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Press Releases and Announcements
IEM Celebrates 30th Anniversary — Congressman David Price and NC Commerce Secretary John Skvarla Among Speakers
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, August 25, 2015 – IEM, a global security consulting firm dedicated to building a safe, secure, and resilient world, celebrated its 30th anniversary on August 24, 2015 at 5:00 pm at the Research Triangle Park Headquarters. IEM is the largest woman-owned homeland security and disaster management company in the U.S., and is […]
Finance Executive Daniel Michael Joins IEM as CFO
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, March 4, 2015 – Dan Michael, a seasoned finance executive and CPA with more than 20 years of experience in Fortune 500 corporate finance and business segment controllership, joins global security consulting firm IEM as Chief Financial Officer. Based in IEM’s Research Triangle Headquarters office, Mr. Michael will oversee corporate financial and […]
Meet NEMA’s Longest Serving Private Sector Member – Madhu Beriwal
Research Triangle Park, NC, February 26, 2014 How did you end up in the emergency management field? My first job after graduating was with Louisiana’s Office of Emergency Preparedness (now the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness), serving as program manager of a Hurricane Evacuation Study for Southeast Louisiana. When I took that […]
Abu Talib Joins IEM as Director of Defense Programs
Research Triangle Park, NC, January 9, 2014 – Veteran Program Manager Abu Talib has joined global security consulting firm IEM as Director of Defense Programs. Based in IEM’s Washington, DC office, Talib will lead and grow IEM’s Department of Defense and Homeland Defense business areas. Talib has over 30 years of experience providing technical, programmatic, and business […]
The Research Triangle Park Elects Folt, Beriwal and Pigues to Board of Directors
Raleigh, NC, February 5, 2014 – The Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina has appointed three new members to its Board of Directors; Carol Folt, Chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill; Madhu Beriwal, President & CEO of IEM; and D. Keith Pigues, Dean of North Carolina Central University’s Business School. All three appointees were chosen for demonstrating exemplary […]

Toxic Chemical Dispersion Modeled
Tool developed for the Army to protect from dangerous chemical dispersion to be presented in a paper at the IEEE International Conference on Homeland Security in Boston BOSTON (Sept. 30, 2013) – Fears of toxic accidents and protecting the public in a chemical emergency, such as the recent terror attacks in Syria, are prompting a new […]
Price Announces $6.9M in DHS Grant Contract Awards to Durham’s IEM
Washington, D.C., Sept 26, 2013 – This morning, Representative David Price (D-NC), the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, hailed today’s announcement that Durham-based Innovative Emergency Management (IEM) had been awarded three Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contracts worth over $6.9 million. “I am very pleased a company from the Fourth District is taking […]

Integrating Web-Based Emergency Management Software with Airport Operations
The IEM-developed TRB primer, ACRP 94, explains how to evaluate and implement web-based emergency management tools into normal and emergency response airport operations. Read paper.

Integrating Community Emergency Response Teams (A-CERTs) at Airports
The TRB has published ACRP Report 95, a guidebook prepared by IEM providing guidance on organizing citizen volunteer programs to assist airports during an emergency. Read paper.

Maximizing Behavior Analysis with Visual Intelligence
IQT Quarterly publishes IEM’s Dr. Serge Olszanskyj’s article on maximizing behavior analysis with massive multi-sensor networks. More.