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Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Texas, Keste is an award-winning, global software solutions and advisory firm focused on B2B and e-commerce solutions.
Keste – means a culture that is agile and adaptive. Recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the nation's fastest-growing businesses, Keste is focused on the execution, delivery and support of integrated cloud solutions for industries including high technology, industrial manufacturing, communications, and life sciences. Keste delivers enterprise cloud solutions to automate and optimize complex business processes. With hundreds of successful implementations and experience with Oracle and Salesforce, Keste is able to deliver complete solutions that bring real business value and accelerate enterprise business strategy. Keste is an Oracle Platinum Partner and winner of the 2016 Oracle Specialized Partner of the Year in Oracle CX - Sales Cloud. Keste is also a Salesforce Gold Consulting Partner and member of the Salesforce Incubator Program or Lightning.
Keste has built these game-changing, award-winning business solutions— in many different industries, including high technology, industrial manufacturing, retail and financial services — tailored to the needs of visionary CEOs, CFOs and CSOs.
Industries Keste’s Serves
Transform your business with Keste’s proven strategies and subject matter expertise in delivering effective solutions across multiple industries
Keste’s industry-specific knowledge and a broad range of solutions help its customers solve complex problems, address issues, and automate business processes. Many of its solutions are focused on High Technology, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail and Distribution, and Financial Services. The company’s deep subject matter expertise ensures that we deliver proven, effective, and repeatable solutions that leverage the latest technologies to speed up time to market, reduce costs, and deliver a competitive edge for your digital business.
The firm’s consulting and implementation, staff augmentation, and managed services are unparalleled when it comes to transforming your business FAST. Keste goes beyond discover, design, deliver and use a 4 step process to ensure your digital maturity. It assesses – take inventory of your current environment, strategize – create your custom digital roadmap, deploy – implement your one of a kind solution, and then reassess – review your solution to optimize for success.
Q. Why Keste?
Clients’ Reviews
“Keste has been very flexible and very quick to react. Even the best group of technical people in the world aren’t going to be able to deliver without communication and coordination happening at the right level. What Keste continued to bring every day and what makes them stand out was flexibility.”
- Vice President, I.T, High-End Furniture Manufacturer
“Keste’s solution has brought us into the 21st century. We have been able to automate a manual process that has been in place for more than 60 years. Our employees are thrilled.”
- Director of IT, Government Agency
“Finally we can deliver a total digital experience through the smart integration of the service portal.”
- IT Director, billion dollar medical device manufacturer
The Thought Leaders
Howard Moore, CEO: Since founding the organization in 2004, Moore has managed business development and global operations for the company. Under Moore’s leadership, Keste has expanded its global presence with solution centers in the US and India and customers across North America, Europe and South Asia. In 2012, Moore was a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Currently, in recognition of his industry and product knowledge, he serves on Oracle’s Executive Partner Advisory Board. Prior to Keste, Moore was an executive for EADS (parent company of AirBus) where he built a shared services platform for North America and led efforts in Europe to restructure the global IT operations for the company’s communications division. Moore also founded ALTURA, a business process outsourcing company focused on critical employee-based processes for multi-unit operations. Moore holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Software Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Sri Ayyeppen, President and CTO: Ayyeppen is responsible for driving and delivering the overall solutions and technology strategy for Keste and Keste’s customers. Ayyeppen oversees the business transformation of Keste customers using transformational solutions through state-of-the-art enterprise architecture initiatives. His responsibilities include business development and solutions and strategy evangelism. He was named an Oracle Deputy CTO in 2010. Oracle Deputy CTOs are considered strong trusted advisors that participate with Oracle on strategy and leadership conversations. In 2014, he was named to Dallas Business Journal’s 40 under 40 and a DBJ Minority Business Leader. In 2012, he was a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year. He holds a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas at Dallas and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University Of Madras, India.