Press Release
iJET Appoints Transportation Intelligence Board
Former NATO, Navy, Law Enforcement and Security Leaders Serve on Newly Formed Board to Guide Supply Chain Threat Management Services
Annapolis, Maryland - September 19, 2006
iJET Intelligent Risk Systems, a leading provider of global intelligence, operating risk management technology and integrated emergency response services, today announced the formation of its Transportation Intelligence Board (TIB). The TIB will offer strategic advice and expertise around iJET’s initiatives to strengthen supply-chain resiliency and protect corporate assets against threats to all modes of transportation.
Disasters, globalization and unstable operating strategies have made corporate supply-chain networks more vulnerable than ever before. To address this rising threat, iJET has established its Transportation Intelligence Board to identify trends relevant to the international trade environment and to offer consultation around iJET’s risk management services. Utilizing iJET’s award-winning Worldcue® technology and open source intelligence, clients can keep abreast of transportation and supply-chain threats around the world, 24x7.
The TIB becomes the company’s third advisory board, following the Security Intelligence Board and Health Intelligence Board. Andrew Chester, iJET’s Vice President of Global Intelligence Services, will lead the TIB as chairman. Captain David M. Swain, Hank DeGeneste and Luke Ritter (see biographical information below) will also sit on the board. Combined, the TIB members bring to iJET’s advisory team more than a century of diverse experience in NATO programs, naval intelligence, transportation consulting, law enforcement and risk management.
“For more than six years, iJET has been tracking and managing risks to corporate assets. In terms of business continuity, a company’s supply chain is as vital as its people and facilities,” said Chester. “iJET is working hard to ensure that clients’ fixed and mobile assets, transportation channels and critical suppliers are all equally protected. I look forward to working with such an elite group to shape iJET’s supply chain risk management services.”
Swain, recently retired from 34 years of service with the U.K. Royal Navy, holds a breadth of experience in naval aviation and warfare. Swain served as Commander Air of HMS Invincible and received two NATO appointments, one coordinating maritime interdiction operations in the Adriatic Sea during the Bosnia crisis and one in Norfolk, Va. overseeing the introduction of NATO’s Open Source Intelligence capability.
DeGeneste, Vice President of Risk Management for iJET, holds more than 30 years of experience in risk management, law enforcement and emergency response across federal, state and local levels. DeGeneste’s experience includes serving as Director of Public Safety and Superintendent of Police for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Vice President of Global Security at Prudential Financial. DeGeneste also serves on iJET’s Security Intelligence Board.
Ritter, founder and CEO of Trident Global Partners, a transportation consulting firm based in Annapolis, Md., has spent his professional career in commercial and military transportation, operations and logistics work. Ritter specializes in intermodal transportation and security technology issues. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Ritter has served in various transportation and logistics assignments, and was deemed a Certified Transportation and Logistics Professional by the American Society of Transportation & Logistics.
About iJET Intelligent Risk Systems
iJET Intelligent Risk Systems is a leader in business resiliency, helping multinational corporations and government organizations monitor, protect against and respond to global threats. Integrating world-class open source intelligence with patented technology, iJET’s award-winning Worldcue® solutions help clients monitor and assess global threats relative to their key people, facilities and supply chain assets; automatically track and communicate with travelers and expatriates; and deploy emergency response services throughout the world at a moment's notice. Providing a unified view of threats to assets, iJET enables clients to mitigate risks, reduce corporate liability and prepare for and respond to business disruptions.
