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- 05Aug2014
Board Recognizes Members and Staff for Years of Service to SEARCH
On behalf of the SEARCH Board of Directors, Chairman Francis X. Aumand III recognized Members and Staff for their years of service to the organization, with significant length of service achieved in 2014. Chairman Aumand honored the following individuals during the SEARCH Membership Group’s annual meeting on July 29, 2014, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Member Anniversaries
10 Years
Mr. David Steingraber
Senior Policy Advisor
National Criminal Justice Association
(At-Large Member, and former State Member representing Wisconsin)
Mr. Brad Truitt
Director of Information Systems
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
(Mr. Truitt succeeded Mr. Aumand as SEARCH Chair at the end of last week’s meeting)5 Years
Mr. Jim Anderson
Commander
Criminal Records Division
Washington State Patrol
Ms. Wendy Brinkley
Special Agent in Charge
Special Operations Division
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Ronald Brothers
Chief Information Officer
Information Technology & Communications Division
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Ms. Terry Gibbons
Deputy Director
Georgia Crime Information Center
Georgia Bureau of InvestigationStaff Anniversaries
5 Years
Ms. Angele Boudreaux
Finance Administrative Assistant
Mr. Dennis DeBacco
Justice Information Services Specialist
Mr. Michael Jacobson
Information Sharing Specialist
Ms. Karen Lissy is a Justice Information Services Specialist for the Law and Policy Program of SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics. In this position, she provides assistance to state and local justice and public safety agencies to collect, curate, and use National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data and computerized criminal history record (CCH/CHRI) information for policy analysis and development.
She also guides justice and related organizations in how to craft and implement laws, policies, practices, and technology applications to effectively collect and use CCH and related justice/public safety data; address legal, policy, and regulatory issues associated with CCH data; better manage and operate criminal justice information and identification systems; and develop security and privacy policies that protect justice information sharing systems.
Ms. Lissy has nearly two decades of research and data analysis experience, having led projects and tasks in support of two agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Institute of Justice), as well as the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, and multiple foundations, including Ford, Annie E. Casey, and Hewlett. Prior to joining SEARCH in October 2020, Ms. Lissy served as a Social Science Researcher at RTI International, as a regional Crime Analyst for the Redmond (WA) Police Department, and as Director of a research program with the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. Beginning in 2012, Ms. Lissy’s work has focused on improving data in law enforcement to answer policy questions and improve community/police relations.
Ms. Lissy earned a Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy from Duke University, and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mr. Michael Mackay is an Information Sharing Developer for SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics. As part of the Software and Data Engineering Program (SDEP) team, he plans, develops, implements, and deploys information sharing systems on behalf of SEARCH clients in local, state, tribal, and Federal government settings. He also provides programming, configuration, and testing assistance, and consults on implementation architecture and design with clients.
Mr. Mackay supports justice, public safety, and homeland security information sharing nationwide through SDEP services that include software architecture and systems design, application development, deployment and support, data management services, and direct technical assistance and training. These services offer capabilities that include federated query, authentication access/control, subscription/notification, process/workflow automation, data analysis, and more.
Prior to joining SEARCH in 2021, Mr. Mackay worked as a Software Engineering Intern for TDM Business Toole Suite, where he provided software development support using Java frameworks, implemented relational database models using MySQL, and designed GUI components using NetBeans.
Mr. Mackay will work in an Agile development environment, a methodology that SEARCH embraces that focuses on incremental development and delivery, collaboration in a team approach, and rapid and flexible response to change throughout the development cycle.
Mr. Mackay earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Stony Brook University, New York.
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