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		<title>Definitions in Information Management</title>
		<link>http://missionfoc.us/blog/2010/06/18/definitions-in-information-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr M. Chisholm talks about his wonderful new book &#8220;Definitions in Information Management&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.askget.com/index.cfm">Dr M. Chisholm</a> talks  about his wonderful new book &#8220;<a href="http://data-definition.com/index.cfm">Definitions in  Information Management</a>&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Khemara Chuon joins MissionFocus as Software Engineer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Khemara Chuon is an IT professional with over 5 years of professional and 14 years of personal programming experience. Mr. Chuon has won countless awards during this time both as a professional, and as a student at George Mason University. He is recognized as being in the top 5% of Computer Scientists at George Mason [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-124" title="Khemara Chuon" src="http://missionfoc.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Khemara-Chuon3-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" />Khemara Chuon is an IT professional with over 5 years of professional and 14 years of personal programming experience.  Mr. Chuon has won countless awards during this time both as a professional, and as a student at George Mason University.  He is recognized as being in the top 5% of Computer Scientists at George Mason University.  In an effort to further expand his programming skills, Mr. Chuon joined MissionFocus to be part of the latest cloud computing technology efforts for the Department of Defense (DOD).</p>
<p>Upon joining MissionFocus, Mr. Chuon has already made a difference in the Cloud IT software development effort.  Although Mr. Chuon has no previous cloud computing experience, he has quickly learned how to develop on the cloud platform.  He continues to make daily contributions to the team.  Moving forward, MissionFocus plans to extensively use his contributions at both our development and customer sites.</p>
<p>Prior to joining MissionFocus, Mr. Chuon worked on various DOD projects at Lockheed Martin.  As a software engineer at Lockheed Martin, Mr. Chuon designed, developed maintained several systems for the DOD.  Mr. Chuon was recognized several times with Peer2Peer awards for excellence in programming, leadership and mentoring.</p>
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		<title>Unified Architecture for Integrating Intelligence Data</title>
		<link>http://missionfoc.us/blog/2010/02/11/unified-architecture-for-integrating-intelligence-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abstract The principal problem spanning the Intelligence Community today is how to integrate the great variety of disparate data into one single coherent repository of knowledge. Current practice whereby all data-models would be merged into a single “Uber-model” simply does not work. We require a solution that remains viable in a freely evolving, interdependent collective [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>The principal problem spanning the Intelligence Community today is how to integrate the great variety of disparate data into one single coherent repository of knowledge. Current practice whereby all data-models would be merged into a single “Uber-model” simply does not work. We require a solution that remains viable in a freely evolving, interdependent collective of human and computational systems, very little of which will ever be under our control. Our approach is database-centric and proceeds in stages. The first addresses the unified representation of the broad spectrum of artifacts existing within the Intelligence Enterprise today regardless of modality or structure. The second builds upon the foundation provided by the first to address the unified storage of structured data and semantic data integration. In both we embrace the diversity of data-models employed throughout the Intelligence Community. The result is a layered data architecture that can accommodate any kind of data without placing restrictions on vocabulary, structure, semantics, or constraints in a way that addresses today’s intelligence needs while providing a seamless transition path toward a future of Ultra-Large Scale (ULS) systems imbued with semantic technologies.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://imintel.org/blog/2010/02/10/unified-architecture-for-integrating-intelligence-data-3/">Full Paper</a></p>
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		<title>Thomas Yoon joins MissionFocus as an IT Cloud engineer</title>
		<link>http://missionfoc.us/blog/2010/02/10/thomas-yoon-joins-missionfocus-as-an-it-cloud-engineer/</link>
		<comments>http://missionfoc.us/blog/2010/02/10/thomas-yoon-joins-missionfocus-as-an-it-cloud-engineer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Yoon is a results-driven IT professional with proven success in managing high profile mission critical projects. He has over 20 years of experience in the UNIX area. Mr. Yoon joined MissionFocus to be part of the latest cloud computing technology efforts for the Department of Defense (DOD). Upon joining MissionFocus, Mr. Yoon has already [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-110" href="http://missionfoc.us/blog/2010/02/10/thomas-yoon-joins-missionfocus-as-an-it-cloud-engineer/thomas_yoon/"><img class="size-full wp-image-110 alignright" title="thomas_yoon" src="http://missionfoc.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/thomas_yoon.jpg" alt="" width="244" height="321" /></a> Thomas Yoon is a results-driven IT professional with proven success in managing high profile mission critical projects.  He has over 20 years of experience in the UNIX area.  Mr. Yoon joined MissionFocus to be part of the latest cloud computing technology efforts for the Department of Defense (DOD).</p>
<p>Upon joining MissionFocus, Mr. Yoon has already made a difference in the Cloud IT infrastructure.  Although Mr. Yoon has no previous cloud computing experience, he has quickly learned the cloud computing server infrastructure and network stack and continues to make daily contributions to the team.  Moving forward, MissionFocus plans to extensively use his contributions at both our development and customer sites.</p>
<p>Prior to joining MissionFocus, Mr. Yoon worked on various DOD projects through contractors such as General Dynamics, BAE Systems, and Raytheon.   He has held various positions ranging from senior principle engineer, systems architect, and technical leader. Mr. Yoon has extensive experience in Information Assurance and Information Systems Security program for the US government systems security group.  He also has expertise in a variety of COTS and GOTS information security products.</p>
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		<title>Unified Data Integration for Situation Management</title>
		<link>http://missionfoc.us/blog/2009/11/02/white-paper-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We propose a new solution for data integration and semantic enrichment in support of Situation Management (SIMA). Our solution applies to any modality (e.g. text, images, audio, signals etc.) and embraces the diversity of data sources, types, and models, placing no restrictions on processes, applications, or users. It is database centric and proceeds in stages [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We propose a new solution for data integration and semantic enrichment in support of Situation Management (SIMA). Our solution applies to any modality (e.g. text, images, audio, signals etc.) and embraces the diversity of data sources, types, and models, placing no restrictions on processes, applications, or users. It is database centric and proceeds in stages to address the unified storage of structured data and its semantic enrichment in a way that remains viable in an Ultra-Large Scale systems environment. The result is a layered data integration architecture that can accommodate any kind of data to coherently support the multiplicity of processing required for SIMA.</p>
<p><P><A href="http://systover.net/blog/?p=37" target=_blank>full paper</A></p>
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		<title>Unified Architecture for Integrating Intelligence Data</title>
		<link>http://missionfoc.us/blog/2009/11/02/white-paper-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The principal problem spanning the Intelligence Community today is how to integrate the great variety of disparate data into one single coherent repository of knowledge. Current practice whereby all data-models would be merged into a single “Uber-model” simply does not work. We require a solution that remains viable in a freely evolving, interdependent collective of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The principal problem spanning the Intelligence Community today is how to integrate the great variety of disparate data into one single coherent repository of knowledge. Current practice whereby all data-models would be merged into a single “Uber-model” simply does not work. We require a solution that remains viable in a freely evolving, interdependent collective of human and computational systems, very little of which will ever be under our control. Our approach is database-centric and proceeds in stages. The first addresses the unified storage of the broad spectrum of artifacts existing within the Intelligence Enterprise today regardless of modality or representation. The second builds upon the foundation provided by the first to address the unified storage of structured data and semantic data integration. In both we embrace the diversity of data-models employed throughout the Intelligence Community. The result is a layered data architecture that can accommodate any kind of data without placing restrictions on vocabulary, structure, semantics, or constraints in a way that addresses today’s Intel needs while providing a seamless transition path toward a future of ULS systems imbued with semantic technologies.</p>
<p><P><A href="http://systover.net/blog/?p=22">Full Paper</A></p>
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		<title>Melodie Ding joins MissionFocus as a Senior Software Engineer</title>
		<link>http://missionfoc.us/blog/2009/11/02/news-headline-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melodie Ding is a senior information technology (IT) professional with over ten years of experience.  Flexibility outshines the numerous skills that she has. Ms. Ding has worked on countless projects that span the entire software development life cycle (SDLC).  Upon joining MissionFocus, Ms. Ding, had limited experience with latest cloud computing technology, and had not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Melodie Ding is a senior information technology (IT) professional with over ten years of experience.  Flexibility outshines the numerous skills that she has. Ms. Ding has worked on countless projects that span the entire software development life cycle (SDLC). </p>
<p>Upon joining MissionFocus, Ms. Ding, had limited experience with latest cloud computing technology, and had not worked on any Department of Defense (DOD) projects.  Yes, Ms. Ding was able to quickly change her technical and customer focus to adapt to the new environment.  She is self taught in the Hadoop and Cloudbase technologies.  She strives to become a subject matter expert in the MapReduce distributed programming model. </p>
<p>Prior to joining MissionFocus, Ms Ding was both a technical lead and software developer on countless J2EE projects for T-Systems USA.  Her primary customer was Volkswagen of America.  She is a Sun certified programmer for the Java2 platform, and has extensive training in SOA technologies.</p>
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		<title>Jeffrey Yin joins MissionFocus as a Senior Software Engineer</title>
		<link>http://missionfoc.us/blog/2009/11/02/news-headline-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Yin is a proven innovator and leader in the information technology (IT) industry.  Mr. Yin joined MissionFocus to be part of the latest cloud computing technology efforts for the Department of Defense (DOD).  This was no simple task for him.  Mr. Yin had to completely change both his industry and technology set before he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeffrey Yin is a proven innovator and leader in the information technology (IT) industry.  Mr. Yin joined MissionFocus to be part of the latest cloud computing technology efforts for the Department of Defense (DOD).  This was no simple task for him.  Mr. Yin had to completely change both his industry and technology set before he could be a viable player in this DOD project. </p>
<p>Upon joining MissionFocus, Mr. Yin excelled in the distributed computing model.  He is now an expert in the MapReduce programming model.  Mr. Yin is self taught in the Hadoop and Cloudbase technologies.  Mr. Yin continues to create innovative algorithms and MapReduce jobs that are used extensively by the DOD effort.</p>
<p>Prior to joining MissionFocus, Mr. Yin was a technical lead on several J2EE and .Net applications for Chrysler LLC.  Mr. Yin worked as a technical lead on countless teams to develop tools such as an Engine and Transmission Build Work Order System, as well as Automobile Controller Software.  Mr. Yin’s software is still in use by Chrysler, LLC.</p>
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		<title>Data Architect</title>
		<link>http://missionfoc.us/blog/2009/11/02/job-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join the MissionFocus team on our latest Cloud Computing project. We are a technology leader in the Cloud Computing arena. MissionFocus seeks a highly qualified Data Architect for a project in the northern Virginia area. Data Architects require the following skills and experience… Job Description: The selected candidate will be part of a large software [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join the MissionFocus team on our latest Cloud Computing project. We are a technology leader in the Cloud Computing arena. MissionFocus seeks a highly qualified Data Architect for a project in the northern Virginia area. Data Architects require the following skills and experience…</p>
<p><strong>Job Description:</strong><br />
The selected candidate will be part of a large software development effort. The Data Architect will perform data modeling, develop database architectures, optimize database design, and manage data integrity. The selected candidate must be capable of working independently, and learning new technologies quickly.<br />
<strong>Required Skills:</strong><br />
• 3+ years of data modeling experience<br />
• Experience with multiple databases such as Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL<br />
• Familiarity with Cloud technology a plus<br />
• Ability to work both independently and in a team setting.</p>
<p><strong>Minimum Required Qualifications</strong><br />
The candidate must have a B.S. degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline and five years of software engineering experience – M.S. preferred. The candidate must be a U.S. citizen, have a Secret security clearance, and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.</p>
<p>For more information, email your resume to <a href="mailto:jobs@missionfoc.us">jobs@missionfoc.us</a>.</p>
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		<title>Software Engineer</title>
		<link>http://missionfoc.us/blog/2009/11/02/job-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join the MissionFocus team on our latest Cloud Computing project. We are a technology leader in the Cloud Computing arena. MissionFocus seeks highly qualified Java Software Engineers for a project in the northern Virginia area. Software Engineers require the following skills and experience… Job Description: The selected candidate will be part of a large software [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join the MissionFocus team on our latest Cloud Computing project. We are a technology leader in the Cloud Computing arena. MissionFocus seeks highly qualified Java Software Engineers for a project in the northern Virginia area. Software Engineers require the following skills and experience…</p>
<p><strong>Job Description:</strong><br />
The selected candidate will be part of a large software development effort. The selected Software Engineer will design, develop, document, test, and debug software and systems using a variety of Cloud Computing open source technologies. The selected candidate must be capable of working independently, and learning new technologies quickly.</p>
<p><strong>Required Skills:</strong><br />
• 3+ years Java development<br />
• Hadoop / Map Reduce / Cloud technology stack<br />
• Soap and RESTful services design and deployment<br />
• Familiarity with J2SE design patterns<br />
• Ant / Maven build system<br />
• Spring framework/Spring Security<br />
• Unix/Linux<br />
• Ability to work both independently and in a team setting.</p>
<p><strong>Minimum Required Qualifications</strong><br />
The candidate must have a B.S. degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline and five years of software engineering experience – M.S. preferred. The candidate must be a U.S. citizen, have a Secret security clearance, and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.</p>
<p>For more information, email your resume to <a href="mailto:jobs@missionfoc.us">jobs@missionfoc.us</a>.</p>
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