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Former Air Force Space Command Deputy Director of Communications, Col. (Ret.) Andy Anderson, Joins AtHoc as Vice President of Operations in Its Defense Sector
AtHoc's Experienced DoD Executive Team to Support Rapid U.S. Military Adoption of Its Network-Centric Emergency Notification System
| Source: AtHoc, Inc.
BURLINGAME, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 10, 2007 -- AtHoc, Inc. today announced Col. (Ret.) Andy
L. Anderson has joined the company as its vice president of operations for
the defense sector. He will oversee the company's continued expansion in
the Department of Defense (DoD) as well as direct AtHoc's defense-related
business development activities.
Mr. Anderson held numerous positions in the Air Force during his 27-year
career. Prior to his retirement, he served as director of logistics and
communications for Headquarters Air Force Space Command. He was responsible
for all aspects of overseeing and implementing space command control and
communication systems. Anderson joins AtHoc from Multimax, where he served
as the vice president for Air Force business development.
"Bringing Andy on board allows AtHoc to further strengthen our roots in the
military community," commented Guy Miasnik, president and CEO of AtHoc. "As
we build and market network-centric emergency alerting systems to the DoD,
it's incredibly valuable to have the perspective of a career military
professional who has first-hand experience implementing systems in the
defense environment. We're honored and excited to have Andy as a member of
our team and about the experience and enthusiasm he brings."
When describing his reasons for joining the AtHoc team, Anderson stated,
"Having spent as much time as I have in the Air Force, you build a
life-long commitment to the U.S. military and the men and women who serve.
I know the value emergency alerting provides to military installations --
it can literally make the difference of life and death. AtHoc's technology
has been heartily embraced by the military and is already helping make
installations and our men and women in uniform safer. That's exactly what I
was looking for in a company."
Mr. Anderson's Air Force career began in 1978 when he was commissioned from
the United States Air Force Academy. He has held assignments at the Air
Force Communications Command, Air Mobility Command and Air Force Special
Operations Command. He served as the director of staff for the Pentagon's
communications directorate, and as the executive officer for the senior
communications officer at NORAD and U.S. Space Command. He attended
Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, Armed Forces Staff
College and Air War College, and earned two Master of Science degrees while
on active duty.
About AtHoc, Inc.
AtHoc provides enterprise-class, network-centric alerting systems for
emergency notifications, force protection readiness, anti-terror warnings
and critical communications. AtHoc offers a broad set of alerting solutions
for the government/defense agencies and commercial enterprises, including
IWSAlerts for Network-Centric Emergency Notifications; C2Alerts for
Targeted User Alerts in Command & Control / C4I Operations Center;
KMAlerts for Knowledge and Intelligence Dissemination; and EmployeeAlerts
for Corporate Emergency Communications. AtHoc has partnered with Microsoft,
Northrop Grumman, IBM and Multimax to bring these notification solutions to
the enterprise market. The U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Air Force,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Boeing, eBay and Juniper Networks are some of the
world-class organizations that have selected and deployed AtHoc for their
critical enterprise notifications needs.
For more information on AtHoc, please visit http://www.athoc.com.