Management Team

 

DAVID G. KAMIEN - Chief Executive Officer


David Kamien is co-founder and CEO of Mind-Alliance Systems, LLC where he is responsible for defining and executing the vision for the company, and for marketing and sales. Kamien brings to Mind-Alliance a background in management consulting, policy, and business development related to Information & Communication Technology (ICT), having worked with government regulatory agencies and with companies such as British Telecom, Motorola, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Marsh & McLennan and start-up technology firms. Kamien has also contributed to the development of patented ICT technology (acquired by Nokia) and the patent-pending Mind-Alliance information flow modeling and online collaboration methods.


Born in New York, Kamien returned to the U.S. in 2001 after living in Israel for 21 years, where he served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces and later supported the development of telecom and broadcasting policy. Kamien holds a B.A. from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Law Degree from Israel's Academic College of Law. Kamien was the Editor of The McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook.

 

JEAN-FRANCOIS CLOUTIER - Chief Technology Officer


Jean-Francois ("JF") Cloutier co-founded Mind-Alliance Systems and is leading the development of an innovative software solution to information-sharing needs analysis. Mr. Cloutier has twenty years of experience in software as a manager, architect, developer, educator and consultant, both in North America and in Europe for Citigroup, Euroclear, HydroQuebec, and AIG.

He is a contributor to The McGraw-Hill Handbook of Homeland Security. From 1996 to 2003, as co-founder and managing director of a New York startup, Mr. Cloutier directed the development of InfoObject, the first commercial ontology-driven information integrator.

At Citigroup in the early 1990s, he acted as object technology evangelist and led the completion of one of the largest commercial applications of object technologies to date. In the mid-80s, he introduced students and educators to AI concepts and languages and was a speaker at national and international conferences. Born in Canada, Mr. Cloutier is now resides in the United States. Mr. Cloutier holds a M.Sc. in Computer Sciences from McGill University

 

STUART FRIEDMAN - Director


A retired healthcare executive (President of Birch & Davis Health Management Corporation, acquired by ACS) with extensive international experience, Mr. Friedman brings a wealth of management expertise to the Mind-Alliance board of directors. Mr. Friedman was a Department of Commerce appointee to National Defense Executive Reserve (1964-1988), and a crisis management industry expert appointed to the NATO Civil Emergency Planning Directorate (1988-2006).

 

DENIS RANGER - Chief Architect


Denis Ranger, co-founder and chief architect at Mind-Alliance, has 20 years of experience in software development. He has worked alongside Jean-Francois Cloutier for 15 years, developing innovative software such as InfoObject, the first commercial ontology-driven information integrator. Ranger is the lead inventor of the PRISM query algorithm and is responsible for the development of the PRISM platform.

 

Relevant Articles

Collaborative Internet tools making inroads into intel agencies

By Anne Laurent Published: June 5, 2008

www.govexec.com A top official with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said on Tuesday that the intelligence community was moving inexorably toward embracing online collaboration tools, known as Web 2.0 applications, which hold the promise of improving U.S. intelligence efforts. ...

 

Lawmaker to DHS: Step it up with fusion centers

By Ben Bain Published: March 20, 2008

www.fcw.com The Homeland Security Department is at risk for losing support for funding because it is not doing a good enough job of sharing information ...

 

Intelligence Sharing Still Lacking

By Siobhan Gorman Published: February 26, 2008

www.wsj.com Homeland Security Cites New Efforts To Fill Local Needs

 

Logged In and Sharing Gossip, er, Intelligence

By Scott Shane Published: September 2, 2007

www.nytimes.com Facebook, blogs and Wikipedia offer a model for spy agencies.

 

NJ’s Regional Operations Intelligence Center: an All-Crimes, All-Hazards Information hub

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