Providing you Powerful and Compliant Software Systems

Alessa's advanced Anti Money Laundering (AML) Compliance software provides its customers with a 360-degree view of client risk. This covers everything from identity verification, to watchlist and sanction monitoring. When the time came to look at not only optimizing their usage of cloud resources, but also to evolve into a modern, multi-tenant Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, they turned to S5T to form the ultimate alliance!

We are now working together to: use modern Infrastructure and Configuration as Code to optimize cloud asset delivery and configuration management; use Kubernetes and advanced distributed systems approaches to facilitate scaling, resiliency, and better compute resource sharing; develop microservices and their application code to leverage Alessa's business logic into a multi-tenant architecture.

Our CEO - then a lead engineer for a DIA/UFAC program - was selected to be part of a national initiative to modernize the military targeting process and its software tools. In this role, he lead the development of the first cloud-native version of a massive desktop decision support tool that had been in development for decades. This next-generation system required hiring and training over 26 skilled, muti-disciplinary professionals, along with securing Top-Secret accreditation for the deliverables, all achieved in under a year.

Additionally, he actively participated in inter-agency discussions and negotiations for Top Secret network accreditation reciprocity. This blend of technical expertise and strategic insight positioned him as a key contributor to enhancing military operations and software capabilities at a national level.

DIA/UFAC needed to better facilitate the retrieval and analysis of underground site characterization data that is created in sophisticated desktop tools. Some experimentation had been to demonstrate how this data could be extracted and hosted in cloud environments and made available in a variety of formats; e.g., REST APIs, Web UIs, and streaming GIS map data. But a comprehensive solution had never been brought to production.

Our CEO - then a lead engineer on this program - transformed a loose collection of legacy web applications from proofs of concept, into a production-ready enterprise system that successfully achieved a challenging cybersecurity accreditation on Top Secret Networks. Leading and training a team of 12 developers at its peak, he delivered high-quality work under tight deadlines for a demanding client. Despite COVID lockdowns, work completed on this significant transformation in under a year, while still continuously adding new features!

Later, he Led that same team of experienced engineers in the further enhancement and modernization of the system, better aligning it with agency goals. They containerized it, accomplished many tenets of zero-trust via service meshes, and made it accreditation-ready once again. This transformation involved leveraging Kubernetes to enhance scalability and resilience as well as implementing advanced distributed systems approaches for new features. They even incorporated Windows containers in advanced calculation workflows, requiring skillful technical leadership to navigate unique integration challenges.