About the principal owner:

Richard R. Johnston

His background and business credits include:

• President and founder of J. & L. in 1991,

• Holds a master's degree in Business Administration (MEA:GWU) and is an Electrical Engineer (BSEE:Polytech).

• Belongs to the Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE) and Professional Risk Manager Association (PRMIA).

• Provided management and engineering consulting to business and government for over 20 years.

• Managed, supervised, and lead project teams in government, defense, finance, insurance, and telecom industries.

• He was a manager at the U.S. Department of State.

• Worked on overseas foreign government projects providing liasion and support functions.

• He was Lead Troubleshooter investigating U.S. Department of State diplomatic communications problems between U.S. Embassies overseas (Turkey,Germany,Belgium).

• He was Project Manager for a U.S. Embassy diplomatic communications network upgrade project (U.S. Department of State).

• He was Team Leader for a U.S. Navy sigint project in Alaska (NavSecGru Adak, Classic-Wizard Project).