ATLANTA, Jan. 25, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIGATT Security International (Pink Sheets:LGTT), a cyber security company, today announced they will be opening a new office in Washington, D.C. this March and named Stacy L. Merrell President of LIGATT Security International. This strategic location and the addition of Merrell, who's created proposals and business strategies for both local and national programs, will allow LSI to better focus on building their government clientele.
Merrell worked for Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. for 11 years. During her tenure at Bell, Merrell led several projects with budgets exceeding $50 million and supervised hundreds of employees. She also held Top Security Clearance with the government. Following her employment at Bell, Merrell started her own consulting firm, M.I.H. (Make It Happen) Management and Consulting, in 2009. She has used her corporate background to create strategy plans for high profile clients, start-up non-profit organizations and national programs.
"We are happy and proud to have Ms. Merrell as our new president. I know that she will be able to help move LIGATT Security to another level," says Gregory Evans, CEO of LIGATT Security, who is currently in St. Louis Missouri attending the exclusive private U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference 2010. The conference focuses on all aspects of computer crime and incident response: intrusion investigations, cyber crime law, digital forensics, information assurance, as well as the research, development, testing, and evaluation of digital forensic tools.
LIGATT Security has steadily built a reputation as one of the nation's premier hi-tech security companies, and is recognized as a leader in computer security and cyber-crime investigation. It is a publicly traded company whose mission is to be the nation's leading provider of hi-tech crime investigations, by protecting their clients against Black Hat Hacking one CPU at a time.
For more information regarding Stacy L. Merrell or LIGATT Security International visit www.ligattsecurity.com.
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