Arthur P. Garner III Named President and COO of ORINCON Industries.Business/Technology Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2001 Dr. Daniel Alspach Dr. Daniel Alspach is an American businessman who established Orincon Corporation in 1973. Dr. Alspach initially served as vice president and technical director in 1975, but later became Chief Executive Officer and President of the company. He was awarded a Ph.D. to remain as Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ; Terry Magee Terry Magee (born 1 November 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former professional boxer. Magee, the older brother of Eamonn and Noel, fought at Light Middleweight but also fought at heavier weights towards the end of his career. will become President/COO of ORINCON Corporation ORINCON Industries, a diversified information technology company, announced today that Arthur P. Garner III has been named President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. (COO). Dr. Daniel Alspach, Chairman and CEO of ORINCON Industries, said Garner will have the leadership responsibility for all operations of ORINCON Industries. Dr. Alspach said he will remain as Chairman and CEO, and in that capacity explore new opportunities for mergers and acquisitions, and help set overall strategic direction. "Art's outstanding record in building our defense business, and the vision he has for ORINCON as a whole, makes him the ideal person to lead this company," said Dr. Alspach, who helped found ORINCON in 1973. Garner, who came to ORINCON in 1998, had been serving as President and COO of the company's defense business operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon , ORINCON Corporation. In the three years since Garner joined the company its revenue has risen from $17 million to $36 million. Dr. Alspach said he anticipates revenue will grow by an additional 36 percent during the next fiscal year. In addition to Garner's promotion, Dr. Alspach announced that Terry Magee, Business Unit Director of Navy Programs for ORINCON Corporation, will become ORINCON Corporation's new President and COO. Magee, a retired naval officer NAVAL OFFICER. The name of an officer of the United States, whose duties are prescribed by various acts of congress. 2. Naval officers are appointed for the term of four years, but are removable from office at pleasure. Act of May 15, 1820, Sec. 1, 3 Story, L. and former commanding officer of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk Kitty Hawk or Kittyhawk, part of an offshore sandbar on Cape Hatteras, NE N.C., E of Albemarle Sound. Nearby is Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers experimented successfully (1900–1903) with gliders and airplanes. , joined ORINCON in 1999. Before joining ORINCON, Garner served as Director, Strategic Business Development for the Maui Research and Technology Park in Hawaii. He previously spent 10 years in the aerospace industry with TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc , Inc. For more than 25 years Garner was involved in management and operational assignments with the U.S. Government in the intelligence community and with the Department of Defense. ORINCON, which has a long history of solving complex technology-based problems for the Navy, is involved in defense intelligence through its Sygenex operating unit. A third operating unit, ORINCON Technologies, Inc. (OTI) provides high-tech solutions in commercial areas of biotechnology and information assurance. OTI recently completed work with BioQ, a life sciences company, on software that will help professionals search and evaluate scientific and regulatory data sources, saving time and money in the FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. drug approval process. BioQ has signed an agreement with Accenture to market regulatory software solutions such as the one ORINCON helped devise. About ORINCON Industries ORINCON Industries is a diversified information technology company. For almost three decades it has helped solve complex defense challenges by developing and enhancing systems and technologies involving signals, images, information and computers. The company's engineering expertise and diverse portfolio of expert capabilities and reusable software is widely recognized by clients and partners. Corporate information technologies include: data fusion, data mining, database tools, expert systems, image processing, intelligent agents, Internet tools, neural networks, signal processing, knowledge management, software development tools and intrusion detection systems. These technologies are now being applied to new markets, such as: e-business, information security, financial services, transportation and life sciences, in addition to new customers within the Department of Defense. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . For further information on ORINCON Industries, visit the company Web site at http://www.orincon.com/. |
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