Rising Star: Siddartha Chowdhary

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERCredence Management Solutions LLCChowdhary founded his company in 2005 to providemanagement consulting, business transformation,strategy and advisory services to governmentagencies. Current projects include helping Marylandimplement the Real ID Act. He also is the projectmanager on customer service management projectsto reduce waiting times at the Maryland MotorVehicle Administration and the Virginia Departmentof Motor Vehicles.He also co-founded and serves on the board ofInformation Technology Growth Solutions, an ITservices firm in Roanoke, Va., to generate jobgrowth in southwestern Virginia.An active member of the Northern VirginiaTechnology Council, Chowdhary has established collaborativerelationships with other organizations todevelop new programs and a dialogue among thegroups to find new ways to improve government IT.