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Knowledge Computing Corp. Elects Federal Law Enforcement Veteran
Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan
to the Board of Directors
08/23/05
Tucson, AZ
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Knowledge Computing Corporation
announced today the election of Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan, a respected
29-year veteran of federal law enforcement, to the company's board of
directors.
"Dr. Kiernan is a great addition to our board of directors because she
understands the power and value of our COPLINK solution for fighting
crime and thwarting terrorism, and has extensive knowledge of law
enforcement technology needs at every level of government," said Robert
Griffin, CEO of Knowledge Computing Corporation. "As a frontline
practitioner, Dr. Kiernan will be integral to expanding our
understanding of what end users require and need from technology. This
knowledge will be integrated into upcoming COPLINK releases to further
enhance our clients' performance and better inform their decision-making
in criminal investigations."
"Law enforcement personnel have been doing homeland security for well
over a century - long before it had a formal name or discipline - it is
simply what we do but often with limited resources," said Dr. Kiernan.
"Knowledge Computing Corporation's COPLINK solution is a powerful tool
for refining and visualizing information critical to maintaining the
strategic and tactical edge in law enforcement, particularly in a world
forever changed by terrorism on domestic soil."
Dr. Kiernan is CEO of The Kiernan Group. She previously served as the
assistant director for the Office of Strategic Intelligence and
Information for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
While with the ATF, she was responsible for the design and
implementation of an intelligence-led organizational strategy to mine
and disseminate data related to explosives, firearms and illegal tobacco
diversion.
Dr. Kiernan has been involved with the intelligence community for over a
decade. She served as the ATF representative to the Counterterrorism
Center at the CIA from 1993 to 1995. She is a council vice president for
the American Society for Industrial Security - a preeminent world-wide
private sector organization comprised of subject matter experts in
technology, security, law enforcement, the military, and academia. She
is also former chair of the Law Enforcement Working Group, an initiative
to bridge the intelligence and law enforcement communities.
Dr. Kiernan is a senior member on the International Association of
Chiefs of Police terrorism subcommittee, and an intelligence fellow and
graduate of the FBI's National Executive Institute. She was recently
named a senior fellow for the George Washington University Homeland
Security Policy Institute.
Dr. Kiernan currently leads a nationwide intelligence community project
involving the active interdiction of weapons of mass destruction
throughout the law enforcement and public safety communities.
Additionally, she is leading a multi-disciplinary team bridging the
Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security under the
auspices of the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program.
About Knowledge Computing Corporation
Knowledge Computing Corporation provides technology-based crime fighting
solutions to leading edge law enforcement agencies nationwide. Its
critically-acclaimed product, COPLINK®, in use since 1998, is based on
knowledge management technology first prototyped by top-ranked
researchers in the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of
Arizona in Tucson through a grant by the National Institute of Justice.
The technologies developed at Knowledge Computing Corporation have been
tested and proven by law enforcement agencies around the country. The
Company is privately held. For more information: www.knowledgecc.com or
www.coplink.com.
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