SAIC joined the WIIS network as a Platinum Level member. The collaboration will increase visibility in more than 35 countries where WIIS has members and to connect with WIIS affiliates around the world and WIIS chapters in the U.S. The collaboration will provide memberships to 200 SAIC employees, giving them direct access to events, speaking opportunities, professional development, and networking with other professionals in Washington, other cities, and around the world.

“WIIS is a dynamic and growing network of women and men around the world who are working in all aspects of international security. To have SAIC, and its employees, join in our effort to promote women’s participation in this field and to enrich the dialogue on current national security challenges is an invaluable asset,” said Jolynn Shoemaker, executive director of WIIS.

WIIS and SAIC will work together to address the cutting-edge intelligence and security issues that are of concern to the policy and defense communities and to provide mentoring and career development opportunities for SAIC employees.

“In addition to supporting SAIC’s commitment to recruiting, retaining and advancing a diverse talented team of highly motivated professionals, our collaboration with WIIS enables us to stay at the forefront of trends in the fields of international and national security, intelligence and foreign and defense affairs,” said Karen Penn, SAIC’s director of Corporate Diversity.

SAIC will have access to a pool of talented professionals from the WIIS network and graduates from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service community to build recruitment and brand recognition for the company.

SAIC will also participate as a VIP company in the WIIS flagship program, The Summer Symposium for Graduate Students In International Affairs, an annual program that brings 30 top graduate students to Washington DC for one week of discussions with experts, networking opportunities, and professional development seminars.

SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets. With more than 44,000 employees in over 150 cities worldwide, SAIC engineers and scientists solve complex technical challenges requiring innovative solutions for customers’ mission-critical functions. SAIC had annual revenues of $7.8 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2006.

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WIIS is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization dedicated to increasing the influence of women in foreign and defense affairs by raising their numbers and visibility, while enhancing dialogue on international security issues. WIIS offers a comprehensive set of programs designed to foster and promote women in all fields related to international security, and in a variety of sectors.

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