Indian American Srinivas Rautwar promoted to CIO at American Systems

CHANTILLY, VA (TIP): Srinivas Rautwar, a 25-year IT industry veteran, has been promoted to chief information officer at American Systems specializing in mission essential and information engineering services. The Indian American executive succeeds Brian Neely, who retired after over 20 years in the role, the Chantilly, Virginia-based company announced in a media release.
As part of his new responsibility, Rautwar will drive the strategic direction, focusing on planning, technology management, security and information management across the employee-owned company.
According to Rautwar, he will focus on harnessing emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, while continuing the company’s security-first culture and addressing government compliance requirements.
“I am humbled to continue the legacy of my predecessor, Brian, and honored to have been selected to help drive our company forward,” he said. “As CIO, my focus will be on leveraging emerging technologies like machine learning and AI, continuing our security-first culture, and ensuring we stay ahead of evolving government compliance requirements.”
“After conducting a thorough search of internal and external candidates, Srinivas was a natural choice to fill this position on our Executive Leadership Team,” American Systems president and CEO John Steckel stated. “He is an accomplished senior IT leader with a proven track record of driving enterprise capabilities by leading IT vision, strategy and large-scale project initiatives.”
Rautwar joined American Systems in 2007 most recently serving as the director of IT operations. With more than 25 years of experience in IT and business process improvement, he previously served as a senior IT specialist at IBM and a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Before that, Rautwar was a senior consultant and programmer analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions.
He earned a Bachelor of Technology degree from Sri Venkateswara University in India.
Rautwar helped lead American Systems to a perfect score of 110 in earning Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level 2 in June 2025, following an accredited C3PAO assessment. This achievement places the company among a small group of federal contractors nationwide.
Based in Chantilly, Virginia, American Systems has been delivering IT and Engineering solutions to complex national priority programs since 1975. A government services contractor, it’s focused on delivering valued services in areas of national priority.