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About the Company

Day & Zimmermann is a century-old, family-owned company whose 21,000 employees specialize in construction & engineering, staffing and defense solutions for leading corporations and governments around the world. Operating from more than 150 worldwide locations with 2.2 Billion USD in revenue, Day & Zimmermann is currently ranked as one of the largest private companies in the U.S. by Forbes. Founded in 1901 and headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, our first work was to develop "Betterment Reports" that helped modernize American factories. Today, we are still in the business of betterment -- maintaining the nation's power infrastructure, protecting American freedoms and driving technological advancements around the world. We do what we say.

About the Person

Sankara Vishi Viswanathan is senior vice president and chief information officer for Day & Zimmermann. Vishi has over 20 years of experience in providing innovative IT applications, managing offshore teams, and building talent in IT.  He has been with Day & Zimmermann for more than 10 years.  During that time, he has held a series of progressively responsible positions within the IT department, including Team Lead, Manager, Director, VP, and now Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President.  Most notably, he has played an integral role in Day & Zimmermann's enterprise-wide implementation of SAP R/3, Yoh’s talent platforms and the DZ Atlantic integration.  Vishi has also held positions at Intelligroup Inc., SYSTIME, and Congruent prior to joining Day & Zimmermann. Mr. Viswanathan holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Madras and a Master of Business Administration from Villanova University.