| Raymond Edward Kendall Chairman |
Dr. Akly Adjaoute , Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer |
| Lucien Bourely Global Chief Operating Officer |
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| Advisory Board |
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| Dennis Stradford President and CEO of Cascadeworks, Inc |
Maryann Keller Senior Wall Street Analyst |
| Board Observers |
Shlomo Elbaz |
| Frederic Le Gall | |
| Sturm Group | |
| Ray Chan | |
| Robert Luginuhl | |
| Gary Young | |
Raymond Edward Kendall
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. Akly Adjaoute, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
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
Global Chief Operating Officer
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.
Dennis Stradford
President and CEO Cascadeworks, Inc.
Dennis Stradford, an industry veteran with a successful history of growing companies beyond the billion dollar mark, drives CascadeWorks' corporate strategy and leadership in the Services Supplier Relationship Management market. He has over 25 years experience spanning both start-up and public companies coupled with exceptional knowledge of the supply chain and procurement markets. Prior to CascadeWorks, Dennis was CEO of SupplyBase, an enterprise e-sourcing company that merged with i2 Technologies in 2000. Prior to SupplyBase, Dennis was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Flextronics International, which exhibited phenomenal sales growth under his leadership, increasing revenue from approximately $70 million to over $2 billion and fueling a successful IPO. www.cascadeworks.com/
Maryann Keller
Wall Street Analyst, Advisory Board
During a nearly 28-year career on Wall Street, Maryann was named one of the top three on Wall Street for twelve consecutive years. In July 1999, Maryann joined priceline.com as the president of its fledgling Auto Services division where she managed the car business's national roll out and observed the dramatic turns within priceline as it attempted to create a business from an idea and a patent. Maryann left priceline in November 2000. Maryann is a member of the Board of Directors of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, a NYSE company where she also serves on its Audit and Strategic Planning Committees, and of the Board of Directors of Sonic Automotive, a NYSE company and one of the country's largest auto retail operations.