How more obvious can they
be?
Microsoft Appoints Company's New
Homeland Security Director
U.S. Newswire
13 Nov 9:38
Microsoft Appoints Company's New Federal Director of Homeland
Security; Appointment Shows Company's Commitment to Nation's Defense
To: National Desk
Contact: Regis Mencer for Microsoft, 301-924-0330,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today
announced
that it has appointed Thomas Richey as its new Federal
Director of Homeland
Security. Richey will be responsible for
developing and executing
Microsoft's strategy as a partner in the
U.S. government's evolving Homeland
Security policy. Richey will be
located in the Microsoft Government offices,
based in Washington,
D.C.
Richey has a long and distinguished record in public service
beginning in
1981 as a highly decorated U.S. Coast Guard officer
and as a senior policy
advisor in the U.S. Senate. As a U.S. Coast
Guard commissioned officer,
Richey was repeatedly decorated for
unprecedented law enforcement operations
and staff assignments, the
most senior decoration being the Meritorious
Service Medal for his
service as Senate Liaison in the Coast Guard of Office
of
Congressional and Governmental Affairs. His other staff experience
included project management of multi-million dollar vessel
acquisitions
and as an executive member of the Commandant's
strategic planning staff. He
was also operations officer to a
major Coast Guard Command responsible for
counter-drug, search and
rescue, and many other Coast Guard operations in
the lower Gulf of
Mexico and Upper Caribbean Basin.
In 1997 Richey became the Coast Guard congressional liaison to
the U.S.
senate where, as a result of his leadership, the Coast
Guard enjoyed
unprecedented budget growth. In 2001 Richey retired
from the U.S. Coast
Guard with the rank of Commander and became
senior policy advisor to senior
Democratic Senator John F. Kerry,
of Massachusetts. Richey was responsible
for advising on a variety
of major policies ranging from the economy and
healthcare to
foreign and national defense. He was also a key advisor on
emerging Homeland Security issues.
"Tom's appointment is a significant step in establishing
Microsoft as a
strategic partner to the government as it evolves
its homeland security
strategy," said Mitra Azizirad, general
manager, Microsoft Federal Systems.
"Tom's background in government
policy, his leadership roles, and his focus
on an array of broad
security issues will be an asset to our customers."
Richey's responsibilities will include working with
policymakers,
federal, state and local government customers, and
Microsoft partners and
systems integrators to develop an
information technology framework for
homeland security. The
initiative, which will stress cross-agency
collaboration, will
recognize that government has significant investments in
a variety
of technologies and how Microsoft can ensure that different
environments work together.
"This appointment shows Microsoft's commitment to Homeland
Security and
to the nation," said Richey. "Microsoft is a world
leader in information
management and our customers are looking for
guidance around this critical
issue. I'm looking forward to using
my expertise gained from almost a
quarter of a century in public
service to help bolster the nation's Homeland
Security strategy."
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide
leader in
software, services and Internet technologies for personal
and business
computing. The company offers a wide range of products
and services designed
to empower people through great software -
any time, any place and on any
device.
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the
United
States and/or other countries.
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