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Admiral Craig Faller Joins Viken Detection’s Board of Directors

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viken Detection today announced that Admiral Craig Faller has been appointed to its board of directors.

Craig Faller is a retired four-star United States Navy Admiral with nearly four decades of global leadership experience. Faller most recently led United States Southern Command where he was responsible for U.S. military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean with the primary objective of forging strong security partnerships. He has served in the Middle East and Indo-Pacific regions both on large staffs and in Command of a United States Navy Carrier Strike Group and two warships. He has extensive Washington, DC experience in the Pentagon and with Congress as the Department of the Navy's Chief of Legislative Affairs (lead representative to Congress on behalf of the leadership of the Navy). In the Pentagon he served as the senior military assistant to the Secretary of Defense.

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Faller earned a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering and a master’s in national security affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School.

“It is a privilege to welcome Craig to our board,” said Jim Ryan, CEO of Viken Detection. “I’m looking forward to working with him to widen VIKEN’s reach in providing innovative technologies to support the critical missions of both law enforcement and the military.”

“VIKEN’s cutting-edge technology and world-class products enhance security and saves lives,” said Admiral Faller. “I have been impressed with the dedicated, hard-working, innovative, and trusted VIKEN team. I am excited to work with them.”

About Viken Detection

Viken Detection provides enabling security imaging and material identification solutions that help law enforcement and safety inspection professionals keep the public safe from drug trafficking, counterterrorism, human trafficking and other hazardous threats. The company’s innovative products, the NIGHTHAWK-HBITM (handled imager), FOXHOUND-HNATM (trimodal narcotics analyzer), OSPREY-UVXTM (vehicle scanners) and the Pb200iTM (lead-paint analyzer), are recognized leaders in their markets. Viken Detection is headquartered northwest of Boston, Massachusetts.

For more information, please visit us at www.VikenDetection.com.

Contacts

Jon Decker
617-467-5526
jdecker@vikendetection.com

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Jon Decker
617-467-5526
jdecker@vikendetection.com

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