Ambassador Cofer Black
Chairman

Ambassador Cofer Black, Chairman of Total Intel, is an internationally acknowledged expert in counterterrorism. Ambassador Black is also the Vice Chairman of Blackwater USA, Inc., where he leads strategic direction and business development for a group of five companies that provide training and tactical solutions for the 21st century.

Ambassador Black also serves as the CEO of The Black Group, LLC, a company providing security services for corporate executives, their employees, and facilities throughout the world. The Black Group delivers enterprise security to protect the firm's assets and improve the results anticipated in business plans.

Prior to his current position, Ambassador Black was the State Department's Coordinator for Counterterrorism with the rank of Ambassador at Large from December 2002 to February 2005.

The State Department is the lead federal agency dealing with international terrorism, and Ambassador Black's office, S/CT, had primary responsibility for developing, coordinating, and implementing U.S. counterterrorism policy. On behalf of the Secretary of State, Ambassador Black represented the Department on the Counterterrorism Security Group. His office played a leading role on the Department of State's counterterrorism task forces organized to coordinate responses to international terrorist incidents. Ambassador Black's responsibilities included coordinating U.S. Government efforts to improve counterterrorism cooperation with foreign governments, including the policy and planning of the Department's Antiterrorism Training Assistance Program.

Ambassador Black, who was born in Stamford, Connecticut and received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from the University of Southern California in International Relations, has had a distinguished 28-year career in the Directorate of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency. Prior to joining the State Department, Ambassador Black was the Director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center. In this capacity, he served as the CIA Director's Special Assistant for Counterterrorism as well as the National Intelligence Officer for Counterterrorism. During his CIA career, Ambassador Black served six foreign tours in field management positions.

In addition to numerous exceptional performance awards and meritorious citations, Ambassador Black received the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, the George H. Bush Medal for Excellence, the Donovan Award for Excellence, and the Exceptional Collector Award.

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Matthew G. Devost
President

Mr. Devost joins Total Intel as President, also serving as the Founding Director of the Terrorism Research Center where he is President and CEO, overseeing all research, analysis, assessment, and training programs. Mr. Devost provides strategic consulting services to select international governments and corporations on issues of counter-terrorism, information warfare, critical infrastructure protection, and homeland security. Mr. Devost also co-founded and serves as Executive Director of Technical Defense, Inc., a highly specialized information security consultancy.

Mr. Devost has been researching the impact of information technology on national security since 1993. Mr. Devost has provided support on Information Operations and information terrorism to the Department of Defense community, Presidential Commissions, and numerous other government, law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Mr. Devost has also provided information security consulting and intelligence analysis services to private corporations, including Fortune 500 companies and critical infrastructure owners.

Mr. Devost has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, NPR, CBS Radio, CBS News, BBC television, NWCN, Australian television and over four dozen other radio and television programs as an expert on terrorism and information warfare and has lectured or published for the National Defense University, the United States Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities, the Swedish government, Georgetown University, American University, George Washington University, and a number of popular press books - magazines, academic journals and international conferences. Mr. Devost holds a B.A. degree from St. Michael's College and a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Vermont.

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Enrique "Ric" Prado
Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Prado joins Total Intel as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he was a twenty-four year veteran and former senior executive officer (SIS-2) in the Directorate of Operations (DO) of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Of these, he spent twelve years as an operations officer and senior operations manager in the CIA's Counterterrorist Center (CTC), and ten years with CIA's "paramilitary" group (Special Operations Group). Mr. Prado's last overt job in the CIA was as Chief of Operations for the Counterterrorist Center (DC/CTC), under J. Cofer Black. He served PCS in six overseas tours including Asia, Arab Africa and Latin America. Five of these long-term deployments were in high-threat countries; his last deployment as Chief of Station (COS). His military service included Airborne and SCUBA training through the auspices of USAF, Pararescue (PJ).

Mr. Prado has been awarded George Bush Medal for Excellence in Counterterrorism, CIA's Intelligence Commendation Medal and the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal.

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Caleb "Cal" Temple
Senior Vice President - Intelligence & Analysis

Mr. Temple comes to Total Intel as its first Senior Vice President for Intelligence and Analysis after serving as the Defense Intelligence Agency's Chief of the Office of Intelligence Operations in the Joint Intelligence Task Force-Combating Terrorism (JITF-CT) from January 2004 to July 2006. In this position he directed DIA's 24/7 analytic terrorism target development and other counterterrorism intelligence activities in support of military operations worldwide. He also oversaw 24/7 global counterterrorism indications and warning analysis for the U.S. Defense Department.

Prior to this assignment Mr. Temple served as the Chief of DIA's Counterterrorism Division; the Chief of the Current/Crisis Terrorism Intelligence Branch supporting the Joint Chiefs of Staff Director of Intelligence/J2; and served as the Joint Staff J2's daily global terrorism briefer.

From February 1993 to September 1997, Mr. Temple worked as an intelligence specialist in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) supporting domestic and extraterritorial Middle Eastern counterterrorism and counterintelligence investigations, and crisis response operations.

Mr. Temple served from 1989 to 1997 in the U.S. Army National Guard as an infantry soldier and counterintelligence specialist.

In addition to numerous performance awards and meritorious citations, Mr. Temple has twice received the Director of Central Intelligence's National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, and is a recipient of the Exceptional Civilian Service Medal, DIAs highest civilian award.

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David Niccolini
Director - Business Development

Mr. Niccolini joins Total Intelligence Solutions, LLC having previously served as Director of Sales and Marketing at Terrorism Research Center (TRC).

Before, joining TRC, he spent many years in the pharmaceutical industry with MedPointe Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Carter-Wallace, Inc.) and Janssen Pharmaceutica (a Johnson and Johnson Operating Company), where his duties included sales, training, management, and marketing. During his tenure in the industry, he won numerous sales and productivity awards. Prior, Mr. Niccolini was a consultant and sales manager with a small firm focused on the utilities industry. His work included process engineering, change management, and basic software implementation. Mr. Niccolini graduated from Duke University Cum Laude with a major in History and minors in both Chemistry and Classical Civilizations. While at Duke, his studies focused on pre-medicine, and included bio- medical research.

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Melinda K. Redman
Senior Director - Intelligence & Analysis

Prior to joining Total Intelligence Solutions, Ms. Redman served in several senior assignments with the Drug Enforcement Administration from August 1988 to February 2007. During an 18-year career with DEA, Ms. Redman focused on identifying, targeting and dismantling international drug trafficking organizations, as a Special Agent and then as an Intelligence Analyst and Supervisor. Most recently, Ms. Redman's work as a Supervisory Intelligence Research Specialist focused on developing operational policy for, and implementing the U.S. Department of Justice's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Fusion Center. Ms. Redman was assigned as a Supervisory Intelligence Research Specialist at DEA Headquarters from January 2003 to February 2007. Ms. Redman was also assigned as a Special Agent at the Los Angeles Field Division from July 1990 to January 1999, and served as an Intelligence Analyst at the Tulsa, Oklahoma Resident Office from January 1999 to June 2001. Ms. Redman received her Bachelors of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in May 1987. In August 2004, Ms. Redman completed course work toward a Master of Science degree in Strategic Intelligence at the National Defense Intelligence College (formerly the Joint Military Intelligence College). Ms. Redman has received numerous awards and commendations from her work at DEA including the Administrator's Award, which is DEA's highest award for group achievement.

Robert Richer
Strategic Consultant

Mr. Richer is a strategic consultant to Total Intelligence Solutions, having served as CEO in 2007. Mr. Richer retired in November 2005 from the Central Intelligence Agency as the Associate Deputy Director for Operations (ADDO). As the ADDO, Mr. Richer was responsible for leading the Clandestine Services' worldwide collection and operational efforts with specific focus on national security priorities and threats. He brought to that position more than twenty years service focused on national collection and operational priorities, the Middle East and the war against terrorism. During his years of service he developed unique relationships with key foreign officials and leaders; particularly in the Middle East and South Asia.

Prior to his assignment as the ADDO in 2004, Mr. Richer was the Chief of the Near East and South Asia Division, responsible for Clandestine Service Operations throughout the Middle East and South Asia. In that leadership role, Mr. Richer directed the Clandestine Service's roles in the prosecution of the war in Iraq, reinforced critical relationships with foreign governments and intelligence services on issues of national importance throughout the Middle East and South Asia, and participated in national security policy deliberations.

Throughout his service with the CIA, Mr. Richer developed close and productive relationships with his United States military counterparts; particularly in the area of Special Operations, the Central Command and the overall war against terrorism. His close ties to the U.S. military were built upon his military service. Mr. Richer enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1972. He was commissioned in 1978 from the enlisted ranks and served on active duty until October 1983. He was recalled to active service in 1991 for Operation Desert Storm. He completed his service with the Marine Corps, while in the reserves, in 1997.

Mr. Richer has been awarded numerous awards and commendations from a number of foreign governments. Additionally during his Agency career, he has received commendations and awards to include the Intelligence Commendation Medal in both 1993 and 1996; the Director's Award in 2004 and in March 2006, Mr. Richer was awarded the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal.

Mr. Robert "Rob" G. Richer was born in Detroit, Michigan on 11 December 1953. He received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1978 from The Citadel and a Master's degree in Management in 1982 from Webster College, Mo. He is married to the former Kimberly Phillips, also a former Marine, and has three children.

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