Bantu Appoints Industry Leaders to Board of Advisors; Co-Founders of SI International and AMS to Serve on Bantu Advisory Board.FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Bantu, a premier provider of secure Enterprise Instant Messaging (EIM), today announced the establishment of a Board of Advisors to provide insight and guidance on Bantu's corporate strategy and strengthen relationships with customers and partners. Joining the Advisory Board are Dr. Walter J. Culver, Principal Co-Founder of SI International, and Patrick W. Gross, Co-Founder of American Management Systems American Management Systems (previous NASDAQ symbol: AMSY) was founded in 1970 as a technology and management consulting firm. It was founded by a group of five former United States Department of Defense officials who worked under Robert McNamara in the Kennedy and Johnson , Inc. (AMS AMS - Andrew Message System ). "We are extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Culver and Mr. Gross to our Board," said Larry Schlang, 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. of Bantu. "With over seven decades of combined experience in information technology and government, we believe both advisors will make significant contributions to Bantu's mission to enable greater real-time information sharing across the government and beyond." Mr. Gross is chairman of The Lovell Group, a business and technology advisory and investment firm he established in 2002. Prior to starting The Lovell Group, Mr. Gross was Co-Founder and Executive Committee Chairman of AMS, billion-dollar consulting and information technology services company. Mr. Gross also serves on the boards of a number of public and private companies that are active in the commercial and government markets, including Capital One Financial Corporation, Mobius Management Systems, Inc., Liquidity Services, Inc., and Sarnoff Corporation. Mr. Gross is also the Co-Founder and past Chairman of the World Affairs Council World Affairs Council may refer to:
"Bantu's mission is incredibly timely, and ties directly into recent Presidential Directives that require increased information sharing across government," said Mr. Gross. "I'm looking forward to providing support for the tremendous opportunity and growth in Bantu's future." Formerly President, Vice Chairman and Director of Major Programs at SI International, and a principal cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found of the now half-billion-dollar federal systems integrator, Dr. Culver retired in January 2005 after spending over 40 years in the information technology marketplace. Prior to joining SI International he served as CEO of Aydin Yazilim ve Elektronik Sanayi A.S., an aerospace firm in Ankara, Turkey. Before that, he was Executive Vice President at CACI CACI - A company developing and marketing SIMSCRIPT, MODSIM and other simulation software products. Telephone: +1 (619) 457-9681. International Inc. in charge of Web-based electronic commerce products and services and served as Corporate Vice President for Systems Integration at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). Dr. Culver was a National Defense Education Act fellow. "The military's hot button issues today for transformation, joint operations, information sharing, and interoperability, all are focused on the need to be able to connect people and information immediately," said Dr. Culver. "By tying together the Army, Air Force and Navy with a real-time collaboration network, Bantu has taken a big step forward in helping the military realize this vision and I am pleased to give counsel to them on this initiative." About Bantu, Inc. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Bantu, Inc. is a leader in secure Enterprise Instant Messaging (EIM). The Bantu EIM Platform provides robust messaging, presence, alerting and conferencing that enhance real-time communication and collaboration, resulting in greater productivity and operational effectiveness. Bantu EIM provides the highest levels of security and scalability, is platform-independent, and easily integrates into any business application or service. Bantu's government, corporate and education customers include the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical , British Army, HSBC, Sprint, Wells Fargo, The George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. and Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. . For more information, visit www.bantu.com. |
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