On Friday, April 19^th, SmartCEO Magazine held their April Matrix Event, entitled Exit Planning: How to Plan “Beyond the Boardroom”.  CyberCore Technologies’ Chairman and Co-Founder, Kevin Powderly, was invited to sit on the event panel.  This springs event focused on the importance of having an Exit Strategy, and how to effectively approach succession planning.  Panelists focused on the importance of surrounding yourself with a good team, strong infrastructure, and most importantly, effective communication.

Other members of the panel discussion included Anna Gavin, President of Fireline Corporation, Leo Kelly, Managing Director-Partner for Hightower Advisors, and Leonard Miller, President of Leonard J. Miller and Associates. The event moderator was John Starling, Founder Partner and CEO of Smith Growth Partners.

SmartCEO is a collection of CEOs and business leaders with a mission to educate and inspire the community through the pages of SmartCEO magazine, networking and Matrix events, and other online resources.  SmartCEO organizes a Matrix each quarter, as well as other networking and panel events.  For more information on SmartCEO and upcoming SmartCEO events, please log onto www.smartceo.com

CyberCore Technologies Chairman and Co-Founder Kevin Powderly will be sitting on the panel at the SmartCEO April Matrix on Friday, April 19, 2013. Kevin will be part of the panel that will be discussing Exit Planning: How to plan “Beyond the Boardroom”. For more information or to register to attend the event please visit www.smartceo.com.

CyberCore Technologies is excited to announce their new Senior Vice President, Mike Myers.  Mike Myers comes to CyberCore Technologies from Eagle Alliance, a CSC-led joint venture where he was the CTO/Director of New Business.

With over 25 years of experience, Mike is a demonstrated achiever with exceptional knowledge, leadership and a vast knowledge of coordinating initiatives and decisions relating to program implementation/management.  Mike is excellent at evaluating how technology can be used to enable new business and service delivery models, increasing revenues, and preempt a competitor’s attempt to use technology to disrupt or dislodge existing market position.  Mike focuses his efforts on using technology and leveraging corporate commercial service offerings to provide better and expanded products and services to Intelligence Community customers and clients.  Mike is dedicated to planning, directing and coordinating marketing, pricing, and proposal strategies to meet business objectives.

CyberCore Technologies President Chris Mills says, “I am extremely excited that Mike has joined CyberCore! He has a great understanding of our customer and their needs, and brings a wealth of knowledge to our team.  I am looking forward to working with Mike to develop new strategies and initiatives to help take CyberCore to the next level”.

Mike was raised in Indiana and Pennsylvania and currently lives with his wife and two children in Middletown, Maryland. While serving in the Military, Mike earned his Associate of Science degree from Georgia Military College, Milledgeville in 1983.  He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland University College, College Park in 1995.

CyberCore Technologies, the Corporate Sponsor and global headquarters for the Special Care Foundation, is proud to release the Special Care Holiday Newsletter.

The Special Care Foundation was established in 1995 by CyberCore Co-Founder Kevin Powderly.  It was created to help raise funds for children and adults with Down syndrome while raising awareness about the importance of inclusion and the rights of all people with Down syndrome.

For more information or to find out more about making a donation please visit www.specialcare.org or email specialcare@cybercoretech.com.

The History of Festival of Trees

Throughout the years, Festival of Trees has grown in size, made exciting additions, conquered “disasters” and maintained its status as one of the area’s most eagerly anticipated events of the year. Ultimately, “If Santa had a theme park, this would be it!”

The Kennedy Krieger Institute’s first Festival of Trees opened on December 8, 1990 at Festival Hall, located at the Convention Center in downtown Baltimore. This first Festival featured an Opening Ceremony, Celebrity Lunch, over 100 decorated trees, wreaths, and table top displays, a full-size antique carousel, shopping vendors, holiday entertainment, children’s activities, and of course, Santa. More than 25,000 people attended this 8 day winter wonderland, raising nearly $400,000 for the institute.

The Festival of Trees committee was very excited to see how the Baltimore community had embraced their new holiday fundraiser. For the next three years, Festival maintained its success with the addition of various attractions and events including a children’s Secret Santa Shop, a Teddy Bear Tea, Scout Night Sing-a-long, Gospel Night, an international village featuring holiday celebrations from around the world, and designer gingerbread houses.

In 1994, as Kennedy Krieger Institute prepared to celebrate its 5th Annual Festival of Trees, the location was changed from Festival Hall to the Cow Palace at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. This change allowed for the event to grow substantially, offer unlimited free parking, easy light rail access, and attract more visitors from outside the city.

Around that time, the dates of Festival of Trees were changed from the second week of December to Thanksgiving Week (Wednesday-Sunday), which allowed the event to capture holiday gift shoppers, people looking for holiday decorations, and families looking for a fun activity to kick off the holiday season. This change did not affect attendance, which skyrocketed to 50,000 that year! Six years later, it was decided to hold Festival during the weekend after Thanksgiving, compacting it into 3 days, which is still our format today.

Over the years, there have been many new and exciting additions to Festival. Children have had the opportunity to not only sit on Santa’s lap, but they have been able to fax, mail, and even call the big man in red directly with their wish lists for the year. Santa has made his Festival grand entrance in a variety of ways including a “reindeer” pony drawn sleigh, a bicycle built for two, and even a helicopter directly from the North Pole! Additionally, children’s activities have grown substantially throughout the years to now include a train ride, a moon bounce, remote control car racing, a petting zoo, pony rides, and much more!

Festival of Trees has featured a variety of entertainment acts including the ever popular children’s rock band Milkshake, the Dynamic Acrobats of China, world-renowned magician Todd Buchanan, and one year there were nine Hawthorne White Bengal Tigers performing and on display at the event.

Many local celebrities have taken the time to make Festival of Trees part of their own holiday tradition including Governor Martin O’Malley, former Governor William Donald Schaeffer, movie actress Janet Leigh, University of Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams, Baltimore Ravens Matt Stover, Jamal Lewis and Anthony Weaver, and Baltimore Oriole Hall of Famers Cal Ripken and BJ Surhoff. They have each graciously lent their time and talent in many ways through sports clinics, autograph sessions, and holiday story reading to the children.

Festival of Trees has had to endure its fair share of “disasters”, including the power outage of 1997, in which the Cow Palace lost electricity on Saturday morning at 4am, after a night of treacherous winds and storms. Lainy LeBow-Sachs, Executive Vice President for External Relations at the Institute, recalls “after a little panicking, a lot of praying, and a phone call to the CEO of BG&E at his vacation home on the Eastern Shore, the power was finally restored and Festival was able to open its doors at 5pm that evening.” As for Festival’s success that year, Festival of Trees 1997 still raised $150,000 more than the previous year!

Festival of Trees has grown significantly since its first year at Festival Hall and is now the largest holiday event of its kind on the entire East Coast! The event itself has tripled in size to more than 150,000 square feet of holiday fun and now features over 500 trees, wreaths and gingerbread houses decorated by local families, organizations, and businesses. In 2009, over the course of three days, Festival of Trees drew in more than 40,000 attendees and raised nearly $900,000!!

Although Festival of Tree has gone through a number of changes, the core mission of the event has stayed the same: to raise funds for the children with disabilities served by the Kennedy Krieger Institute and to continue to increase awareness of the Institute by creating a spectacular event for the greater Baltimore community to enjoy. Over the years, Festival of Trees has become an eagerly anticipated tradition for many families throughout the region. Why not make it one of yours?

CyberCore’s tree was decorated by a military auxiliary group and is on display in our Corporate Office Main Lobby. Please see the picture below.

On October 16^th & 17^th, members of the CyberCore Technologies Executive Team participated in the CyberMaryland Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.  Nine years ago, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, hoping to raise awareness to avoid future cyber attacks and security breaches.  In Maryland specifically, Cybersecurity is an integral part of our daily lives.  As the hub of Cybersecurity innovation, Maryland is home to tens of thousands of people in business, government and academia who work every day to keep our nation and economy safe, secure and prosperous.

What is CyberMaryland?

It’s everything from the National Security Agency, U.S. Cyber Command and NIST, to established corporations, fast growing and emerging technology companies.  It’s backed by professional services.  It is educational institutions pioneering research and preparing our students for good jobs in this high skilled industry.  As a key part of the State’s Innovation Economy, Maryland organizations employ, develop and provide the people practices and protocols at the heart of the Nation’s Cybersecurity.

(Left to Right) Kevin Powderly, General Keith B. Alexander and John Powderly at the 2012 CyberMaryland Conference.

Chris Mills & Tom Powderly, presenting on “Supply Chain Management in CyberSecurity” at the 2012 CyberMaryland Conference.

CyberCore Technologies is excited to once again be a sponsor at this year’s CyberMaryland Conference. There will be 11 people inducted into the National Cybersecurity Hall of Fame at this year’s inaugural induction ceremony. This event is a great opportunity and one-stop-shop for cybersecurity news, networking, business development, personnel outreach and more. For more information about the event and the 11 inaugural inductees into the National Cybersecurity Hall of Fame please check out the website below.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/first-inductees-to-national-cyber-security-hall-of-fame-unveiled-2012-09-17

On May 10, 2012, James Rainey, Vice President of Managed Services at CyberCore Technologies, was recognized by Baltimore SmartCEO magazine as a 2012 SmartCEO VOLT Award honoree.

The VOLT Awards celebrate the distinguished achievements of twenty-seven of Greater Baltimore’s leaders in technology. Collectively, the companies represented in the program generate $13.8 billion in revenue and employ over 50,000 people. The 2012 VOLT finalists are profiled in the May 2012 issue of Baltimore SmartCEO.

The VOLT Awards recognize the accomplishments of Greater Baltimore’s pioneering Technology Innovators, Technology Implementers and Cyber Warriors. The finalists are recognized for their company’s creative vision, leadership philosophies, innovative strategies and undeniable work ethic.

This year’s VOLT finalists have greatly contributed to the growth of the regional economy as well as global. “Collectively, they channel unique innovation, success-driven implementation, an extraordinary competitive advantage and efficient operations,” says Craig Burris, Founder and President of SmartCEO magazine. “We are privileged to share in their success.”

For a complete list of winners, visit www.smartceo.com to check out the digital edition of the May 2012 issue.

James Rainey (middle) with John (left) and Kevin Powderly (right) after being recognized by SmartCEO at the 2012 VOLT Awards

On Monday April 16, 2012, CyberCore Technologies Co-Founder and Chairman, Kevin Powderly, spoke at the ACG Strategic Growth Conference on the GovCon Panel: The New Budget Reality – Perspectives from Seasoned CEOs. Also joining Kevin at the conference was Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security, and Carly Fiorina, former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Company.  Kevin noted that this conference was, “a great opportunity to highlight the realities of cyber terror.  The outcome of the conference stressed that although federal budgets are being cut, the cyber security budgets will remain intact due to the critical nature of the threat.”

For more information on ACG National Capital and the ACG Strategic Growth Conference, please log onto www.acgcapital.org.

CyberCore Technologies (“CyberCore”), a leading provider of information technology services to the federal government and intelligence community with expertise in cyber security, systems integration and secure supply chain management, today announced that the Paladin Capital Group has made an investment in the company. The investment comes after Cybercore was acquired by Moelis Capital Partners (MCP), the private equity business affiliated with Moelis & Company, in July.

Headquartered in Elkridge, Maryland, CyberCore’s supply chain management services include the secure procurement, installation, integration and management of complex IT systems to streamline customers’ acquisition and refresh cycles. CyberCore also provides a full suite of IT managed services, including network engineering and architecture, systems engineering and lifecycle management.

“Paladin is excited to partner with Moelis Capital Partners as an investor in of CyberCore as the company continues to grow its business in cyber security, systems integration and secure supply chain management,” said Paladin Managing Director Lt. General (Ret) Kenneth A. Minihan, who has joined the Company’s Board of Directors. “Over the past decade CyberCore has built an impressive track record and we look forward to working with the company as it builds further offerings that will secure even more of the nation’s critical infrastructure.”

CyberCore supports numerous long-term IT engagements, including some of the largest IT contracts to the defense and intelligence communities. Approximately 80 per cent of CyberCore’s more than 200 employees are high-level engineers, working to ensure the security of critical customer IT infrastructure. The company has recently added a new state-of-the-art facility with a cutting-edge integration center and lab to fully support the company’s intelligence community customers.

Kurt Larsen, a Managing Partner of MCP, said, “We know and respect Paladin Capital Group and believe [Lt. General (Ret)] Ken Minihan and his team’s deep experience in the intelligence community will help us enhance CyberCore’s capabilities and services to its clients.”

Chris Mills, President of CyberCore said, “As CyberCore Technologies continues to grow we are looking forward to the partnership with Paladin. We believe this partnership will better allow us to continue to give our customers the best products and service possible. Cyber terrorism is a real and serious threat that our nation faces and we are dedicated to doing our part to combat that threat. Paladin is dedicated to keeping our nation safe and investing in growing companies that focus on providing products and services that address homeland security issues and needs. I feel they are going to be a great fit with our organization.”

For further information, please contact:

Media Contacts

Andrea Hurst                                                Jessica Furey

Moelis & Company                                      CyberCore Technologies

t: 212 883 3666                                            t : 410-561-7114

m: 347 583 9705                                          m : 301-613-7639

andrea.hurst@moelis.com                         jfurey@cybercoretech.com

About CyberCore Technologies

For more information, please visit www.cybercoretech.com.

About Paladin Capital Group

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Paladin Capital Group is a leading multi-stage private equity firm providing capital for growing companies whose principal business centers on products and services that address homeland security issues and needs. Paladin has over $950 million dollars of committed capital across multiple funds and 37 portfolio companies. For more information, please visit http://www.paladincapgroup.com

About Moelis Capital Partners

Moelis Capital Partners is a middle market private equity firm founded in 2007 in connection with the formation of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank. Moelis Capital Partners manages $700 million of committed private equity capital and specializes in traditional private equity investments in the middle market. For more information, please visit www.moelis.com.