At the heart of every technology consultation lies not just a problem to be solved by hardware but a challenge to be met by – and for -- human beings.
Xquisitec brings proven IT mastery, long industry experience and a unique intelligence to its consulting practice. But we never lose sight of the human dimension behind the hardware.
It informs our understanding of your experience as a client. It drives our commitment to solving not just a problem, but your problem. And it shapes the solutions and guidance we offer.
Xquisitec is technology with humanity.
The Managing Director
Asa Lanum in the Managing Director of Xquisitec.Mr. Lanum has served the Business and IT community for over 40 years and has managed organizations in North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific Rim and India. He delivers value added Strategic Planning & Governance, technology services, process excellence, and program/project management He and has been responsible for overseeing very large; multi-million-dollar systems projects and has significant experience in IT services, architecture, data analysis, technology development management, software development, IT transformation, manufacturing and e-commerce. His background as an executive responsible for the P&L in publicly held companies coupled with his experience with customers, process innovation, and technology capabilities allows him to deliver service excellence to his customers. The blending of business acumen, strategic thinking, planning and technology has enabled Asa to align corporate, brand, product and project deliverables to deliver competitive advantage to clients.
Mr. Lanum is a strong team member, with significant executive management experience who compliments his deep understanding in these areas with executive level strategy and business acumen. Some of his clients included AL INMA Bank, Stanford University, Deutsche Bank, St John's University, Bank of America, Compaq, Merrill Lynch, Rolls-Royce, Fujitsu, Dana and CSC. Mr. Lanum has worked on a range of IT Strategy, Architecture, SDLC and Governance projects including: " Lead IT strategic planning efforts to assure IT alignment with the business strategies which fostered the development of multi-year IT plans. " Created and lead the development of enterprise information technology architecture standards, policies and technology roadmaps. " Lead critical thinking during IT planning to assure that proper technology plans and product portfolios are developed and the associated SDLC and governance processes are utilized. " Lead architecture and design teams for major on-line banking applications. Previously he was Chairman and CEO of Innovaro Inc. (INNI-OTC) an innovation services company. He was also President and CEO of FORTEL Inc. (NASD - FRTL) an independent software vendor specializing in service level management. Prior to FORTEL he was Senior Vice President Advanced Systems and Chief Technology Officer for OpenVision Technologies, a premier supplier of integrated systems and network management software. Before joining OpenVision, Mr. Lanum was a co-founder and CEO of Enterprise Technology, Inc., a developer of Intel-based closely-coupled distributed multiprocessor UNIX server clusters. He has held a number of executive positions within the computer industry at Sun Microsystems, ICL Ltd., Pansophic Systems and Amdahl.
Mr. Lanum holds a Bachelor's Degree from State University New York and has received the National Engineering Development Organization (NEDO) Award, for Innovation in Management (Great Britain)
The Firm
Xquisitec was founded by Dr. Dimitrios Tzimas in 2007. Dr. Tzimas is no longer with Xquisitec. Prior to founding Xquisitec, Dr. Tzimas served as Chief Technology Officer for Caxton Associates, a leading hedge fund, as well as for St. John’s University in New York City. Dr. Tzimas holds a Ph. D. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has taught mathematics and computer science at several leading academic institutions.