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DAVID G. KAMIEN - Chief Executive Officer
David G. Kamien is the CEO and founder of Mind-Alliance Systems, LLC. Mr. Kamien has 20 years of experience at the intersection of strategy and information and communication technology, working for a diverse set of clients and employers, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the State of Israel, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and Marsh & McLennan. He is editor of The McGraw-Hill Handbook of Homeland Security (www.homelandsecuritybook.com), a major resource with more than 60 industry experts as contributors. Mr. Kamien has published a number of articles in the trade press and has lectured at prestigious events such as the 2007 inaugural DNI Open Source Intelligence conference and venues such as the Cebrowski Institute at the Naval Post-Graduate School.
Prior to Mind-Alliance, Mr. Kamien founded DGK, LLC, which provided strategy and business development consulting for homeland security IT to Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Siemens, Motorola, and TIBCO Software. He has also served as sales professional for Marsh USA, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan, where he focused on selling risk assessment software. Mr. Kamien has managed consulting projects at British Telecom for International Venture Associates, a Silicon Valley consulting firm. Previously, he consulted Israeli regulatory authorities on technology policy. Born in New York, Kamien moved to Israel with his family as a teenager and later served for in the Israel Defense Forces (four years active duty, 10 years in the reserves), with the rank of Captain. Mr. Kamien holds several technology patents. He received his B.A. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a law degree from Academic College of Law in Ramat Gan, Israel. He holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and Israel.
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 currently resides in the United States. Mr. Cloutier holds a M.Sc. in Computer Sciences from McGill University.
MICHAEL BLANK -VP Operations
Michael Blank is a former consultant with Insight Partners, a negotiation skills training and consulting firm based in Boston that provides its services to major financial services firms across the world. An expert in the theory and practice of conflict management, Mr. Blank is also a faculty associate at the Program of Negotiation at Harvard Law School and an adjunct at the Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to law school, Mr. Blank worked as an analyst in the leveraged finance group at Bear, Stearns & Co. in New York, where his responsibilities included performing financial modeling, research
and due diligence. The leveraged finance group provided mid-to-large-cap companies such as Nextel Communications, Alaris Medical Systems and DRS Technologies with high yield debt for acquisition financing and refinancing purposes. Mr. Blank worked with a number of prominent private equity firms to help them structure their LBO's. Between Bear Stearns and law school Mr. Blank started BottomBell.com, a mobile service that enabled users to make text message queries for real time information such as sports scores and stats and stock quotes. Mr. Blank earned his B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in economics from Dartmouth College and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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.
HOWARD STEINBERG - Emergency Preparedness Consulting Manager
Howard Steinberg has had over thirty years of management experience in public health services, all-hazards disaster preparedness planning, including HAZMAT operations, continuity of government planning and other aspects of homeland security, at both the county and the state-wide level. While serving as the Director of Human Services for the Town of Morristown, NJ, he created and chaired the county’s first bioterrorism task force. Mr. Steinberg was the first county health official in New Jersey to
engage in bioterrorism preparedness planning and to engage the private
business sector in that effort. He has supervised public health officials and worked to identify and address various public concerns such as health care, environmental protection and substance abuse. As the Division Head for the County of Morris, NJ, Mr. Steinberg provided strategic vision and direction for bioterrorism response planning by partnering and interfacing with leaders of the business community and state and federal officials. He worked to assess community health status and risks, identify priorities and develop strategies for providing cost-saving yet effective public health services.
Mr. Steinberg has played integral roles in the construction of new health clinics and the development of neighborhood primary care centers and innovative health screening networks. He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including NJSHD’s Innovation Model Program Award, NJDEP’s Commitment to Environmental Excellence Award from, and Afro- American Communities’ Humanitarian Award. Mr. Steinberg holds a BA in History from Monmouth College.
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