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Upcoming Events
April 30-May 1, 2003
VAI will be hosting a booth at the 2003 AFCEA Spring Intelligence Symposium will be held at the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIAC), Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. We encourage you to stop by to meet our staff. For more information, see www.afcea.org/
spring2003/exhibits.asp
May 12 – 13, 2003
VAI, along with the Baltimore Export Assistance Center, will be sharing recent experiences relating to international business development efforts at the Adapting to a New Global Trade Environment conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Reston Hotel, Reston Town Center. For more information, see www.usatrade.gov.
May 12th-16th, 2003
In cooperation with Maryland's Office of International Trade (OIT), VAI will have representatives at the Telecommunications, Wireless/Broadband and Information Technology Trade-show & Conference in Russia at the SVIAZ / EXPO COMM MOSCOW 2003. For more information, see www.expocomm.com/.
June 1st-3rd, 2003
MIDAS, Maryland's Economic Development Association & 2003 Conference, Rocky Gap Conference Center in Cumberland. The conference theme is "Implications of New Federal Policies on Economic Development in Maryland." VAI will be presenting on a panel relating to privatization of federal functions. For more information, see www.midasmd.com.
June 2, 2003
VAI will be participating in the MITRE Analysis Cell Initiative meeting on Monday, June 2nd at their facilities in McLean, VA. The purpose has been to bring together both people who perform intelligence analysis and those who develop and/or acquire software tools for doing intelligence analysis.
June 30-July 2, 2003
VAI will be participating in the Government Symposium on Information Sharing & Homeland Security in Philadelphia, PA. This symposium focuses on preventing, preempting, and disrupting terrorist threats.
July 8-11, 2003
VAI will be attending the 2003 ONDCP Supply Reduction Technology Symposium in San Diego, CA. This event will run from July 8 through 11, 2003 at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego.
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What's New?
Winners of the Maryland's International Leadership Awards
On April 3, 2003, Chris Westphal, Co-founder and CEO of Visual Analytics, received Maryland's International Business Leadership Award.
Maryland's International Business Leadership Awards are presented annually to an individual within a Maryland company who has led his company to new global heights. The award also recognizes individuals for the entrepreneurial spirit, determination, creativity and cultural sensitivity that the global marketplace demands.
We are very proud of this honor. You can find more information in our Press Releases.
Thailand Conference
Recently, Visual Analytics participated in the 2003 Pacific Rim Conference on Money Laundering & Financial Crimes.
The conference was held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 24-26, 2003 and was attended by approximately 600
participants from over 30 countries. Information regarding the conference can be found at:
www.fincrime2003.org/.
This year's theme was "The Impact of Financial Crime on International Security and the Global Economy:
Public and Private Industry Working Together." The conference brought together a wide range of delegates,
including representatives from many government agencies around Asia and the Pacific Rim, the banking industry,
and commercial organizations involved in financial crime systems.
Our CEO, Chris Westphal, was one of the keynote speakers at the conference. Chris delivered a well-received
presentation entitled "Technologies for Money Laundering Analyses: New Approaches for Combating Financial Crimes."
Following is the description of the presentation as provided in the conference program.
"The discussion will be based on describing several of the new requirements in the US Patriot Act and the
issues and concerns of enforcement agencies involved in the acquisition, sharing, and analysis of financial data.
The talk will focus on the utilization of collaborative technologies - and how they will play a critical role in
the next-generation systems that are being designed to address this complex task. No longer shall analysts work
in isolation - they must start to operate as part of a larger network involving the data, resources, and
interactions of many different organizations. Additionally, time will be spent reviewing automated procedures
to help detect critical patterns and look for people on watch lists, and other types of alert-based targets."
You can also view the presentation material.
During the three day conference, attendees visited a number of vendors who were demonstrating their
systems and capabilities. Visual Analytics hosted a booth with a newly-formed partner company,
Data Analytical Technology Co., LTD (DAT). DAT is structured to offer consulting and IT support
within Thailand and the Southeast Asian marketplaces focusing on advanced data analytics.
More info on DAT can be found at www.datechno.com/.
The VAI booth was well-attended and even had visitors from some of our state-side customers.
Visual Analytics staff also met with other anti-money laundering companies and agencies,
deepening and solidifying these important relationships. Among those we met were: the
Thailand Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO - a current client), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA),
Law Enforcement Technology Solutions Co., LTD (a subsidiary company of Loxley - another VAI partner company),
and several other government agencies and commercial integrators from Thailand.
Visual Analytics is committed to expanding its financial crimes and money laundering business base in Asia and,
with the help of our partner companies, expects to expand the breadth of our service offerings to a number of
other industries including counter-terrorism, narcotics, law enforcement, and commercial fraud and forensics.
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Employment Opportunities
Field Support Engineer - two (2) positions available
These on-site technical support engineers will support one or more DOD customers, including
analytical and modeling support. Technical support responsibilities will require on-site support
for VisuaLinks in the following areas: troubleshooting, model building, installation and configuration,
performance analysis and tuning, training and to lend assistance to the database administration staff
on matters concerning VisuaLinks.
Requirements: A BA/BS in Computer Science or 5 years of equivalent technical experience with large
relational databases (Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase, Informix) Oracle experience is a plus.
Scripting and network experience, especially troubleshooting, required. Data mining or visualization
experience is helpful. Training experience is highly desirable. Current TS/SCI security clearance
required.
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