privately held not for profit corporation genre technology research venture capital founded september 29 1999 ; 17 years ago 1999 09 29 as peleus founder norm augustine 1 headquarters arlington virginia u.s. 2 key people christopher darby ceo 3 services investment in information technology supporting u.s. intelligence capability website www.iqt.org in q tel iqt formerly peleus and known as in q it is an american not for profit venture capital firm based in arlington virginia . it invests in high tech companies for the sole purpose of keeping the central intelligence agency and other intelligence agencies equipped with the latest in information technology in support of united states intelligence capability . 4 the name in q tel is an intentional reference to q the fictional inventor who supplies technology to james bond . 5 the firm is seen as a trend setter in the information technology industry with the average dollar invested by in q tel in 2012 attracting nine dollars of investment from other companies . 5 contents 1 history 2 governance 3 investments 3.1 software 3.2 material science 3.3 infrastructure 4 other related personnel 5 references 6 external links history edit originally named peleus and known as in q it in q tel was founded by norm augustine a former ceo of lockheed martin and by gilman louie who was in q tel s first ceo . 4 5 6 in q tel s mission is to identify and invest in companies developing cutting edge technologies that serve united states national security interests . origins of the corporation can be traced to dr. ruth a. david who headed the central intelligence agency directorate of science & technology in the 1990s and promoted the importance of rapidly advancing information technology for the cia . 5 in q tel now engages with entrepreneurs growth companies researchers and venture capitalists to deliver technologies that provide superior capabilities for the cia dia nga and the wider intelligence community . 7 in q tel concentrates on three broad commercial technology areas software infrastructure and materials sciences . former cia director george tenet says we the cia decided to use our limited dollars to leverage technology developed elsewhere . in 1999 we chartered ... in q tel. ... while we pay the bills in q tel is independent of cia . cia identifies pressing problems and in q tel provides the technology to address them . the in q tel alliance has put the agency back at the leading edge of technology ... this ... collaboration ... enabled cia to take advantage of the technology that las vegas uses to identify corrupt card players and apply it to link analysis for terrorists cf. the parallel data mining effort by the socom dia operation able danger and to adapt the technology that online booksellers use and convert it to scour millions of pages of documents looking for unexpected results . 8 in q tel sold 5 636 shares of google worth over 2.2 million on november 15 2005 . 9 the stocks were a result of google s acquisition of keyhole the cia funded satellite mapping software now known as google earth . as of august 2006 needs update in q tel had reviewed more than 5 800 business plans invested some 150 million in more than 90 companies and delivered more than 130 technology solutions to the intelligence community . 4 10 in 2005 it was said to be funded with about 37 million a year from the cia . 11 needs update governance edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message in q tel is a virginia registered corporation legally independent of the cia or any other government agency . the corporation is bound by its charter agreement and annual contract with the cia which set out the relationship between the two organizations . in q tel s mission to support the intelligence community s technical needs is promoted by the in q tel interface center qic an office within the cia that facilitates communication and relationships between in q tel and government intelligence organizations . while in q tel is a nonprofit corporation it differs from iarpa and other models in that its employees can profit from its investments . according to public records in q tel s current when principals include christopher a. r. darby president ceo bruce adams secretary michael m. crow chairman paul g. kaminski director jeong h. kim director investments edit many companies listed on in q tel s investment website page 12 are secret . in q tel functions partially in public ; however what products it has and how they are used is strictly secret . 11 according to the washington post virtually any u.s. entrepreneur inventor or research scientist working on ways to analyze data has probably received a phone call from in q tel or at least been googled by its staff of technology watchers . 11 software edit this list of companies needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message keyhole inc geospatial visualization application acquired by google in 2004 and would go on to become google earth in 2005 boundless spatial geospatial software huddle cloud based content collaboration software oculis labs visual cyber security solutions destineer games fps training simulation geoiq fortiusone visualization on maps forterra virtual worlds for training quantum4d visualization technology visual sciences real time visual analysis spotfire visualisation data analytics palantir technologies data integration search and discovery knowledge management and secure collaboration pixlogic visual search agent logic event detection and response software webspector webpage change software arcsight secure software zaplet email authentica secure messaging and secure document sharing teradici corporation desktop virtualization connectify wifi & vpn safeweb privacymatrix browsing closed in nov. 2001 visible technologies social media monitoring silver tail systems website fraud prevention innocentive crowdsourcing websites fetch technologies internet data management bots & rss sra orionmagic cms software recorded future web intelligence and predictive analytics traction software web 2.0 internet evidence finder 13 digital forensic tool basis technology translation software language weaver automatic language translation lingotek translation services cassatt desktop software tacit knowledge systems internal software vague fms analysis visualization and knowledgebase to the federal intelligence community initiate systems real time multiple database software terrago location intelligence applications and software geopdf geosemble unstructured data analytics and geospatial software novodynamics arabic character recognition adapx microsoft office & gis digital reasoning synthesys v3 .0 review facts and associations at a glance callminer phone speech analytics software carnegie speech speech recognition azte prism handwriting recognition a4vision 3d facial imaging oculis labs computer vision facial recognition and detection with webcam srd identity resolution software inktomi corp network infrastructure software mohomine mohoclassifier organises mass data stratify organizes mass data endeca search data repositories inxight search engine convera retrievalware search engine metacarta search engine attensity search engine netbase search engine platfora big data analytics and visualization intelliseek search engine fireeye malware protection reversinglabs malware detection and analysis zspace company 3 dimensional holographic imaging displays socrata open data solutions for government innovation material science edit this list of companies needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message biotech biomatrica biolab tech anhydrobiosis storage spectrafluidics detection of trace airborne chemicals arcxis biotechnologies sample processing and pathogen detection febit group dna boreal genomics dna fingerprints t2 biosystems medical diagnostic devices miniaturized magnetic resonance mr opgen microbial genome analysis infobionics biotech cellular database microchip biotechnologies analysis instrumentation for biodefense cambrios technologies biomaterials for solid state electronic devices seahawk biosystems diagnosis biosensor products sionex chemical and biological sensors polychromix material analysis and chemical sensing iatroquest detect biological and chemical agents integenx nanobioprocessor & molecular diagnostics seventh sense biosystems health monitoring and medical diagnostics sonitus medical transmits sound via the teeth medshape orthopedic devices from shape memory materials electricity electro energy nickel metal hydride batteries for satellites & aircraft qynergy corporation long lived batteries micro electro mechanical systems infinite power solutions micro batteries skybuilt power solar wind fuel cells batteries fossil fuels telecommunications mobile power station mps 3.5 kw to 150 kw semprius solar energy adaptivenergy miniature piezo generators power assure managing power consumption miserware reduces energy electronics nanosys nanotech components alfalight high power lasers & torches idelix software pliable display technology perceptive pixel multi touch displays wispry radio components nextreme thermal solutions circuit board thermoelectric components digital solid state propulsion electronic controls for solid rocket motors infinite z virtual holographic monitors voxel8 3d printed electronics video 3vr security dvr archiving motiondsp digital video pixim video cameras copan data storage imove immersive video pelican imaging better camera phones lensvector optical autofocus inview technology corporation cameras and hyper spectral imagers rhevision tunable camera lens signal innovations group signal image and video analytics elemental technologies video processing kzo innovations streaming video software vsee video conferencing infrastructure edit this list of companies needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message hardware tyfone digital security for mobility cloud and iot genia photonics fiber optics products advanced photonix inc. fiber optics sitscape command & control room hardware spotterrf micro surveillance radar qd vision monitors displays and lighting gatr technologies inflatable satellite dishes corestreet door access control systems redlen technologies czt x ray & gamma ray detectors etherstack radios paratek microwave smart scanning antennas d wave systems quantum computers sensor networks thingmagic rfid dust networks low power wireless mesh networking systems ember corporation zigbee wireless semiconductor gainspan low power wi fi tendril networks software for wireless sensor and control networks tenxsys telemetry systems for remote monitoring nasa streambase real time data in government military rfid sensor networks thetus software for remote sensing instruments soflinx defender a wireless sensor network for fences platescan automatic license plate recognition alpr sensor network data centers bay microsystems packet processing and data traffic cleversafe data storage clouds and massive digital archives cloudera data storage and analysis asankya hypermesh data streams coppereye data retention systems research and development real time data warehousing network appliance decru networked data storage security testing redseal cybersecurity analytics network chemistry rfprotect wifi security veracode application security testing other related personnel edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message numerous noteworthy business and intelligence community professionals have been involved with in q tel at various times including the following citation needed dan geer 2008 present chief information security officer 14 michael d. griffin former president ; later administrator of nasa . norman r. augustine gilman louie amit yoran john seely brown stephen friedman paul mcmahon william perry alex j. mandl craig goss rob painter former director for technology assessment ; left to become senior federal sales manager at google . christopher k. tucker first chief strategic officer references edit a new partnership between the cia and the private sector contact us list of the board of trustees a b c in q tel inc. company information . hoover s. retrieved march 26 2013 . a b c d powers shawn m ; jablonski michael april 2015 . the real cyber war . champaign il university of illinois press . pp. 63 69 . isbn 978 0 252 09710 2 . yannuzzi rick e. 2007 . in q tel a new partnership between the cia and the private