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SRI International Appoints New Executives to Government Business Development Group

Posted on: Thursday, 22 October 2009, 12:11 CDT

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SRI International, an independent, nonprofit research and development organization, announced today that Jerry Harrison and Srikanta (Sri) Kumar have joined SRI's Government Business Development group based in SRI's Washington, D.C. office. Jerry Harrison will serve as Vice President and General Manager, Government Business Development, focusing on the strategic expansion of SRI's relationships with defense and civilian government agencies, including the government service organizations, and with other government officials.

Harrison brings to SRI a broad range of leadership experience from the government and private sector. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Athlone Global Security, an investment company focused on homeland security technologies. Prior to Athlone, Harrison was vice president of business development and sales for C4 Systems at General Dynamics Corporation. His executive experience also includes Motorola, Inc., where he was vice president of business development and government relations.

Earlier in his career, Harrison was Chief of Legislative Liaison to the Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff, representing Army programs to the U.S. Congress. While on active duty in the Army, Harrison commanded the Army Laboratory Command. He received his B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an M.S. in aerospace engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Sri Kumar, Ph.D., will serve within SRI's Government Business group as Executive Director of Strategic Programs, where he will advance SRI's multidisciplinary programs such as surveillance and sensor technologies, synthetic and systems biology, and cyber security to provide comprehensive solutions to the government.

Most recently, Kumar was a director at BAE Systems, Inc., where he led and grew research and intellectual property efforts in networks and information processing. Kumar was a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) from 1999 to 2005, and was a senior technical advisor at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Kumar has also held faculty positions at Northwestern University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his B.S. from Bangalore University, an M.E. from the Indian Institute of Science, and a Ph.D. from Yale University.

About SRI International

Silicon Valley-based SRI International is one of the world's leading independent research and technology development organizations. SRI, which was founded by Stanford University as Stanford Research Institute in 1946 and became independent in 1970, has been meeting the strategic needs of clients and partners for more than 60 years. Perhaps best known for its invention of the computer mouse and interactive computing, SRI has also been responsible for major advances in networking and communications, robotics, drug discovery and development, advanced materials, atmospheric research, education research, economic development, national security, and more. The nonprofit institute performs sponsored research and development for government agencies, businesses, and foundations. SRI also licenses its technologies, forms strategic alliances, and creates spin-off companies. In 2008, SRI's consolidated revenues, including its wholly owned for-profit subsidiary, Sarnoff Corporation, were approximately $490 million.

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