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ORLANDO,
Fla. (Oct. 29, 2009) --- Kinetic
Analysis Corporation (KAC), with offices
in east Orlando, was recently awarded a major contract by Bloomberg
Financial to provide real-time estimates of
the impact of weather events and man-made disasters on local
and regional economies and property assets worldwide.
Chuck
Watson, chief operating officer of Kinetic Analysis Corp., said
the estimates will help Bloomberg Financial subscribers measure
the financial repercussions of weather events and disasters accurately
and immediately.
"KAC
seamlessly integrates global data collection, advanced numerical
modeling, statistical analysis and GIS technology to focus on
a wide range of issues that concern government agencies and private
sector investors," Watson explained.
KAC
incorporates a wide range of data resources, including remote
sensing from orbital platforms developed by NASA and other agencies,
automated weather stations, data from ships and aircraft and
economic and news reports, integrated in real time.
The
company's clients include commercial weather services, catastrophic
risk underwriters, national and state emergency management agencies,
international development financing agencies and commodities
traders.
Kinetic
Analysis Corporation is a client company of the University
of Central Florida Business Incubation Program with
offices in the Central Florida Research Park and Silver Springs
Md. KAC is an
industry partner with UCF through their work with Dr. Mark
Johnson, a renowned professor of statistics.
Chuck
Watson, Chief Operating Officer, Kinetic Analysis Corp. 912-398-9753; cwatson@kinanco.com;
Carol
Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407-882-0211, cdykes@mail.ucf.edu
Larry
Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142
or LvershelCo@aol.com
About
the UCF Incubation Program:
Since
its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has
helped more than 130 emerging companies (including nearly 80
current clients) create over $500 million in annual revenue and
more than 1600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With
six facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Incubation
Program is a collaboration in economic development between the
University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando,
Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, The City of Sanford,
Lake County, the City of Leesburg, and the Florida High Tech
Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu. |
