AEROJET ROCKETDYNE
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“ An innovative worldclass developer and manufacturer of advanced propulsion and energetics systems for customers including the US Department of Defense and NASA ”
— Alan Avakian , Senior Director of IT , Aerojet Rocketdyne
a background in IT and business liaison skills ,” comments Avakian , who has seen huge benefits from establishing the team . “ Our customers love the fact that they have an IT representative that is aligned to them .” When it comes to balancing its outsourcing and inhouse operations , Avakian highlights that “ it ’ s a challenging opportunity as there are benefits and use cases for both methods . Our approach is to look at the IT area and then assess which approach or combination best meets our requirements in relation to levels of control , security considerations , cost model and growth .”
With these developments , Avakian has seen “ the ability of the company ’ s IT systems to grow with the business , enabling faster turnaround of key enhancements which were not achievable before without significant investment in time and money .” For example , Microsoft has been helping Aerojet Rocketdyne to “ leverage Microsoft Dynamics for our CRM .
MARCH 2020