Berico Technologies is an analysis and technology company. Its customers are primarily Defense and Intelligence groups in the US government.

It is based in Arlington, Virginia.

History

Berico was founded in 2006 by military veterans.

In 2011 it had about 80 employees.

The CEO is Guy Filippelli, a graduate of West Point and Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, who has received the National Intelligence Medallion

National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal

The National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal is the highest decoration awarded for service to the United States Intelligence Community...

. He is also associated with the Center for a New American Security

Center for a New American Security

The Center for a New American Security is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank established in 2007 by co-founders Michèle Flournoy and Kurt M. Campbell which specializes in U.S. national security issues...

, the Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations

The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...

, the Combating Terrorism Center

Combating Terrorism Center

The Combating Terrorism Center is an academic institution at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York that provides education, research and policy analysis in the specialty areas of terrorism, counterterrorism, homeland security and weapons of mass destruction...

, MissionLink, and the Luke's Wings charity. In Afghanistan he worked on the CJTF 76.

Work

General:

• Intelligence simulation
• Cellular exploitation
• Strategy
  Strategy
  Strategy, a word of military origin, refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked...
  
   consulting

Specific:

• Helped a tech company with a product used by intelligence analysts.
• Trained soldiers in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
• Contracted to help the Army Intelligence Campaign Initiatives Group
  • Partnering with Oberon (Stanley), SAIC, and Booz Allen Hamilton
    Booz Allen Hamilton
    Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. , or more commonly Booz Allen, is an American public consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, with 80 other offices throughout the United States. Ralph Shrader is its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The firm was founded by Edwin Booz in...
    
    .
• Participated in the NIST
  National Institute of Standards and Technology
  The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory, otherwise known as a National Metrological Institute , which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce...
  
   Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap Working Group
• Created a Fusion
  Fusion center
  A fusion center is a terrorism prevention and response center, many of which were created under a joint project between the Department of Homeland Security and the US Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs between 2003 and 2007....
  
   tool for Department of Defense
  United States Department of Defense
  The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
  
  
• Created a Fusion
  Fusion center
  A fusion center is a terrorism prevention and response center, many of which were created under a joint project between the Department of Homeland Security and the US Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs between 2003 and 2007....
  
   tool for a Department of Defense
  United States Department of Defense
  The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
  
   customer
• Upgraded a military biometric ID system
• Intelligence work regarding a SAR Database for the US Department of Transportation.
• Built the Coral Reef cellular exploitation system, using MarkLogic.

NAICS (Industry Classification) codes:

Code	NAICS title
541511	Custom Computer Programming Services
541512	Computer Systems Design Services
541513	Computer Facilities Management Services
541519	Other Computer Related Services
541990	All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Bank of America and WikiLeaks

In February 2011 the name of Berico, along with HBGary

HBGary

HBGary is a technology security company. Two distinct but affiliated firms carry the name: HBGary Federal, which sells its products to the US Federal Government, and HB Gary, Inc. Its other clients include information assurance companies, computer emergency response teams, and computer forensic...

 and Palantir Technologies

Palantir Technologies

Palantir Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in Tysons Corner, Virginia, New York City and Covent Garden, London, is a software company that produces the Palantir Government and Palantir Finance platforms...

 were allegedly found on a plan for Bank of America

Bank of America

Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...

 to respond to a WikiLeaks

Wikileaks

WikiLeaks is an international self-described not-for-profit organisation that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whistleblowers. Its website, launched in 2006 under The Sunshine Press organisation, claimed a database of more...

 dump of the banks documents. The plan allegedly involved 'disrupting' Salon.com

Salon.com

Salon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...

reporter Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald is an American lawyer, columnist, blogger, and author. Greenwald worked as a constitutional and civil rights litigator before becoming a contributor to Salon.com, where he focuses on political and legal topics...

's support of WikiLeaks

Wikileaks

WikiLeaks is an international self-described not-for-profit organisation that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whistleblowers. Its website, launched in 2006 under The Sunshine Press organisation, claimed a database of more...

.

On Feb 11, the CEO and COO of Berico released a statement on the matter:

"Our leadership does not condone or support any effort that proactively targets American firms, organizations or individuals. We find such actions reprehensible and are deeply committed to partnering with the best companies in our industry that share our core values. Therefore, we have discontinued all ties with HBGary Federal. We are conducting a thorough internal investigation to better understand the details of how this situation unfolded and we will take the appropriate actions within our company."

External links

• Black ops: how HBGary wrote backdoors for the government (by Nate Anderson, ars technica)