November 2012: NSAWW Client Advisor Daniel Costello appeared on Sky News to discuss the Presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
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July 2012: NSAWW is pleased to announce the appointment of Barry Kopelson, as Senior Partner, for the Transaction Advisory Services Practice at NSAWW. Mr. Kopelson joins NSAWW with extensive experience in venture capital and management consulting. As a consultant, he specialized in Aerospace & Defense merger and acquisition support, strategy, and market intelligence. Mr. Kopelson is an expert in performing strategy and due diligence exercises, and will be leveraging this experience to help guide NSAWW's growing merger and acquisition support business.
Prior to joining NSAWW Mr. Kopelson founded his own firm: Kopelson Consulting. Kopelson Consulting possesses a platinum reputation in the aerospace, defense, and healthcare industries.
July 2012: NSAWW is proud to announce the acquisition of Potomac Recruiting, LLC, a boutique recruiting firm specializing in candidate searches for companies in the federal and commercial marketplaces.
Potomac Recruiting has extensive experience in successfully completing candidate searches for clients in both the corporate and government sides of the IT, health, law, finance, contracts, business development, defense, security and cyber fields. Potomac Recruiting is exceptional at identifying and recruiting the most qualified and accomplished individuals for a range of positions, both cleared and uncleared. Its clients include small, mid-sized and Fortune 100 companies within the United States and abroad.
NSAWW is proud to announce the addition of Ms. Mary Ann Troanovitch and Ms. Linda L. Pagelsen to its Board of Advisors.
March 2012: NSAWW President Dana Brown welcomed Ms. Pagelsen and Ms. Troanovitch stating, "Each of their careers in government has been distinguished by extraordinary service and exceptional accomplishments, and their presence will be invaluable to our clients. We are excited and look forward to drawing upon their experiences."
Ms. Mary Ann Troanovitch has extensive experience with the State and U.S. federal government including management experience in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) where she contributed to the development of national health care policies.
March 2012: Nat’l Security Associates Worldwide (NSAWW) today announced the addition of BlackBag Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Mac, iPhone and iPad forensic data solutions, as one of its newest clients. NSAWW will be assisting BlackBag Technologies, Inc. as they expand their offering to meet the growing BYOD demand for Apple devices within the federal government. BlackBag provides forensic and eDiscovery data solutions to law enforcement and private sector clients. Based in Silicon Valley, their company offers clients a comprehensive suite of software and training solutions to meet the growing challenges faced by forensic examiners and legal professionals in the field and in the lab. The company uses its significant Mac and iOS expertise to develop intuitive and timesaving solutions, empowering investigators to perform accurate and efficient investigations.
March 2012: Gen. Sherlock joins NSAWW after leading both large diverse organizations and smaller, high-performing teams in the Department of Defense and the Department of State. NSAWW's CEO Courtney Banks welcomed her to the Board, stating that "Lyn's extensive experience across the federal government will be invaluable to our clients seeking business development support. We are excited to have her join our team."
February 2012: NSAWW is proud to announce the addition of Mrs. Wendy H. Smith to their senior management team. Mrs. Smith joins NSAWW after a lengthy and distinguished career focusing on supporting the Nation's national security, law enforcement and international program operations. NSAWW's CEO Courtney Banks welcomed her, stating that "We are excited to have Wendy joining us. We look forward to drawing upon her experiences across multiple federal agencies to assist our clients with their needs."
Written by Paul Harris on January 12, 2012 in Execs to Know, Information Tech
Meet Courtney Banks, the CEO at Nat’l Security Associates Worldwide LLC (NSAWW). NSAWW was formed to assist companies in successfully realizing their full potential in addressing the challenges and opportunities of the world’s burgeoning homeland and national security markets, as well as the markets in logistics, global health care, cyber and federal civilian.
NSAWW is pleased to announce that we have recently signed with two new clients, NIKA Architects + Engineers and DSFederal, Inc.
November 2011: NIKA is a full service, minority-owned architecture and engineering firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. NIKA focuses on the federal government and private institutions, with specialized expertise in healthcare and complex facilities. Their services include architecture, interior design, medical and laboratory planning, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, fire protection engineering, telecommunication, and commissioning. They have cleared personnel capable of working on classified projects across every discipline, and customers include various agencies within the Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Veterans Affairs, and more.
October 2011: NSAWW is proud to announce the addition of Rear Admiral Donald P. Loren to its Board of Advisors.CEO Courtney Banks welcomed him to the Board, saying "We are honored to have Rear Admiral Loren joining our team. With his extensive career experience, strategic knowledge and subject matter expertise, he will be a great asset to our clients as they strive to do business in the defense arena."
Rear Admiral Donald P. Loren, United States Navy (Ret.) is an independent national and homeland security professional, and a leading edge provider of Advisory and Assistance Services to government and commercial business. After a lengthy and distinguished career with the United States Military and Department of Defense, he most recently served as Special Assistant for National Security with The Tauri Group, a well respected innovator in systems-level strategic planning, technology assessment and integration for mission critical projects in homeland defense, homeland security, countering weapons of mass destruction, and critical infrastructure protection.
