Press Release

Randy Krug Joins American Business Development Group

Arlington, VA, May 3, 2010

Colonel (Ret) Randall (Randy) Krug has accepted the position as Director of American Business Development Group's Training and Simulation Division effective immediately. Colonel Krug brings an additional 42 years of military, government civil service and contractor service experience to ABDG's organization supporting our current and future client base.

Mr. Krug's final active duty military assignment was Chief, Training Division, Army National Guard (NGB-ART). Upon retirement in 2000, he consulted for private and public entities and became a Scientific, Engineering & Technical Assistant (SETA) Contractor for NGB-ART. For the last five years, Mr. Krug has been the Division Chief of the National Guard Bureau's Joint Advanced Concepts & Doctrine Division (J73) providing educational opportunities for its soldiers, airmen and civilians in all categories of educational preparedness.

Mr. Krug was commissioned an Infantry Officer at age 20 at Fort Benning, Georgia. After commanding the 1/126 Field Artillery Battalion of the Wisconsin National Guard, he attended the US Army War College. After graduation from the War College, he was assigned to the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Upon promotion to Colonel, he became a DARPA Program Manager. Colonel Krug's developments while with DARPA include the pioneering use of personal computers to provide synthetic environments for virtual simulators.

Bill Skipper, ABDG's President and CEO said "I've known Randy for over 20 years and I’m extremely excited he’ll be bringing his wealth of experience and knowledge into our organization. Randy was responsible for bringing live, virtual and constructive training simulators and simulations into the Army National Guard. Along with ABDG, Randy will continue to grow his initiatives in the Guard and begin to migrate his talents throughout all of DOD." ABDG's Vice President of Washington Operations, George Demetriades says "Randy is the perfect fit for this Division and our company. ABDG already has several clients in the training and simulation space. Randy will provide the guidance and relationships to take these efforts to the next level."

American Business Development Group, Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia is an internationally respected, full-spectrum business development consulting firm, now representing a diverse list of over fifty prominent U.S. and international businesses. ABDG enjoys a reputation as the largest business development firm in the United States which specializes in the re-equipping and modernization of the Reserve Component.