Berico Technologies
Berico Technologies is a analysis and technology company. Its customers are primarily Defense and Intelligence groups in the US government.
It is based in Arlington, Virginia.
History
Berico was founded in 2006 by military veterans.
Circa 2011 it had AbOUT 80 employees.
The CEO is Guy Filippelli, a graduate of West Point and Oxford, who has received the National Intelligence Medallion. He is also associated with the Center for a New American Security, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Combating [...] Center, MissionLink, and the Luke's Wings charity. In Afghanistan he worked on the CJTF 76.
Work
General:
- Intelligence simulation
- Cellular exploitation
- Strategy consulting
Specific:
- Helped a tech company with an product used by intelligence analysts.
- Trained soldiers in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
- Contracted to help the Army Intelligence Campaign Initiatives Group
- Partnering with Oberon (Stanley), SAIC, and Booz Allen Hamilton.
- Participated in the NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap Working Group
- Created a Fusion tool for Department Of Defense
- Created a Fusion tool for a Department of Defense customer
- Upgraded a military biometric ID system
- Intelligence work regarding a SAR Database for the US Department of Transportation.
- Built the Coral Reef cellular exploitation system, using MarkLogic.
NAICS (Industry Classification) codes:
Code |
NAICS title |
|---|---|
541511 |
Custom Computer Programming Services |
541512 |
Computer Systems Design Services |
541513 |
Computer Facilities Management Services |
541519 |
Other Computer Related Services |
541990 |
All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services |
Bank of America and WikiLeaks
In February 2011 the name of Berico, along with HBGary and Palantir Technologies were allegedly found on A Plan for Bank of America to respond to a WikiLeaks dump of the banks documents. The plan allegedly involved 'disrupting' Salon.com reporter Glenn Greenwald's support of WikiLeaks.
On Feb 11, the CEO and COO of Berico released a statement on the matter:
"Our leadership does not condone or support any effort that proactively targets American firms, organizations or individuals. We find such actions reprehensible and are deeply committed to partnering with the best companies in our industry that share our core values. Therefore, we have discontinued all ties with HBGary Federal. We are conducting a thorough internal investigation to better understand the details of how this situation unfolded and we will take the appropriate actions within our company."
External links
- Black ops: how HBGary wrote backdoors for the government (by Nate Anderson, ars technica)