NEWS RELEASE
#2003-002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 4, 2003
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System Planning Corporation
James M. Kudla
703/351-8238
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jkudla@sysplan.com
System Planning Corporation Names Former White House Official Joe Rozek Vice
President for Security, Operations and Technology
WASHINGTON, DC, September 4 - System Planning Corporation (SPC) today announced
that former White House official Joe Rozek has been named its Vice President
for Security, Operations and Technology.
The announcement represents SPCs expanding commitment to providing world-class
Homeland Security planning, systems and services to its government and industry
customers.
Joe Rozek has a stellar reputation and he brings a wealth of operational
military and defense policy counter terrorism experience with him, said SPC
Chairman and CEO Dr. Ronald Easley. He will help in providing the best, most
cost-effective support to our customers.
Rozek joins SPCs National Intelligence, Security and Response Division from the
White House Office of Homeland Security, where he served as senior director for
threat countermeasures and incident management. In that role, Rozek designed
and implemented a domestic terrorism management system to coordinate the
national response to an imminent terrorist attack within the United States.
As a subject matter expert, he participated in the Vice Presidents post-9/11
National Domestic Preparedness Review, where he provided counsel to Vice
President Cheney regarding emergency response, civil support and interagency
affairs.
Prior to his White House service, Rozek served in the Department of Defense as
Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Civil Support, where he helped
coordinate all the departments efforts to support federal, state, and local
civil authorities in the event of a terrorist attack on the United States.
Immediately following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, Rozek directed
the Secretary of Defenses Crisis Coordination Center at the Pentagon,
synchronizing the department's response efforts.
Rozek is a career Army Special Forces officer who retired recently with the
rank of colonel. He commanded the 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training
Group (Airborne), served as a deputy chief of staff for force development and
integration at the Army's Special Operations Command, and as an operations
officer in the Special Operations Directorate of the Joint Staff at the
Pentagon.
He also was Director, Combating Terrorism in the office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, where
he served as principal advisor to the assistant secretary for all policy
matters involving anti terrorism, counter terrorism, and terrorism consequence
management.
A graduate of the U.S. Army Command and Staff College, the Army War College and
the Armed Forces Staff College, Rozek holds a B.A. in Sociology from the
University of Iowa and an M.A. in Public Administration from Shippensburg
University.
Founded in 1970, System Planning Corporation (SPC) has established a national
reputation as a leader in technology development for both government and
industry clients. SPC has grown to become an engineering, prototyping, systems
integration, and policy planning organization with the ability to achieve
needed innovation through technology.
SPC brings over 30 years of unique experience and proven skills that are
directly applicable to homeland security and domestic preparedness. SPC has
been a major contributor to the development and enhancement of the Continuity
of Government program since the 1980s.
SPC's TriData division is heavily involved in
homeland security and domestic preparedness. TriData has supported more than
250 state and local agencies in addressing fire, police, and emergency
management and response issues.
This blending of knowledge and experience at the federal, state, and local
levels provides SPC a distinct edge over virtually all of its competitors. SPC
is headquartered in Arlington, VA. For more information, visit the company's
web site at http://www.sysplan.com.
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