PortBlue Names Retired Marine Corps Lieutenant General to Board of Directors; Emil R. Bedard Served as Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies and Operations.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Calif. -- PortBlue Corporation (www.portblue.com), a leader in transforming knowledge into software through expert systems technology, today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Emil R. "Buck" Bedard, United States Marine Corps United States Marine Corps (USMC) Separate military service within the U.S. Department of the Navy (see U.S. Navy), charged with providing marine troops for seizure and defense of advanced bases and with conducting operations on land and in the air in connection with (Ret.), to the company's Board of Directors. PortBlue captures the human know-how that makes a person a recognized expert and transforms this knowledge into work process and decision-support software. PortBlue's interactive, online applications effectively act as a mentor, using the same frameworks, logic, rules of thumb, processes, and reference materials an expert would apply in completing a task or making a decision. A highly decorated officer, General Bedard retired in 2003 after more than 37 years of active duty service. His last post was as Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations, based in Washington D.C. General Bedard previously served as President, Marine Corps University/Commanding General, Marine Corps Schools, Deputy Commander, Marine Forces Pacific, and Commander, II Marine Expeditionary Force The II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force consisting of ground, air and logistics forces capable of projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a period of 60 days. . "Buck Bedard is an extraordinary military leader, with deep experience in operations, training and intelligence," said Paul Dimitruk, PortBlue's founder 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. . "I am confident that General Bedard will serve with distinction on the PortBlue Board. His military career spans the major engagements of our time, from Vietnam to the first Gulf War and Somalia." "General Bedard also has substantial organizational and management experience, as evidenced by his last post as, effectively, the COO of the Marine Corps," Dimitruk said. "Throughout his career, he has consistently achieved at the highest level of performance in both operations and training, two areas of focus that are essential to what PortBlue brings to our customers. Buck Bedard will also help assure PortBlue's effectiveness with its customers in the national security sector, one of PortBlue's two principal markets." General Bedard's many awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal A service medal is a military award generally of the lowest degree. A service medal is awarded to a member of the military who joins the military, or is already serving, during a designated time period. , Defense Superior Service Medal The Defense Superior Service Medal of the United States is a senior decoration of the Department of Defense. It is awarded to members of the United States military who perform "superior meritorious service in a position of significant responsibility. , Legion of Merit Legion of Merit n. Abbr. LM A U.S. military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services. (with gold star in lieu of 2d award), Bronze Star Bronze Star n. A U.S. military decoration awarded either for heroism or for meritorious achievement in ground combat. Noun 1. (with Combat V), Defense Meritorious Service Medal The Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM) is the third-highest award bestowed upon members of the United States military by the United States Department of Defense. The medal is awarded in the name of the Secretary of Defense to members of the Armed Forces who, while serving in , Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the Combat Action Ribbon The Combat Action Ribbon (CAR) is a personal military decoration of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, and which is awarded to those who, in any grade including and below that of a Captain in the Navy (or Colonel in the Marine Corps), have actively , among others. About PortBlue Founded in Los Angeles in 2000, PortBlue Corporation (www.portblue.com) provides a highly innovative system for building web-based expert applications. The practical know-how of recognized experts is rapidly transformed into web-based training, work process and decision-support tools and systems in the form of PortBlue hosted applications accessible 24/7. PortBlue's proprietary technology effectively acts as a mentor, guiding users -- be they employees, customers, or trainees -- through tasks and processes to optimal decisions and outcomes. PortBlue applications customize to the user's specific context and facts and produce concrete results (e.g., a report, assessment or recommendation), delivering sophisticated applications at a fraction of the cost and time required to develop conventional software. Traditionally, expert systems have been very expensive to develop, normally taking years of effort, and have been very difficult to modify once built. PortBlue's founding purpose was to provide its customers with high-value expert systems that could be built and modified faster, more flexibly and more economically, by orders of magnitude. |
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