Corporate Overview

Founded in August 2004, Abrams Learning and Information Systems, Inc. (ALIS) supports the Nation’s efforts to improve the preparedness, security, and defense of our homeland.

ALIS is a strategic leader in developing tailored Homeland Security and Domestic Preparedness programs for Federal, state, and local government agencies; academia; and private industry.

ALIS is a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business.

ALIS Mission

ALIS is committed to improving the Nation’s Homeland Security and Domestic Preparedness by ensuring government and private entities have the capability, capacity, and resiliency to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from all-hazard incidents.

Vision

• ALIS is a management consulting and technology company committed to enabling America to secure our communities and our way of life.
• ALIS addresses current and relevant operational and strategic homeland security and domestic preparedness issues through the “integrated processes” of research and analysis, education, and support services to create products that provide knowledge-based solutions for strategic issues and tailored integrated multi-disciplined solution sets for operational needs.
• Our work is designed to strengthen our system of governance to protect our homeland and strengthen our infrastructure to maintain our quality of life.

Goals

• Goal One. Achieve growth in the nation’s domestic preparedness body of knowledge.
• Goal Two. Achieve unified effort amongst government, private, and non-governmental stakeholders through development of an institutional approach for domestic preparedness, development of a common doctrine, and development and credentialing of leaders at all levels.
• Goal Three. Improve the capability, capacity, and resiliency of federal, state and local entities and of private enterprises to meet their homeland security and domestic preparedness needs.

ALIS President’s Biography

John N. Abrams

General, United States Army (Retired)

General Abrams served as the Commanding General of the United States Army’s Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe, Virginia, before retiring from active duty on January 1, 2003, after more than thirty six years of service.

General John Abrams is an experienced corporate leader who has gained the trust and confidence of government executives, corporate management teams and academic leaders in building teams to reconcile the challenges of homeland security. Trained, educated and professionally developed by the United States Army for over thirty seven years as a leader, strategist, planner, operations and training expert, and technologist, General Abrams rose from private to four star general.

Under General Abrams’ leadership, ALIS is a respected management consulting and technology company that offers the ability to reconcile the needs of government leaders and management teams with a wide variety of innovative management and technology solutions tailored to the client needs that can be readily absorbed in the culture and traditions of the communities and institutions. General Abrams has recruited a corporate team of leaders, functional experts across a wide range of disciplines from corporate America, academia, law enforcement, science and technology, public policy, emergency management, and the military that have the ability to assess the environment, develop solutions and support the client through implementation to achieve stated goals and objectives.

He is a seasoned executive and personally led his corporate team in assessing federal, state and local preparedness challenges and developing integrated solutions that enable leaders and management teams, first responders to achieve homeland security goals and objectives. He is an internationally recognized authority in border security public policy, international agreements and treaties, operations, training and education, and technology integration. He is also a recognized corporate leader in building strategies and programs that are sustainable by government agencies committed to security of their communities and citizens in an age when the challenges of natural and manmade disasters and their consequences are greater and the risk of terrorism and organized crime continues. General Abrams is also a recognized leader among academic institutions in designing programs for work force enhancement as well as leadership development for government and corporate executives.

He continues to serve colleagues in government and industry as a senior advisor for strategies and program development. He currently leads a team of ALIS professionals to support the Under Secretary for Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security to help reconcile the national needs for homeland security doctrine; risk mitigation models for the nations critical infrastructure; and transformation for the Department of Homeland Security. General Abrams continues his commitment to public service by serving as a Commissioner for military affairs to the Governor of Virginia.

(A full biography for General Abrams is provided under the ALIS Management Team)

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