Ptech

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Ptech Inc. was a Quincy, Massachusetts-based provider of enterprise architecture, business modeling, analysis and integration software solutions. This privately held corporation was founded in 1994, and known for its technology, which was based on a unique implementation of neural net and semantic technologies. Ptech was recognized as one New England Technology's "Fast 50" by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in 2001.^[1]

The company was once part of UML Partners, the consortium that was convened to develop standards for UML, the Unified Modeling Language.

1 Ptech and Terrorism
2 Notable clientele
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Ptech and Terrorism

After the attacks of 9/11, it was discovered that Ptech was owned and operated by known and suspected terrorists. Shortly after the attacks, the company's primary investor, Yassin Al-Qadi, was named by the US government as a specially designated global terrorist. Since then, several other Ptech investors and managers have been exposed as terrorist-financiers.^[2]

Ptech has since changed its name to GoAgile, and now markets software through an unknown third party.^[3]

[edit] Notable clientele

Ptech's roster of clients included several governmental agencies, including the United States Armed Forces, NATO, Congress, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs, the FAA, the IRS, the Secret Service, and the White House. Despite the company's connections to terrorism, as of May 2004 they were still contracted by several federal agencies, including the White House.

Ptech had a security clearance to work on sensitive military projects dating to 1997.^[4]