Goutham Amarneni

Co-Founder Zolon Tech, Inc.

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Goutham Amarneni is Co-Founder of Zolon Tech, Inc., an IT and managed services company in Herndon, Virginia, founded in July 1998. Zolon now describes itself as an emerging large systems integrator for defense, intelligence, national security and health agencies. Amarneni’s remit is the staffing side of the business. He is responsible for developing and executing the company’s strategy in the staffing industry, tightening delivery operations and coaching its delivery managers. Earlier he ran delivery and operations on federal contracts for the Departments of Transportation and Labor and the Transportation Security Administration. Zolon is led by CEO Ram Mattapalli, whom the company also credits as its founder.

Career Highlights

• Founded Zolon Tech, Inc. in July 1998 and holds the title of Co-Founder.
• Responsible for Zolon’s organizational strategy in the staffing industry. The company cites its inclusion on multiple supplier advisory panels and close work with managed service providers (MSPs) as evidence of that strategy’s success.
• Led delivery and operations of federal contracts for the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Department of Labor and the Transportation Security Administration.
• Before Zolon, worked as an Oracle Specialist on customer engagements for TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc. and Systems Engineering Services Corp.
• Holds an M.S. in engineering from Texas A&M University.

Professional Journey

Amarneni earned an M.S. in engineering at Texas A&M University. He then worked as an Oracle Specialist, handling customer engagements for TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc. and Systems Engineering Services Corp.

In July 1998 he founded Zolon. The company provides federal and commercial customers with agile application development, big data and analytics, managed services, and staffing and vendor management. His area within it has been staffing and delivery. Zolon says he is responsible for the strategy intended to make it a leader in the staffing industry. It credits that strategy with the company’s inclusion on multiple supplier advisory panels and its close work with managed service providers. His focus is operational: finding workflow changes in delivery that cut the time it takes to fill a customer’s requisition. He also mentors the company’s delivery managers through executive coaching. On the federal side, he was responsible for delivery and operations on contracts for the Department of Transportation, the Department of Labor and the Transportation Security Administration. According to his company biography, he is interested in using that experience to mentor small businesses coming up in federal and commercial markets.

Zolon now reports 530 employees globally, work for more than 20 government agencies and over 110 ongoing projects, and it holds contract vehicles including NASA SEWP VI and Alliant III. Amarneni is a member of the Virginia Minority Supplier Diversity Council, the American Staffing Association, Staffing Industry Analysts, the United States Pan Asian American Council and the National Minority Supplier Diversity Council.

Education

Texas A&M University

M.S., Engineering