The Justice Experts Associates
Justice Experts
is an "umbrella" or "storefront" community of practitioners
and consultants, who have chosen to band together in order to provide
a broad depth of experience and services to our justice clients. Our members
are either independent consultants or full-time justice practitioners
who make themselves available for specified engagements to assist our
clients and consultants.
Justice Experts
associates can offer "real value" because they have spent their
careers struggling with the same issues your agencies are managing today.
Our staff members bring collective experience, credibility and solutions
to each project. It has been the experience of all of our members that
the issues of "organizational will", "effective governance" and "leadership
vision" are among the most challenging in achieving a multi-disciplinary
and multi-jurisdictional program.
Thomas Kooy - Founder
Mr. Kooy, the original founder of the Justice Experts, has been an innovator and thought leader in the integration and planning of criminal justice systems. He has 22 years experience both in law enforcement and information systems.
After a 14 years working in Law Enforcement, he emerged as one of the early leaders of a Statewide Enterprise approach to solving the criminal justice information sharing problem in Minnesota, beginning in the mid-1990's we he advanced the vision for CriMNet.
In 1998, Minnesota was chosen as a pilot state for a BJA/SEARCH Research Project, where Mr. Kooy's project team developed methods of collecting and documenting information exchanges within the criminal justice enterprise that today are used in the SEARCH JIEM Tool and methodology.
Mr. Kooy's development team also developed the first, statewide and interstate, Enterprise XML Data Model for criminal justice. This model became one of the foundation artifacts of the Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) which today is a part of the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM).
Mr. Kooy has been a representative to the Global (OJP/BJA) Infrastructure and Standards working group, the Intelligence Working Group's Security Architecture Committee, and is a Charter member of the XML Structure Task Force (XSTF) - - the body that created the GJXDM. He is a charter member of the Justice Information Sharing Professionals (JISP), and was the Board President in 2004. He also has served as adjunct faculty to the University of New Orleans, Center for Society Law and Justice.
Mr. Kooy has served as a subject matter expert to the US Department of Justice OCIO on their LEISP Strategy, and on the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)-sponsored Technology Working Group (TWG) on CommTech who are responsible for identifying technology needs and defining operational requirements for law enforcement and corrections technologies. As an advisor and technology consultant, he has provided services to the New Jersey State Police, State of Louisiana I-CJIS Technology Board, State of Missouri CJIS Council, the Federal Bureau of Investigation CJIS and NDEx programs, and the Office of the National Director of Intelligence ISE Programe office. Additionally, Mr. Kooy has conducted integration and strategic planning workshops in over 20 states.
Today, Mr. Kooy provides technology leadership and product development strategies for a software and technical service company, and continues to provide technical assistance to Office of Justice Program's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) thru the GLOBAL working groups under the auspices of the U.S. Attorney General's Office.
E. Russ Meekins - Senior Associate, Business Development
Russ is a successful Management Consulting Executive; he is currently President and CEO of a Strategy Consulting company; Former Partner with Accenture LLP; National Managing Partner of Government Strategy Practice; History of repeated success in growing practice areas; accomplished IT and program strategist.
Skills and Background
Created and developed successful Government Strategy Practice from
three person group to twenty two strategy professionals; Experienced
IT and Program Strategist; Known for High Energy, Leadership, and Innovative
Solutions; Recognized Thought Leader; C-Suite Presence; Dynamic Presenter;
Highly Skilled Facilitator; History of Success in Leading Strategic
Change in Complex, Multi-stakeholder projects; Extensive subject matter
knowledge of Local, State and Federal Government programs and policies;
Former Legislator and Legislative Leader; B.S. in Economics With Honors
(1982) University of Oregon; Master in Public Administration, (1984)
Harvard University.
Selected Accomplishments
– US
Department of Justice: Law Enforcement Information Sharing Strategy
Developed Strategy, Concept of Operations, Capability Requirements,
high level Technical Architecture and Change Management Program to facilitate
cross boundary information sharing of law enforcement and counter terrorism
information among over 18,000 local, state and federal law enforcement
and intelligence agencies
– Federal
Bureau of Investigation: National Data Exchange System
Developed Strategy, Concept of Operations, Capability Requirements
and Technical Architecture for the FBI’s system for sharing criminal
history information with all state, local and tribal law enforcement
agencies
– Office
of the Director of National Intelligence: Information Sharing Environment
Developed Strategy, Concept of Operations, Capability Requirements,
Strategic Technical Architecture, Fusion Center Framework, and Federated
Identity and Privilege Management Authentication Regime for implementing
the Congressionally mandated Information Sharing Environment among the
intelligence community, state and local government, certain foreign
allies and the private sector.
– Fortune
10 Consulting Firm: Organizational Assessment and Strategic Improvement
Plan for State and Local Consulting Practice
Utilizing proprietary assessment framework, “Elements of Consulting
Success”, conducted Organizational Assessment, and Go Forward
Improvement Strategy to increase sales, reduce costs and increase margins
for the State and Local Government Practice of this $100 billion plus
consulting firm.
– Public
Sector Consulting Group: Organizational Assessment and Strategic Improvement
Plan for Homeland Security Consulting Unit
Utilizing proprietary assessment framework, “Elements of Consulting
Success”, conducted Organizational Assessment, and Go Forward
Improvement Strategy to increase sales, reduce costs and increase margins
for the Homeland Security Practice of this 400 person firm specializing
in public sector consulting.
– Massachusetts Health Data Collaborative
Assisted the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Health Data Collaborative
in developing Concept of Operations and IT Strategy for Health Information
Exchange among Massachusetts Health Care Organizations
– NYC
- Mayor's Office of Operations
Oversaw development of $40 million project for city-wide eGovernment
strategy, including agency-by-agency reviews and recommendations for
best-in-class implementation opportunities
– California
Chief Information Officer
Developed System Development Oversight Methodology and Risk Assessment
Tool for quality improvement and prevention of cost overruns on large
system implementation projects for all California Agencies This effort
won the “Excellence in IT Governance” award from the National
Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).
– Massachusetts Chief Information Officer, Governor of Wyoming,
State Treasurer of Delaware
Developed eGovernment Strategy and Portal design and architecture for
these and other public sector clients Developed national benchmarking
effort that assessed all 50 states in regard to the status of their
eGovernment efforts and used it to obtain entre to potential clients;
developed thought leadership framework for assessing and developing
strategy for state eGovernment projects, the “eGovernment Development
Continuum”. The Continuum Framework became the standard for developing
eGovernment strategies, providing a distinct competitive advantage to
our efforts.
– Massachusetts
Comptroller and CIO
Developed innovative funding approach for state technology projects,
the “Massachusetts IT Bond Bill, which aggregated all proposed
system development projects into a single bond proposal. This approach
was successful in providing needed funding for IT projects, and resulted
in significant improvement in prioritization decisions, enhanced strategic
alignment of IT projects, improved oversight and quality assurance,
increased integration, improved IT capabilities and greater value creation.
– United
Nations Development Program
Led team of 30 professionals including United Nations Development
Program economists, Markle Foundation development experts and Accenture
consultants on a year-long effort to create and submit to the G-8
Leaders a new Strategy for leveraging Information and Communication
Technology for achieving Sustainable Economic Development for the
world's poorest nations.
G. Michael Harmon - Associate, Consultant
Mr. Harmon is a strategy and communications consultant who focuses
his attention on sector environments where stakeholder participation
and consensus-building are critical success factors. Mr. Harmon has
more than 20 years experience in public policy formulation and communications.
Most recently, he served as a principal on consultant teams for the
Office of Director of National Intelligence Information Sharing Environment,
the U. S. Justice Department strategy for law enforcement information
sharing and the Federal Bureau of Investigation N-DEx information sharing
system.
Kent Anderson - Associate, Consultant
Labyrinth Consulting, Inc
Labyrinth
Consulting, Inc. is a privately owned company with expertise in client
server applications, database design and administration, enterprise architecture
planning and project management. The primary business focus for Labyrinth
Consulting, Inc. is providing technical expertise and management in leading
edge technologies such as client/server architectures, Web development,
enterprise architecture planning, relational database, systems integration,
performance tuning and capacity planning.
Labyrinth
has experience in providing these services to clients, large and small,
in both the public and private sector. Project experience includes public
safety, government, banking, finance, retail and manufacturing. Labyrinth
has been specializing in providing services for public safety systems,
database design and administration, network architecture design, enterprise
architecture planning and client server applications since 1993. Labyrinth
has a proven track record of providing quality results, in a timely manner,
on projects of varying sizes.
One industry
that Labyrinth Consulting, Inc. excels in is Criminal Justice
and Public Safety Systems. Labyrinth has very successful relationships
with some of
the largest agencies in the state of Minnesota, including the
City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, in providing technical
and professional consulting
services for Criminal Justice agencies. Kent J.
Anderson is the President and a Senior Staff Consultant for Labyrinth Consulting,
Inc. Mr. Anderson has a BA with a business emphasis and 31 years in the
computer industry. Mr. Anderson has extensive experience in the areas of
enterprise architecture planning, service oriented architectures, system
integration, database administration, Web and client/server project management,
application design, development and implementation.
John D. Dough - Associate, Advisor, Consultant
Chief
John D. Dough of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office commands the
day-to-day operations of New Jersey’s largest and most active Sheriff’s
Department, which is located in the state’s busiest Superior Court
venue. In addition to supervising patrol activities, investigative units
and criminal identification services, Chief Dough also presently directs
the agency’s efforts to acquire new Computer-Aided Dispatch, Records
Management and Civil Process technology. This technology will form the
basis of integration of the county’s new jail with local and regional
police departments. A career
law enforcement officer, Chief Dough is a 29-year-veteran who served most
recently as Deputy Chief of the Newark Police Department where he was
assigned to the Police Director’s office and commanded the Office
of Information Technology. In this capacity, Chief Dough developed and
implemented a broad scope of administrative, organizational, operational
and criminal informational technology. As the
Newark Police Department’s commander of the Research and Planning
Division, Chief Dough developed departmental policy, tactical, strategic
and budgetary planning, comparative crime analysis systems and grant proposals
among other duties.
Chief
Dough is equally comfortable in the boardroom or on the street. He has
successfully commanded Newark’s Criminal Investigation Bureau and
the Narcotics and Auto Theft Squads. Dough served as Precinct Commander
of the city’s South and East Districts and he supervised the Field
Operations Bureau. Chief
Dough is a graduate of Rutgers University and holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Political Science. An air traffic controller and radio intercept
analyst, Dough served in Vietnam and was honorably discharged from the
United States Air Force.
Throughout
his career Chief Dough has been recognized and praised by his law enforcement
peers as an expert on police management. He has been accorded numerous
citations and honors for his public safety leadership and he is an active
member of many professional and fraternal organizations, including the
International Association of Chief’s of Police and the Law Enforcement
Planners Association.
Dan McCreary - Associate, Consultant
Dan currently
works as an independent contractor providing Technology Strategy and Consulting
specializing in assisting organizations evaluate advanced technologies.
Leveraging important technology industry contacts, strong technology reputation
and specialized knowledge of advanced technology areas, Dan’s work
focuses on e-Business strategy development.
For
several years Dan was involved in the Minnesota CriMNet project where
his objectives were to provide statewide standards and systems for securely
exchanging data between over 1,100 computer systems. His role in this
project included the use of EAI, JMS, XML, XML Schemas, XSLT, SVG, XPath,
early development of the GJXDM, Web Services, JBoss, UML Modeling, Apache
Ant, XDoclet, Model-Driven-Design, Eclipse, PKI, SOAP Headers, WS-Security,
Web Service Encryption and Digital Signatures. Dan also provided special
services to the State of Minnesota developing training materials for both
programmers and managers in many of these areas, including XML schema
development and management. Earlier
in his career, Dan worked for NeXT Computer, Inc. serving in the various
roles of Systems Engineer, Technology Sales, Technology Trainer and Technology
Evangelist. At NeXT, Dan worked with Apple Computers founder Steve Jobs
to create sales and training materials for NeXT. Dan worked to develop
an extensive training and classroom materials for teaching business benefits
of object-oriented technologies.
Dan operates
his own firm, Dan McCreary and Associates, a technology strategy development
consulting firm based in the Minneapolis St. Paul area. His team specializes
in helping clients align their business and technology strategies (particularly
in projects featuring EAI, XML and web services). Currently
Dan continues to support specialized technology services to government,
leading efforts to develop XML data modeling efforts across government
services – developing object-oriented models and ontologies based
on the same constructs of the GJXDM. Dan’s experience in the development
and early implementation of JusticeXML and, later GJXDM, has
made him a much sought after resource to justice clients, as well as other
branches
of government seeking to leverage the value of the model.Dan
has a strong reputation for writing and presenting technology topics to
a broad audience of executives and managers. His topics have ranged from
software development technologies to web marketing strategies. For a full
work history resume click here. Dan
holds degrees from Carleton College, Northfield, MN (B.A. - Physics/ Computer
Science, 1982) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (M.S. Electrical
Engineering/ Computer Science, 1983) and the University of St. Thomas,
St. Paul, MN (M.B.A.) |
