Applied Knowledge Group Welcomes New Team Members

Reston, Va., [May 13, 2008] Applied Knowledge Group (AKG) continues to add new employees.  Yvonne Harris, Michael McGlynn, and Caeli Aiken recently joined the AKG team in a variety of roles to help AKG continue to provide outstanding client services to its growing customer base.

Yvonne Harris is AKG’s new User Support Specialist, serving clients in the intelligence community.  Her past experience includes positions as a Video Teleconference Engineer, Web Content Administrator and Systems Analyst. Yvonne has attended Georgia Perimeter College and Reading Area Community College in Pennsylvania.

Also joining the team is Caeli Aiken, who will serve as the Administrative Assistant to Vice President and Director of Intelligence Solutions Michael Kalogeropoulos, President Andrew Campbell, and Chief Operating Officer Jim O’Farrell. Caeli graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management.  After graduation she worked as a Dining Room Coordinator for the Market Street Bar and Grill. 

Michael McGlynn has joined AKG as Senior Trainer, supporting clients in the national security community.  He was previously employed by Science Application International Corporation (SAIC), where he was the Technical Training Team Leader. In this position he supported Government clients and traveled extensively.  He attended Christendom Liberal Arts College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in History with an emphasis on Russian. 

Jim O’Farrell, Chief Operating officer of AKG notes, “We are excited to add this group of talented professionals to our team.  I’m sure that they will each bring a fresh energy to our company and help us continue to provide exemplary services to our clients”. 

About Applied Knowledge Group

Applied Knowledge Group Inc. (AKG), founded in 1996 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a Microsoft Certified Partner focused on helping government and commercial organizations connect employee knowledge via collaboration strategies, tools and best practice user adoption methods.  At AKG, we link the knowledge of people. Our goal is to support the vision of a Virtual Work Environment (VWE) -- one that overcomes the restrictions of the physical work world to facilitate collaboration, knowledge transfer and more informed business decisions.  To achieve this goal, we focus on four key pillars: People, Process, Technology and Learning. Our services align with these four pillars and include collaboration strategy support, change management and training services, technology services and software application development.  Current engagements include a 35,000 seat Microsoft SharePoint implementation for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).  AKG also has current and prior engagements with FedExKinkos, TV Guide, FCI Towers, Inc., The Institute for Defense Analyses, the Knowledge Works Foundation, Weyerhaeuser Corp., Learning Tree International, and the United States Marine Corps.