Srinivasa Andhavarapu Is Proof That Minority Subcontracting Works
Meet Srinivasa Rao Andhavarapu, a NetEffects Subcontractor Consultant Who Exemplifies The Quality We Insist On From Our Certified Minority Subcontractor Firms
February 12, 2008
Srinivasa Andhavarapu and wife Swapna enjoying a toy store shopping stop with sons, Sanketh and Sathvik (in mom’s arms)
This month’s consultant spotlight focuses on a NetEffects minority subcontractor 
consultant — Srinivasa Rao Andhavarapu — whose skills, capabilities and personality reflects the quality minority certified subcontractors NetEffects prides itself on selecting, subcontractors who are capable of meeting our high standards for talented IT professionals.
“One of our corporate goals is to find growing, talented certified minority contractors and support their growth by continually providing them with best practices processes and mentoring,” said Jack Bader, NetEffects CEO/President. “We are proud of the work Srinivasa is doing because he and others we hire are living proof that our goal is a correct one.”
Srinivasa is a senior software engineer/administrator working as a NetEffects consultant for an international financial services company who loves the challenges of his work, loves working in the United States and is a warm, caring family man despite his challenging job.
Although working in eastern United States right now, he’s almost a “native” St. Louisan, having lived there for six years working for a national brokerage firm.
Srinivasa brings to his job over nine years of experience as a senior software engineer in gathering, analysis, design, development, implementation and support of a wide variety of applications using many different technologies. His current task requires the analysis, design and development of special software that allows his users to maintain member and non-member organization data, licenses and interrelationships.
Srinivasa prides himself on his understanding of software development life cycles and his business modeling expertise that helps him understand demanding client needs.
Noted for being a strong team leader and team builder, he has coordinated onsite and offshore teams of developers. This expertise has brought him individual recognition by his different employers, among them a Valuable Contribution Award, a Team Award and a number of Recognition Certificates and highly commendable letters from American and overseas companies for his development work.
“We are proud to have a consultant of Srinivasa quality working with us,” says company Vice President Stephanie Tolen-Schroeder. “Srinivasa is indicative of the kind of professionals we expect — and receive — from our certified minority subcontractors. They know not to send us names for the sake of trying to send us bodies, but instead to only send us the absolutely right candidate that will meet our clients’ specific needs. That saves everyone time and money and gets the right people for our clients, fast.”
Strong Family Man
Srinivasa loves being not only a hard worker, but a family man as well. He and his wife Swapna have two sons, Sanketh, six and a half years old, and Sathvik, two and a half. Right now Srinivasa’s hobbies revolve around his children, especially swimming and tennis.
“I never had a chance to learn to swim in India, so I’m taking the opportunity to learn while my sons are learning as well,” he says with a smile in his voice.
Other hobbies include watching movies made in India (quite a few are available at local rental stores) and playing cards, notably Indian rummy.
The Andhavarapus also look forward to visits from the grandparents, who love to also travel around the areas where Srinivasa is currently working. They were last in the U.S. in 2003 spending four months with the grandchildren and traveling the Midwest. “They love Chicago,” he added. “Now that I’m in the eastern part of the country, they are looking forward to their next visit to be able to see Washington and New York and other eastern areas,” he said with anticipation.
Srinivasa said he was pleasantly surprised when he first came to the U.S. “People told us we have to be careful, but we had no problems adjusting right away.”
Likes Working For NetEffects
He said that NetEffects goes out of their way to help whenever there is a special need he might have. While he knows friends who also subcontract through other firms and sometimes have problems with the firm they are subcontracting too in issues like timely pay and hours, that’s never been a problem with NetEffects.
He enjoys the NetEffects approach so much, he recommended a friend apply to work as a NetEffects IT consultant. He did and he is now with us.
“Subcontractors are an important part of our team,” said NetEffects President Jack Bader, “and we make it a point to see that payroll and other issues are always current so that they can deal with their employees in a timely matter. Keeping out subcontractors and their employees happy is important to our clients and to us, professionally and from a business standpoint.”
Srinivasa hopes to eventually become an American citizen and live here permanently. His sons were born here and he would like them to grow up in the U.S. “I will miss India and not being able to see my parents and in-laws as much as we would like, but we all have to make sacrifices for our children. It’s a sacrifice my wife and I are willing to make.”
Srinivasa has a bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and a Diploma in Advanced Computing, both from the University of Pune, India.