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Annapolis, MD (June 3, 2005) - - - Four new companies have joined the Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC), Anne Arundel County's business incubator that focuses on Homeland Security. The addition of these businesses brings the total to 16 member companies that reside within the CIC.
One company is run by a well-known retired Navy SEAL; another company is managed by a seasoned British CEO. One focuses on building the intellectual capabilities of essential government personnel; another company offers sophisticated visualization technology.
"Anne Arundel County is a magnet for defense related companies because of its skilled work force and proximity to Washington, D.C.," said Anne Arundel County Executive Janet S. Owens. "The CIC plays a vital role in nurturing cutting edge technology start-ups."
"Together, these new companies add powerful new dimensions to the CIC portfolio, which we are building to match the needs of large government agencies and leading corporations seeking innovative security solutions," said John Elstner, CEO of the CIC.
The new CIC members are:
Bridgeborn: a leader in the development of 3D visual analytic tools that power business intelligence and decision support for training, logistics, planning/scheduling and network analysis. Bridgeworks©, Bridgeborn’s web-services visualization technology, leverages the power and flexibility of XML to bridge the gap between disparate data sources and delivers content through an interactive, 3D visual metaphor. Bridgeworks© visual metaphors present massive amounts of data in a single, glanceable view and drive ROI for our commercial and government clients by turning complex or otherwise incomprehensible amounts of data into actionable business intelligence. www.bridgeborn.com
BeCrypt: the UK's largest encryption specialist, BeCrypt will now provide encryption products and support to the North American market. BeCrypt's range of high-level full disk encryption products for PCs, laptops, PDAs and removable media devices are already used by more than two hundred government and commercial enterprises across Europe to protect sensitive, confidential and top-secret information. BeCrypt's PDA Protect and Disk Protect products have been certified by the Communications Electronics Security Group (CESG), the UK Government’s Information Assurance facility at GCHQ. BeCrypt has received Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Certificates for its Crypto Library from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and will be working towards full FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria certifications. www.becrypt.com
Comprehensive Intelligence Technology Training (CINTT): a key provider of services and technologies to the US Intelligence Community. By providing educational, training, technical, and analytical services, CINTT is working with the government and with the private sector to meet the Nation’s critical need for trained intelligence analysts and analytical products. www.cintt.com
Red Cell Associates, Inc. ("RedCell"): a terrorism risk mitigation firm, led by a retired Navy SEAL, that provides risk analyses and critical infrastructure protection (CIP) solutions for the energy (oil, gas, nuclear), transportation (airlines, seaports, railroads), and chemical (chlorine, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals) industries. RedCell's clients include the Maryland National Guard, Sun Valley Rice, and a medium-sized firm in the chemical sector. RedCell also consults on a "Best Practices" port security research grant administered by the Office of Naval Research and is partnered with several industry leaders for ongoing critical infrastructure and homeland security project proposals for the Department of the Navy, the NY/NJ Port Authority, and other private sector clients. www.redcellassociates.com
Three additional organizations have signed on to sponsor the CIC. Sponsors offer financial support to the CIC and provide professional services to CIC resident member companies. The new sponsors are:
Trident Global Partners, LLC: an independent, veteran-owned transportation consulting firm based in Annapolis, Maryland, serving commercial and government clients - ports, steamship lines, terminal operators, railroads, motor carriers, regulatory agencies, legislative bodies, industry associations, security & technology firms, and defense contractors. www.trident-global.com
Harbor Point Resources: a professional staffing agency dedicated to providing quality personnel in a cost effective and efficient manner. www.hpri.net
CB Richard Ellis (NYSE:CBG): a FORTUNE 1000 company headquartered in Los Angeles, one of the world's leading commercial real estate services firms. The company serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers by offering strategic advice and execution for property leasing and sales; property, facilities and project management; corporate services; debt and equity financing; investment management; valuation and appraisal; research and investment strategy; and consulting. Including partners and affiliates, the company has over 300 offices in more than 50 countries around the world. www.cbre.com
"The quality of these new CIC companies demonstrates that we are attracting some of the best minds in the security world to Anne Arundel County," said Anne Arundel County Executive Janet S. Owens. "We thank the Center's new sponsors for contributing their resources to help foster economic development in the county while enhancing America's technological edge."
About the CIC:
America's first business accelerator for the homeland and national security sectors, the CIC harnesses the power of entrepreneurship to enhance our nation’s technological edge. A public-private partnership initiated by the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation, the CIC is a driving component of Maryland's emerging "Informatics Corridor." CIC partners include Northrop Grumman, BearingPoint, Next Century Corp. and the National Security Agency. Among the Center’s sponsors are DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP, American Express Tax and Business Services, M&T Bank, Kelly FedSecure, and Whiteford Taylor and Preston. The Center’s resident member companies offer a range of security and informatics technologies and services. For more information, call 410-224-2030 or visit the web site at www.cic-tech.org
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