The firm also says it plans to open more offices in South America and Asia over the next two years as part of its growth strategy. Alfapeople operates in 16 countries and already has a presence on the two previously mentioned continents. Steiner was former associate director and sales lead for Switzerland for Cognizant from September 2015 through assuming his new position. Earlier in his career, he had stays at Microsoft and Avanade. Gaardboe was foiunder of Columbus (then called Columbus IT) and had three terms there as CEO.