
Given our history of fortifying the most prestigious public and private clients in the world, it should come as no surprise to learn that Critigen possesses a culture of extreme innovation, creativity, and imagination. Our culture heralds the importance of both individual and team contributions. It provides the motivational platform from which our talented, collaborative, and experienced team members thrive, and rise daily to the challenge of establishing new industry standards.
With team members in 60 offices on four continents, Critigen is truly a diverse company. Respect for differences and the highest regard for professional ethics is inherent in the fabric of who we are.
A motivational force behind Critigen is our ethos of fostering radical and positive change by connecting environmentalism to technology. Our goal is to turn the paradigm of consumption into the promise of sustainability. We are driven to apply our expert problem solving abilities and command of advanced technology to help clients:
- Implement effective and compliant environmental stewardship.
- Change risk preparedness into proven proactivity.
- Employ smart grid technology that routes power in response to supply and demand conditions.
- Manage—and significantly reduce—carbon emissions to help reverse unprecedented emission rates.
- Provide clean drinkable water—especially to Third World countries in dire need.
- Harness alternative and renewable energy sources to limit the undesired consequences inherent in conventional energy sources.
- Infuse existing infrastructures with advanced intelligence from new technology sources such as spatial computing (computerizing the physical environment) and cloud computing (delivering hosted services over the Internet).
- Create an environment of originality and stewardship that makes work both relevant and rewarding.
Critigen’s culture of innovation is backed by an ongoing investment in tools, technology and training. This has resulted in strategic alliances with companies such as Microsoft, ESRI, and Google Earth. In addition, the consummate professionalism, discipline, and trustworthiness of our team is demonstrated by the fact that we have received the highest levels of security clearance through US and international regulatory agencies, including the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, US Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and European Commission for Nuclear Energy.
Critigen’s culture is unique. And so is our ability to help clients positively and radically impact societal, economic and financial challenges of the 21st century.
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Aging Infrastructure and Decreased Budgets
Posted: 2/11/2010How local governments can use technology to maximize ROI on infrastructure assets in 2010 and beyond.
In today’s age of decreasing budgets, the demand for public funding and the competition among local, state, and federal officials for scarce resources generally results in officials making decisions that provide only for the most immediate needs. Decisions about long-term capital expenditures usually get deferred. Often officials do not have the ability to evaluate the risks associated with their decisions and the consequences of deferring maintenance or capital improvements that extend into the future well beyond their time in office.
Interview with Jeff Akers, CEO, Critigen
Posted: 1/26/2010Our vision is to develop on our strong heritage and domain expertise, while continuing to serve as the quintessential technology resource for the critical infrastructure industry, says Jeff Akers, CEO, Critigen.