Ptech

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Ptech Inc. was a Quincy, Massachusetts-based provider of enterprise architecture, business modeling, analysis and integration software solutions. This privately held corporation was founded in 1994, and known for its technology, which was based on a unique implementation of neural net and semantic technologies. Ptech was recognized as one New England Technology's "Fast 50" by Deloitte & Touche (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu) in 2001.

The company was once part of UML Partners, the consortium that was convened to develop standards for UML, the Unified Modeling Language.

[edit] Ptech and Terrorism

After the attacks of 9/11, it was discovered that Ptech was owned and operated by known and suspected terrorists. Shortly after the attacks, the company's primary investor, Yassin Al-Qadi, was named by the US government as a specially designated global terrorist. Since then, several other Ptech investors and managers have been exposed as terrorist-financers, as is summarized in "Port deal is Nothing Compared to Ptech,":

"Former Ptech board member Soliman Biheiri, who was recently convicted of lying to investigators regarding his affiliations with known terrorists, was in charge of [BMI — a defunct New Jersey-based Islamic investment firm with connections to other members on Ptech's management and investors], which according to court documents was used as a financial conduit for al-Qaeda and Hamas supporters. The FBI discovered the true principals behind BMI were actually Yassin al-Qadi and Hamas leader Musa abu Marzook.

Investigators also accuse Ptech's Biheiri of using BMI to funnel $3.7 million from an Islamic charity, entitled the SAAR Foundation, to Islamist terrorists. The President and CEO of the SAAR Foundation was Yakub Mirza, who was also on Ptech's board of directors, and who is said to have contacts high within the FBI.

Furthermore, Ptech's Vice President and Chief Scientist, Hussein Ibrahim, was the founder and President of the aforementioned BMI. In fact, Ptech, al-Qadi, Biheiri, Ibrahim, BMI, Mirza, and SAAR, all maintained financial connections with one another, as well as with other organizations and fronts connected to money laundering and terrorist financing, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Taqwa, the Safa Foundation, the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), and others. ...

Ptech's chief architect, Suheil Laher, headed yet another Islamic charity entitled Care International, which the FBI and IRS claim was "engaged in the solicitation and expenditure of funds to support the mujahideen and promote jihad."

Top Ptech investor and manager, Muhamed Mubayyid, served as Care's treasurer, and has since been indicted for lying on tax returns and concealing the charity's true activities. Mubayyid also donated money to the Alkifah Refugees Center, which maintained the same corporate office as Care, and from where the 1993 World Trade Center bombing was launched.

Also part of this financial nexus was Ptech founder Abdurahman Alamoudi, who, according to the US Treasury Department, "had a close relationship with al Qaida and had raised money for al Qaida in the United States." He has since been sentenced to a maximum of 23-years in prison for illegal dealings with Libya, including his admitted involvement in a plot to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah."

Ptech has since changed its name to GoAgile, and now markets software through an unknown third party.

[edit] Notable clientele

Ptech's roster of clients included several governmental agencies, including the United States Armed Forces, NATO, Congress, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs, the FAA, the IRS, the Secret Service, and the White House. Despite the company's connections to terrorism, as of May 2004 they were still contracted by several federal agencies, including the White House.

Ptech has had a security clearance to work on sensitive military projects since 1997.