Criterion Systems Welcomes Greg Rothwell to its Advisory Board

VIENNA, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Criterion Systems, a leading provider of information technology services to government and commercial clients, today announced the appointment of Greg Rothwell to the company's Board of Advisors. During his 34 year career in the federal acquisition community, Mr. Rothwell served in 10 different agencies and was responsible for standing up and growing some of the government’s largest procurement programs and contract vehicles.

“We are honored to welcome Greg Rothwell to our prestigious Board of Advisors,” said Promod Sharma, President and CEO of Criterion. “Greg joins some of the most influential leaders from the government, Intelligence Community and the military. Our esteemed advisors contribute to the company’s ongoing strategy and leverage their keen understanding of agency challenges to help expand Criterion’s market presence. The combined forces of a stellar advisory board, a proven management team and a record of providing innovative solutions that allow agencies to deliver on their missions have allowed Criterion to differentiate itself in the competitive IT services market while growing at a rapid pace.”

Mr. Rothwell retired as Chief Procurement Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in December 2005. He joined DHS after a 13-year tenure at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He served as the IRS's first Assistant Commissioner for Procurement and subsequently as the senior career executive responsible for Agency Wide Shared Services providing procurement, customer service, personnel, facilities and EEO support to the IRS. Today Mr. Rothwell serves as the President of the Evermay Consulting Group, a company he founded to provide strategic consulting to achieve private-public sector partnering.

In addition to Mr. Rothwell, Criterion’s Board of Advisors is comprised of several prominent government executives and military leaders, including:

Vernon Bettencourt – Former Deputy CIO, U.S. Army
Bill Cimino – Retired Air Force Colonel
Bob Flores – Former CTO, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Joe Leo – Former Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Lt. General Tom McInerney – Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force – Retired
Edward P. McMahon – Member, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Advisory Group
Hon. William H. Pickle – Former U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms
Major General Hawthorne (Peet) Proctor – Major General, U.S. Army – Retired
R. Adm. Norm Saunders – Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard – Retired
Bill Shernit – Member, Intel National Security Board
Alan Wade – Former CIO, CIA
Daniel G. Wolf – Information Assurance Director, National Security Agency (NSA)

About Criterion Systems

Headquartered in Vienna, VA, Criterion Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of information technology services to government and commercial clients. Criterion delivers full life-cycle consulting services in business and technology strategy, systems architecture and integration solutions, and managed services in highly classified environments, including: information search and analysis, cyber security, advanced technology services, and high performance computing solutions. The company serves the Department of Homeland Security, Intelligence and National Security, Department of Defense, Civilian Agency, and Commercial markets. For more information on Criterion and its services please visit www.criterion-sys.com.

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