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Craig Janus
Vice President
Center for Intormation Systems
Mitretek Systems

Craig Janus As Vice President, Mr. Janus oversees the service delivery, financial management, and business development initiatives for the Center for Information Systems. Mr. Janus directs work programs related to information technology systems design and engineering. The Center has unique qualifications in the areas of acquisition support, systems development, strategic planning, knowledge management, biometrics, converged network technologies, prototype development, modeling, Internet and e-commerce systems, information security and assurance, and economic impact analysis. Principal clients include: the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, Department of Labor, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Administration, U.S. Marines, and the University of Maryland.

Mr. Janus comes to Mitretek Systems from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where he held the position of Vice President and Chief Technologist. At SAIC, Mr. Janus had senior management responsibility for a number of information and telecommunications programs in both the federal and private sectors, including the Technical Management and Support contract awarded by GSA to assist government agencies with network transition activities related to FTS 2001 and other telecommunications initiatives. Janus was also instrumental in the award to SAIC of the Entergy Services Outsourcing contract for which Entergy Services, one of the nation's largest public utilities, outsourced all of its information technology services. As principal solutions architect and leader for the telecommunications and information technology infrastructure areas, he was responsible for developing the program's service delivery methodology, service transition plan, pricing approach, program staffing, and creation of the program's service level agreements and other performance metrics. Janus also managed SAIC's Integrated Data Communications Utility, one of the nation's largest private data communications networks providing X.25, Frame Relay, ATM, network management, network security, and related services to the Department of Veteran's Affairs.

During the mid 90's, Mr. Janus served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology officer at American Network Exchange (AMNEX) in Orlando, Florida. There he directed the company's technological and business operations and oversaw the company's growth into new markets. Janus developed and implemented business processes and technologies in the areas of network operations, engineering, customer service, fraud control, network security, and management information systems that significantly improved operating costs. Janus was the principal architect and senior executive responsible for the migration to a distributed client/server computing environment. Under his direction, AMNEX was one of the first to offer near real-time traffic and revenue reports to its customers electronically and ultimately via the World Wide Web. Janus also designed and launched the company's highly successful 1+, Sent-Paid program, the first of its kind in the country to be operated by a carrier not affiliated with the former Bell System.

Following his honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps in 1984, Mr. Janus held a variety of senior technical and executive positions for such companies as Sprint, MFS (WorldCom), and Cleartel.

Mr. Janus received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Columbia Union College where he graduated Cum Laude and his Master of Science in Information and Telecommunications Systems from Johns Hopkins University where he graduated with a 4.0 GPA. He has published a number of articles on information and telecommunications technologies, business trends, security and fraud control.

Mr. Janus is a practitioner faculty at Johns Hopkins University where he develops curriculum and teaches graduate-level studies in information technology, telecommunications, and business at the School of Professional Studies in Business and Education.