Monday, June 23, 2008
SCIB Featured on the Cover of "Pacific Maritime Magazine"
WhisprWave® Small Craft Intrusion Barrier™ ("SCIB™") installation at the Port of Los Angeles was featured on the cover of Pacific Maritime Magazine's June 2008 Issue (See Below).
Labels: port of los angeles, port security barrier, port security barriers, psb, scib, small craft intrusion barrier, whisprwave
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Port of LA Security Exercises Features WhisprWave® Small Craft Intrusion Barrier™ ("SCIB™") Deployment
The Port of Los Angeles successfully deployed the WhisprWave® Small Craft Intrusion Barrier™ ("SCIB™") during a port security exercise yesterday.
Labels: port security barrier, port security barriers, scib, small craft intrusion barrier, whisprwave
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Government Lacks Clear Plans to ID Small Vessels Used as Terrorist Weapons
Excerpt from "National Defense Magazine"
Small boats have been used by terrorists to carry out attacks around the world and they are likely to be employed as weapons in U.S. waterways, the government has recently warned.
Officials believe small vessels — defined as those less than 300 gross tons — are a potential threat because they are easy to obtain and there are few defenses in place to stop them from being used as a platform to launch an attack.
“We are very concerned about people doing harm with small vessels because we have breaches every week,” said Dana Goward, director of Coast Guard maritime domain awareness. An estimated 14 unidentified boats reach U.S. shores each week.
DHS and the Coast Guard have put the spotlight on the possibility of such an attack, emphasizing the need to protect U.S. waterways. But despite efforts to create new security measures, officials are failing to garner the support of small boat owners and operators because of the lack of a clear, cohesive plan.
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Small boats have been used by terrorists to carry out attacks around the world and they are likely to be employed as weapons in U.S. waterways, the government has recently warned.
Officials believe small vessels — defined as those less than 300 gross tons — are a potential threat because they are easy to obtain and there are few defenses in place to stop them from being used as a platform to launch an attack.
“We are very concerned about people doing harm with small vessels because we have breaches every week,” said Dana Goward, director of Coast Guard maritime domain awareness. An estimated 14 unidentified boats reach U.S. shores each week.
DHS and the Coast Guard have put the spotlight on the possibility of such an attack, emphasizing the need to protect U.S. waterways. But despite efforts to create new security measures, officials are failing to garner the support of small boat owners and operators because of the lack of a clear, cohesive plan.
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Labels: floating security barrier, floating security barriers, port security barrier, port security barriers, scib, whisprwave
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Michigan Homeland Security Consortium Hosts 9-11 Conference
On September 11, 2007, Jonathan B Smith, President of Wave Dispersion Technologies, Inc., had the privilege of presenting to members of the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium, industry experts and legislators in Lansing, MI. He was part of a panel discussion on maritime security issues and delivered a speech entitled "Daring to be Different in Business." The goal of his presentation was to provide other homeland security professionals with some business strategies to help tap into the homeland security market. He was honored to be asked to serve on the panel on 9-11 and felt that it was part of his patriotic duty to be part of the conference.
Labels: jonathan b smith, michigan homeland security consortium, mihsc, wave dispersion technologies, whisprwave
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Los Angeles Tightens Up on Port Security
Excerpt from Siemens publication "Building Up"The port of Los Nagels now has the capability to respond to heightened threat levels through the deployment of a floating-security barrier designed by SBT (Siemens Building Technologies)
pkr. Under the watchword of "homeland security", efforts to strenghten internal and external national security are continually being stepped up. Greater attention is being paid to the security of ports, particularly in the USA itself, with special spotlight on the major international US container ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California. (Siemens) Building Technologies was awarded a 2.9 million dollar contract to design approximately 30000 meter of floating security barrier for these two key ports. In the event of a security alert the floating barrier can be rapidly deployed to prevent smaller unauthorized vessels from entering the inner harbor or getting close to high-risk targets. The security barriers constructed from steel cables and floating plastic modules each 7.5 meters long, are build to withstand the most adverse weather conditions. The barriers are fabricated by Wave Dispersion Technologies. In collaboration with the manufacturer, SBT has succeeded in providing a new custom-build design within the given budget constraints.
pkr. Under the watchword of "homeland security", efforts to strenghten internal and external national security are continually being stepped up. Greater attention is being paid to the security of ports, particularly in the USA itself, with special spotlight on the major international US container ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California. (Siemens) Building Technologies was awarded a 2.9 million dollar contract to design approximately 30000 meter of floating security barrier for these two key ports. In the event of a security alert the floating barrier can be rapidly deployed to prevent smaller unauthorized vessels from entering the inner harbor or getting close to high-risk targets. The security barriers constructed from steel cables and floating plastic modules each 7.5 meters long, are build to withstand the most adverse weather conditions. The barriers are fabricated by Wave Dispersion Technologies. In collaboration with the manufacturer, SBT has succeeded in providing a new custom-build design within the given budget constraints.
Labels: pola, polb, port of long beach, port of los angeles, siemens building technologies, wave dispersion technologies, whisprwave
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Wave Dispersion Technologies, Inc. Ranks No. 203 on the 2007 Inc. 500
MEDIA CONTACT: Jonathan B. Smith, 248.229.9010, jbsmith@whisprwave.com
Inc. Magazine Reveals Its 26th Annual List of America’s
500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Wave Dispersion Technologies, Inc. Ranks No. 203 on the 2007 Inc. 500
With Three-Year Sales Growth of 1,060%
NEW YORK, August 23, 2007 – Inc. magazine today ranked Wave Dispersion Technologies, Inc. No. 2003 (Click Here) on its 26th annual Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.
“If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500,” said Inc. Editor Jane Berentson. “These are the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, the ones coming up with solutions to some of our most intractable ills, creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier, and manufacturing products we soon discover we can’t live without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine’s tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition.”
Wave Dispersion is a company that has a patented product called WhisprWave®, which creates marine security barriers and also floating articulated breakwaters. The technology was developed in 1998 and was first installed at that time as a breakwater. Then in 2000, the U.S. Navy asked us to design a security barrier for protection of their ships and ports. Since the USS Cole was attacked in 2001 and the 9/11 attack, the company has grown substantially. Our product, called the Small Craft Intrusion Barrier or SCIB, is now the standard product in the world. It has been installed in the United States and also overseas.
The 2007 Inc. 500, as revealed in the September issue of Inc. magazine (on newsstands August 28 – October 2), reported aggregate revenue of $16 billion and median three-year growth of 939 percent. Most important, the 2007 Inc. 500 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 64,064 jobs since those companies were founded.
Complete information on this year’s Inc. 500, including company profiles and a list of the fastest-growing companies that can be sorted by industry and region can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Hottest Regions for Fastest-Growing Companies
After several years of losing ground to the Washington, D.C., area, California is flush with 81 Inc. 500 companies in 2007, up from 66 last year. Texas is home to 38 of the fastest-growing companies (up by six), followed by Virginia with 35 (up one company from last year), and New York with 26 (down by eight companies), and Florida with 26 (up one company).
Washington, D.C., is the top metropolitan area for the fifth consecutive year, with 40 of the fastest-growing companies, down slightly from 43 last year. New York City is a close second, with 38 (down four companies from last year), followed by San Francisco with 26 (up seven companies from last year), Los Angeles with 25 (no change), and Boston with 22 (down two companies).
Interestingly, finance and advertising--two industries often associated with New York--contributed a quarter of California’s total.
Hottest Industries for Fastest-Growing Businesses
The most notable median growth categories among Inc. magazine’s list of the 500 fastest-growing businesses is in the Environmental Services category (which grew by 1,425.4 percent on average), followed by Food & Beverage (which grew by 1336.8 percent on average), Media (which grew by 1,179 percent on average), Health (which grew by 1,105.5 percent on average), and Telecommunications (which grew by 1,056.5 percent on average).
The largest business category is IT Services, with 55 Inc. 500 companies in this category. Advertising & Marketing and Human Resources (both with 48 companies), Government Services (38 companies), and Software (37 companies) round out the top five industries ranked on the 2007 Inc. 500.
Industries reporting the highest total revenue from 2003 – 2006 are Health ($3.2 billion), Real Estate ($2.1 billion), Advertising & Marketing ($1.14 billion), Human Resources ($883 million), and Retail ($873.6 million).
Methodology
The 2007 Inc. 500 list measures revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies had to be U.S.-based and privately held, independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2006, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2003, and $2 million in 2006.
Companies can apply for next year’s Inc. 500 and Inc. 5,000 by registering with IncBizNet, the new social network for private companies that will launch this fall on Inc.com.
Introducing the Inc. 5,000 – the Inc. 500, Plus 4,500 New Fast-Growing Companies
This year, Inc. expanded the Inc. 500 list tenfold, to create the first-ever Inc. 5,000, the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Complete results of the Inc. 5,000 can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000, where you can scan profiles of honorees, view lists of the fastest-growing companies by industry and region, and sort the data according to your own parameters.
About WDT: http://www.whisprwave.com/
The Global Leader in Maritime Homeland Port Security Barrier & Buoy Protection SystemsWave Dispersion Technologies, Inc. (WDT) has developed the patented WhisprWave® floating articulated breakwater technology to afford erosion control protection to shoreline beaches, coastal marinas, anchorages, and other areas subject to destructive erosion wave / wake forces. The WhisprWave® barrier designs are currently installed, being demonstrated or being reviewed by many US Agencies including but not limited to the US Army Corp of Engineers "USACE", US Navy "USN", US Coast Guard "USCG", US Army “USA” and US Bureau of Reclamation “USBR” for applications that range from Homeland Security / Force Protection to Beach Erosion Protection to Marina Wave & Wake Protection.WhisprWave® breakwater technology has wide ranging maritime applications from erosion control to homeland security. The Company has been developing the technology for several years and holds 8 Domestic and International Patents for the WhisprWave®'s unique design and utility, with an additional 20 patents pending.
About Inc. magazine:
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, LLC., Inc. magazine (http://www.inc.com/) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 681,421, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology.
Inc. Magazine Reveals Its 26th Annual List of America’s
500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Wave Dispersion Technologies, Inc. Ranks No. 203 on the 2007 Inc. 500
With Three-Year Sales Growth of 1,060%
NEW YORK, August 23, 2007 – Inc. magazine today ranked Wave Dispersion Technologies, Inc. No. 2003 (Click Here) on its 26th annual Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.
“If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500,” said Inc. Editor Jane Berentson. “These are the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, the ones coming up with solutions to some of our most intractable ills, creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier, and manufacturing products we soon discover we can’t live without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine’s tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition.”
Wave Dispersion is a company that has a patented product called WhisprWave®, which creates marine security barriers and also floating articulated breakwaters. The technology was developed in 1998 and was first installed at that time as a breakwater. Then in 2000, the U.S. Navy asked us to design a security barrier for protection of their ships and ports. Since the USS Cole was attacked in 2001 and the 9/11 attack, the company has grown substantially. Our product, called the Small Craft Intrusion Barrier or SCIB, is now the standard product in the world. It has been installed in the United States and also overseas.
The 2007 Inc. 500, as revealed in the September issue of Inc. magazine (on newsstands August 28 – October 2), reported aggregate revenue of $16 billion and median three-year growth of 939 percent. Most important, the 2007 Inc. 500 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 64,064 jobs since those companies were founded.
Complete information on this year’s Inc. 500, including company profiles and a list of the fastest-growing companies that can be sorted by industry and region can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Hottest Regions for Fastest-Growing Companies
After several years of losing ground to the Washington, D.C., area, California is flush with 81 Inc. 500 companies in 2007, up from 66 last year. Texas is home to 38 of the fastest-growing companies (up by six), followed by Virginia with 35 (up one company from last year), and New York with 26 (down by eight companies), and Florida with 26 (up one company).
Washington, D.C., is the top metropolitan area for the fifth consecutive year, with 40 of the fastest-growing companies, down slightly from 43 last year. New York City is a close second, with 38 (down four companies from last year), followed by San Francisco with 26 (up seven companies from last year), Los Angeles with 25 (no change), and Boston with 22 (down two companies).
Interestingly, finance and advertising--two industries often associated with New York--contributed a quarter of California’s total.
Hottest Industries for Fastest-Growing Businesses
The most notable median growth categories among Inc. magazine’s list of the 500 fastest-growing businesses is in the Environmental Services category (which grew by 1,425.4 percent on average), followed by Food & Beverage (which grew by 1336.8 percent on average), Media (which grew by 1,179 percent on average), Health (which grew by 1,105.5 percent on average), and Telecommunications (which grew by 1,056.5 percent on average).
The largest business category is IT Services, with 55 Inc. 500 companies in this category. Advertising & Marketing and Human Resources (both with 48 companies), Government Services (38 companies), and Software (37 companies) round out the top five industries ranked on the 2007 Inc. 500.
Industries reporting the highest total revenue from 2003 – 2006 are Health ($3.2 billion), Real Estate ($2.1 billion), Advertising & Marketing ($1.14 billion), Human Resources ($883 million), and Retail ($873.6 million).
Methodology
The 2007 Inc. 500 list measures revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies had to be U.S.-based and privately held, independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2006, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2003, and $2 million in 2006.
Companies can apply for next year’s Inc. 500 and Inc. 5,000 by registering with IncBizNet, the new social network for private companies that will launch this fall on Inc.com.
Introducing the Inc. 5,000 – the Inc. 500, Plus 4,500 New Fast-Growing Companies
This year, Inc. expanded the Inc. 500 list tenfold, to create the first-ever Inc. 5,000, the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Complete results of the Inc. 5,000 can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000, where you can scan profiles of honorees, view lists of the fastest-growing companies by industry and region, and sort the data according to your own parameters.
About WDT: http://www.whisprwave.com/
The Global Leader in Maritime Homeland Port Security Barrier & Buoy Protection SystemsWave Dispersion Technologies, Inc. (WDT) has developed the patented WhisprWave® floating articulated breakwater technology to afford erosion control protection to shoreline beaches, coastal marinas, anchorages, and other areas subject to destructive erosion wave / wake forces. The WhisprWave® barrier designs are currently installed, being demonstrated or being reviewed by many US Agencies including but not limited to the US Army Corp of Engineers "USACE", US Navy "USN", US Coast Guard "USCG", US Army “USA” and US Bureau of Reclamation “USBR” for applications that range from Homeland Security / Force Protection to Beach Erosion Protection to Marina Wave & Wake Protection.WhisprWave® breakwater technology has wide ranging maritime applications from erosion control to homeland security. The Company has been developing the technology for several years and holds 8 Domestic and International Patents for the WhisprWave®'s unique design and utility, with an additional 20 patents pending.
About Inc. magazine:
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, LLC., Inc. magazine (http://www.inc.com/) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 681,421, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology.
Labels: inc500, wave dispersion technologies, whisprwave
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Drownings draw more talk of dam, spillway safety measures
Barriers, something Clark said the DNR hasn't considered but might, have been erected around spillways at a number of lakes nationwide.
In Illinois, barriers have been added at Lakes Shelbyville and Carlyle in the past few years. The lakes are among the more than 400 across the country owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The barrier at Shelbyville, an 11,000-acre lake about 30 miles southeast of Decatur, was added a few years ago for $57,000, said Alan Dooley, spokesman for the Corps of Engineers St. Louis District.
Signs on the lake had long warned boaters and others to stay at least 600 feet away from the spillway that empties into the Kaskaskia River, Dooley said."
You do want to provide that additional, I guess you'd call it a passive safety measure," he added.
The Shelbyville barrier was built by a New Jersey company, Wave Dispersion Technologies Inc. It's essentially a long cable held on the top of the water by tightly spaced plastic floats.
At $200 to $250 a foot, company owner Dennis Smith said the barriers provide both security - blocking access to anyone who might want to damage or destroy a dam - and safety.
"Usually the dams just need a barrier where something won't float over it if (their boat is)
disabled," Smith said. "It'll stop somebody from drifting over."
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In Illinois, barriers have been added at Lakes Shelbyville and Carlyle in the past few years. The lakes are among the more than 400 across the country owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The barrier at Shelbyville, an 11,000-acre lake about 30 miles southeast of Decatur, was added a few years ago for $57,000, said Alan Dooley, spokesman for the Corps of Engineers St. Louis District.
Signs on the lake had long warned boaters and others to stay at least 600 feet away from the spillway that empties into the Kaskaskia River, Dooley said."
You do want to provide that additional, I guess you'd call it a passive safety measure," he added.
The Shelbyville barrier was built by a New Jersey company, Wave Dispersion Technologies Inc. It's essentially a long cable held on the top of the water by tightly spaced plastic floats.
At $200 to $250 a foot, company owner Dennis Smith said the barriers provide both security - blocking access to anyone who might want to damage or destroy a dam - and safety.
"Usually the dams just need a barrier where something won't float over it if (their boat is)
disabled," Smith said. "It'll stop somebody from drifting over."
Full Story
Labels: dam security, dnr, floating security barrier, port security barrier, scib, small craft intrusion barrier, us army corps of engineers, usace, wave dispersion technologies, whisprwave
Monday, January 15, 2007
Jonathan B. Smith, President & CFO, Wave Dispersion Technologies, Appears on Michigan Entrepreneur Television Hosted by Tara Kachaturoff
Birmingham, MI, January 15, 2006
Jonathan B. Smith, President and CFO of Wave Dispersion Technologies discusses the company’s patented floating marine barrier products. Michigan Entrepreneur is a weekly television talk show featuring Michigan business leaders as well as organizations that promote and support entrepreneurship. This program is produced and hosted by executive coach Tara Alexandra Kachaturoff.
Michigan Entrepreneur is a weekly television talk show featuring businesses from start-up to stellar. The program for the Week of February 12, 2007 features Jonathan B. Smith, President and CFO of Wave Dispersion Technologies.
Wave Dispersion Technologies is a global leader in maritime homeland port security barrier and buoy protection systems. One of their products, the Small Craft Intrusion Barrier ™ was invented and is manufactured in the U.S. It proves a floating barrier against intrusions or entry by stray or threatening vessels. Another product is the WhisprWave® floating articulated breakwater technology. This product is used to control erosion to “shoreline beaches, coastal marinas, anchorages, and other areas subject to destructive erosion wave / wake forces.”
Michigan Entrepreneur is a community access television program based and produced in Oakland County, Michigan, in partnership with Bloomfield Community Television (BCTV). From high-tech to biosciences, and everything in between, Michigan Entrepreneur focuses on business leaders who are key to Michigan’s successful economic growth.
Created, hosted and produced by executive coach and business consultant, Tara Alexandra Kachaturoff, this program is designed to support and build entrepreneurship within the local community as well as throughout the State of Michigan. For more information about the program, please contact Ms. Kachaturoff at 248.723.1926 or at metvcontact@gmail.com.
Jonathan B. Smith, President and CFO of Wave Dispersion Technologies discusses the company’s patented floating marine barrier products. Michigan Entrepreneur is a weekly television talk show featuring Michigan business leaders as well as organizations that promote and support entrepreneurship. This program is produced and hosted by executive coach Tara Alexandra Kachaturoff.
Michigan Entrepreneur is a weekly television talk show featuring businesses from start-up to stellar. The program for the Week of February 12, 2007 features Jonathan B. Smith, President and CFO of Wave Dispersion Technologies.
Wave Dispersion Technologies is a global leader in maritime homeland port security barrier and buoy protection systems. One of their products, the Small Craft Intrusion Barrier ™ was invented and is manufactured in the U.S. It proves a floating barrier against intrusions or entry by stray or threatening vessels. Another product is the WhisprWave® floating articulated breakwater technology. This product is used to control erosion to “shoreline beaches, coastal marinas, anchorages, and other areas subject to destructive erosion wave / wake forces.”
Michigan Entrepreneur is a community access television program based and produced in Oakland County, Michigan, in partnership with Bloomfield Community Television (BCTV). From high-tech to biosciences, and everything in between, Michigan Entrepreneur focuses on business leaders who are key to Michigan’s successful economic growth.
Created, hosted and produced by executive coach and business consultant, Tara Alexandra Kachaturoff, this program is designed to support and build entrepreneurship within the local community as well as throughout the State of Michigan. For more information about the program, please contact Ms. Kachaturoff at 248.723.1926 or at metvcontact@gmail.com.
Labels: entrepreneur, michigan entrepreneur television, wave dispersion technologies, whisprwave
