crossposted from unbossed
IAP is a private company that last year was awarded a contract to manage parts of Walter Reed last year - after some . . . events discussed here. IAP Worldwide is apparently also a PAC.
Not exactly a company you see much about, so here's a start on getting to know these folks.
Oh, and by the way, this really does have KBR finger prints on it.
On the PAC filing.
The filing was made by James Jennings, Chief Administrative Officer & Chief Financial Officer:
James Jennings is a highly accomplished finance expert in the maintenance, engineering, and construction industry. Jennings was with Fluor Corporation for 30 years, and most recently was CFO of Williams Group International. He has also held senior level leadership positions in the development, implementation, and monitoring of accounting policies and procedures in addition to working directly in project accounting in the United States and internationally.
IAP finances:
Here is what google finance has to say. Among other things, IAP is owned primarily by a firm named Cereberus, link to it on the google site, and it is providing ice to Katrina victims among other tasks around the world.
IAP Selected to Continue Supplying Emergency Ice Nationwide PR Newswire (press release) - 18 Jan 2007
IAP Subsidiary Awarded UK Prison Contract PR Newswire (press release) - 13 Jan 2007
Edward R. Hamm Promoted to IAP Senior Vice President, Facilities... PR Newswire (press release) - 6 Jan 2007
IAP to partner on Army contract Orlando Business Journal - 27 Dec 2006
IAP to Partner With CACI to Provide Logistics Support to US Army PR Newswire (press release) - 23 Dec 2006
US Air Force Renews IAP Contract to Manage Department of Defense ... Yahoo! News (press release) - 14 Dec 2006
I like the cereberus name - the dog who guarded the gates of hell.
Dan Quayle
Currently, Dan Quayle is Chairman of Cerberus Global Investments, LLC (Cerberus), President of Quayle & Associates, and serves on the boards of directors of IAP Worldewide Services, Inc., K2, Inc and Aozora Bank, Ltd in Tokyo . He makes frequent public appearances and speeches, and writes a nationally syndicated weekly newspaper column.
link
Its headquarters are:
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.
7315 North Atlantic Avenue
Cape Canaveral, FL 32920
Main Phone: 321.784.7100
Main Fax: 321.784.7336
Contacts:
* Al Neffgen, CEO
* David Swindle, President
* Dave Toops, Vice President,Army and Air Force Programs
* Ed Hamm, Senior Vice President, Facilities Management and Operations
and Civilian Programs
* Arlene Mellinger, Director, Public Affairs & Corporate Communications
* David Warhol, Vice President, Human Resources
And its DC headquarters are:
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 1113
Arlington, VA 22202
Main Phone: 703.253.2800
Main Fax: 703.920.1272
Contacts:
* Dave Swindle, President
* Craig Peterson, Senior Vice President, Major Programs
* Chuck Dominy, Vice President, Government Affairs
* Kent Brostrom, Vice President and General Counsel
If you are interested in learning about employment opportunities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, please call 202-356-1012 ext. 40597.
You can see photos and bios of these folks on IAP's website here.
Here is CEO Al Neffgen's history of the company:
IAP provides a wide variety of services, including contingency operations, facility management, technical services and disaster relief. Often, IAP is called on to perform challenging jobs in difficult circumstances. In Iraq, it builds and operates Army camps the size of small cities. In the southeastern United States, it provides emergency ice and power generation to hurricane victims. IAP supports domestic and foreign military installations, provides technical employees for the US Geological Survey, crafts mock foreign military hardware for US war games, and operates trucks and heavy lift equipment that support US combat forces in Kuwait and Iraq.
IAP’s heritage dates back to the days of Pan American Technical Services, Inc., a company that built America’s first space launch complex at Cape Canaveral, Fla., more than 50 years ago. The namesake International American Products (IAP) was formed in Irmo, SC, in 1990 by Doyle McBride, a retired US Army professional logistician. In response to a burgeoning US government contracting market, McBride’s IAP was growing as well. Providing a variety of logistics and contingency services, the company had grown by 2003 to $156 million from $18 million. McBride soon decided to take on a partner, selling 74% of the company in 2005 to a private investment group.
A charming tale of the sort of entrepreneurship that makes America what it is.
But another part of that tale is that this is a KBR company.
As of 2003, it was Al Neffgen who was responding - or delaying responding to government demands for information related to KBR accounting problems. In this case, "refusing to turn over internal documents that show the company was aware of accounting problems related to an Iraqi fuel contract that allegedly has overcharged U.S. taxpayers so far nearly $100 million". At that time, Al Neffgen was KBR's chief operations officer.link
Swindle too is a KBR man. You can find details for both men and their relationships to the two companies here and at greater length and detail here.
And as that last story says, guess who else is involved? John Snow.
A small defense contractor now controlled by a former Bush adminstration cabinet secretary is taking on Halliburton Co. by bidding for one of three U.S. Army contracts worth up to $50 billion (€39 billion) each to provide food and shelter to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Within days of former U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow becoming chairman of the New York hedge fund that owns IAP Worldwide Services Inc., the company submitted its bid for huge U.S. Army contracts that will be awarded by year-end.
In fact, that story is chock full of interesting company geneology and doings.
You can find more on IAP President Swindle here.
Here is some information on IAP jobs in Iraq, the US, and elsewhere.
And please check out smintheus' diarythat puts the story together masterfully.