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Chuck BrooksNews, Cygnus SecurityMedia, HomelandSecurity Today,The Hill, BiometricUpdate, and GovernmentExecutive.He is a Columnistand Featured Contributor;Bizcatalyst360,Blogger forComputerworldMagazine — “GovernmentTech Viewpoint”.Chuck serves on many not-for-profit Boards includingas an Advisor to the Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation Technology Partner Network, TheFranklin Foundation for Innovation, Safe AmericaFoundation, IJIS Institute, and CyberTECH.He also has one of the most extensive social mediafollowings on Facebook, Twitter, and especiallyLinkedin where he is in the Top 1% of all profilesviewed. He also operates several LinkedIn groups,including two of the most influential in homelandsecurity; “HomelandSecurity”, and “U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security,DHS”. Many of us around theBeltway know Chuck from his other prominentLinkedIn Group, “DC Foodies”.In government, Chuck was appointed by PresidentsRonald Reagan and George W. Bush to executiveroles in the federal government. Chuck served at theDepartment of Homeland Security as the first Directorof Legislative Affairs for the Science & TechnologyDirectorate. He also spent six years on Capitol Hillas a Senior Advisor to the late Senator Arlen Specterwhere he covered foreign affairs, business, and technologyissues. In academia, Chuck was an AdjunctFaculty Member at Johns Hopkins University wherehe taught graduate level students about homelandsecurity and Congress. His academic backgroundincludes an MA in International relations from theUniversity of Chicago, and a BA in Political Sciencefrom DePauw University, and a Certificate in InternationalLaw from The Hague.Chuck has received many accoladesduring his career:• Simon Szykman, Chief Technology Officer, FederalServices at Attain: Chuck and I were colleagueswhen we were both serving at the Department ofHomeland Security. Chuck was a pleasure to workwith and is a consummate professional with executivemanagement and substantive issue expertise,particularly in technologies relating to DHS. Chuckalso brings a special blend of experience to the table,having successfully served in leadership roles in industry,as well as executive and legislative branchesof government. Chuck is a relationship builder, a“connector” of both opportunities and people.• Hon. Jay M Cohen (Rear Admiral, US Navy,ret.) stated ”From my Senate confirmation hearings,through two years of re-inventing the Department ofHomeland Security Science & Technology Directorate(which was described by the Congress in 2006as a “rudderless ship with no one at the helm” andin danger of the Congress rescinding $200M in FY07), Chuck Brooks as Director of Legislative Affairsat DHS was INVALUABLE to me, the DHS S&T Directorate,DHS, the Nation AND Congress in makingthe “reformation” of DHS S&T a complete success.His Hill/DC acumen, insight, reliability, abilityto develop highly effective congressional interaction/communications is WITHOUT PEER in my nearly16 years dealing with senior executive branch officials,industry, academia and the Congress.”• Dr. Thomas A. Cellucci Chairman & ChiefExecutive Officer at Ecrypt Technologies Inc. and aformer DHS colleague of Chuck’s stated “Chuck possessesboth the strategic vision and tactical disciplineto get results—period. Having said that, his keen intellectis only matched by his genuine good natureand helpful attitude towards others.”Chuck can be reached at: Charles.brooks@Sutherlandglobal.com and on Twitter: @ChuckDBrooksor on LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckbrooksDATA CENTERSECURITY SOLUTIONSrep '16- MONO ;1 1 1hiuliu al. 11.iIJII' 11111 1Illlili.I-I I'-- IIIIUlmV!Iludll lFENCE GATES BARRIER S aoo BOOTHS xsAMERISTARSECURITY.COM | 866-467-2773ASSAABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutionsV0 IPJ 74AJuly/August, 2015 GSN: Government Security News www.gsnmagazine.com 13