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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, December 1, 2011 – Global security firm IEM has named Major General Richard Rowe (U.S. Army, Retired) Vice President of Response and Defense. Since January of 2011, Rowe has been managing IEM’s catastrophic response and recovery planning at the federal and regional levels. With the new role, he will also assume leadership of IEM’s technical, analytical, and operational support to the defense industry.

“With more than 20 years of senior executive experience with the U.S. military, Major General Rowe has exactly the right leadership and hands-on experience needed to continue IEM’s history of success supporting the Department of Defense and its component organizations,” said IEM President and CEO Madhu Beriwal. “I am very pleased that he has accepted this new role.”

During his 37-year military career, Rowe has held senior leadership positions for the US Forces, Joint Force Headquarters–National Capital Region, US Northern Command (NORTHCOM), US Army Training and Doctrine Command, and the 82nd Airborne Division.

As NORTHCOM Director of Operations, Rowe coordinated Department of Defense (DoD) preparations for all major national disasters from 2004–2006. He served as Commanding General for the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, overseeing DoD support for national security events, two State of the Union addresses, President Obama’s Inauguration, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Washington, and the G-20 Conference. For Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was the US Forces Director of the Iraq Training and Advisory Team, mentoring the Minister of Interior, and synchronizing the equipping, training, and professionalization of 550,000 Iraqi police. As Deputy Director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, Rowe led the design and integration of the future Army into the joint and interagency environment.

Rowe is based in IEM’s Arlington, VA office.