As discussion on business aid and economic stimulus as a result of COVID-19 continues to surge through the nation, new assessments of how relief measures will affect security technologies are emerging. At the upcoming Security Industry Association (SIA) GovSummit, Convergint’s SLED expert David Klug will speak on this topic. Attendees of this session can expect to gain insight into how the most recent COVID-19 relief legislation may impact safety and security technologies, as well as what to anticipate from the additional relief measures to be considered by the 117th Congress.
The SIA GovSummit is an annual government security policy and technology conference that examines emerging policy trends, technology needs of the government, and evolving security challenges.
The American Rescue Plan Act: Impact on Deployment of Safety and Security Technologies
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 | 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Speaker
David Klug
Strategic Business Development, State & Local Government and Education & Defense Contractors
Convergint Technologies
David J. Klug has over 30 years of experience in public safety, security, and biometric technologies. Klug started his career as a forensic scientist at the Northern Illinois Police Crime Laboratory and earned a B.S. in criminalistics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an M.S. in forensic science from the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy. Since performing a national study of Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice in the late 1980s, Klug has presented professionally at ISC West and to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, the International Association for Identification, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), INTERPOL, and various defense and homeland security groups. He was also a contributing member of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Gatekeeper On The Move–Biometrics team for contactless, multimodal biometrics and threat detection. Today, Klug is responsible for state and local government and education strategic business development for Convergint’s eastern U.S. regions.