Cernium Names Craig Chambers President & CEO; Intelligent Video Developer Announces Plans to Relocate Headquarters to Washington, DC Region, Maintain Production and R&D Facilities in St. Louis, MO.ALEXANDRIA, Va. & ST. LOUIS -- Cernium, Inc., the technology leader in intelligent video systems, today announced the appointment of Craig A. Chambers as president and chief executive officer. Mr. Chambers is a veteran of the advanced video security market and the management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects industry, where he specialized in technology and innovation management. Cernium also announced its intentions to relocate its headquarters to the Washington, DC metropolitan area, a major center for security and communications technologies. Cernium first opened a federal systems support office in Alexandria, VA in early 2005. Production and research operations will continue at Cernium's facility in St. Louis, MO. Cernium's immediate past president & 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. Sean Patty continues with the company as executive vice president in charge of St. Louis operations. Cernium's Perceptrak and ExitSentry intelligent video systems are deployed at locations throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , including major corporations, airports, metropolitan areas, federal government facilities, hospitals, universities and cultural centers. Mr. Chambers joins Cernium following various roles at the global R&D firm SRI International (company) SRI International - One of the world's largest contract research firms. Founded in 1946 in conjuction with Stanford University as the Stanford Research Institute, they later became fully independent and were incorporated as a non-profit organisation under U.S. where he was a director in the company's technology management consulting business, then managing director of the Security & Surveillance Group of SRI subsidiary Sarnoff Corporation. He served as 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. of Sarnoff's Pyramid Vision spin-off, where he guided the commercialization of the company's intelligent video security products leading to their acquisition last year by L-3 Communications. Previously, as senior client partner and general manager, Mr. Chambers founded and led the DC regional office of e-business consultancy Viant Corporation. "Craig Chambers brings to Cernium a wealth of experience with security and surveillance technologies, a track record of business leadership, and a strong reputation within the homeland security and defense markets," said Maurice Garoutte, Cernium founder and chief technology officer. "We are delighted to have him on board." Mr. Chambers holds a B.S. in Ocean Engineering from the United States Naval Academy United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md.; for training young men and women to be officers of the U.S. navy or marine corps. George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, founded and opened (1845) it as the Naval School at Annapolis. , an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. . He served eight years as an officer in the United States Navy United States Navy Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with defending the nation at sea and maintaining security on the seas wherever U.S. interests extend. The Continental Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 1775. Submarine Force. Cernium's patented behavior recognition and intelligent video technologies are the most accurate and efficient in the surveillance industry. With installations throughout North America, including Boeing, 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. , Mount Vernon and 25 airports, Cernium's systems are able to distinguish among a catalog of distinct human and vehicular behaviors, such as a fallen person, lingering individuals and vehicles, and abandoned objects, and alert security personnel to potential threats. Cernium's Perceptrak and ExitSentry intelligent video monitoring systems are being used to protect billions of dollars of corporate and government assets worldwide. About Cernium Cernium, Inc. is the leading developer and provider of behavior-recognition software and systems for the security industry, focusing on intelligent surveillance video analysis. The company develops proprietary security systems for industry sectors including government, healthcare, transportation, hospitality, education and cultural properties. The company's security products include Perceptrak and ExitSentry. Cernium is currently headquartered at 146 W. Lockwood, St. Louis, Missouri 63119. For more information visit www.cernium.com. |
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