CloudShield Furthers Commitment to Federal Government Marketplace with Addition of New Advisory Board Members.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2004 New Members to Help CloudShield Navigate Complex Federal Procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. Requirements CloudShield Technologies, Inc., providing platforms for Open Network Services(TM), today announced the addition of three new members to its Government Advisory Board. These new appointments will further strengthen CloudShield's abilities to serve the Federal Government marketplace. The new board members are Bill Crowell, Independent Consultant specializing in information technology and intelligence systems; Norm Scott, Independent Consultant; and John Reece, 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. of John C. Reece & Associates. CloudShield sought to add successful leaders with direct experience building and operating high-performance networks and applications for the US Government. "We are pleased to add this level of talent and experience to our team," said Pat Reilly, Vice President of Marketing and Government Development at CloudShield. "Bill, John, and Norm have already helped us in approaching key government agencies, efficiently interpreting government project needs, and navigating complex government procurement Government procurement, also called public tendering, is the procurement of goods and services on behalf of a public authority, such as a government agency. With 10 to 15% of GDP in developed countries, and up to 20% in developing countries, government procurement accounts requirements." Mr. Crowell serves as Director for several technology companies and is Chairman at ActivCard Corporation. Until February 2003 he served as President and CEO of Cylink Corporation when it was acquired by SafeNet, Inc. Previous to that, Mr. Crowell was Deputy Director of the National Security Agency. Consulting independently today, Mr. Scott is retired from Boeing where he was VP of Business Development for Information Systems in Seattle and Washington DC. Prior to that he was President of ARGOSystems, Inc. and helped navigate the acquisition of ARGOSystems by Boeing in 1987. Before ARGOSystems, Mr. Scott was on active duty with the Air Force managing research, development, and acquisition programs that supported national and tactical intelligence Noun 1. tactical intelligence - intelligence that is required for the planning and conduct of tactical operations combat intelligence intelligence activity, intelligence operation, intelligence - the operation of gathering information about an enemy collection. Mr. Reece served as Deputy Commissioner for Modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, & Chief Information Officer (CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. ) at the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. . During his more than two years at the IRS, Mr. Reece managed combined budgets of more than $2.3 billion and employed more than 8,500 professionals. Mr. Reece served previously as VP of Information Technology at Time Warner Inc. and functioned as the company's first CIO. Mr. Reece is a principal member of the Council for Excellence in Government The Council for Excellence in Government is a public/private partnership organization initiated in the 1980s designed to improve the effectiveness of federal, state, and local government in the United States. and a participating member of the Federal Industry Advisory Council (IAC (1) (InterApplication Communications) The interprocess communications capability in the Macintosh starting with System 7.0. Many IAC events take place behind the scenes. ). John C. Reece & Associates was established in 1999. Rusty rust·y adj. rust·i·er, rust·i·est 1. Covered with rust; corroded. 2. Consisting of or produced by rust. 3. Of a yellowish-red or brownish-red color. 4. Cumpston, Chairman and CEO of CloudShield said today, "The addition of these senior executives will enable our company to be even more effective in serving our Federal customers and prospects. Together, their combined experience and insight into the needs of the Federal sector will enable us to better focus our products and marketing efforts on securing our customers' communications, enabling expanded e-Government services, and assisting the government in its continuing IT modernization." About CloudShield CloudShield Technologies invented the world's first multi-gigabit programmable Open Network Services(TM) platform. With CloudShield platforms, partners can rapidly develop and deploy network applications and solutions that require complete traffic visibility and control for high-speed networks. CloudShield can be found on the Internet at www.cloudshield.com. |
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