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<b>Michael Schmelder</b> has been named president of <b>Peripherals Plus Technologies Inc.</b> Schmelder has been with the company for 10 years, most recently as vice president of operations for the Lancaster, Pa.-based e-commerce and e-gov applications provider.

has been named president of Schmelder has been with the company for 10 years, most recently as vice president of operations for the Lancaster, Pa.-based e-commerce and e-gov applications provider.After 23 years in federal information technology, , former Pentagon director of CIO Support, Architecture and Technology for the Air Force, has been named senior vice president of defense and intelligence business development at , Reston, Va. has been tapped as vice president of Defense Department strategic programs at , Herndon, Va. Whitkop has 25 years of IT experience in the Navy, including a role in strategic development of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet., who in January resigned his post as Army deputy CIO at the Pentagon, has joined the board of directors for , Ashburn, Mass. Borland, who earned numerous awards during his 30-year career, including the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award in 2000, will advise Telos, which specializes in secure wireless networks, messaging and systems integration., formerly president and CEO of Technical Enterprise Solutions Inc., has been named a fellow at Washington-based , which offers strategic advisory services to senior executive teams, boards of directors and advisory boards. Henderson will focus on business development and organizational analysis and management services to business and government in aeronautics. has been named vice president of finance at Atlanta-based . The company supplies wide area surveillance products to facilities such as airports, harbors and power plants. Ver Steeg comes to VistaScape following six years in financial management roles at Internet Security Systems Inc. has resigned as COO for Convera Corp. to accept appointment as chief financial officer at , Raleigh, N.C. Buchanan will support what Peopleclick calls "its aggressive growth goals, including a planned public offering." , Orlando, Fla., has named as its new COO. Richards joins next-generation telecom provider Volo from Epicus Communications, where he has been acting CEO for the past two years.Send personnel announcements to .
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Michael SchmelderPeripherals Plus Technologies Inc.

Bill JamesSI International Inc.

Robert WhitkopDigitalNet Inc

David BorlandTelos Corp.

E. DeVere HendersonZazi Strategic Inc.

Jon Ver SteegVistaScape Security Systems

James BuchananPeopleclick Inc.

Volo Communications Inc.Mark Richards

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