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Raymond Edward Kendall
Honorary Secretary General of INTERPOL Chairman |
Dr. Akli Adjaoute Director |
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Lucien Bourely Director |
Bruce Rutherford Director |
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Raymond Edward Kendall
Honorary Secretary General of INTERPOL
CHAIRMAN
Following his distinguished careers of service in Her Majesty's Royal Air Force and at Scotland Yard, Raymond Kendall joined INTERPOL in 1971. From 1985 until his retirement in 2001 he served three times as SECRETARY GENERAL of INTERPOL, the renowned international police organization, comprised of 177 member countries, from its headquarters in Lyons, France. Upon his retirement he was named Secretary-General Emeritus. As Senior Strategist for Brighterion, Kendall provides strategic counsel on meeting the developing needs of the international financial community.
An honors degree recipient from Oxford University, Raymond has received awards from the governments of France, Spain, Finland, the United States, Chile, Peru and Russia. He is also the recipient of the lifetime achievement award from the United States Marshall's Services and has been honored by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
In addition to his leadership in fulfilling the traditional mission of INTERPOL, Raymond Kendall initiated joint efforts globally with the private sector to address the growing threat of cybercrime and the need for international cooperation to prevent abuses on the web.
Raymond Kendall was elected in August, 2001, as PRESIDENT OF THE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE of the Anti-Fraud Office of the European Union.
Dr. Akli Adjaoute, Ph.D.
DIRECTOR
Dr. Adjaoute is a leading figure in the international cognitive science community. Prior to Brighterion, Dr. Adjaoute was the founder, President and CEO who drove Cognitix Technologies to become the supplier of Mindsuite, the world's most powerful tool for the development and deployment of artificial-intelligence applications. For over 14 years and over 400 combined man-years, software developers have been building Mindsuite.
Mindsuite provides unparalleled sets of advanced technologies that include: Smart-Agents , Optimization Suite, Business Rules, Case Based Reasoning, Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks Library, Simulation Tools, Interpreted and Compiled Language, Fuzzy Logic, Data Mining Suite . These technologies are not only fully integrated from a development standpoint, but they also form alliances and cooperate with one another within an application solution to provide a powerful Business application development suite.
Mindsuite, Cognitix' product, has been deployed at the highest levels of financial, military and industrial enterprises. At Brighterion, Adjaoute has driven the creation of a commercial product that delivers the power of this technology to the banking, securities, telecommunications and insurance industries.
Dr Adjaoute was the first to bring a Multi-agent Technology tool to the market. Mindsuite has been used in the industry since 1991.
Dr. Adjaoute has a PHD in Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics. His doctorate received the "Gold Medal" by the "PHD Research Magazine". Named "Man of the Year" by the magazine "Technologies" in 1989.
Dr. Adjaoute has also served as the scientific director for the European Research Institute for 4 years.
Lucien Bourely
DIRECTOR
With almost 30 years of experience in corporate strategy and executive management with leaders in the banking, technology and payment system analysis and development industries, Bourely is responsible for overall strategic direction, growth and management of Brighterion Europe.
Prior to joining Brighterion, Bourely held a wide range of senior strategy positions. He started his career as a Founder and President of SG2 Group. Bourely has also served in corporate strategy and international business development positions for many financial institutions. Additionally, he was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SME Consulting, a multi-national consulting firm, driving many campaigns for customers as prestigious as NCR, UNISYS, etc. .
He earned an Aeronautical Engineering degree from Stanford University in California.
Bruce Rutherford
DIRECTOR
Bruce Rutherford is Group Head, Fraud Management Solutions. He is responsible for the product management, development, sales, and implementation of MasterCard Worldwide fraud management solutions, the evolution and deployment of industry standards including the PCI Standards and MasterCard SecureCode, product management and related operations for Holograms, fraud reporting and associated data analytics, and for risk/fraud training through the Academy of Risk Management. In addition, Mr. Rutherford also represents MasterCard on the executive committee of the PCI Security Standards Council, an industry-standards organization that was formed in September, 2006.
Mr. Rutherford's extensive experience in product management and the development and evolution of industry security standards gives him unique insight into the challenges and opportunities of deploying emerging technologies to help MasterCard customers and merchants reduce their exposure to fraud and other financial risks.
Mr. Rutherford joined MasterCard worldwide in 1997 and has had previous roles within the MasterCard Advanced Payments organization where he managed internet and data security initiatives. His prior experience includes senior management responsibilities associated with the product management and service development of voice telephony initiatives for major telecommunications carriers including AT&T and MCI.
Mr. Rutherford is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Business Administration degree.