“Trimentus to set up subsidiary in China”

Dr Ravichandran, Founder of Trimentus Technologies, is an active member of various quality forums and organisations such as SPIN, NAQR, NDT, and IEI.

Dr S Ravichandran Managing Director Trimentus Technologies

“We intend to be an intensely process and technology driven organisation, building enduring partnerships with our customers by continuous effort to innovate and excel," says Dr S Ravichandran, chairman and CEO of Trimentus Technologies, the Chennai-based quality accreditation and standards company. He attributes the success of Trimentus to his mentor, Dr. Baldevraj, Director, Department of Atomic Energy, Kalpakkam Division and to the Trimentus Team.

Dr Ravichandran, an SEI-authorised lead assessor and appraiser for software CMM, CMMI and People CMM, and Six Sigma Champion and Master Black Belt, has been championing the software quality in India and the world over.

With a Customer list ranging from IBM- Manila to Accenture-Manila, HP- China, Panasonic-US, Silversoft-UK, AIGSS-India to Redington Solutions-US and several other prestigious clientele spread across the World, Trimentus Technologies is a Global Consulting company with a mission to offer end-to-end Software Process Improvement (SPI) and Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Services. "We are exploring Asia Pacific and European markets, as people in those countries are becoming more quality conscious" Dr Ravi said.

Established in 2003 by Dr. Ravichandran, who has over two decades of experience implementing CMM, CMMI and People CMM, Trimentus, as an SEI partner, offers to its customers SEI authorised services with its global delivery capability and practitioners approach. An ME and a PhD in Physics/Engineering (interdisciplinary) from REC, Tiruchy, Dr. Ravi has become a core professional in software quality assurance after serving the Atomic Energy Commission and Nuclear Power Corporation for 14 years as a scientific officer. He has extensively worked on quality with accreditation from the Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Dr Ravi is the reviewer for the Certified Information Systems Auditor's course manual of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (IASACA), USA. He has to his credit the distinction of being nominated as a member of the advisory board to the world's first annual conference on people capability maturity modelling. "Our basic philosophy at Trimentus is to promote and foster a quality culture in the software industry," says Dr Ravi. The company has branches in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Bangalore serving companies including IBM, Accenture and Fujitsu. Trimentus is one of the few Indian quality consulting firms that have expanded their operations into countries like Egypt, Nigeria, China, Philippines and Taiwan. The company is in the process of launching its subsidiaries in China. "We have structured our quality enhancement offerings for process and product segments. We have an R&D wing called Einstein Research Lab and a research group focusing only on software processes," says Dr. Ravi. The lab conducts research mainly in the areas of defect modelling, process modelling, defect leakage studies, architecture analysis, fault injection modelling, call centre operations and Six Sigma. The training division of the company offers courses for working professionals in software testing, configuration management and estimation. Trimentus has recently entered into providing third party testing solutions involving verification and validation services. With the backing of its research wing, Trimentus is developing project management tools and bug-tracking software mainly for in-house use. "We are considered to be one of the top three process consulting firms in India and countries like China and Philippines," says Dr. Ravi, who is an active member of various quality forums and organisations like SPIN, NAQR, NDT, and IEI. "We look at testing mainly from the technological point of view and all our testers are from technology background," Dr Ravi said. As a harbinger of quality in software, Dr Ravichandran feels that the existing facilities for quality Assurance testing need to be improved. "In fact, government should encourage quality in software by providing quality testing facilities," he says and adds that on the lines of subsidies to small scale industries for obtaining ISO certification, software companies should also be given assistance for CMMI certification. "Then the software companies will fall in place," he feels.