST, Mr. Nettem worked as Director of Enterprise Resource Planning for Cook County, Illinois, the second largest County in the United States, with 22,000 employees and a $3.5 billion annual budget.  Mr. Nettem also previously was Director of Enterprise Financial Systems for 14 years at Chicago Public Schools, the third largest school district in the United States, with 42,000 employees and $6 billion annual budget.

About AST Corporation

Established in 1995, AST Corporation is a Platinum level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), Specialized Oracle Applications and Technologies systems integrator, an Oracle University training and delivery partner, and a certified Oracle Cloud Services implementation provider. AST’s services encompass all aspects of Oracle E-Business Suite, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Performance Management, Fusion Middleware, and CRM implementations, as well as flexible, on-shore Managed Services and comprehensive Oracle University courses.  AST serves industry-leading public sector and commercial organizations: municipal, state and federal government; public transportation; airport and seaport; K-12 and secondary education; utilities/energy; manufacturing; insurance; retailing; telecommunications. Clients look to AST Corporation for leadership and assistance in systems integration, business process redesign, project management, systems administration and training.