Knowledge Computing Corporation Elects Federal Law Enforcement Veteran Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan to the Board of Directors

08/23/05
Tucson, AZ

Knowledge Computing Corporation announced today the election of Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan, a respected 29-year veteran of federal law enforcement, to the company's board of directors.

"Dr. Kiernan is a great addition to our board of directors because she understands the power and value of our COPLINK solution for fighting crime and thwarting terrorism, and has extensive knowledge of law enforcement technology needs at every level of government," said Robert Griffin, CEO of Knowledge Computing Corporation. "As a frontline practitioner, Dr. Kiernan will be integral to expanding our understanding of what end users require and need from technology. This knowledge will be integrated into upcoming COPLINK releases to further enhance our clients' performance and better inform their decision-making in criminal investigations."

"Law enforcement personnel have been doing homeland security for well over a century - long before it had a formal name or discipline - it is simply what we do but often with limited resources," said Dr. Kiernan. "Knowledge Computing Corporation's COPLINK solution is a powerful tool for refining and visualizing information critical to maintaining the strategic and tactical edge in law enforcement, particularly in a world forever changed by terrorism on domestic soil."

Dr. Kiernan is CEO of The Kiernan Group. She previously served as the assistant director for the Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. While with the ATF, she was responsible for the design and implementation of an intelligence-led organizational strategy to mine and disseminate data related to explosives, firearms and illegal tobacco diversion.

Dr. Kiernan has been involved with the intelligence community for over a decade. She served as the ATF representative to the Counterterrorism Center at the CIA from 1993 to 1995. She is a council vice president for the American Society for Industrial Security - a preeminent world-wide private sector organization comprised of subject matter experts in technology, security, law enforcement, the military, and academia. She is also former chair of the Law Enforcement Working Group, an initiative to bridge the intelligence and law enforcement communities.

Dr. Kiernan is a senior member on the International Association of Chiefs of Police terrorism subcommittee, and an intelligence fellow and graduate of the FBI's National Executive Institute. She was recently named a senior fellow for the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute.

Dr. Kiernan currently leads a nationwide intelligence community project involving the active interdiction of weapons of mass destruction throughout the law enforcement and public safety communities. Additionally, she is leading a multi-disciplinary team bridging the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security under the auspices of the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program.

About Knowledge Computing Corporation
Knowledge Computing Corporation provides technology-based crime fighting solutions to leading edge law enforcement agencies nationwide. Its critically-acclaimed product, COPLINK®, in use since 1998, is based on knowledge management technology first prototyped by top-ranked researchers in the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Arizona in Tucson through a grant by the National Institute of Justice. The technologies developed at Knowledge Computing Corporation have been tested and proven by law enforcement agencies around the country. The Company is privately held. For more information: www.knowledgecc.com or www.coplink.com.