“We are fortunate to have the leadership, expertise and experience of both Ms Bushue and Major General Marcello as we continue to advance our goal of building the company into a premier global provider of advanced IP-video network solutions,” said Edmund Ludwig, Optelecom-NKF’s chairman and CEO.
Bushue is president of B & I Transportation LLC, a transportation consulting firm addressing the intermodal transportation industry. Bushue is a highly regarded transportation executive with more than 25 years’ experience of the industry, including appointments in the Federal Government’s legislative and executive branches.
Prior to founding B & I Transportation, Bushue was acting administrator and deputy administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), US Department of Transportation. She also served as special assistant to the Undersecretary of Administration at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Bushue held private sector executive positions at Siemens USA, last serving as vice-president for business development, transportation and homeland security. In that capacity she developed two billion dollars of transportation-related homeland security contracts.
Bushue is an honours graduate of Eureka College and holds a Masters of Business Administration from George Mason University.
Boasting excellent credentials for the role
Fellow Board member Major General (Retired) John Marcello is president and CEO of The Allied Defense Group (ADG), an international holding company offering a strategic portfolio of defense and security businesses. Major General Marcello’s career spans 39 years and features extensive experience leading large military and private sector organisations.
Previously, Major General Marcello was managing director of MECAR SA, a Belgian engineering and armaments company. His last military assignment was as commanding general of the US Army’s Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), headquartered in Washington DC, where he was responsible for Title 10 testing of all US Army systems and equipment.
His distinguished military service included tours of duty in Germany, Korea, Saudi Arabia and the United States, with more than ten years as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. Major General Marcello was the director of plans for the XVIII Airborne Corps during the first Gulf War and for three years served as the US Defense Department representative, the senior military representative to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Major General Marcello is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He holds a Masters of Sciences in Industrial Engineering from Kansas State University. He also earned a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategy from the US Naval War College.
Everything you need to know about… Optelecom-NKF
Optelecom-NKF manufactures Siqura advanced video surveillance solutions, providing a full range of cameras, video servers/codecs, NVRs, fibre transmission equipment, video content analysis applications and video management software based on an open technology platform that simplifies integration and installation.
Corporate headquarters are in Germantown, Maryland, USA. The company’s European corporate offices are located in Gouda in The Netherlands.
