Ram Mattapalli

Chief Executive Officer Zolon Tech, Inc.

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Ram Mattapalli is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zolon Tech, Inc., an IT and managed services company headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, that works for federal and commercial customers. He established Zolon in 1998 and has led it as chief executive since, building it to a company that reports 530 employees globally, work across more than 20 government agencies and more than 110 ongoing projects. Before starting Zolon he held senior technical positions at EDS, Accenture and Ernst & Young.

Career Highlights

• Founded Zolon Tech, Inc. in 1998, alongside co-founder Goutham Amarneni, and has remained its CEO.
• Oversees the company’s management, strategy and daily operations, and personally directs bid and proposal writing and pricing, according to Zolon’s own biography of him.
• Under his leadership Zolon was SCAMPI A-appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 3, and its quality management system is registered to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000-1:2011 and ISO 27001:2013.
• Earlier held senior technical positions at EDS, Accenture and Ernst & Young.
• Holds an MBA from Duke University, as well as M.S. and B.S. degrees in engineering.

Professional Journey

Mattapalli trained as an engineer, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the field, and later took an MBA at Duke University. His early career was spent in senior technical positions at three large consulting and IT services firms: EDS, Accenture and Ernst & Young.

In 1998 he founded Zolon Tech in the Washington, D.C. area. Zolon’s site credits Goutham Amarneni as co-founder. The company grew into an IT and managed services provider for federal and commercial clients, with offerings that it lists as agile application development, big data collection and analytics, everything as a service, mobile integration, and staffing and vendor management.

Zolon’s biography describes his role in unusually operational terms: beyond setting company direction, he manages the development of products and services, bid and proposal writing and pricing, approves companywide plans and staff allocations, and acts as the principal contact with clients, contractors and subcontractors. Process certification has been part of the pitch to government buyers, and under his leadership the company achieved a CMMI Maturity Level 3 appraisal and ISO 9001, 20000-1 and 27001 registrations.

A June 2024 ExecutiveBiz profile described him as a self-starter in government contracting who had remained Zolon’s CEO throughout more than 25 years of growth. Zolon today reports 530 employees globally and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

Education

Duke University

MBA

Zolon’s biography also states that he holds an M.S. and a B.S. in engineering; the institutions are not named in any source reviewed.